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  1. Hey,

    This quote is from the great Daily Peloton piece by George
    Hincapie....(www.dailypeloton.com) April 19, 2004

    (Daily Peloton) There are a lot of factors involved in winning a
    race like Paris-Roubaix...

    (George Hincapie); Yeah, and it was bad that there were no
    teammates there with 100K left - bad luck - but you know, everybody
    just makes a decision based on what they see on Outdoor Life
    television now, and it seems like there are a lot of people out there
    who are experts on cycling, but they don't see everything. They don't
    see behind the scenes of what goes on on the team.
    This is the best team in the world, it's an American team, and we
    have the best riders in the world, the best equipment, and the best
    staff. We've got a lot of good things. I know there are other teams
    that are like that, and I'm not saying that I would never leave, but
    what I am saying that it is a good team, and it would be hard to
    leave.

    RBR regular village idiot's like Brian Lafferty and Tom Kunich come
    to mind. The list by no means stops there.

    Thanks,
    Ronde Chumpion

  2. Dear Goofus, perhaps you'd like to expand on that statement about me? What
    the hell are you talking about? Am I not the one who said exactly what
    George said? And ain'yt you the one whose brain was used in an experiment to
    make a semi-intelligent frog?

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

    Quoted message said:

    Hey,

    This quote is from the great Daily Peloton piece by George
    Hincapie....(www.dailypeloton.com) April 19, 2004

    (Daily Peloton) There are a lot of factors involved in winning a
    race like Paris-Roubaix...

    (George Hincapie); Yeah, and it was bad that there were no
    teammates there with 100K left - bad luck - but you know, everybody
    just makes a decision based on what they see on Outdoor Life
    television now, and it seems like there are a lot of people out there
    who are experts on cycling, but they don't see everything. They don't
    see behind the scenes of what goes on on the team.
    This is the best team in the world, it's an American team, and we
    have the best riders in the world, the best equipment, and the best
    staff. We've got a lot of good things. I know there are other teams
    that are like that, and I'm not saying that I would never leave, but
    what I am saying that it is a good team, and it would be hard to
    leave.

    RBR regular village idiot's like Brian Lafferty and Tom Kunich come
    to mind. The list by no means stops there.

    Thanks,
    Ronde Chumpion

  3. A "Nimrod" classically defined, is a fearless hunter. I reckon the
    meaning you were looking for was something less honorable. Perhaps
    "Dufus" or "Gomer"?

  4. stig said:

    A "Nimrod" classically defined, is a fearless hunter. I reckon the
    meaning you were looking for was something less honorable. Perhaps
    "Dufus" or "Gomer"?

    This is the influence that cartoons has had on our language. In a Bugs
    Bunny cartoon, Bugs referred to the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd, saying "I
    wonder what the little Nimrod is up to?" Most of us kids, not knowing
    the historical reference to Nimrod as a great hunter, assumed that the
    term was synonymous with "dufus" or "gomer".

  5. stig said:

    A "Nimrod" classically defined, is a fearless hunter. I reckon the
    meaning you were looking for was something less honorable. Perhaps
    "Dufus" or "Gomer"?

    This is the influence that cartoons have had on our language. In a Bugs
    Bunny cartoon, Bugs referred to the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd, saying "I
    wonder what the little Nimrod is up to?" Most of us kids, not knowing
    the historical reference to Nimrod as a great hunter, assumed that the
    term was synonymous with "dufus" or "gomer".

  6. Chump, read this carefully:

    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

    Thanks.

    --

  7. Michael Zaharis said:

    This is the influence that cartoons have had on our language. In a Bugs
    Bunny cartoon, Bugs referred to the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd, saying "I
    wonder what the little Nimrod is up to?" Most of us kids, not knowing
    the historical reference to Nimrod as a great hunter, assumed that the
    term was synonymous with "dufus" or "gomer".

    The British RAF had (probably still do) an airborne radar platform on an
    aircraft called the Nimrod. It was the equivalent of the Boeing AWACS
    radar plane. Not sure if it was because it was a "great hunter", but
    its radar used to regularly pick up Porsches on British motorways
    speeding.

  8. pedalchick <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Chump, read this carefully:

    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

    Thanks.

    --

    Pedalchick,

    <help>Methinks you need a refresher in HTML...</help>

  9. Are you sensitive about that "statement" Tommy ? That would make you a Nimrod.

    Steven Charles
    Beaumont, Texas

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

    Quoted message said:

    Dear Goofus, perhaps you'd like to expand on that statement about me? What
    the hell are you talking about? Am I not the one who said exactly what
    George said? And ain'yt you the one whose brain was used in an experiment to
    make a semi-intelligent frog?

