Team Type 1 & what they mean to me.

[Michael Baldwin]

FYI - Team Type 1 has been invited to race the upcoming Tour of Georgia.

My grandson has Type 1 Diabetes & Cerebral Palsy. He's an
inspiration. Whenever I "fall down" he reminds what's actually
important. Well my grandson & Kunich!
Several years ago I was part of a semi-pro, off-road motorcycle
endurance racing team. One of our riders, Cory D. had Type1 Diabetes.
I was always watching Cory for "the signs" of pre-diabetes shock
symptoms. Only once in 3 seasons did I pull Cory from a race.
I'm throughly impressed with Team Type 1's effort and results so far
this season and will certainly be tracking their progress at the ToG. I
think what these guys do is just phenomenal. Just my simple, bias
views.
Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama and let's go
racing!

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

 

[Tom Kunich]

"Michael Baldwin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Several years ago I was part of a semi-pro, off-road motorcycle
> endurance racing team. One of our riders, Cory D. had Type1 Diabetes.
> I was always watching Cory for "the signs" of pre-diabetes shock
> symptoms. Only once in 3 seasons did I pull Cory from a race.

I used to race motorcycles a lifetime ago. Then I constructed national grade
flat trackers for the pros in a shop owned by my best friend. He had Type 1
diabetes. One evening we were sitting in the local cafe planning the next
season when he had a heart attack and died by the time I got him to the
hospital.

If today's Type 1's live their lives correctly they can outlive me.

 

[Kyle Legate]

Michael Baldwin wrote:
>
> Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama and let's go
> racing!
>
Without the drugs, Team Type I would die.

 

[Bob Schwartz]

Kyle Legate wrote:
> Michael Baldwin wrote:
>>
>> Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama and let's go
>> racing!
>>
> Without the drugs, Team Type I would die.

If you believe DeCanio (How's *that* for a disclaimer) at
least one of those guys has more than insulin in the fridge.

Bob Schwartz

 

[Amit Ghosh]

On Mar 20, 11:05 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
>
> I used to race motorcycles a lifetime ago. Then I constructed national grade
> flat trackers for the pros in a shop owned by my best friend.

MEEE! Let's make this thread about MEEE!

 

[Off The Back]

Michael Baldwin wrote:
<snip>
> I'm throughly impressed with Team Type 1's effort and results so far
> this season and will certainly be tracking their progress at the ToG. I
> think what these guys do is just phenomenal.

A short little story... Some of the Type 1 guys are renting a house and
training here where I live. I've done a couple rides with Phil Southerland
who's the team's founder and a Type 1 diabetic. He's a really nice guy.

But that's not the story, this is: I was out on a ride a couple weeks ago
and stopped for a few minutes to sit on a fence and soak up the sunshine.
Minding my own business over near the Santa Ynez Valley when all of a sudden
a car passed by me and abruptly slammed on it's brakes. "Uh-oh", I thought,
"is this some red-neck rancher ****** off that I'm loitering near his land?"
The driver shoved it into reverse and accelerated sharply back toward where
I was sitting. Gravel and dust shoot out from under the tires.

As cyclists, generally we're good at inferring drivers' attitudes by the
sounds and motions of their vehicles. For example, unnecessarily gunning the
engine to pass is usually a sign of an annoyed driver.

Well that's how I interpreted this situation so I was braced for a conflict.
The car came to a stop right by me and the passenger-side window rolled down
and I see that the driver is a big burly dude.

He yells out, "Hey, ya need anything?!"

"No", I respond, still wary of his intentions.

"I thought maybe you had a flat or somethin' like that"

"No, just resting for a minute ...I'm about to get going again", thinking
that's what he wanted to hear.

"Hey, what team do you ride for?? ...ya know any of the Type 1 guys??" he
asks.

Puzzled, I mumble an answer and say that, yes, I know some of them...

He continues on, "Yeah, they're staying at Anderson's [ed: a hotel in the
valley] where I work and I've gotten to know them... Great guys, GREAT guys
....totally changed my opinion of you bikers!!"

