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Does $930 = $1000 in a discussion?

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Old 03-02-07 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by LowCel
It depends, if talking to the wife about a wheelset I just bought for $930 I generally round down to about $500.
I met a guy on a ride who told his wife "he didn't want to spend the extra money to get aluminum parts on his grouppo so he got plastic instead." He had Campy Record CF.
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Old 03-02-07 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankBattle
? you're kidding right? Is this conversation going to continue pending the outcome of this thread?
No someone actually said this to me the other day. But the conversation is not ongoing. The question was about what you spent a lot of cash on that was a hobby. I said cycling and when asked to give an example I said the wheels on my bike are 1k.

You know what happened after that.

PS - Good call on the 1k for 900! I just didn't feel like spewing out an exact number (if I actually knew it).
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Old 03-02-07 | 03:06 PM
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My friends have been getting into these types of minutiae arguments lately. Ultimately, you'll round it like a normal person, they won't accept it as kosher, and everyone will have to agree to disagree.
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Old 03-02-07 | 03:18 PM
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Old 03-02-07 | 03:52 PM
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Some people are very literal. For example, my wife and I live halfway between two towns. When we are on a ride and somebody asks where we rode from, I always give the name of the town furthest away (I'm only adding 3 miles here) and my wife always rudely corrects me like it's important.

Another guy that I ride with is also very literal. We stop somewhere and a person will ask how far we are riding and somebody will say about 50 miles, but Mr. Exacto will say "Nah, we're only going 48 and a half."
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Old 03-02-07 | 04:24 PM
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Old 03-02-07 | 06:24 PM
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930 != 1000
Everyone knows that 930 rounds to 926.8
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