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S o r n i Wrote: mark_kendrick wrote: grow up looser. OK, I'll head over to a local pickup bar right away and get me a skank to take home. That should make me looser. JD ???? these responses are ridiculous on sooooooo many levels. What an astounding lack of wit. I agree completely. It's a wonder anyone even bothers.../with YOU/. Bill "free clue: it's LOSER not looser" S. I know .. sorta like Looooooooser but lazier ;-P -- mark_kendrick |
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"JD" wrote in message m... "cc" wrote in message ... See previous post. Bikes were attached properly. Problem=design flaw. Yeah, blame it on a "design flaw". You're funny. Well, each bike was attached at a different time, by different people, yet both were coming off. The design incorporates a lot of "bounce" due to the hinge feature that allows fold-down for SUV hatchbacks. We'd double-checked installation to ensure that it had been done correctly as well. This is the first time this particular rack had been on the freeway. The rack bounced the bikes right off the end . . cc |
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:34:11 +1000, mark_kendrick wrote:
Bill "free clue: it's LOSER not looser" S. I know .. sorta like Looooooooser but lazier ;-P The great thing about Usenet is that nobody's ever wrong. Even when they misspelled things, its because they "meant" to. -- -BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least) |
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"BB" wrote in message ... On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:30:35 -0400, Dan Volker wrote: The sports teach the consequences of each form of confrontational style, and how a kid learns to negotiate future discussions and confrontations will have alot to do with the sports they chose in school (or lack of) and how well they performed in them. Ah, this would explain why football players are so meek and non-confrontational off the field. ;-) Each major sport creates its own dynamics....As to your comment, I've never had any football player act confrontationally to me off the field--in person. Have you? Dan V |
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"Gamarús" wrote in message newspscwkujms7cestu@ruc... El Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:31:00 GMT, SuperSlinky va escriu The Liquid 25 on the American web site has Hayes HFX-9s, a very nice brake. The European one has the same. In a 2500 EUR bike I think all components are nice , or must be. I only noticed that, while in 25 there is a mix of LX/XT/SRAM/Hayes, in the better 55 all is XT, so I think it would be better a XT brake. They are exactly the same model number and have exactly the same rear shock. Ummm, sounds nice... XC bikes will have more aggressive geometry, ? . I think you wanted to say "less"... less travel and generally stiffer suspension. But they will climb better. One of the Fuel 9x things I like more is the possibility you can fix the rear shox for long climbs. I think it has a Fox rear shox. Is this possible in the Liquid 25, with the Manitou SPV? If you have the pressure adjusted correctly, with the Stable Platform Valve, you are not supposed to need to change anything. Not having done any long climbs yet, I can only regurgitate ad copy on this ;-) On long flats, which I have ridden, I feel no bobbing. Dan V |
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"Dan Volker" wrote in message ...
This is not a slam by Dan Volker against cycling...Hell, mountain biking is presently my favorite sport. How stylish of you. Too bad there are no mountains in Florida. What it is, is an indictment of our culture. No, it's an indictment of yourself. Cultural norms lead athletes in highschool, to go out for Football if they have the ability. In what culture? You have got to be one of the most uncultured boobs in the USA. If they "could" be good at football in college, the rewards for doing well in this sport far outweigh any sociological benefit they could receive through cycling instead. What planet are you from? Planet of the clones? A major sport like Football would mean being on the fast track to a better social existence, it would mean having the cutest girls in school far more interested in you, it would mean local companies offering you easy and good paying summer jobs, and it could mean high paying scholarships if you are good enough to play college ball. Where I went to high school, the surfers got all of the "cutest girls". Your world is pathetically small. This is a cultural issue, and one very deeply ingrained in the Western New York area---I grew up in Eden, and believe me, the only kids riding bikes competitively then, were the ones who could not make Football or one of the other major sports. No, it's a lack of culture issue because you obviously have a severe lack of culture. What sports you participated in while in Highschool and College will have a lot to do with shaping the way you relate to people the rest of your life...and this gets us back on track in the discussion about JD. Idiocy at its finest, thanks for another laugh. How do you function while being so narrow-minded? If you did not grow up in the Buffalo area, maybe you should ask some local kids what they think about what sports they would most like to star at. If they are a gifted athlete, it will most likely be one of the major team sports. Buffalo is a flyspeck. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you need to get out more often. If you think mainstream sports (which are quite lame and full of crybaby multi-millionaires) are where the only "gifted athletes" can be found, you need milti-millions of dollars to buy yourself a clue. Now go watch more tv. JD |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message .. .
Jeesh. I can't believe that you've gotten my back up enough that I'm practically defending JD. I don't need to be "defended". However if you wish to keep laughing at Vo2lker and pointing out his idiocy, have at it. The more, the merrier. JD |
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JD wrote:
Where I went to high school, the surfers got all of the "cutest girls". In my school, it was the euphonium / valve trombone player, who also lettered in golf despite never breaking 90. Bill "perfectly accurate memory of all events at all times" S. |
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Dan Volker wrote: Each major sport creates its own dynamics... Indeed: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/0...rado.football/ Don't even get me started about the cesspool of bigtime college football. CC |
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On 2004-08-18, S o r n i penned:
JD wrote: Where I went to high school, the surfers got all of the "cutest girls". In my school, it was the euphonium / valve trombone player, who also lettered in golf despite never breaking 90. Bill "perfectly accurate memory of all events at all times" S. And in my school, there were a fair number of actors and artists we all drooled over ... no, really! And then there was this gymnist guy freshman year of college ... can you say "built"? I didn't pay any attention to football players except for one friend of mine who did varsity football and wrestling, as well as being just about the smartest guy in the school. The sports may have contributed to his awesome tush, but other than that didn't make much of an impression on me. (He went for a career in physics rather than college football ... funny, that.) When I think back to college and who was "most popular", football players just weren't any better represented than any other group. Cheerleaders were, but I think that just goes to show that cute people tend to be popular. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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