Breaking Away- 25 years!

"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Devo sux.

Devo rocks, best version of Satisfaction ever recorded.

Jim Carroll does suck tho.

Peter Cole said:

Tron really sucked, remember, it was Al Gore's favorite movie.

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I don't regret the time and effort spent to dig out the A/V cable to send the sound thru
my stereo

?????

Sorry, excessive verbosity. I was just saying that tron was worth the time I spent to watch it. The
A/V cable went from the dvd player's audio out to the stereo system's input, a setup that I usually
don't bother with, except for movies I want to hear in stereo and loud.
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Peter Cole said:

Tron really sucked, remember, it was Al Gore's favorite movie.

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I don't regret the time and effort spent to dig out the A/V cable to send the sound thru my
stereo

?????

Sorry, excessive verbosity. I was just saying that tron was worth the time I spent to watch it.
The A/V cable went from the dvd player's audio out to the stereo system's input, a setup that I
usually don't bother with, except for movies I want to hear in stereo and loud.

I was just expressing a little incredulity that a self-proclaimed geek wouldn't have everything
connected to everything all the time. I mean, is there any movie you don't want to watch in multi-
channel with a big sub-woofer?

Peter Cole said:

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Peter Cole said:

Tron really sucked, remember, it was Al Gore's favorite movie.

> I don't regret the time and effort spent to dig out the A/V cable to send the sound thru my
> stereo

?????

Sorry, excessive verbosity. I was just saying that tron was worth the time I spent to watch it.
The A/V cable went from the dvd player's audio out to the stereo system's input, a setup that I
usually don't bother with, except for movies I want to hear in stereo and loud.

I was just expressing a little incredulity that a self-proclaimed geek wouldn't have everything
connected to everything all the time. I mean, is there any movie you don't want to watch in multi-
channel with a big sub-woofer?

Several. Off the top of my head:

"Metropolis" by Fritz Lang "Nosferatu" by F.W. Murnau "Modern Times" by Chaplin

-Luigi "Silence. Discipline. Remorse" -Sign in a Duke Nukem 3D level

Peter Cole said:

"Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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> I don't regret the time and effort spent to dig out the A/V cable to send the sound thru my
> stereo

I was just expressing a little incredulity that a self-proclaimed geek wouldn't have everything
connected to everything all the time. I mean, is

I've always tended to _not_ be an a/v geek. I don't care much for tv or movies. Also, I don't live
alone, and other inhabitants don't appreciate loud noise.

Before I picked up bicycling, I always had everything hooked to everything else anyway, usually
using the computer as a hub. However, between bicycling and some other things taking up my time, I
no longer have time to maintain that every time one item changes...nor time to make any use of it.

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there any movie you don't want to watch in multi-channel with a big sub-woofer?

Er, there's rarely any movie that I _do_ want to watch at all.

I haven't got the money for surround sound and subwoofers. I spent it all on bikes. Nor have I the
space, until I _save_ some money and get a damn house already.
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Rick Onanian

Tom Keats <[email hidden]> wrote:
: As for myself, I neither need nor possess intelligence or talent, 'cuz I'm a Sagittarius. I get by
: on sheer luck.

i got this morning (i should say i'm also a sagittarius) .. i had no idea.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless tendency to
rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority of Sagittarians are drunks or dope fiends or both.
People laugh at you a great deal.

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Tom Keats said:

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Pete said:

"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote
>
> Any nerd contemporary with me and worth his salt learned to make martinis from 'Colossus: The
> Forbin Project'.

I loved that movie. Have the book around here somewhere.

That's the one with Hans Gutegast, right?

Eric Braeden.

Formerly Hans Gutegast. He made a wise choice.

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Terry Morse said:

The Real Bev said:

Terry Morse said:

The scene with the Italians (Cinzano team) is my favorite part of the movie. I was on their
side.

You mean you WANTED the guy to shove his pump through the kid's wheel? Or are you talking about
a different Cinzano team? Jeez, that was like kicking a puppy who just wants to be your
friend...

That "puppy" was a naive little brat from nowhere, who had the gall to chase down the Cinzano
pros, speak to them in their native tongue, and join their pace line uninvited.

Some of us figured that everything he did up to that point was hero worship. Not all that mortal a
sin, usually.

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Before even thinking about joining a breakaway, he needed to work his way up to cat1, win several
domestic races, get sponsored, then pay his dues as a domestique on an unknown European team.

Yeah, but as a snot-nosed kid from Bloomington whose parents thought he was nuts, those
opportunities weren't available to him.

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Then, after showing his heart and spilling his blood in several classics, he might be able to join
a breakaway without getting flicked.

Man, you play hardball!

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Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:54:20 -0800, <[email hidden]>,

The Real Bev said:

Yeah, but as a snot-nosed kid from Bloomington whose parents thought he was nuts, those
opportunities weren't available to him.

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Then, after showing his heart and spilling his blood in several classics, he might be able to
join a breakaway without getting flicked.

Man, you play hardball!

He got to stay in school instead of having to haul water all over the Alps for guys who are really
jerks. They probably saved him from ruin. Ask Fab.
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"Zoot Katz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message ...

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He got to stay in school instead of having to haul water all over the Alps for guys who are
really jerks.

Well in real life things are a bit different. School only gets in the way of putting in the miles
when you are just at the stage in your cycling career when you need the long rides.