....and he finishes off with "Well, just wanted to make sure you were
alright... Bye now!" and then he drove away.

Right on Type 1!!

Mark
http://marcofanelli.blogspot.com

 

[Tom Kunich]

"Amit Ghosh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:371bdf45-f7ae-4e89-acf7-1e1748b030d9@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 20, 11:05 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
>>
>> I used to race motorcycles a lifetime ago. Then I constructed national
>> grade
>> flat trackers for the pros in a shop owned by my best friend.
>
> MEEE! Let's make this thread about MEEE!

One of the things I've noticed is that although I don't consider what I did
to be any big deal people who have never done anything in their lives always
seem to see something like that as bragging.

Amit, I'm very sorry that you've had an empty and meaningless life. But you
really ought to try to do something before you get too old to do anything at
all. I sort of get the idea that you're one of those guys who walks up the
street with his wife trailing by 20 feet just to show how important you are
to yourself.

 

[Michael Baldwin]

>Michael Baldwin wrote:
>    Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama
>and let's go racing!
>
>Without the drugs, Team Type I would die.

Of course you're correct Kyle. Some people need to use drugs in order
to cheat death. Others think they need to abuse drugs to cheat life.
I wonder how the latter feels when being dropped by the former?

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

 

[Howard Kveck]

In article <[email protected]>, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com>
wrote:

> "Amit Ghosh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:371bdf45-f7ae-4e89-acf7-1e1748b030d9@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > On Mar 20, 11:05 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I used to race motorcycles a lifetime ago. Then I constructed national
> >> grade
> >> flat trackers for the pros in a shop owned by my best friend.
> >
> > MEEE! Let's make this thread about MEEE!
>
> One of the things I've noticed is that although I don't consider what I did
> to be any big deal people who have never done anything in their lives always
> seem to see something like that as bragging.

Tom, you manage to post about all kinds of things that you (claim to) have done
that have an exceedingly tenuous relationship to what the post you're replying to is
discussing. These are always done to show your vast experience and expertise in all
things and matters. It *does* come across as bragging (or a way of propping up a very
insecure person).

> Amit, I'm very sorry that you've had an empty and meaningless life. But you
> really ought to try to do something before you get too old to do anything at
> all. I sort of get the idea that you're one of those guys who walks up the
> street with his wife trailing by 20 feet just to show how important you are
> to yourself.

Hmm, constantly dropping references to yourself seem like a better example of
someone who needs to show how important you are to yourself.

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

 

[Michael Press]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Michael Baldwin) wrote:

> >Michael Baldwin wrote:
> >    Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama
> >and let's go racing!
> >
> >Without the drugs, Team Type I would die.
>
> Of course you're correct Kyle. Some people need to use drugs in order
> to cheat death. Others think they need to abuse drugs to cheat life.
> I wonder how the latter feels when being dropped by the former?

Some remedial reading:

<http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/844>

The attribution lines and quotation levels
are hopelessly buggered up. I did not do it,
and though I noticed it, it is not worth fixing
and I hate WebTV so everybody take note that
they are a virulent pox upon usenet.

--
Michael Press

 

[Kyle Legate]

Michael Baldwin wrote:
>> Michael Baldwin wrote:
>> Like I say, drop the drugs, the doping, the drama
>> and let's go racing!
>>
>> Without the drugs, Team Type I would die.
>
> Of course you're correct Kyle. Some people need to use drugs in order
> to cheat death. Others think they need to abuse drugs to cheat life.
> I wonder how the latter feels when being dropped by the former?
>
They probably wish for a blowdart tipped with glucagon.

 

[Michael Baldwin]

Parsing words, Michael Press writes

>Some remedial reading:
><http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/844>
>The attribution lines and quotation levels are hopelessly buggered up.
>I did not do it, and though I noticed it,
>it is not worth fixing and I hate WebTV so
>everybody take note that they are a virulent pox upon
>usenet.
>--
>Michael Press


...innuendo & insults duly noted...Any relevant comments regarding
thread subject, type 1 diabetes and athleticism?

just regards - Mike Baldwin