"TimH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I got quite a chuckle out of your post Scott. If I hadn't read it with
my
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:own eyes I would not have believed it. Imagine! Some one getting
satellite
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:TV service so he can watch the Tour de France!
I originally got it back in '99 so I could watch the Giro. Enjoy the TdF
Scott!
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You could not pay me to look at that most god awful bicycle race in the
entire world.
Ed, from your posts I would guess you're overweight and probably never get
your heart rate even into the aerobic zone on rides. Many of us aren't
and
Quoted message said:do.
I am slightly overweight now for the first time in my life. I do like an
aerobic training type of activity, but I never see any point in pushing it
to the limit either. If you do that you may or may not live better and/or
longer. I do know that spending many hours in front of the TV looking at the
Tour de France never yet did anything for anyone's aerobic training.
Quoted message said:BTW, RAAM is an awesome endeavor in human endurance. But you obviously
don't
Quoted message said:"get" the concept of pushing oneself physically and actually enjoying it.
RAAM is probably the limit of what we humans can do short of killing
ourselves. But you have got to admit that it is a slightly crazy thing to be
doing. I only like to push myself so much. I think many of us would be
better off if we pushed ourselves more mentally and less physically, but
that is another subject. I must admit I do not ever particularly enjoy
getting the old physiology revved up unless it is the brain cells that are
firing away. Frankly, I do not see the point. But I do not begrudge anyone
who wants to burn a lot of calories doing senseless things like bike races
for apparently nothing but a highly illusionary ego gratification.
By the way, most animals other than the human animal do not do the kind of
stupid things (like bike races) that we do. If they engage competitively
with one another it is invariably for the ultimate purpose of gaining access
to the female for reproduction purposes. I wonder if that also is not what
is motivating the Lance Armstrong's of the world and those RAAM idiots?
However, all that huffing and puffing is wasted if that is your purpose as I
can tell you from vast experience that all women care about is how rich you
are. If you are also famous and powerful so much the better, but the amount
of money you have is what it is all about. Physical prowess, intelligence,
civilized manners, courage, etc. - it is all for nothing as far as the human
female is concerned. So get that good job and earn some money. There is no
other way. Thus spake Zarathustra!
--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
