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A tip of the hat, and a wag of the finger

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Old 03-06-06 | 06:29 PM
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A tip of the hat, and a wag of the finger

Tip of the hat: RELoad. My top tube pad just got here. 19 inches of custom goodness. Only took a few days to get here, too. So, thank you Mr. Burns. It's eeeexcellent.

Wag of the finger: Trackstar. We had a little screenprinting deal going on for a t-shirt I designed. I appreciate their doing it, but I haven't had an update in months. So Brad, what's going on?
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I explained that he could never pay me enough cash for the amount of work I had put into that bike and the only way to compensate me for it was to ride the hell out of it.
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Old 03-06-06 | 06:34 PM
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Old 03-06-06 | 07:11 PM
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Old 03-06-06 | 07:35 PM
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I explained that he could never pay me enough cash for the amount of work I had put into that bike and the only way to compensate me for it was to ride the hell out of it.
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Old 03-07-06 | 05:23 PM
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OK, Trackstar got back to me. A tip of that to you Brad.
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I explained that he could never pay me enough cash for the amount of work I had put into that bike and the only way to compensate me for it was to ride the hell out of it.
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Old 03-07-06 | 05:31 PM
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anyone else see colbert nail all his oscar picks? that was awesome.
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Old 03-07-06 | 05:46 PM
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I explained that he could never pay me enough cash for the amount of work I had put into that bike and the only way to compensate me for it was to ride the hell out of it.
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Old 03-07-06 | 05:50 PM
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i ordered a top tube pad from reload three or four weeks ago, and haven't heard anything about it since. maybe i should follow up on it...
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https://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchiv...colbert_1.html <-- watch this
https://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchiv...called_it.html <-- then that
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hahahaha holy ****. that rules.
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Old 03-08-06 | 11:02 AM
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OK. What was the purpose of this thread?
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Old 03-08-06 | 01:27 PM
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Just some praise to RELoad. And trying to get Trackstar to respond to me (which they did). And then it turned into a Stephen Colbert fan club.
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Old 03-08-06 | 01:38 PM
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"wag of the finger"? that's gay. don't ever say that again. and while we're on the subject i saw someone write "hammies" for hamstrings. this is also highly gay. avoid these locutions.

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Old 03-08-06 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by brunop
"wag of the finger"? that's gay. don't ever say that again. and while we're on the subject i saw someone write "hammies" for hamstrings. this is also highly gay. avoid these locutions.

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your an idiot.
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Old 03-08-06 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by wangster
your an idiot.
you're an idiot, too.
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Originally Posted by wangster
your an idiot.
wangster! duder! i'm just sayin'!! jeez. ya gotta admit it's gay. "fixies" for fixed gear borders on brokeback territory, but longtime usage has made it a 'fixture' (get it? i'm so funny!! ) of the language. we really should though avoid the others i mentioned. really.

"wag of the finger"? "hammies"? definitely gay. use your ears, man!

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Old 03-08-06 | 04:09 PM
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you're an idiot, too.
oops... you're right, I'm an idiot... doh!
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Old 03-08-06 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by brunop
"wag of the finger"? that's gay. don't ever say that again. and while we're on the subject i saw someone write "hammies" for hamstrings. this is also highly gay. avoid these locutions.

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Hey guess what? Shut the **** up!
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Old 03-09-06 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by el twe
Hey guess what? Shut the **** up!
i'm just tellin' ya like it is! there're enough gay words in bikin'--"blinkies", "hammies" (though i ran across that on a running website and promptly shut that ***** down and was thanked for it), etc. we shouldn't let this "wag of the finger" thing get away from us is all i'm sayin'! we got us an image to project and protect. dude, if you're gonna swill cheap beer and have tats and wear chains and *****, ya gotta stay away from gay locutions. it waters down the brand!

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Originally Posted by brunop
"wag of the finger"? that's gay. don't ever say that again. and while we're on the subject i saw someone write "hammies" for hamstrings. this is also highly gay. avoid these locutions.

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you're dumb.
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Old 03-09-06 | 08:43 AM
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there aren't enough emoticons in the entire Internet to redeem bruno's comments in this thread.
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Old 03-09-06 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by adamkell
there aren't enough emoticons in the entire Internet to redeem bruno's comments in this thread.
then by all means use your words! everyone gets all het up by the word "gay". why? some words and phrases are intrinsically gay sounding. it is what it is. sheesh!!
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