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

    Quoted message said:

    Hey,

    This quote is from the great Daily Peloton piece by George
    Hincapie....(www.dailypeloton.com) April 19, 2004

    (Daily Peloton) There are a lot of factors involved in winning a
    race like Paris-Roubaix...

    (George Hincapie); Yeah, and it was bad that there were no
    teammates there with 100K left - bad luck - but you know, everybody
    just makes a decision based on what they see on Outdoor Life
    television now, and it seems like there are a lot of people out there
    who are experts on cycling, but they don't see everything. They don't
    see behind the scenes of what goes on on the team.
    This is the best team in the world, it's an American team, and we
    have the best riders in the world, the best equipment, and the best
    staff. We've got a lot of good things. I know there are other teams
    that are like that, and I'm not saying that I would never leave, but
    what I am saying that it is a good team, and it would be hard to
    leave.

    RBR regular village idiot's like Brian Lafferty and Tom Kunich come
    to mind. The list by no means stops there.

    Thanks,
    Ronde Chumpion

  10. Joey D'Antoni said:

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

    Quoted message said:

    Chump, read this carefully:

    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/b-
    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/b- obsqu.gif

    Thanks.

    --


    Pedalchick,
    <help>Methinks you need a refresher in HTML...</help

    That's not my mistake, that is a translation from the cyclingforums
    interface making ugly html for me. It seems to work just fine when
    viewed via cyclingforums but not via google groups.

    Try this: Type in the URL into that little horizontal box at the top of
    your browser and hit enter. That works too, smarty pants.

    --

  11. Excellent!

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

    Quoted message said:

    Chump, read this carefully:

    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

    Thanks.

    --

  12. pedalchick said:
    Joey D'Antoni said:

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

    Quoted message said:

    Chump, read this carefully:

    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/b-
    http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gifhttp://angryflower.com/b- obsqu.gif

    Thanks.

    --


    Pedalchick,
    <help>Methinks you need a refresher in HTML...</help

    That's not my mistake, that is a translation from the cyclingforums
    interface making ugly html for me. It seems to work just fine when
    viewed via cyclingforums but not via google groups.

    Try this: Type in the URL into that little horizontal box at the top of
    your browser and hit enter. That works too, smarty pants.


    Try Davey's Calorie Counter for an example of some HTML/JavaScript

    http://members.rogers.com/davey_crocket/calories.html

    Or if you want to install it to your own hard drive:
    http://members.rogers.com/davey_crocket/calories.zip

    I just love the music.

    --
    le Vent a Dos
    Davey Crockett
    Six-Day site: http://members.rogers.com/sixday/sixday.html

  13. pedalchick said:

    Try this: [...] smarty pants.

    Try this, IT wizard (with a nice website): Move Away From Cyclingforums!
    I hate it, hate it, hate it. Why don't you just use a regular news
    reader, maybe Mozilla, Agent, or even Outlook Express (with
    OE-QuoteFix). If your ISP does not have a (reliable) news server, try
    news.individual.net (go to website for details).

  14. Ewoud Dronkert said:
    pedalchick said:

    Try this: [...] smarty pants.


    Try this, IT wizard (with a nice website): Move Away From Cyclingforums!
    I hate it, hate it, hate it. Why don't you just use a regular news
    reader, maybe Mozilla, Agent, or even Outlook Express (with OE-
    QuoteFix). If your ISP does not have a (reliable) news server, try
    news.individual.net (go to website for details).

    The only reason I even read this ng is to waste time at work. CF works
    behind the firewall, and is faster than google. Are there any other web-
    based news readers besides CF and google?

    --

  15. pedalchick said:

    The only reason I even read this ng is to waste time at work. CF works

    Hang on a second...
    <http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?selm=Z2iac.68496%24sh4.6670%40fe08.usenetserver.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain>
    "As for the rest of the folks posting to this thread, I see that the
    movie "Office Space" was not too far off the mark - it's apparent that
    people really *do* only do about 20 minutes of REAL work during the
    week. Stop dragging down the GDP, kids, and get back at it."

    STF
    (Not stalking, just paid attention first time round...)

  16. pedalchick said:
    Ewoud Dronkert said:
    pedalchick said:

    Try this: [...] smarty pants.


    Try this, IT wizard (with a nice website): Move Away From Cyclingforums!
    I hate it, hate it, hate it. Why don't you just use a regular news
    reader, maybe Mozilla, Agent, or even Outlook Express (with OE-
    QuoteFix). If your ISP does not have a (reliable) news server, try
    news.individual.net (go to website for details).

    The only reason I even read this ng is to waste time at work.

    What did you say your boss's email addy was??

    --
    le Vent a Dos
    Davey Crockett
    Six-Day site: http://members.rogers.com/sixday/sixday.html

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