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11-09-15 | 05:53 PM
#901
Brown Jersey Winner
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From: The Bad Woods.
i get wanting to hang onto anything that is made well
but its not like every kitchen in europe has the same exact layout, surely the new kitchen would look haphazardly put together?
but its not like every kitchen in europe has the same exact layout, surely the new kitchen would look haphazardly put together?
11-09-15 | 05:59 PM
#902
Casually Deliberate
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From: Should have made a left turn near Albuquerque.
Bikes: 1995 Trek 820, 1994 Trek 930 (project), 1/2 of a 1980s Colin Laing tandem
I like the home shows late at night, they help me fall asleep.
What I find hilarious about House Hunters is that in one house, everything is always "amazing" and they say it every time they walk into a new room. I dig the International one though, just because it's cool to see how people live in other countries and whatnot. Island Hunters is also interesting; here's a multi million dollar island with a $45 dollar shack on it.
Right now my favorite shows on tv are Fargo and Nathan For You, and I watch Walking Dead just because I like zombies, but the show is kind of dragging a bit this season.
What I find hilarious about House Hunters is that in one house, everything is always "amazing" and they say it every time they walk into a new room. I dig the International one though, just because it's cool to see how people live in other countries and whatnot. Island Hunters is also interesting; here's a multi million dollar island with a $45 dollar shack on it.
Right now my favorite shows on tv are Fargo and Nathan For You, and I watch Walking Dead just because I like zombies, but the show is kind of dragging a bit this season.
#kidstoday #luxury
11-09-15 | 06:28 PM
#903
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From: Houston, TX
Bikes: 1990 Romic Reynolds 531 custom build, Merlin Works CR Ti custom build, super light Workswell 066 custom build
i love how everybody on house hunters seems to need so much room for all the entertaining they do. "this kitchen is way too small to hold buffets in" or "gosh. We couldn't have anyone we know including our children using the same sink let alone waiting for the bathroom." i'm sorry, but we had five people living in a house with one bathroom when i was growing up and it was sometimes necessary to brush your teeth while someone else was taking a shower/bath. That's why they invented curtains.
#kidstoday #luxury
#kidstoday #luxury
11-09-15 | 06:29 PM
#904
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From: Houston, TX
Bikes: 1990 Romic Reynolds 531 custom build, Merlin Works CR Ti custom build, super light Workswell 066 custom build
I think you are missing the point. The OLD kitchen looked haphazardly put together. New, old, it doesn't matter. It isn't a built-in look.
11-09-15 | 06:31 PM
#905
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From: The Bad Woods.
so then the kitchen is essentially an afterthought in europe?
maybe thats why america is so fat. kitchens are a huge deal here
maybe thats why america is so fat. kitchens are a huge deal here
11-09-15 | 06:32 PM
#906
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From: Houston, TX
Bikes: 1990 Romic Reynolds 531 custom build, Merlin Works CR Ti custom build, super light Workswell 066 custom build
If you handcrafted it like WhyFi maybe you'd understand.
I'd love to get into wood-working but I probably need to eliminate a hobby first. Hard to let go of one though: bikes, cycling (totally different hobby than bikes), cars, photography, random new project ideas not involving wood.
I'd love to get into wood-working but I probably need to eliminate a hobby first. Hard to let go of one though: bikes, cycling (totally different hobby than bikes), cars, photography, random new project ideas not involving wood.
11-09-15 | 06:36 PM
#907
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Not at all. The kitchen is extremely important. France didn't get its reputation for cuisine for no reason. Neither did it get that reputation due to the way its kitchens are furnished. It is simply about Spartan. A few things to store. A few cabinets to store them in. They aren't attached to the walls anymore than a book case must needs be built in elsewhere in the house.
11-09-15 | 07:02 PM
#908
Mostly Harmless
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From: Norfolk, VA
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I am trying to resist. That original post is such a morass displaying as it does the improper and ineffective use of punctuation, capitalization, and sentence fragments that it would be easy to spend way too much time deconstructing then reconstructing it.
Two sentences that set me off immediately were "My weight was also through the roof! I was 30lbs overweight!" Seriously?! WTF, man?! What kind of body dysmorphic world does this guy live in? Would I be happy if I were thirty pounds overweight or if LoP was? No, but I had gestational diabetes and have other family history so it's not just for aesthetic reasons or cuz I'd have to help pedal both of us up hills. That being said, did this poster pause for even a moment to consider how some of the Clydes and Athenas who started out riding or are now riding their bikes weighing 100 pounds more than their doctor would advise would feel reading his assessment? "Geez. If this guy's weight was through the roof at thirty pounds over, what does that make me?" What an inconsiderate jackass!
Of course, we could tell that right off by the way he pushed to the front of the pack thus forcing the better riders to reroute around his nearly lifeless form should he collapse from his attempt to power through on adrenaline instead of air. I'm just sorry he didn't throw up when he wanted to.
