So, I finally ordered Satellite TV

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It's probably beyond my means at the moment, because I'm
not yet "fully employed" but I simply have to be able to
watch Lance's attempt at number six. I doubt that he'll be
successful, because I think he's introduced a number of
distractions in his life that will sap his concentration,
but if anyone can do it the taciturn Texan can. My cable
system doesn't offer

OLN,

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so I've resisted getting SAT-TV until now, especially
since my cable is really cheap (free actually), but OLN is
really the *only* channel that I absolutely *must have*
so, there yah go.

I can't wait until the first TT. What a freakin orgy, huh?

OK, so it's not entirely rational. Sue me.

I got quite a chuckle out of your post Scott. If I hadn't
read it with my own eyes I would not have believed it.
Imagine! Some one getting satellite TV service so he can
watch the Tour de France!

You could not pay me to look at that most god awful
bicycle race in the entire world. The fact that it takes
place in France of course has a lot to do with it, but I
find all races and competitive sports events to be
incredibly boring. In fact, I gave up on all that sort of
thinking in high school when it occurred to me that it is
crazy to care if Notre Dame wins or loses its football
games. Who gives a damn!

I presently have cable TV and there are more sports channels
than you can shake a finger at. I ask myself - who watches
this [censored]? Well, I know I am not the All-American boy
(sports nut) and I thank my lucky stars that I am not. My
idea of Hell is to have to attend a sporting event. And if
there is anything more boring than a bicycle race like the
Tour de France I would like to know what it is. Even
watching Notre Dame football was not that bad.

What the heck is OLN?

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Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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I got quite a chuckle out of your post Scott. If I hadn't
read it with my own eyes I would not have believed it.
Imagine! Some one getting satellite 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
do.

BTW, RAAM is an awesome endeavor in human endurance. But you
obviously don't "get" the concept of pushing oneself
physically and actually enjoying it.

Tim

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I got quite a chuckle out of your post Scott. If I
hadn't read it with

my

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own eyes I would not have believed it. Imagine! Some one
getting

satellite

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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

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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.

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BTW, RAAM is an awesome endeavor in human endurance. But
you obviously

don't

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"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

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...And if there is anything more boring than a bicycle
race like the Tour de France I would like to know what
it is....

Golf as a spectator sport.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad City Area

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Well, I know I am not the All-American boy (sports nut)
and I thank my lucky stars that I am not.

"The clouds are really cheap The way I seen 'em thru the
ports Of which there is a half-a-dozen On the base of my
resorz You wouldn't think I'd have too many Since I never
cared for sports But I'm never really lonely In my
Excentrifugal Forz" - The late, great Frank Zappa

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What the heck is OLN?

Outdoor Life Network (or sumpin' like 'at)

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anything more boring than a bicycle race like the Tour
de France I would like to know what it is....

Golf as a spectator sport.

Fishing shows on TV.

Curling

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Edward Dolan said:

...And if there is anything more boring than a bicycle
race like the Tour de France I would like to know what
it is....

Golf as a spectator sport.

That thought occurred to me too Tom, but I have a brother in
law who watches golf on TV for hours every weekend. There is
now a golf channel on cable TV that shows nothing but golf!
However, bowling is equally boring and is one of a hell lot
more noisy. Folks who watch bowling on TV have got to have
rocks in their heads and no eardrums. But I think I have
recently discovered the ultimate all-time most boring
activity ever to look at on TV - guys playing poker. I guess
this is more of a game than a sport, but what ever it is, it
is total insanity to look at other people gambling their
brains away.

When I have a few hours to kill, I like to go to these
weather cams on my computer and look at the clouds in the
sky. Failing that, I will go out into the countryside here
and look at the corn grow. Hells Bells! I would rather do
that than look at the damnable Tour de France! I hope the
Tour de France is a total disaster this year in keeping with
all the rest of France's disasters. Maybe the Muslim
terrorists will see fit to strike at this heart and soul of
la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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I hope the Tour de France is a total disaster this year in
keeping with all the rest of France's disasters. Maybe the
Muslim terrorists will see fit to strike at this

heart

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and soul of la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Does anybody else find this just the least bit disturbing?

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anything more boring than a bicycle race like the Tour
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like to know what it is....

