News from the Armstrong Family

[R.White]

"Slider2699" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>... <snip>
>
> The man can beat cancer and win the Tour 5 times, but a successful marriage escapes him. I think
> that says a lot.

It says that a lifetime commitment to another person is not easy.

 

[Slider2699]

"Garrison Hilliard" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Pat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >The paper reported that Lance had been having an affair with a 21-year
old
> >woman.
>
> Since Lance is a one-ball wonder whose **** doesn't work properly without
drugs, I'd like to know what paper reported this.

Just having one testicle doesn't render one impotent. He's sterile, but that doesn't mean the
equipment doesn't work.

 

[Slider2699]

"Pat" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> > > x-no-archive:yes
> > >
> > > The paper reported that Lance had been having an affair with a 21-year
> old
> > > woman.
> > >
> > > So, that's why people assume he was unfaithful.
>
>
> >
> > Which paper? Link, please...
>
>
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/entertainment/special_packages/encore/6707593.htm
>
> Armstrongs separate
>
> On a bicycle, as we all know, Lance Armstrong cannot be beaten. But in his personal life he is
> subject to the same setbacks we all are. The five-time Tour de France champion has separated from
> his wife, Kristin, and they are trying to negotiate an amicable divorce. The couple, who have
> three young children, had gone to Spain after his most recent Tour victory to attempt
a
> reconciliation, but returned to Texas early with their issues unresolved. (According to several
> tabloids, Armstrong, 31, had been keeping company
with
> a 21-year-old coed from San Francisco.)

So you're basing your accusation on what the TABLOIDS say? The same tabloids that see Bat Boy
fighting Saddam, and Bigfoot impregnating women? The Austin paper didn't say Lance was cheating,
they said tabloids reported it. Big difference.

 

[Cal]

Your disrespectful drivel would be best kept to yourself. Your self image and that quickly formed by
people who overhear your rant is vastly different.

Cal

 

[Pat]

> > > > x-no-archive:yes
>
> So you're basing your accusation on what the TABLOIDS say? The same
tabloids
> that see Bat Boy fighting Saddam, and Bigfoot impregnating women? The
Austin
> paper didn't say Lance was cheating, they said tabloids reported it. Big difference.
>

I knew you'd respond that way. Sure the tabloids say outrageous things, but that doesn't mean that
they can't report the truth, now does it? Face it---you won't believe it unless it comes from
Lance's mouth.

Pat in TX

 

[Mark Hickey]

cal <[email protected]> wrote:

>Your disrespectful drivel would be best kept to yourself. Your self image and that quickly formed
>by people who overhear your rant is vastly different.

Don't feed the troll.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

 

[Sorni]

"cal" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Your disrespectful drivel would be best kept to yourself. Your self image and that quickly formed
> by people who overhear your rant is vastly different.

If you must reply to an obvious troll, it would help if you at least named and/or quoted
your flamee.

Bill "has no interest whatsoever in knowing WHY L.A.'s marriage is ending (none of my bidness)" S.

 

[Slider2699]

"Pat" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> > > > > x-no-archive:yes
> >
> > So you're basing your accusation on what the TABLOIDS say? The same
> tabloids
> > that see Bat Boy fighting Saddam, and Bigfoot impregnating women? The
> Austin
> > paper didn't say Lance was cheating, they said tabloids reported it. Big difference.
> >
>
> I knew you'd respond that way. Sure the tabloids say outrageous things,
but
> that doesn't mean that they can't report the truth, now does it? Face it---you won't believe it
> unless it comes from Lance's mouth.
>
As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man the
benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?

 

[Pat]

x-no-archive:yes

> > I knew you'd respond that way. Sure the tabloids say outrageous things,
> but
> > that doesn't mean that they can't report the truth, now does it? Face it---you won't believe it
> > unless it comes from Lance's mouth.

> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man
> the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?

Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
something going on.

Pat in TX

 

[Mark Hickey]

"Pat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man
>> the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
>
>Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
>something going on.

Don't feed the troll...

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

 

[Slider2699]

"Mark Hickey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Pat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man
> >> the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
> >
> >Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
> >something going on.
>
> Don't feed the troll...
>
I resent the troll accusation, Hickey. I've been a regular poster for quite some time now. I'm a
Lance Armstrong fan, and running his name down because of a report in a tabloid is not cool.

 

[Slider2699]

"Pat" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> > > I knew you'd respond that way. Sure the tabloids say outrageous
things,
> > but
> > > that doesn't mean that they can't report the truth, now does it? Face it---you won't believe
> > > it unless it comes from Lance's mouth.
>
>
>
> > As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man
> > the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
>
>
> Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
> something going on.