Two sentences that set me off immediately were "My weight was also through the roof! I was 30lbs overweight!" Seriously?! WTF, man?! What kind of body dysmorphic world does this guy live in? Would I be happy if I were thirty pounds overweight or if LoP was? No, but I had gestational diabetes and have other family history so it's not just for aesthetic reasons or cuz I'd have to help pedal both of us up hills. That being said, did this poster pause for even a moment to consider how some of the Clydes and Athenas who started out riding or are now riding their bikes weighing 100 pounds more than their doctor would advise would feel reading his assessment? "Geez. If this guy's weight was through the roof at thirty pounds over, what does that make me?" What an inconsiderate jackass!
Of course, we could tell that right off by the way he pushed to the front of the pack thus forcing the better riders to reroute around his nearly lifeless form should he collapse from his attempt to power through on adrenaline instead of air. I'm just sorry he didn't throw up when he wanted to.
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11-09-15 | 07:03 PM
#909
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Never seen that either.
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11-09-15 | 07:07 PM
#910
Mostly Harmless
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From: Norfolk, VA
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11-09-15 | 07:08 PM
#911
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From: Norfolk, VA
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Here we see one guy relaxing on a rock, trying to decide if it's worth it to try and steal that other guy's little fish. #kindasmall
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11-09-15 | 07:09 PM
#912
Mostly Harmless
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From: Norfolk, VA
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11-09-15 | 07:21 PM
#913
Should Be More Popular
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
11-09-15 | 07:33 PM
#914
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From: TC, MN
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i agree with this
i was never a big "lets go to france" guy till this show. i saw a couple looking for a house in a small quiet villiage and now going to nowheresfille france is on my bucket list
it was like an old cartoon, you open your kitchen window on the second floor and youre overlooking a 6 foot wide "street" and you could shake hands with your neighbor on the other side
very strangely though, the french take their cabinetry with them when they move, its like furniture. i dont understand that concept at all
i was never a big "lets go to france" guy till this show. i saw a couple looking for a house in a small quiet villiage and now going to nowheresfille france is on my bucket list
it was like an old cartoon, you open your kitchen window on the second floor and youre overlooking a 6 foot wide "street" and you could shake hands with your neighbor on the other side
very strangely though, the french take their cabinetry with them when they move, its like furniture. i dont understand that concept at all
11-09-15 | 07:44 PM
#915
Casually Deliberate
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From: Should have made a left turn near Albuquerque.
Bikes: 1995 Trek 820, 1994 Trek 930 (project), 1/2 of a 1980s Colin Laing tandem
My experience of European kitchens which was, admittedly, limited to two in Germany many years ago, is that there is not available storage for lots of processed and packaged foods or even produce because you go to the store every day or every few days to buy what you need fresh. There were also no giant refrigerators because only the people shopping in the PX or commissary were buying gallons of ice cream or milk or boxes of cereal the size of an infant.
11-09-15 | 08:41 PM
#917
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From: Houston, TX
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My experience of European kitchens which was, admittedly, limited to two in Germany many years ago, is that there is not available storage for lots of processed and packaged foods or even produce because you go to the store every day or every few days to buy what you need fresh. There were also no giant refrigerators because only the people shopping in the PX or commissary were buying gallons of ice cream or milk or boxes of cereal the size of an infant.
11-09-15 | 09:02 PM
#918
The space coyote lied.
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From: dusk 'til dawn.
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Moving sucks bad enough without having to schlep cabinets all over hell and back.
11-09-15 | 09:22 PM
#919
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
Grazie all.
+100
+100
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11-09-15 | 09:30 PM
#920
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
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So close, but not there yet.
In fact, it now seems to have run out of gas. Maybe it's time to put it out of it's misery.
In fact, it now seems to have run out of gas. Maybe it's time to put it out of it's misery.
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11-09-15 | 09:43 PM
#921
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
11-09-15 | 10:01 PM
#922
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
11-09-15 | 10:02 PM
#923
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From: Sacramento, CA
Bikes: old ones
11-09-15 | 10:03 PM
#924
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From: Sacramento, CA
Bikes: old ones
11-09-15 | 10:08 PM
#925
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From: Sacramento, CA
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...there's a pristine Santana tandem in the window of City Bikes here, (blue, shiny, clean as a whistle) with TA cranks and Suntour shifting that is marked $800, but when I asked about it the kid said they were at the "taking offers" stage (the rains have started here.) 58 c-c in front and about 55-56 c-c in back. It;s a darn good thing my garage is full.
#gorgeous
...there's a pristine Santana tandem in the window of City Bikes here, (blue, shiny, clean as a whistle) with TA cranks and Suntour shifting that is marked $800, but when I asked about it the kid said they were at the "taking offers" stage (the rains have started here.) 58 c-c in front and about 55-56 c-c in back. It;s a darn good thing my garage is full.
#gorgeous