I remember skipping lots of classes to get my miles in, and I always looked down on the kids I would
see going home with their school books to study at night.

If you don't think being a new pro and riding for a guy like me is not honorable, then go ask a guy
like Alessandro Vanotti over on team De Nardi. Our phone number is (+39) 035-617 332, get team
manager Gianluigi Stanga and ask him to put me on the phone.

Fabrizio Mazzoleni said:

Our phone number is (+39) 035-617 332, get team manager Gianluigi Stanga and ask him to put me on
the phone.

I tried it. I got some guy babbling in Italian. He understood nothing I said until I mentioned that
Fabrizio Mazzoleni told me to call, and then he was convulsed with hysterical laughter.

I just watched the movie again on AMC. There's a funny bit in the scene where our hero is
motorpacing the Cinzano truck. Just after the driver holds out five fingers to indicate he's going
50 mph, they cut to a close-up of the whirling cranks. He's in his small ring!

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"Luigi de Guzman" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I was just expressing a little incredulity that a self-proclaimed geek wouldn't have everything
connected to everything all the time. I mean, is there any movie you don't want to watch in multi-
channel with a big sub-woofer?

Several. Off the top of my head:

"Metropolis" by Fritz Lang "Nosferatu" by F.W. Murnau "Modern Times" by Chaplin

Yeah, but a true geek would watch with techno blasting in the background.

"Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Before I picked up bicycling, I always had everything hooked to everything else anyway, usually
using the computer as a hub. However, between bicycling and some other things taking up my time, I
no longer have time to maintain that every time one item changes...nor time to make any use of it.

That's so sad, biking's supposed to enhance your life, not impoverish it.

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I haven't got the money for surround sound and subwoofers. I spent it all on bikes. Nor have I the
space, until I _save_ some money and get a damn house already.

A house is only a big storage box for bikes & electronics.

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"Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Before I picked up bicycling, I always had everything hooked to everything else anyway, usually
using the computer as a hub. However, between bicycling and some other things taking up my
time, I no longer have time to maintain that every time one item changes...nor time to make any
use of it.

That's so sad, biking's supposed to enhance your life, not impoverish it.

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I haven't got the money for surround sound and subwoofers. I spent it all on bikes. Nor have I
the space, until I _save_ some money and get a damn house already.

A house is only a big storage box for bikes & electronics.

Don't forget tools. Now if only I could convince my wife of that.

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Fabrizio Mazzoleni said:

"Zoot Katz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message ...

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He got to stay in school instead of having to haul water all over the Alps for guys who are
really jerks.

Well in real life things are a bit different. School only gets in the way of putting in the miles
when you are just at the stage in your cycling career when you need the long rides.

I remember skipping lots of classes to get my miles in, and I always looked down on the kids I
would see going home with their school books to study at night.

Training, O Fab one, Training. With all the books, they are increasing their leg strength for
sprints. And accelerating through traffic with a load of books on you is fun.

When I lived in London, I got to live out my crit-racer fantasy. No, I didn't ride a crit, and
probably never will in real life. but zipping around the Strand at rush hour with the bike traffic
on one side and the buses and cars on the other is a rush. Especially when you're hauling two lever
arch files, a folio edition of Grotius' _De jure belli ac pacis_ (all three volumes bound in one.
heavy!), and assorted other essay-building materials. All I needed was a fixie; but then, of course,
my flaming pink, moustache-barred, MBK mixte three-speed was all I had at hand.

-Luigi

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If you don't think being a new pro and riding for a guy like me is not honorable, then go ask a guy
like Alessandro Vanotti over on team De Nardi. Our phone number is (+39) 035-617 332, get team
manager Gianluigi Stanga and ask him to put me on the phone.

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A house is only a big storage box for bikes & electronics.

...and kids, but just my opinion there.

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A house is only a big storage box for bikes & electronics.

...and kids, but just my opinion there.

They store their bikes and electronics, too.

Peter Cole said:

"Luigi de Guzman" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I was just expressing a little incredulity that a self-proclaimed geek wouldn't have everything
connected to everything all the time. I mean, is there any movie you don't want to watch in multi-
channel with a big sub-woofer?

Several. Off the top of my head:

"Metropolis" by Fritz Lang "Nosferatu" by F.W. Murnau "Modern Times" by Chaplin

Yeah, but a true geek would watch with techno blasting in the background.

true geeks are philistines, then. although the prospect of watching "modern times" or "metropolis"
to an Aphex Twin/Squarepusher/ assorted ambient stuff backing track is intriguing.

If you *must* have sound, I recommend the restored/remastered edition of Eisenstein's "Aleksandr
Nevsky," with score by Prokofiev.

-Luigi

Peter Cole said:

"Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]> wrote

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However, between bicycling and some other things taking up my time, I no longer have time to
maintain that every time one item changes...nor time to make any use of it.

That's so sad, biking's supposed to enhance your life, not impoverish it.

It does! I enjoy it more than I would enjoy having everything hooked up to everything else.

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I haven't got the money for surround sound and subwoofers. I spent it all on bikes. Nor have I
the space, until I _save_ some money and get a damn house already.

A house is only a big storage box for bikes & electronics.

Bingo! Once I have a house, I can have as many bikes & electronics as I can afford.
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