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04-22-11 | 08:13 AM

#3776

sbxx1985

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From: Colorado

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Facepalm o' the day.

Good story.

04-22-11 | 08:18 AM

#3777

LAJ

So it is

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From: Westminster, CO

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I did figure the grey hair thing was in jest, Rando. I was serious about the folks taking care of themselves, though. The cooter thing was a joke as well, of course. Geezer is an attitude, not an age, which I have been trying to perfect for over 50 years. Just saying folks need to listen to their body, and react accordingly.

Thanks, Rando. I like my heavy old sled. As far as I know, slicks of any type on a bike handle rain just fine. Physics and stuff tend to allow that to happen, because they are too thin to hydroplane. I haven't been in the rain with those, but I like the looks of them after a few hundred miles. No cuts, strange wear, or anything to cause alarm.

04-22-11 | 08:20 AM

#3778

sbxx1985

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From: Colorado

We have a winner.

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Originally Posted by LAJ

04-22-11 | 08:23 AM

#3779

sbxx1985

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From: Colorado

The Cervelo isn't my responsibility. I just make suggestions. It's at Excel.

04-22-11 | 08:25 AM

#3780

Velo Vol

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Makel

Hopefully he didn't destroy the bldg, and hopefully he had insurance. But, I think car vs bldg collisions go on the bldg owners insurance, it's kind of backwards.

I didn't see it up close, but from what he said the vehicle didn't have more than cosmetic damage. Luckily for the car, it hit pliable metal panel rather than an unflexible tree. I assume the building will need a new panel.

You're saying that would be on the property insurance?

04-22-11 | 08:26 AM

#3781

LAJ

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From: Westminster, CO

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbxx1985

I just make suggestions.

Bike schwag research is one of your specialties. Folks need to pay attention to your suggestions.

04-22-11 | 08:27 AM

#3782

mvnsnd

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From: WNY

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LAJ

Thanks sbxx.

--snip--

I agree with SB, that's one great ride.

And, of course great picture too.

04-22-11 | 08:27 AM

#3783

miyata man

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LAJ

Pay no mind to the man behind the curtain.

At least until he puts up a gem, which Rando does on occasion.

A friends wife is not talking to me because I made a verbal misstep implying her powers in the kitchen were at fault for her husbands midsection growing. She well knew what I meant by it being a front handed insult to what she was trying to do to me with the meal she just put on the table. She just could not let the word insult go though.

That's kind of how I feel about this. I'm pretty sure of what the comparison to the Wizard means. Believe you me I am actually just showing signs of too much restraint in my personal life. A move somewhere less Midwestern is pretty well assured. As a CO native I do not understand how you can live where you do, though. A week around the Eldorado/Boulder area was too much for me. Well, swimming in the park on a Tuesday in the middle of Summer was too much in a good way.

04-22-11 | 08:27 AM

#3784

sbxx1985

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From: Colorado

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

You're saying that would be on the property insurance?

Unlikely. My clients hit buildings occasionally.

04-22-11 | 08:31 AM

#3785

coasting

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From: Limey in Taiwan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

This afternoon I was across the parking lot from the church school engaged in a project. I half-consciously noticed a car pull up in front of the school door.

About a minute later I glance that direction again and see the car slowly heading away. But my gaze lingered a couple extra seconds and I noticed that rather than driving toward the exit driveway at the corner of the lot, the car was headed straight toward the end of the parking lot.

wut

I'm paying attention now, watching where the car is headed. Sure enough, it neither brakes nor turns, but instead crashes unabated into a metal building at the edge of the lot. (about 30-40 yards from my vantage point)

Trying to make sense of what I just witnessed, I look to find what kind of idiot would drive into a building, but I can't see anyone in the driver's seat.

A few seconds later, a guy emerged from the school, looked around perplexedly, and suddenly started running toward the car.

As he subsequently explained, he thought he left his car in "parked," but obviously he had not.

Facepalm o' the day.

you are a really bad person.

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04-22-11 | 08:31 AM

#3786

Velo Vol

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I've gotten tired of wind. You prairie Freds are supposed to keep that to yourselves.

04-22-11 | 08:32 AM

#3787

sbxx1985

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From: Colorado

Quote:

Originally Posted by miyata man

As a CO native I do not understand how you can live where you do, though. A week around the Eldorado/Boulder area was too much for me. Well, swimming in the park on a Tuesday in the middle of Summer was too much in a good way.

