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Forum: Techniques February 28th 17, 04:10 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 28
Views: 2,129
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Cycling in Toronto

On 2/25/17 2:24 AM, John B. wrote:
Over here the trend is to remove the cross walks and build pedestrian
bridges over the road. Having to carry your bike up two flights of
stairs, across a 6 -...
Forum: Techniques February 28th 17, 03:48 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/17/17 10:23 PM, jbeattie wrote:
John Kerry would kick his ass. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03324/john-kerry-bicycle_3324150c.jpg

Not as long as his ass is protected by the...
Forum: Techniques February 28th 17, 03:43 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/17/17 8:51 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
Your leftwing European pol and your leftwing European journo are basically interchangeable; both will lie unblushingly for "the cause";

As will both "wings"...
Forum: Techniques February 17th 17, 05:10 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/17/17 3:24 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Actually, there are art forms for any ONE of the three basic
requirements. If it has meter, but nothing else, it's a tone poem. If
it makes some...
Forum: Techniques February 17th 17, 05:01 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/17/17 4:02 AM, Andre Jute wrote:
I was talking about the judgement of history, Wes, not the contemporary judgements of biased journalists, which are basically the same as the biased lies of...
Forum: Techniques February 17th 17, 01:56 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/16/17 8:50 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Take away the music from rap and hip-hop, and what's left is a poetry

I'm not sure something with indeterminate meter and indeterminate
meaning can be...
Forum: Techniques February 17th 17, 01:48 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/16/17 10:52 PM, jbeattie wrote:
I'm not sure he knows what his cabinet does.

Of course he does. It's where you put the dishes.

--
Wes Groleau
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 04:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 62
Views: 2,237
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Fresh satellite photos for bike path conditions?

On 2/16/17 2:45 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per W. Wesley Groleau:
One year in Fort Wayne, streets were closed for a big fireworks shows.
People who lived on those streets were not being...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 04:13 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Deja vu (history repeating)

On 2/16/17 2:46 AM, Sir Ridesalot re-quoted:
"From Wikiquotes:
"Vol. I, Reason in Common Sense[edit]

Snipped unrelated quotes.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 04:09 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/16/17 5:04 AM, Andre Jute wrote:
By the standard of "red-hot commercial appeal," rappers are also artists. Pull the other one, Doug. -- AJ

I know and/or am related to some aspiring musicians....
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 01:02 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 5
Views: 1,272
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Sorta bike tech

On 2/15/17 11:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
This is sort of bike tech, in a super-hypothetical way

https://what-if.xkcd.com/154/

I can remember going a half-mile uphill without...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:55 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 62
Views: 2,237
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Fresh satellite photos for bike path conditions?

On 2/13/17 10:16 PM, Joerg wrote:
Just like you I do not condone closing public right-of-ways just because
some football stadium owner wants that. A warning would be appropriate
though, such as...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:47 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/14/17 8:42 PM, wrote:
Mexicans will get rich from Trump's wall.

So then, they can afford to pay for it like he said.

Hope so, because after it's built, it will be...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:42 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/13/17 8:14 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
My bike has tubes and lugs drawn in Italy, soldered and painted in Holland, assembled in Germany, dynamo and gear hubs made in Germany, wired into Belgian-made...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:41 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/14/17 9:53 AM, John B. wrote:
This is the fourth one to date and the other three have been on
various bikes for up to two years with no problems. Cheap Chinese Junk
is getting better.

I'm...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:39 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/14/17 5:58 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:37:48 +0700, John B.
wrote:

A great deal deleted :-)
That's ok. I really hate reading my own...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:35 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/13/17 3:13 AM, John B. wrote:
Who was it that said that "those who refuse to learn from history are
doomed to repeat it"?

Either it was several people or those quoting him/her/them are just...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:33 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/12/17 7:19 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
products would cost if they were made in the USA? We have these chain
stores called the "Dollar Store", where everything is priced at US$1.

England...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:30 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 71
Views: 2,414
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
The End is Starting In California

On 2/12/17 7:33 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
So, why do I tolerate this level of crap? Because the alternative
products that might last and be repairable are far more expensive or
simply not...
Forum: Techniques February 16th 17, 12:17 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/15/17 10:59 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 7:34:45 PM UTC, W. Wesley Groleau wrote:
On 2/10/17 5:29 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
Andrew Jackson knew how to deal with...
Forum: Techniques February 15th 17, 08:53 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/13/17 6:14 PM, jbeattie wrote:
Trump is breaking a lot of eggs, but it is yet to be seen whether he'll make an omlet -- or even knows how to make an omlet. We may just end up with a bunch of...
Forum: Techniques February 15th 17, 08:49 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/13/17 1:46 AM, Andre Jute wrote:
In the present tense atmosphere with the Democrats intent not on governing but on obstruction, an impeachment would surely be a circus.

Sort of like a Star...
Forum: Techniques February 15th 17, 08:36 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/10/17 5:59 PM, jbeattie wrote:
It's like Trump has one tool -- a screw driver -- and keeps trying

He needs to use it on himself. He's definitely got a screw loose.

--
Wes Groleau
Forum: Techniques February 15th 17, 08:34 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 172
Views: 5,693
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
OT Travel Ban Ruling

On 2/10/17 5:29 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
Andrew Jackson knew how to deal with obstreperous judges:

Right. Ignore the judge and kill thousands of Cherokees.

--
Wes Groleau
Forum: Techniques February 8th 17, 11:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 26
Views: 993
Posted By W. Wesley Groleau
Your flavor of Western democracy may matter less than time towork out the kinks

On 2/8/17 1:30 AM, John B. wrote:
Some time ago I calculated what the U.S. would have to do in order to
provide the same services to bicyclists as The Netherlands. On a mile
to mile basis they...
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