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Old 02-17-08, 09:32 AM
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Well, I know you just posted about not being rude, but...

Why the hell does this deserve a new post? Find your old post and write this.
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exactly. and why lecture the rest of us about it?
 
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Originally Posted by plodderslusk
If you have nothing useful to contribute, do not post.
I don't have any leftovers today, so I'm most likely going to go to Arby's for lunch.
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Old 02-17-08, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
I don't have any leftovers today, so I'm most likely going to go to Arby's for lunch.
I had toast for breakfast, but all that was left were the two ends of the loaf. I burned the toast because my toaster is set for a regular piece of bread, not these half pieces.
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Old 02-17-08, 10:45 AM
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Only the roadies forum rivals this one in ignorant, uncalled for comments.

A new post isn't out of line at all...

You don't have to be super nice, just don't be a complete tool. If this doesn't apply to you, and you show some class on these boards, then don't step to the front of the line to say "wasn't me!"

Just move along.
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Old 02-17-08, 10:58 AM
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Why? Waste of bandwidth. No one on this board cares in the slightest that he is thanking them for their advice.

At least, not enough to make a whole new post about.
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Old 02-17-08, 10:59 AM
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Okay kids, This here's a situation that irks me, too. For Christ's sake, let's cut eachother a little slack! It's a fine line between being cute and being a cuteass. We all have our witty moments and god knows most of us are cynical. We're a subforum, not a fraternity.

How about this: When you're urging on rudeness, just ask youself, What Would Sheldon Do?
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Old 02-17-08, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
I don't have any leftovers today, so I'm most likely going to go to Arby's for lunch.
dude, what are you gonna get?
i have some coupons for bacon beef and cheddars! so good.

i think i'm gonna go get like four sandwiches for five bucks!
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Old 02-17-08, 11:28 AM
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hey at least we're not the bmx board right?
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Originally Posted by plodderslusk
Last week I asked about riding fixed in a pack and going fast downhill. Got some excellent advice from Hobartelmagne about pulling up to have a smoother spin. Much better this sunday on the same 100 k loop. But i really dislike being called a moron for asking a newbie question here in this subforum.The literacy level of the guy doing the namecalling may excuse him somewhat, but I really see no need to be rude to somebody just in spite. If you have nothing useful to contribute, do not post.
Thanks for the compliment.

This sub forum gets a little hostile sometimes. I don't know what people think
the forum is for if they don't think knowledge should be shared between those
who know and those who don't know.
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Old 02-17-08, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jotog
Okay kids, This here's a situation that irks me, too. For Christ's sake, let's cut eachother a little slack! It's a fine line between being cute and being a cuteass. We all have our witty moments and god knows most of us are cynical. We're a subforum, not a fraternity.

How about this: When you're urging on rudeness, just ask youself, What Would Sheldon Do?
please make this a sticky for all subforums.
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So I just re-read the thread you are speaking of and out of all of the total post in that thread (24) only 1 is an insult. That is like a 95.83% rate of non-insults and help. Now you come back here a 6 days later to complain? Does it really bother you that bad that you forgot how to use PM's? You got answers to your questions, you applied some of the techniques others suggested and got better results. Sounds like you are complaining just to complain to me. Oh, and posting your results in the thread you FIRST started would have actually contribited to the community as a whole because you would have been providing the group with actual results and would have made it easy for others to find with the same/similiar questions.
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Old 02-17-08, 12:02 PM
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Does anyone else notice rice milk has a strange grittiness to it? I tried almond milk but it was too sweet.
 
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Originally Posted by NitroPye
Does anyone else notice rice milk has a strange grittiness to it? I tried almond milk but it was too sweet.
I used unsweetened Almond Breeze in everything - it's great, and not sweet at all.
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Can I has merge?
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Old 02-17-08, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 666pack
pull your feet out of the pedals. rest one on the downtube, and keep the other ready to ted shred.

at least that's how i bomb hills.
I was gonna say the exact same thing, and I ride no brakes.

edit: oh wait, there's two pages here, where not talking about this anymore. ****.

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Real advice... buy a set of rollers, warm up on them for five minutes of easy spinning and then try to pedal as fast as you can and maintain for 30 seconds. This helped me a lot for staying "ahead of the spin" on downhills. I keep my chain a little loose so I can feel when I'm getting behind the spin, and when I'm maintaining it. However, apparently it's a little too loose because I bombed a country hill the other day, one of the biggest of my life, and threw the chain. Scary **** indeed, luckily nothing locked up and I handled it fine.
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Old 02-17-08, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bonechilling
I used unsweetened Almond Breeze in everything - it's great, and not sweet at all.
Just make sure you don't drink soy milk.

It makes you gay!
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