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Cycling vs Football
The case for cycling: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m...y/cycling.html The case for football: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m.../football.html Both, clearly, from: http://www.tangents.co.uk/ Colin |
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"Colin Blackburn" wrote in message news:MPG.1980ca9b774ff3e3989b15@localhost... The case for cycling: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m...y/cycling.html The case for football: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m.../football.html I read 'em both. Why do they need comparing? Surely if a legal pastime gives pleasure it doesn't need justifying and certainly not at the expense of denigrating anothers choice. My 10p, Pete |
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@btinternet.com says... "Colin Blackburn" wrote in message news:MPG.1980ca9b774ff3e3989b15@localhost... The case for cycling: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m...y/cycling.html The case for football: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m.../football.html I read 'em both. Why do they need comparing? Surely if a legal pastime gives pleasure it doesn't need justifying and certainly not at the expense of denigrating anothers choice. Sheesh. They are just light-hearted articles from two guys who know each other. Colin |
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"Peter B" wrote in message ...
"Colin Blackburn" wrote in message news:MPG.1980ca9b774ff3e3989b15@localhost... The case for cycling: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m...y/cycling.html The case for football: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/m.../football.html I read 'em both. Why do they need comparing? Surely if a legal pastime gives pleasure it doesn't need justifying and certainly not at the expense of denigrating anothers choice. OT why has football received 100 times more press coverage than the Tour when it's not even the season?. The tour will now take 101th place with the golf as well. They could always make Lance an honorary Brit like Ivanisovich 2 years ago. |
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On 18 Jul 2003 03:01:30 -0700,
martin wrote: OT why has football received 100 times more press coverage than the Tour when it's not even the season?. The tour will now take 101th place with the golf as well. They could always make Lance an honorary Brit like Ivanisovich 2 years ago. Earlier on this week on the today program, "Lance is ahead by one stroke" This morning who the selector might pick to play cricket somewhere got about 5 minutes, TdF got "Lance is still in the lead" Tim. -- God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light. http://tjw.hn.org/ http://www.locofungus.btinternet.co.uk/ |
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"Colin Blackburn" wrote in message Sheesh. They are just light-hearted articles from two guys who know each other. I see. That's the problem with this media. Two people I don't know but who know one another engaging in a bit of banter with me an outsider not in on it. Unfortunately people can show a lot of ignorance to others pursuits and I took the bait. Reel me in ;-) Pete |
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Cycling vs Football
In message , Steve McGinty
writes Is it the press or the UK public? This is a "cycling" newsgroup - yet there is minimal interest in TdF? Any views on why the majority in here have no interest in the greatest sporting event on the planet? Two reasons why there's not much discussion of the TdF here. 1. There have been requests that people don't put information about the day's result in the subject lines of posts. A reasonable request which unfortunately probably deters some people from posting. 2. rec.bicycles.racing is a usenet forum with lots of discussion of the TdF. -- Michael MacClancy |
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Cycling vs Football
"Steve McGinty" wrote in message ... Is it the press or the UK public? This is a "cycling" newsgroup - yet there is minimal interest in TdF? Any views on why the majority in here have no interest in the greatest sporting event on the planet? Well me and the missus follow it devoutly every year, in my case it's probably the only sport I watch on tv regularly. I think one of the things about this group is that we are practising cyclists, "doers" 1, rather than spectators and bar-room pundits. Some of the sports minded people I've met over the years in fact don't participate but spend hours glued to the box then return to work on Mondays spouting all kinds of trivia and opinions on what they've seen and read. Me, I'd sooner be out cycling, windsurfing or walking, amongst other things. 1 Age, fitness and ability are no barrier to enjoying cycling wheras they usually are in most team sports, as pointed out in the Tangents "Case For Cycling". Pete |
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