Overrated: You Decide
11-08-12, 09:02 AM
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being skinny
11-08-12, 09:04 AM
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Healthy food.
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Momento mori, amor fati.
Momento mori, amor fati.
11-08-12, 09:16 AM
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Yeah, fake food/gu/whatever for training.
If we're broadening the scope, also overrated:
Most high end audio, especially expensive speaker cables
Boats
Expensive cars
iTunes
iOS
"American Beauty", the film. In fact anything Alan Ball is involved in and most things Sam Mendes is involved in. The two of them together is like a nuclear explosion of pretention.
Adele
The sixties
Expensive strollers for young kids
College
Facebook
If we're broadening the scope, also overrated:
Most high end audio, especially expensive speaker cables
Boats
Expensive cars
iTunes
iOS
"American Beauty", the film. In fact anything Alan Ball is involved in and most things Sam Mendes is involved in. The two of them together is like a nuclear explosion of pretention.
Adele
The sixties
Expensive strollers for young kids
College
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11-08-12, 09:25 AM
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titanium hardware.....ultra low weight parts. low spoke count wheels.
11-08-12, 09:38 AM
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11-08-12, 09:41 AM
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Yeah, fake food/gu/whatever for training.
If we're broadening the scope, also overrated:
Most high end audio, especially expensive speaker cables
Boats
Expensive cars
iTunes
iOS
"American Beauty", the film. In fact anything Alan Ball is involved in and most things Sam Mendes is involved in. The two of them together is like a nuclear explosion of pretention.
Adele
The sixties
Expensive strollers for young kids
College
Facebook
If we're broadening the scope, also overrated:
Most high end audio, especially expensive speaker cables
Boats
Expensive cars
iTunes
iOS
"American Beauty", the film. In fact anything Alan Ball is involved in and most things Sam Mendes is involved in. The two of them together is like a nuclear explosion of pretention.
Adele
The sixties
Expensive strollers for young kids
College
11-08-12, 10:10 AM
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I will fight you tooth and nail over expensive strollers. A $20 umbrella stroller works better in tight spaces, is easier to go through doors, is easier for a kid to get into and out of on their own, is much (much) more compact and easy to deal with on planes and loading into cars, is much lighter to carry, folds in an instant and (most importantly) doesn't make you look like a yuppie first-time parent. For really young kids / babies, backpacks or slings work better in basically every situation.
11-08-12, 10:14 AM
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11-08-12, 10:27 AM
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I'm glad to hear fusion is working out for you, it just what I needed to read. I had a cage plate and 4 screws installed 3 weeks ago at L5-S1 and so far it seems good though i'm still getting over the op. I'm actually riding the MTB gently in total comfort around the house and driveway but don't tell anyone that.
11-08-12, 10:28 AM
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I will fight you tooth and nail over expensive strollers. A $20 umbrella stroller works better in tight spaces, is easier to go through doors, is easier for a kid to get into and out of on their own, is much (much) more compact and easy to deal with on planes and loading into cars, is much lighter to carry, folds in an instant and (most importantly) doesn't make you look like a yuppie first-time parent. For really young kids / babies, backpacks or slings work better in basically every situation.
And I didn't give a rat's ass about being stereotyped. Still don't.
11-08-12, 10:33 AM
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Sweet - I love threads where we tell each other that our respective points-of-view are incorrect.
11-08-12, 10:47 AM
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I will fight you tooth and nail over expensive strollers. A $20 umbrella stroller works better in tight spaces, is easier to go through doors, is easier for a kid to get into and out of on their own, is much (much) more compact and easy to deal with on planes and loading into cars, is much lighter to carry, folds in an instant and (most importantly) doesn't make you look like a yuppie first-time parent. For really young kids / babies, backpacks or slings work better in basically every situation.
11-08-12, 10:49 AM
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VW TDi clean diesel.
Roof racks. I'd rather lose a couple bikes from being rear-ended than drive into my garage and screw up the house, car and a couple of bikes.
Roof racks. I'd rather lose a couple bikes from being rear-ended than drive into my garage and screw up the house, car and a couple of bikes.
11-08-12, 11:27 AM
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I will fight you tooth and nail over expensive strollers. A $20 umbrella stroller works better in tight spaces, is easier to go through doors, is easier for a kid to get into and out of on their own, is much (much) more compact and easy to deal with on planes and loading into cars, is much lighter to carry, folds in an instant and (most importantly) doesn't make you look like a yuppie first-time parent. For really young kids / babies, backpacks or slings work better in basically every situation.
11-08-12, 11:31 AM
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Overrated: You Decide
American-made anything.
Italian-made anything.
Italian-made anything.
11-08-12, 11:35 AM
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11-08-12, 11:59 AM
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