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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 04-26-11, 11:51 PM
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Old 04-27-11, 01:59 AM
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Wtf? I thought winter is over*, spring is here. This is like, a late January thread.

*For you suckers that still live in areas where there IS a winter.
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Old 04-27-11, 02:43 AM
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"because it's there"
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Old 04-27-11, 06:10 AM
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The over/under for replies of this pcad thread is 5200
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Old 04-27-11, 06:20 AM
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I couldn't bother this weekend because we were out of town. I was going to bother yesterday after work but I didn't. Not bothering yesterday ended up bothering me so much that I'm going to try and bother right after work today. If it's not too much of a bother, please say a prayer for me.
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Old 04-27-11, 07:52 AM
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It was a simple question.
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Old 04-27-11, 08:08 AM
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Old 04-27-11, 08:22 AM
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didn't take you for a Weezer fan pcad.
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Old 04-27-11, 08:25 AM
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Old 04-27-11, 08:27 AM
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Old 04-27-11, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
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dammit you beat me to it.
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Old 04-27-11, 08:49 AM
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I did it for the money.

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Old 04-27-11, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Santaria
I did it for the money.
not the nookie?
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Old 04-27-11, 09:09 AM
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Obama produced the birth certificate, you can shut up now, Donald.
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Old 04-27-11, 09:34 AM
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no pain no gain. that's why
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Old 04-27-11, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by himespau
not the nookie?
so you can take that cookie?
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Old 04-27-11, 09:46 AM
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Why ask why?
Bothering is a constant. "Why" is the question.
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Old 04-27-11, 09:51 AM
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cause were american's dammit...we got too!!!
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Old 04-27-11, 10:08 AM
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Because someone needs to keep this sport going. It's not like we can rely on you old fat guys.
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Old 04-27-11, 12:14 PM
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Why bother what? Discuss what? Discuss cotiscad? Why bother!
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Old 04-27-11, 12:20 PM
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This is the first time I've been back here in months, and from what I'm seeing, not much of a reason to bother.
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Old 04-27-11, 12:24 PM
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Old 04-27-11, 12:29 PM
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? seriously
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Old 04-27-11, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 55/Rad
Obama produced the birth certificate, you can shut up now, Donald.
Donald said he'd share his tax returns when it happened ..... waiting ..........
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