Golf as a spectator sport.

Fishing shows on TV.

Curling

I actually like watching that, mostly because it's such a
wierd game I guess

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I hope the Tour de France is a total disaster this
year in keeping with all the rest of France's
disasters. Maybe the Muslim terrorists will see fit to
strike at this

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and soul of la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Does anybody else find this just the least bit disturbing?

Everybody else here knows how I feel about France as the
result of them stabbing us in the back in the UN and not
supporting our efforts in the War on Terrorism (of which
Iraq is central). If you are a France lover, then at least
know that there are some of us here who hate France for not
standing with us in defense of the values of Western
civilization. No true blue red blooded American would be
caught dead in France, Tour or no Tour.

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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year in keeping with all the rest of France's
disasters. Maybe the Muslim terrorists will see fit to
strike at this

heart

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and soul of la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Does anybody else find this just the least bit disturbing?

You have to consider the source

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I hope the Tour de France is a total disaster this
year in keeping with all the rest of France's
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strike at this

heart

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and soul of la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Does anybody else find this just the least bit
disturbing?

You have to consider the source

I always explain myself fully which is more than this
despicable kill filer Leuck ever does. Do you suppose he
read my previous complete post from which R42Pilot extracted
a small part to respond to? Of course not. He is a kill
filer and only gets me in bits and pieces. Yet he feels free
to comment on me even though he is not reading me in full. I
give you the typical liberal idiot - Mark Leuck! Let us hope
that he will soon be gone from here like Cletus Lee and most
of the other kill filers. They are simply not up to the
rigors of ARBR.

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Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Watching bowling on t.v. and reading quoted snippets of E.D's nonsense
quoted in posts.
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Edward Dolan said:

...And if there is anything more boring than a bicycle
race like the Tour de France I would like to know what
it is....

Golf as a spectator sport.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad City Area

. No true blue red

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blooded American would be caught dead in France, Tour or
no Tour.

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Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Remember Jesse Owens?

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Watching bowling on t.v. and reading quoted snippets of
E.D's nonsense quoted in posts.

Ever the idiot top poster!

Poor Harv has got to read me in full to appreciate all the
subtleties of my thought and wisdom. But he is another one
of these confounded kill filers and so only reads me by way
of what others have quoted in their responses. Just another
example of liberal idiocy. If he had read me in full he
would know that I had already mentioned the bowling on TV in
a follow-up post, but he is an ostrich and does not want to
know anything except what echoes in his own brainless mind.
You have to have the patience of Job to put up with all the
idiots here on ARBR.

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Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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. No true blue red

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blooded American would be caught dead in France, Tour or
no Tour.

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Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Remember Jesse Owens?

Vaguely, but I do not see what he can have to do with the
present situation. Unless you are likening la belle France
to [censored]'s Germany? As much as I hate France, I don't think
I would go that far. [censored]'s Germany was a real threat to
the peace and order of the world. France is far from that
and is relatively powerless compared to [censored]'s Germany.
The only attitude we Americans should have toward France is
an attitude of contempt.

If I were Lance Armstrong I would boycott the Tour de France
on the principal that the US can have no truck with
villainous regimes like the present Chirac administration.
My best advice to any American foolish enough to go to
France - do not turn your back on them as they will stab you
in that vicinity just for the hell of it! Perfidious Albion
(England) has now been replaced in my mind by the perfidious
French. I have a long memory I will never forget their
treachery!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

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No true blue red blooded American would be caught dead in
France, Tour or no Tour.

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Remember Jesse Owens?

I think very few Americans have blue-red blood anyway ;-)

Guy
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I hope the Tour de France is a total disaster this year in
keeping with all the rest of France's disasters. Maybe the
Muslim terrorists will see fit to strike at this

heart

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and soul of la belle France. Allah willing of course!

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Does anybody else find this just the least bit disturbing?

Mr. Ed likes to rant for the purpose of causing a commotion.
He is very similar to Fabrizio Mazzoleni in this regard.
I suggest not taking either too seriously.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad City Area

Mr. Ed said:

...in the War on Terrorism (of which Iraq is central)...

Mr. Ed must have a keyboard macro for this particular
phrase.

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Tom Sherman – Quad City Area