Forum: Techniques
February 28th 17, 03:10 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,132
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 -...
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Forum: Techniques
February 28th 17, 02:48 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 28th 17, 02:43 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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"...
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 17, 04:10 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 17, 04:01 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 17, 12:56 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 17, 12:48 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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.
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Wes Groleau
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 17, 03:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,253
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 17, 03:13 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 17, 03:09 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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....
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 17, 12:02 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,276
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:55 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,253
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:47 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:42 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:41 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:39 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:35 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:33 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:30 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,431
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 11:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 07:53 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 07:49 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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...
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 07:36 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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
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Forum: Techniques
February 15th 17, 07:34 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,713
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.
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Wes Groleau
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Forum: Techniques
February 8th 17, 10:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,003
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