Maybe Kristin is a horrible shrew of a woman, ever consider that? Just as believable as
the tabloids.

 

[Mark Hickey]

"Slider2699" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Mark Hickey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Pat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the
>> >> man the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
>> >
>> >Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
>> >something going on.
>>
>> Don't feed the troll...
>>
>I resent the troll accusation, Hickey. I've been a regular poster for quite some time now. I'm a
>Lance Armstrong fan, and running his name down because of a report in a tabloid is not cool.

Check the attribution - I wasn't suggesting YOUR post was a troll, but the one "Pat" wrote. I agree
entirely with what you wrote.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

 

[Slider2699]

"Mark Hickey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Slider2699" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >"Mark Hickey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> "Pat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources.
I'm
> >> >> willing to give the man the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
> >> >
> >> >Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and
3
> >> >kids....There must be something going on.
> >>
> >> Don't feed the troll...
> >>
> >I resent the troll accusation, Hickey. I've been a regular poster for
quite
> >some time now. I'm a Lance Armstrong fan, and running his name down
because
> >of a report in a tabloid is not cool.
>
> Check the attribution - I wasn't suggesting YOUR post was a troll, but the one "Pat" wrote. I
> agree entirely with what you wrote.

Okay, then. Sorry I got a little hot. It's just that there are so few pro athletes one can actually
admire, and watching all these people attack Lance irks me.

 

[Preston Crawfor]

On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 10:34:55 -0400, Rich Clark wrote:

> That's so, and even in the book, with the help of a sympathetic professional writer, the
> explanations seemed to fall flat and awkward, and not address the core issues about the
> relationships. Not that LA was obligated to do so, of course, but he's the one who brought the
> topic up.

Thanks for confirming that. It's been a while since I read the book, so I thought that's what he
said. I remember think the same thing about the explanation falling flat, also. How do you explain
away that this person wh's just struggled through chemo with you gets dumped and then the new hot
young thing gets to share your victories? Of course, that ends later anyway, but I remembered
thinking at the time that that felt really wrong.

> This is why the high rate of casual divorce is troublesome to me: "being married" is itself
> becoming a lost art, a set of skills that isn't being effectively handed down from one generation
> to the next.

Yeah.

Preston

 

[Pat]

x-no-archive:yes

> Thanks for confirming that. It's been a while since I read the book, so I thought that's what he
> said. I remember think the same thing about the explanation falling flat, also. How do you explain
> away that this person wh's just struggled through chemo with you gets dumped and then the new hot
> young thing gets to share your victories? Of course, that ends later anyway, but I remembered
> thinking at the time that that felt really wrong.
>
> > This is why the high rate of casual divorce is troublesome to me: "being married" is itself
> > becoming a lost art, a set of skills that isn't being effectively handed down from one
> > generation to the next.
>
> Yeah.
>
> Preston

I read somewhere that when a person nurses her husband through a long illness, it is not uncommon
for the husband to start thinking of the wife as a "mother" substitute. Then, when he is better, he
goes looking for a new substitute for his wife.

Pat in TX

 

[Pat]

x-no-archive:yes

> >> As should we all. Tabloids are not legitimate journalistic sources. I'm willing to give the man
> >> the benefit of the doubt. Why don't you?
> >
> >Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
> >something going on.
>
> Don't feed the troll...
>
> Mark Hickey

Hey, I didn't put the stuff in the paper. It was reported by several sources. It's there and we have
to deal with it--not just stuff our heads in the sand and say Lance must be some kind of saint.

Pat in TX

 

[Pat]

> > x-no-archive:yes
> >
> > Because this isn't the first time he has left his family, his wife and 3 kids....There must be
> > something going on.
>
> Maybe Kristin is a horrible shrew of a woman, ever consider that? Just as believable as the
> tabloids.
>

Ever heard of the "where there's smoke there's fire"?

Pat in TX

 

[Karen M.]

Slider2699 wrote:
> As a single man, and a Lance fan, this doesn't fill me with hope. If Lance can't keep a woman
> happy, with all he has to offer, then what chance on Earth do I have? Kinda bummed that one of my
> heroes has to go through this.

IIRC, it's in the first chapter of "It's Not About the Bike," where he's fantasizing that his TEN
children are cheering him on. Maybe Kik got tired of being an incubator. After twins, what was
next--a litter? JMHO

--Karen M. who was engaged to a retired racer for a few short months, and wouldn't wish that
on anybody

 

[Rick Onanian]

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 04:34:43 GMT, Slider2699 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just having one testicle doesn't render one impotent. He's sterile, but that doesn't mean the
> equipment doesn't work.

Do you suppose that his one-ball results in any better aerodynamics or weight savings?

Maybe all racers should remove a ball...

--
Rick Onanian