Affliction
06-08-26 | 09:30 AM
#4551
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
I'm waiting for a full suspension Citroen MTB, where you just pedal and barely feel the bumps while the suspension absorbs it all. The pump and the green nitrogen spheres might add a little weight though....
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06-08-26 | 09:35 AM
#4552
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Joined: May 2007
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
I broke the glass pot for my 11 year old coffee maker today. Replacement will be made perhaps today. I buy the cheapest I can find since I use my pourover or French press as often as I can. Now that I'm retired I've got all the time i need.
The old one was 24.99 USD and i might get the equivalent for under 30.00 USD. I'm very utilitarian for most purchases. Brand means little to me. YMMV
The old one was 24.99 USD and i might get the equivalent for under 30.00 USD. I'm very utilitarian for most purchases. Brand means little to me. YMMV
*CRUNCH!!*
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06-08-26 | 09:45 AM
#4554
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
06-08-26 | 10:12 AM
#4555
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
06-08-26 | 10:12 AM
#4556
Gruppetto Bob
Joined: Sep 2020
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From: Seattle-ish
Bikes: Orbea Orca, Bianchi Infinito & Campione de Mundo
Anyone else drive their vehicle like their bike, meticulously avoiding potholes and irregularities? Maybe I am too compulsive about it.
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06-08-26 | 10:13 AM
#4557
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Touring bike is loaded on the local truck for delivery to Hellgate Cyclery. It’s a throwback shop that is not open on the weekends, even during the summer. The people who work there look like the kind of guys who spend their weekends shredding the gnar.
06-08-26 | 10:14 AM
#4558
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From: Tejas
I don't know why you brought that up. I'm sure he stopped to help at the scene because he thought he could help, and not because of some interpretation of an "oath".
Doctors in the US are not legally obligated to jump in when a person is having a medical emergency. In fact, we've seen cases where they have and then faced lawsuits.
The AMA does expect doctors to help in such situations, but it is a code of conduct and not a legal issue.
Besides, even if his oath said he had to do it, the person benefitting from his actions would still owe (at least) a huge debt of gratitude. Just because you are outside of a typical clinical situation doesn't mean you are deserving of free medical care.
Doctors in the US are not legally obligated to jump in when a person is having a medical emergency. In fact, we've seen cases where they have and then faced lawsuits.
The AMA does expect doctors to help in such situations, but it is a code of conduct and not a legal issue.
Besides, even if his oath said he had to do it, the person benefitting from his actions would still owe (at least) a huge debt of gratitude. Just because you are outside of a typical clinical situation doesn't mean you are deserving of free medical care.
I'm not suggesting that you believe otherwise.
06-08-26 | 10:21 AM
#4559
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06-08-26 | 10:44 AM
#4560
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
06-08-26 | 10:59 AM
#4561
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From: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
06-08-26 | 12:01 PM
#4562
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
BTW the cyclist I helped, I am told, is alive and heavily sedated and on a ventilator in the ICU. My understanding is they are letting his heart, brain, and body recover from the event, and in 1-2 days they will lighten the sedation and see if he wakes up. I hope he does. 
06-08-26 | 12:34 PM
#4563
Silver Comet Fred
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From: NW Metro Atl.
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Should I get a percolator for my next coffee maker? I have a grinder for coarse grind which is suggested plus I have a gas stove to control perk. Also, no consumables like filters which is green adjacent. I like like a robust cup.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
06-08-26 | 12:34 PM
#4564
Gruppetto Bob
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From: Seattle-ish
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One of my biggest regrets many years ago was cycling near UW and passing an overweight middle aged male almost stumbling in his running clothes with a bright red face, looking like he was gasping for air. I should have stopped and helped him. I can only imagine what happened and hope he got help and is still alive.
#Never Again
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06-08-26 | 12:35 PM
#4565
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
You could try out the flavor by making good coffee and then pouring it into a saucepan and boiling it for 5 minutes.
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"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
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06-08-26 | 12:37 PM
#4567
Silver Comet Fred
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From: NW Metro Atl.
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BTW the cyclist I helped, I am told, is alive and heavily sedated and on a ventilator in the ICU. My understanding is they are letting his heart, brain, and body recover from the event, and in 1-2 days they will lighten the sedation and see if he wakes up. I hope he does.
When the time came you stepped up and did your best.
06-08-26 | 12:54 PM
#4568
The space coyote lied.
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You could always go thrifty and start making cowboy coffee. I did for about a year or so, after ye olde Gevalia drip machine went tits up.
06-08-26 | 01:01 PM
#4570
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
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06-08-26 | 01:02 PM
#4571
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
06-08-26 | 01:09 PM
#4572
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
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06-08-26 | 01:13 PM
#4573
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
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06-08-26 | 01:24 PM
#4574
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I’ll tell you one thing, if everybody in the group knows he’s a doctor and he just rode by without helping, it would not be a very friendly place to ride in the future. The pressures and expectations of society would make it hard to ignore a situation where he is clearly the most qualified in the group, and just ride on by.
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06-08-26 | 01:31 PM
#4575
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