masochistic

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:54:09 GMT, George <[email hidden]>

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I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

I've been called a communist.

JT

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John Forrest Tomlinson said:

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:54:09 GMT, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

I've been called a communist.

JT

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Is that a complement and, if so, to what?

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On 09/30/2005 08:54 PM, in article
[email hidden], "George"

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

That doesn't make you masochistic. It makes you sadistic.

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Steven L. Sheffield said:

On 09/30/2005 08:54 PM, in article
[email hidden], "George"

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

That doesn't make you masochistic. It makes you sadistic.

No, it makes you a cyclist.

"John Forrest Tomlinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:54:09 GMT, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

I've been called a communist.

You misheard - that was poltergeist.

George said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

One time on a ride I was called a "varmint".

Steve

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http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

Steven L. Sheffield said:

On 09/30/2005 08:54 PM, in article
[email hidden], "George"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

Quoted message said:

That doesn't make you masochistic. It makes you sadistic.

The correct term for someone that doesn't know the difference is
'dumbass'.

Bob Schwartz
[email hidden]

Bob Schwartz said:

Steven L. Sheffield said:

On 09/30/2005 08:54 PM, in article
[email hidden], "George"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

Quoted message said:

That doesn't make you masochistic. It makes you sadistic.

The correct term for someone that doesn't know the difference is
'dumbass'.

Quoted message said:

From www.m-w.com:

Masochistic:

pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

George said:

Bob Schwartz said:

Quoted message said:

"George" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

> I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
> riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
> or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
> motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
> anyone ever been called that?

Quoted message said:

That doesn't make you masochistic. It makes you sadistic.

The correct term for someone that doesn't know the difference is
'dumbass'.

Quoted message said:

Masochistic:

pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

Dumbass,

If you were pleasing yourself in dishing out suffering that
makes you a sadist not a masochist. If you were just coming
here to boast about dropping people on hills that makes
you neither.

On the other hand, to bring this back to your thread
about trainers, power and 20 mile rides:

Riding with groups of people slower than you isn't going to
make you faster or stronger. Riding with groups faster than
you will do that. It also provides a useful ego-leveling
experience.

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:54:09 GMT, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

I've been called a communist.

I've been called a triathlete.

email hidden said:

Quoted message said:

pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

Dumbass,

If you were pleasing yourself in dishing out suffering that
makes you a sadist not a masochist. If you were just coming
here to boast about dropping people on hills that makes
you neither.

On the other hand, to bring this back to your thread
about trainers, power and 20 mile rides:

Riding with groups of people slower than you isn't going to
make you faster or stronger. Riding with groups faster than
you will do that. It also provides a useful ego-leveling
experience.

Spot on post.

And based on my limited experience, when someone tells me a route and
then changes it to a much harder one..... that makes them a jerk.

I wouldn't pick a ride that was easy unless I wanted an easy ride. So
maybe I'm already playing masochist to myself. I don't need someone to
remind me that I'm not as good as they are.

Then, if I found out that they came to RBR to spout off about it I
would wait until they were having a bad day or on a recovery ride,
base miles, etc... and I would play sadist, trying to drop his ass at
all costs.

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Quoted message said:

George said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

One time on a ride I was called a "varmint".

Steve

One time on a ride, I ran over a varmint (hey, it was an accident!)

Stu Fleming said:

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:54:09 GMT, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I was called a masochistic today for detouring our small group of
riders to a very hilly section of our ride. I forced them to keep up
or at least try to. I thought that comment was a complement and
motivated me to work even harder, which was bad news for them...
anyone ever been called that?

I've been called a communist.

I've been called a triathlete.

Damn! That is worst than a pedophile!
You would not last a day in prison........

Mark & Steven Bornfeld said:

Quoted message said:

One time on a ride I was called a "varmint".

Suz Weldon said:

One time on a ride, I ran over a varmint (hey, it was an accident!)

Was that the one that broke your collar bone ?

Bob Schwartz said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The correct term for someone that doesn't know the
difference is 'dumbass'.

George said:

Quoted message said:

So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

Quoted message said:

If you were just coming here to boast about
dropping people on hills that makes you neither.

A fred perhaps, or just an [censored].

D. Ferguson said:

email hidden said:

Quoted message said:

pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

Dumbass,

If you were pleasing yourself in dishing out suffering that
makes you a sadist not a masochist. If you were just coming
here to boast about dropping people on hills that makes
you neither.

On the other hand, to bring this back to your thread
about trainers, power and 20 mile rides:

Riding with groups of people slower than you isn't going to
make you faster or stronger. Riding with groups faster than
you will do that. It also provides a useful ego-leveling
experience.

Spot on post.

And based on my limited experience, when someone tells me a route and
then changes it to a much harder one..... that makes them a jerk.

If I'm leading the ride, I have the right to turn up the heat. I ride
for myself. If I want it harder, I'll make it harder. They
understand everyone's riding for themselves. If they didn't follow, I
could care less - I would continue on with my route.

Quoted message said:

I wouldn't pick a ride that was easy unless I wanted an easy ride. So
maybe I'm already playing masochist to myself. I don't need someone to
remind me that I'm not as good as they are.

If you don't want to be reminded, then stop riding and start playing
armchair football. There's always someone better. A loser tries to
impress others, a winner tries to impress one's self.

Quoted message said:

Then, if I found out that they came to RBR to spout off about it I
would wait until they were having a bad day or on a recovery ride,
base miles, etc... and I would play sadist, trying to drop his ass at
all costs.

Easier said then done.

Quoted message said:

D. Ferguson said:

email hidden said:

>
> pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering
>
> So Dumbass, I mean Bob what do you have to say for yourself...

Dumbass,

If you were pleasing yourself in dishing out suffering that
makes you a sadist not a masochist. If you were just coming
here to boast about dropping people on hills that makes
you neither.

On the other hand, to bring this back to your thread
about trainers, power and 20 mile rides:

Riding with groups of people slower than you isn't going to
make you faster or stronger. Riding with groups faster than
you will do that. It also provides a useful ego-leveling
experience.

Spot on post.

And based on my limited experience, when someone tells me a route and
then changes it to a much harder one..... that makes them a jerk.

If I'm leading the ride, I have the right to turn up the heat. I ride
for myself. If I want it harder, I'll make it harder. They
understand everyone's riding for themselves. If they didn't follow, I
could care less - I would continue on with my route.

Quoted message said:

I wouldn't pick a ride that was easy unless I wanted an easy ride. So
maybe I'm already playing masochist to myself. I don't need someone to
remind me that I'm not as good as they are.

If you don't want to be reminded, then stop riding and start playing
armchair football. There's always someone better. A loser tries to
impress others, a winner tries to impress one's self.

Quoted message said:

Then, if I found out that they came to RBR to spout off about it I
would wait until they were having a bad day or on a recovery ride,
base miles, etc... and I would play sadist, trying to drop his ass at
all costs.

Easier said then done.

You've never been on a ride with a leader, and you've never been the
leader of a ride.

Quoted message said:

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:06:40 -0400, D. Ferguson wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Then, if I found out that they came to RBR to spout off about it I
would wait until they were having a bad day or on a recovery ride,
base miles, etc... and I would play sadist, trying to drop his ass at
all costs.

Easier said then done.

Oh, that's surely true -- but I'm thinkin' it wouldn't be too hard.
It'd've been more convincing if you hadn't already told us your weight and
1-minute power.

Quoted message said:

A loser tries to
impress others, a winner tries to impress one's self.

This is RBR. Winners are first across the line of bicycle races.
That is all. Although I admit we have a long tradition of winners
of training rides.

Ben
DFL of training rides