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  1. So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

  2. "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how


    do

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    we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except


    my

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    scholarships. And the excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so


    that's

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    that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

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    Phil, Squid-in-Training

    Same as you. I think that I may never be able to afford something like the santa cruz blur, etc.
    because of my perpetual student nature. So, I make due.

    A.

  3. "Alan McClure" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:v8rSa.102894$ye4.76190@sccrnsc01...

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    "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how


    do

    Quoted message said:

    we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except


    my

    Quoted message said:

    scholarships. And the excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so


    that's

    Quoted message said:

    that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

    Same as you. I think that I may never be able to afford something like


    the

    Quoted message said:

    santa cruz blur, etc. because of my perpetual student nature. So, I make due.

    Yeah, well, not all of us can go to Tufts, get our edumacation paid by mom and dad, have 28 sponsors
    for the team, have former world cup decathlon/boxing/race car driving/synchronized
    swimming/knitting-winning coaches, and afford an SC Blur, all while living at home! 😉

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

  4. Phil said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I work as a system developer/project manager/system administraitor at a software company,
    unfortunately I also live in one of the most expensive cities in the world in a country which holds
    records for its high taxes
    - else I'd buy a new bike every year:-)

    Regards

    Bruno

  5. Phil said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    European head of security and networks for a global manufacturing company.

  6. Squid-in-Training said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.


    RN working extra shifts to finance my specialized m5 hardtail, which is much more expensive over
    here in europe due to our sophisticated ripoff tax system. keep on riding.

  7. Phil said:

    Now, you follow suit.

    For the past 10+ years I was involved in computer networking. Most recently, designing big fast
    network management systems for large corporations..... Until I got laid off last November.

    Starting on the 28th of July, I'll be a Law Enforcement Officer, again.

    --
    John G. shavings.netsurvival.htm

  8. "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...
    | So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how
    do
    | we finance it?
    |
    | I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except
    my
    | scholarships. And the excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so
    that's
    | that... 😉
    |
    | Now, you follow suit.

    Well, most folks already know I'm a bike mechanic at a heavily stocked, mid-range family owned bike
    shop. Not alot of money, but I can get the good stuff cheap.

    ---
    __o _`\(,_ Cycling is life, (_)/ (_) all the rest, just details. Nelson Binch =^o.o^=
    intergalax.comintergalax.com

    Checked by AVG anti-virus system (grisoft.comgrisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 -
    Release Date: 7/10/2003

  9. Phil said:

    Now, you follow suit.

    Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer members.aol.comhome.htm

  10. Me canny cal An gee neer

    bloocow

  11. I work for a Steel mill .I make decent money but have 3 kids .And a Jones for biking .My wife is
    very understanding she knows riding helps keep me healthy. Plus my buddies owns a small shop he
    gives me great deals and I help spread his name around on the trails.

    --
    J/O Trailblazer At large !!

  12. Squid-in-Training said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    Network Analyst/Systems Analyst/System Administrator. Just got back into the world of Mountain
    Biking. Spending some time on an older Giant ATX780 hardtail. Once I've trashed the $hit out of it,
    then I'll get a better bike. Greg
    --
    treelimb.orgtreelimb.org A blogunity

  13. Phil, Squid-in-Training <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

    Quoted message said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

    simple, save every single penny. after a while i can afford a whole spoke (i seem to break one every
    third ride or so. damn POS hub eats the ends right off them).
    --
    ~Travis

    megalink.net~farmers

  14. Unemployed computer programmer (laid off) in a terrible market for that sort of thing. Considering
    becoming an RN.

  15. Squid-in-Training said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how do we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except my scholarships. And the
    excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so that's that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    Operations Supervisor for a regional air freight trucking company.

    But my two children get my money faster than I do.....

    Dave (a $100.00 bill, what's that?)

  16. Quoted message said:

    For the past 10+ years I was involved in computer networking. Most recently, designing big fast
    network management systems for large corporations..... Until I got laid off last November.

    Starting on the 28th of July, I'll be a Law Enforcement Officer, again.

    --
    John G.

    Again??
    --
    Slacker

  17. Quoted message said:

    Yeah, well, not all of us can go to Tufts, get our edumacation paid by mom and dad, have 28
    sponsors for the team, have former world cup decathlon/boxing/race car driving/synchronized
    swimming/knitting-winning coaches, and afford an SC Blur, all while living at home! 😉

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

    And wear Rudy project stylin sunglasses ;^ 0
    --
    Slacker

  18. James Messick said:

    Unemployed computer programmer (laid off) in a terrible market for that sort of thing. Considering
    becoming an RN.

    Me too, though the RN bit is just among a ton of other options. But I've found an unexploited
    productivity software market niche that I'm going to try to fill. If I can find someone to take care
    of the business side of things, I could well make my way there. Also starting to teach exercise
    classes (kickbox & cycling), and waiting for a wildfire dispatch.

    I've got a long-in-the-tooth Proflex 2000 that I'll replace when I feel comfortable spending the
    bucks, and a year-old Lemond Tourmalet (road) that I love to ride. I could get a new mtb tomorrow,
    but that could move bankruptcy closer by two months, so not an option.

    --
    --
    Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we
    could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in
    charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.

  19. "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how


    do

    Quoted message said:

    we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except


    my

    Quoted message said:

    scholarships. And the excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so


    that's

    Quoted message said:

    that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    NOYFB.

    HTH.

    BS

  20. "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    So we know how expensive our recreation/hobby/sport/profession is... how


    do

    Quoted message said:

    we finance it?

    I'm a student studying mechanical engineering. No real cash flow except


    my

    Quoted message said:

    scholarships. And the excess gets sucked into bike parts anyways, so


    that's

    Quoted message said:

    that... 😉

    Now, you follow suit.

    --
    Phil, Squid-in-Training

    By day, I am an IT helpdesk second line resolver (it says here) for a high street bank.

    By night, I fight the forces of evil.

    Andy Chequer, used to be a famous metallurgist, you know, before the war......

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