Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15433445)

Honestly, your comments are fine and harmless, but when you say "dating sucks", it paints a picture much worse than it is. We assume true suckage, as we have all experienced it, and not mild tweaking that a date delay is. You post in extremes.

Now TampaRaleigh posted a catastrophic "marriage over" flag, and we all jumped in sympathy, because three previous marriages means he has mad skills a truly recognizing suckage.

Originally Posted by RT (Post 15433513)

There is no good reason not to ride at lunch today. My pants are too tight, I eat too much cheese, I have new tires on the work rig, there is no wind outside, and I have no one to impress at home.

For four years now.

Not even a date. Any moves I had are now outdated, any skills I acquire will be trial by fire, and I will die a spinster curmudgeon bachelor teetotaler retrogrouch before doing anything online with regard to meeting Ms. Right.

Yet I cannot get to the locker room to get this ride started.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15433824)

I'm not a big fan. What it seems to have evolved into is an arena for guys to take free shots at someone - to vent, so to speak, without the worry of disciplinary repercussions. Much like Trollheim, if you will, where guys can go and just be as abusive and obnoxious as they like.

If we had more mods and I had more time I would just sit in that hot/not thread and hand out infractions like M&Ms . . . that place reminds me way too much of my signature.

Originally Posted by 2manybikes (Post 15433592)

No, this one is still too tall. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=307040

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15433836)

I have never posted in the Hot or Not thread.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15433803)

Offering to lend a hand, and hang out with someone while their dog is with the vet, is far from ladylike. Just an offer, nothing more than that.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 15433873)

In other news, switching from Kinvaras to NoosaFAST seems to have both slowed me down and cause shinsplints. Switching back to my Kinvaras, and will grab a new pair of them when the 4s come out in a month or so.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15433871)

WhyFi would get raked badly. As nice as the Jamis is, it certainly isn't "staged".

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 15433873)

In other news, switching from Kinvaras to NoosaFAST seems to have both slowed me down and cause shinsplints. Switching back to my Kinvaras, and will grab a new pair of them when the 4s come out in a month or so.

Originally Posted by TampaRaleigh (Post 15433758)

What I've learned here (and in the real world) is that the guys who say something, whether it be mocking or sympathy, do so because they care. If they DIDN'T care about your story... you'd be ignored.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 15433302)

Ugh. I am dreading doing that for my folks.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15433335)

This is so dumb that coasting could call in and contribute.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 15433396)

I do, however, think I'll quiet down about these things here, since it doesn't exactly seem to be helping. Will just mention when things are going well.

Originally Posted by WHOOOSSHHH... (Post 15433856)

Put me down for daily ones ..:thumb:

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15433951)

Been there, done that. It's awful when one has passed and the other one can't live alone, so now you're clearing out the home where you were born and raised. Rough.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 15433905)

Does not compute.

;)

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 15433931)

Speak English!

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15433863)

I have posted in there. I didn't get raked too badly.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15433824)

I'm not a big fan. What it seems to have evolved into is an arena for guys to take free shots at someone - to vent, so to speak, without the worry of disciplinary repercussions. Much like Trollheim, if you will, where guys can go and just be as abusive and obnoxious as they like.

If we had more mods and I had more time I would just sit in that hot/not thread and hand out infractions like M&Ms . . . that place reminds me way too much of my signature.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434020)

I'm all for thick skin, LC, this is the interwebz after all. But it goes too far . . . you don't have to beat a guy up just because you don't like his bike.

There's some guys in there with very nasty attitudes, and it's unnecessary. They're just taking advantage of the opportunity to be abusive. Demonstrates an inner malice . . . it's my civic duty to help them through that, make them a better person, make for a kinder, gentler nation. :)

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434020)

But it goes too far . . . you don't have to beat a guy up just because you don't like his bike.

Originally Posted by TampaRaleigh (Post 15433758)

I think I got more mockage than sympathy on my suckage recognition skills. And I honestly know I deserved a whole lot more. That's why I said something here... to get a good "slap upside my head". That's what real "friends" are for. To tell you you're an idiot when you're an idiot. And (according to the courthouse) I've been an idiot at least 3 times in my life.

What I've learned here (and in the real world) is that the guys who say something, whether it be mocking or sympathy, do so because they care. If they DIDN'T care about your story... you'd be ignored.

Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15433933)

One of the first things I saw in a BF harsh thread years ago:

Men give each other insults, but don't mean anything by it.

Women give each other compliments, but don't mean anything by it either.

Originally Posted by halfspeed (Post 15434024)

Is it wrong of me to bash the Cervelos and complement the fredmobiles in that thread?

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 15434029)

I was pretty hard on coasting. But he started it! :)