Let's discuss. You're a Colorado native living in Wisconsin that loves the Eldo pool in the summer?

04-22-11 | 08:33 AM

#3788

dstrong

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From: Awesome, Austin, TX

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LowCel

Beginning of a rest day....Wooohoooo!!!!!

I'll believe it when you post "End of a rest day...Wooohoooo!!!!!" around 10pm tonight and DON'T talk about the 60 miles you just HAD to ride!

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04-22-11 | 08:34 AM

#3789

RUOkie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbxx1985

Unlikely. My clients hit buildings occasionally.

I have some dimwit in a big pickup back up into my building weekly. The building is a rock, every car/truck has been damaged.

Not a single person has even tried to make a claim against my property insurance.

04-22-11 | 08:37 AM

#3790

LAJ

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From: Westminster, CO

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbxx1985

Let's discuss. You're a Colorado native living in Wisconsin that loves the Eldo pool in the summer?

I sort of got that too, but I didn't get the part where Rando doesn't get how I could. Then again, I don't really go there, unless a ride takes me near that area.

04-22-11 | 08:40 AM

#3791

Makel

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Quote:

Originally Posted by miyata man

Makel, you are pretty easy to upset with dismissals of being the little lady with no valid opinions or will.

"Really, (laughs openly) I don't think rollers are for you. They are just for people who are serious."

I bet you still won't go into that shop.

Rando, I wasn't upset, I just didn't get the #38 ref, I'm tired just got off work, I started wondering if I needed to look for post #38 or a rule book with 50 rules in it.

What shop, you've lost me again?

I got rollers and you don't nanabooboo!!

(maybe I should make more use of the smilies?)

04-22-11 | 08:42 AM

#3792

LAJ

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From: Westminster, CO

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Thanks mvnsnd!

04-22-11 | 08:46 AM

#3793

Makel

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol

You're saying that would be on the property insurance?

I guess it depends on the minimum requirements of the state for insurance. Some auto liablity policies don't cover squat.

04-22-11 | 08:47 AM

#3794

coasting

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From: Limey in Taiwan

anyone else laugh at people when they fall over on ice? I do.

04-22-11 | 08:50 AM

#3795

LAJ

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From: Westminster, CO

Quote:

Originally Posted by coasting

anyone else laugh at people when they fall over on ice? I do.

I try to do my best to never laugh at another person's misfortune.

04-22-11 | 08:52 AM

#3796

coasting

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From: Limey in Taiwan

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAJ

I try to do my best to never laugh at another person's misfortune.

hard to hold in the giggle isn't it?

04-22-11 | 08:53 AM

#3797

Makel

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Quote:

Originally Posted by coasting

anyone else laugh at people when they fall over on ice? I do.

it depends if i like that person or not

04-22-11 | 08:53 AM

#3798

LAJ

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From: Westminster, CO

Quote:

Originally Posted by coasting

hard to hold in the giggle isn't it?

Maybe my my sense of humor is different, but I rarely find stuff like that funny.

04-22-11 | 08:55 AM

#3799

Velo Vol

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Quote:

Originally Posted by coasting

anyone else laugh at people when they fall over on ice? I do.

Weren't you the person who kept slipping on the ice? The only time I see people on ice here is in the ice rink, and I'm not in a position to laugh at others when I'm worried about my own wellbeing.

miyata man, where do you want to move?

04-22-11 | 08:57 AM

#3800

miyata man

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbxx1985

Let's discuss. You're a Colorado native living in Wisconsin that loves the Eldo pool in the summer?

Hahaha, talk about an abnormal thing to elect to do to that place. 5 miles of dirt road to get to an upscale private community outside the gates of a national park. What possessed them to build that pool opposite the gates of the park? There is very little traffic other than the stream of children in SUV's. One imagines this both pays for and skirts a number of costly violations the locals refuse to change their town for.

I meant a long day of playing on rope swings and swimming in the river at the park in Boulder. Talk about a party. Thousands of people and there was never a lack of room to start a game of some kind without bothering anyone. That was some piece of city planning. The rest of the town holds nothing for me and I know way too many people in the Fort Collins/Boulder area.