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Originally Posted by coasting (Post 15448953)

I knew it. Just testing y'all.

Sure you were. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by RT (Post 15449203)

Until we are consistently in the 30's at 5:30 a.m., two layers on the legs. This morning was deceivingly warm and I overheated. Mornings have been 25 or so.

5:30am is too early for anything.

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Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 15448951)

Go Advanced you limey Einstein.

No one was supposed to tell him until he apologized for calling Americans dumb.

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Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 15447996)

Jersey

Are you going to do the Tour de Fred ride with Pcad?

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Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 15449612)

No kidding. That's why I copped this R8 from a guy used. Killer axe and top, still ran $3400 used. Like I said ouch. But they blow the Gibson USA LPs into the friggin weeds. Great guitars. And very good resale, particularly if they have a nice figured top. I think I could sell this one for $3K to a dealer I know with one email. Those Historic Lesters are the big leagues of guitars, once you go over to Gibson or Fender Custom Shop stuff, that's high end. Yeah, they're generally better. And in my view they are often worth the 2-3x the price of the cheaper guitars. Life is too short to play crappy guitars. Not that you need one of course, But they do play/sound/feel better for the most part. That being said, once you're running through a pedal board and a good amp, you can get some pretty amazing tone out of a $400 Korean or Mexican guitar.

You know, just like gsteinb could out sprint everybody in the 41 on a Schwinn Varsity. While that may be true, even slow fat guys enjoy a nice expensive racing bicycle.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...ad/R8Shot1.jpg

The R9 he played was pretty awesome looking, but it was overly figured, and I suspect the kind of thing that might get tiresome. From everyone I spoke to the R8 and R9 are essentially the same except for the more figured top, and a bit of neck shape. Custom buckers in both. It was the one guitar he played (R9) that I could really hear the difference. That said, the R9 we found online is lightly figured and a bit more subtle.

Used instruments are the way to go, but tough for a lefty.

I know a couple of guys whose kids have cancer. I figured life was too short for him not to have something that made him that happy.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15449668)

No one was supposed to tell him until he apologized for calling Americans dumb.

Why would anyone have to apologize for stating the obvious?

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Originally Posted by gsteinb (Post 15449672)

I figured life was too short for him not to have something that made him that happy.

We all need parents like this.

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Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 15449275)

And what would that be Fredly?

Had dinner with the wife at a Vietnamese place in Tenafly tonight. Rice noodles, loads of vegetables and Portuguese white wine. Great athletes meal.
The place had a load of ex-pseudo hippie chick moms in all of their kids and long hair, 1970's hairy ***** ex-pseudo hippie glory. Moms, kids, no dads as to be found. Probably the Wall St. types at home stoned stupid until Monday. Would be a stinky good time with one or two of those mommies if it wasn't a night out with the wife

Rally around the flag in the face of a foreign attack

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Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 15449680)

Why would anyone have to apologize for stating the obvious?

It's OK for an American to say that, but not an outsider.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15449985)

It's OK for an American to say that, but not an outsider.

Says the Canadian.

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Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 15449990)

Says the Canadian.

I'm an Americo-Canadian.

Everyone is stupid

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15449669)

Are you going to do the Tour de Fred ride with Pcad?

I'm down in Essex county but don't have a bike here. I might go for a run tomorrow though

I rode in Essex. Nice and flat.

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Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 15450035)

I'm down in Essex county but don't have a bike here. I might go for a run tomorrow though

How much food do you pack in when you're back in the east coast?

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Originally Posted by coasting (Post 15450039)

I rode in Essex. Nice and flat.

The part of Essex county that my parents live in is far from flat. Unlike its Limey namesake

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Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 15450041)

How much food do you pack in when you're back in the east coast?

I am a fat tub of lard so I'm storing a lot of food in my midsection. But I will haul home 2dozen bagels in my bags

Ok...if you were planning on a long ride of hours upon hours, maybe all day, would you head out if there is torrential rain when you wake up and it just won't ease up?

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Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 15450054)

I am a fat tub of lard so I'm storing a lot of food in my midsection. But I will haul home 2dozen bagels in my bags

What kind of food do they do well in OK?

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Originally Posted by whyfi (Post 15450073)

what kind of food do they do well in ok?

bbq

I love BBQ. But I will get back to dieting starting 1 April, so no BBQ for coasting.

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Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 15450077)

bbq

Mmmmmm - bbq.

Time to Shed the Fat

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Originally Posted by coasting (Post 15450083)

I love BBQ. But I will get back to dieting starting 1 April, so no BBQ for coasting.

likewise coasting.

Salads and chicken breasts for me for the rest of the year.:notamused:

RU - we were looking up rear seat deletes for the abarth today. taking the back seats out is like a 5 minute job and removes 50 pounds from the car. haven't decided if i'm going to order the mass produced cover for the bare spot left or come up with a homebrew option but for now we're just going to cover it with black towels and see how well a bike and the rollers fit to go to a race next weekend without having to jam the passenger seat all the way forward.

You must be new to this

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Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 15450102)

likewise coasting.

Salads and chicken breasts for me for the rest of the year.:notamused:

Rest of year? No one can do that. I'm taking it one month at a time and I don't even manage to do that. 3 weeks straight on the wagon is a good outcome. March was pretty good but I did fall off, so April is a new beginning. As will May be and June etc.