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Old 04-17-11 | 09:22 AM
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:22 AM
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I'm always amazed by how many people have rice cookers in their homes these days.
I don't have one, but the frequency of which my rice turns out sticky makes me think I need something different.
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:25 AM
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:25 AM
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:28 AM
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:33 AM
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Good luck, and congrats on ditching the spacers.
Thanks. I'm ordering the new seatpost today. I'll check my old one to see if it's your size.
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
They make egg boilers? Weird. I'm always amazed by how many people have rice cookers in their homes these days. I'll really flip a lid if I start seeing egg boilers everywhere.
I blame a combination of poor technique, sub-par cookware and infomercials for the boom in task-specific kitchen gadgets. Just give me a good knife or two and a few good pots/pans, I can do without the clutter from most of the other stuff.
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:39 AM
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I blame a combination of poor technique, sub-par cookware and infomercials for the boom in task-specific kitchen gadgets. Just give me a good knife or two and a few good pots/pans, I can do without the clutter from most of the other stuff.
The egg cooker I have looks like it is from the 80's so I doubt it is from an infomercial. The best thing about it is that it can be turned on while I'm getting ready for work then be ready when it's time for me to walk out the door.
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:40 AM
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I can almost figure out what is so disturbing about this, but not quite. Drinking out of it would not be my first thought.

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Old 04-17-11 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I blame a combination of poor technique, sub-par cookware and infomercials for the boom in task-specific kitchen gadgets. Just give me a good knife or two and a few good pots/pans, I can do without the clutter from most of the other stuff.
You don't want to cook perfect pasta in your microwave?
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:53 AM
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What is your saddle to bar drop going to be now, VG?

I have been looking at SA's bikes quite a bit as he seems to have them very purpose driven. The 5 1/2" drop looks drastically larger than the 4 1/2" I have mine maxed out at. I think I like the slightly less stretched out and upright position I have but riding into 40+ gusts on a daily basis could be improved by going longer and deeper with my bar. I am seriously considering a quill stem adapter and a 130mm -17 degree stem for shoulder season riding.
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Old 04-17-11 | 09:57 AM
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You don't want to cook perfect pasta in your microwave?
Everybody knows that the amount of water used in those things isn't enough to keep the leached starches from making the noodles clump... geez - did you learn how to cook from some Brit?
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:15 AM
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All Mrs. RJ needs to cook rice is her 2qt covered sauce pan.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:20 AM
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All Mrs. RJ needs to cook rice is her 2qt covered sauce pan.
What are you trying to say? That Mrs. RJ is better than me?
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:21 AM
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:26 AM
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What are you trying to say? That Mrs. RJ is better than me?
Yes. Duh. She is my wife.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:26 AM
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Good luck, and congrats on ditching the spacers.
I like bike pics. Let's see Oscar.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by miyata man
Could you provide a worthy example?
Why do I go back and forth as you as a poster?

Largely it's a function of your writing. You tend to use byzantine sentence constructions that come across oddly and are often difficult to understand. But now and then you post something that is clear and on point.

Is English a second language for you?
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Why do I go back and forth as you as a poster?

Largely it's a function of your writing. You tend to use byzantine sentence constructions that come across oddly and are often difficult to understand. But now and then you post something that is clear and on point.
that was succinctly put VV. kudos.
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Yes. Duh. She is my wife.
Maybe she should post a rice-cooking tutorial, set to an original music score.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:34 AM
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I apologize in advance for far exceeding the one-line (sometimes one-word) average of Addiction.

Last month a friend of mine complained that she kept getting flats. I had her drop her bike off, did a thorough inspection of the rims, tires and tubes, gave it a quick tune-up, and then gave it back to her, mentioning that she should be riding between 90 - 100 psi.

Yesterday, we had our first opportunity to ride together. I rode to her house and when I arrived, asked if she had enough air in the tires. Her response was "Yep! Plenty! They're still full from when you pumped 'em up!" She even did the old thumb-squeeze on the tube and declared them hard...to which I responded "That's because you're pushing the tire all the way to the rim!". I put on the floor pump, which read "20" in each tire, and got them up to pressure for her. Surprisingly...no flats on the ride!

As an aside, my ride was 41 miles but because I rode 25 of it with her, most of it at a much slower pace than normal, I was able to fly on the final 8 miles after dropping her off. Typically the last 8 of that ride is when I suffer the most.
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Maybe she should post a rice-cooking tutorial, set to an original music score.
I'll contact the DVD production crew right away.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:40 AM
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I apologize in advance for far exceeding the one-line (sometimes one-word) average of Addiction.

Last month a friend of mine complained that she kept getting flats. I had her drop her bike off, did a thorough inspection of the rims, tires and tubes, gave it a quick tune-up, and then gave it back to her, mentioning that she should be riding between 90 - 100 psi.

Yesterday, we had our first opportunity to ride together. I rode to her house and when I arrived, asked if she had enough air in the tires. Her response was "Yep! Plenty! They're still full from when you pumped 'em up!" She even did the old thumb-squeeze on the tube and declared them hard...to which I responded "That's because you're pushing the tire all the way to the rim!". I put on the floor pump, which read "20" in each tire, and got them up to pressure for her. Surprisingly...no flats on the ride!

As an aside, my ride was 41 miles but because I rode 25 of it with her, most of it at a much slower pace than normal, I was able to fly on the final 8 miles after dropping her off. Typically the last 8 of that ride is when I suffer the most.
That's great.
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I like bike pics. Let's see Oscar.
I'm planning this later after he gets a bath.

LBS wouldn't sell me the seatpost. They don't want me to spend the money until they re-fit me. Scheduled for Tuesday.
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Old 04-17-11 | 10:42 AM
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I'll contact the DVD production crew right away.
I bet Razor can hook you up with one.

Speaking of whom, he has either:

(a) been swamped with inquiries, psimet-style, or

(b) needs to take a course on customer relations

because he has yet to respond to my tweet about pre-ordering a copy of his training DVDs.
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