How precious!

That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can write better than 90% of the adults
on usenet.

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And it has a link to a podium girl gallery.

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young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight
in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world
into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

It doesn't do me any good to see something like "How precious" which comes off as sounding
pretty sardonic.

My 12 year old stepdaughter started riding with me and eventually graduated to racing. She ended up
getting a silver medal in the Jr. Olympics and finished 12th in the nation in her class. I couldn't
get her to train at all so I just took her out on rides. I remember once when she and her sister
were stopped on the side of the road and some guy who happened by and I rode by them at 28 mph in a
pace line. The other guy took a long pull then rolled off. I took a long pull to let him rest a
little and as I rolled off the two girls were on my wheel and the other guy had fallen off the pace.
If I could have gotten those two girls to be serious about cycling they would have been world class.

I never enjoyed life so much as when I was out with my two or three stepdaughters.

Juvenile diabetes doesn't have a real good prognosis and I can only hope that she lives a full and
healthy life.

"Raptor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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And it has a link to a podium girl gallery.

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young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight
in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world
into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

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Good on George, what a sport!

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And it has a link to a podium girl gallery.

Uh... I'll take a couple of Franziskaners. Yow!

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That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can write

better

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than 90% of the adults on usenet.

And she's probably faster than most of them as well.

Tom Kunich said:

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That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can write

better

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than 90% of the adults on usenet.

And she's probably faster than most of them as well.

He.

Tom Kunich said:

It doesn't do me any good to see something like "How precious" which comes off as sounding pretty
sardonic.

Hey, that's just me. Sarcasm requires understanding. There's room for being touched by a nice story
while giving it the slightly crude treatment appropriate for r.b.r.

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Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young
soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what
would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever
greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

Sorry if I misunderstood you.

"Raptor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Tom Kunich said:

It doesn't do me any good to see something like "How precious"

which

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comes off as sounding pretty sardonic.

Hey, that's just me. Sarcasm requires understanding. There's room

for

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being touched by a nice story while giving it the slightly crude treatment appropriate for r.b.r.

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Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning
young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight
in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world
into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

Geez, and I read well too.

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Tom Kunich said:

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That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can

write

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better

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than 90% of the adults on usenet.

And she's probably faster than most of them as well.

He.

how much u want to bet that this letter had some serious editing by her parents? a 12 year old
simply can not write this well. "GWB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can write better than 90% of the adults
on usenet.

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pezcyclingnews.comdefault.aspOpen ↗

And it has a link to a podium girl gallery.

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Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning
young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to
fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the
world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

Maybe a 12 year old from your school, you obviously have trouble distinguishing boys from girls.

dwjones said:

how much u want to bet that this letter had some serious editing by her parents? a 12 year old
simply can not write this well. "GWB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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That's truly heartwarming. I also like how a 12 year old can write better than 90% of the adults
on usenet.

"Raptor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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pezcyclingnews.comdefault.aspOpen ↗

And it has a link to a podium girl gallery.

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Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning
young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to
fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the
world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

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how much u want to bet that this letter had some serious editing by her parents? a 12 year old
simply can not write this well.

Dumbass -

Perhaps, but there are very smart 12 year olds out there who can likely write better than
most adults.

One of those lives in my neighborhood. Tutors other kids in math, sings the national anthem at
professional sporting events, speaks very eloquently, likes hanging out with adults better because
kids bore him. Probably one or two of those in every school. As far as I can tell, the kid is quite
a bit smarter than his dad or the lady they're living with.

dwjones said:

how much u want to bet that this letter had some serious editing by her parents? a 12 year old
simply can not write this well.

Hmmm. In the UK, 12-year-olds write like this: (Note: Not the same George...)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1087591,00.html>

"Dear George,

I would just like to say how much I hate you. You have done nothing positive in your whole time as
president. You are the reason for the poverty in the Middle East. You have no idea what you are
doing. You're killing loads of people, and that is not excluding your own nation too. There are
still lots of very poor people in America, and they are getting poorer.

You keep making excuses about Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, but all you were in Iraq for was
the oil. Saddam had been there for 30 years, so why is it only now you decided to act? You keep
talking about September 11 when all you do is bomb other countries and give Israel lots of money. It
is a very bad idea that you have come over here.

I don't want to grow up in a country which is so influenced by you and your policies. Mickey (12)"

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Mickey (12)"

Are you certain the 12 refers to age, not a distance measurement?

Carl Sundquist said:

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Mickey (12)"

Are you certain the 12 refers to age, not a distance measurement?

Merge with recurring thread regarding crank length?

"Sorry to get you guys all hot and bothered about something that wasn't

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Mickey (12)"

Are you certain the 12 refers to age, not a distance measurement?

It's his IQ.

"Stewart Fleming" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1069208211.822886@ns...

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Carl Sundquist said:

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Mickey (12)"

Are you certain the 12 refers to age, not a distance measurement?

Merge with recurring thread regarding crank length?

The GPS thread, actually.

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Mickey (12)"

Are you certain the 12 refers to age, not a distance measurement?

It's his IQ.

Looks like Michael got some fan mail too... <apnews.myway.comD7UTC5IO0.htmlOpen ↗

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Hey! If you are gonna quote me, at least get the references correct!

Cathy

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Hey! If you are gonna quote me, at least get the references correct!

Sorry. I was still confused whether Carl was referring to a 12" Mickey or a 12 second one.