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04-22-11 | 09:00 AM
#3801
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,828
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From: Adrift
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
04-22-11 | 09:00 AM
#3802
Still can't climb
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 23,024
Likes: 6
From: Limey in Taiwan
i would not begrudge others enjoying a laugh at me.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
04-22-11 | 09:01 AM
#3803
The space coyote lied.
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48,782
Likes: 11,004
From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
04-22-11 | 09:02 AM
#3807
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,828
Likes: 6,197
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
04-22-11 | 09:03 AM
#3808
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,942
Likes: 282
From: Colorado
Naturally, it would make sense to move to Wisconsin. Wisconsin sucks.
04-22-11 | 09:05 AM
#3809
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,113
Likes: 132
From: WNY
Bikes: Factor O2, Caad10, Caad2
04-22-11 | 09:06 AM
#3810
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,828
Likes: 6,197
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
04-22-11 | 09:06 AM
#3811
So it is
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 22,878
Likes: 6,382
From: Westminster, CO
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
04-22-11 | 09:06 AM
#3812
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 2,875
Likes: 17
Bikes: Cannondale CAAD 9, Specialized Transition, Specialized Fate, Specialized Crux
04-22-11 | 09:10 AM
#3813
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 2,875
Likes: 17
Bikes: Cannondale CAAD 9, Specialized Transition, Specialized Fate, Specialized Crux
04-22-11 | 09:11 AM
#3814
Mostly Harmless
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Posts: 58,828
Likes: 6,197
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
04-22-11 | 09:13 AM
#3815
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,182
Likes: 0
I didn't move to CO because frankly nowadays it is full of self hyping extreme sports wannabes with Spray-arado mindsets. Give me back the mid 70's, nobody appreciates the place but is soon to get John Denver vibe, and I will be there.
04-22-11 | 09:14 AM
#3817
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,004
Likes: 2,409
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Time to come up with an original nickname.
The nickname of:
Seattle, Washington, United States
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Muntinlupa, Philippines
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq
Oracle World Headquarters, Redwood Shores, CA
Syracuse, New York, United States
Wichita, Kansas, United States
The nickname of:
Seattle, Washington, United States
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Muntinlupa, Philippines
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq
Oracle World Headquarters, Redwood Shores, CA
Syracuse, New York, United States
Wichita, Kansas, United States
04-22-11 | 09:19 AM
#3818
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,182
Likes: 0
Eugene has a few nicknames and a few actually have to do with Prefontaine
04-22-11 | 09:19 AM
#3819
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,942
Likes: 282
From: Colorado
You were here living it up John Denver style in the mid-70s? I assumed you were younger.
04-22-11 | 09:24 AM
#3820
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
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Not even a twinkle at that point. That environment has a lot to do with the fact that I'm here today though. The only explanation I can offer is the allure of beer, sausages, and pristine rolling countryside with little traffic. MN is overrrun with fakengers on swinglespeeds intent on mating their cause to politics. It was much worse.
04-22-11 | 09:32 AM
#3821
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,942
Likes: 282
From: Colorado
Why wouldn't you live somewhere in Chicagoland? If you can ride your bike to Illinois, but still choose to live in Wisconsin, you're doing it wrong.
04-22-11 | 09:41 AM
#3823
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,113
Likes: 132
From: WNY
Bikes: Factor O2, Caad10, Caad2
Having been to Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, I'll take that area over where I am now anytime.
04-22-11 | 09:56 AM
#3824
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,942
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From: Colorado
I lived in the Springs. Other than Manitou, I thought it sucked. I have good friends that still live there, and generally, they think it sucks. They've been able to rationalize it over the years, although most of them live outside of town. It's not the outdoors that's the problem there.
04-22-11 | 10:06 AM
#3825
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: WNY
Bikes: Factor O2, Caad10, Caad2
I have only been a visitor (tourist), so never really got a in-depth feel for the places. However, having the Rockies in the background and all the outdoor activities available nearby is the draw for me.
While the Adirondacks are ~5 hrs away, it's nothing like the Rockies.
While the Adirondacks are ~5 hrs away, it's nothing like the Rockies.