Their new heart throb.

Simon Mason said:

One of my mature female colleagues, a mother of two, mentioned to another
female co-worker the same age in a swooning manner that "Daniel was on TV
twice last night." I asked who was the object of their desires and was
somewhat taken aback to be shown a keyring with a picture of a somewhat
portly man in a hideous green t shirt.

Their idol was singer Daniel Bedingfield.

http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/danielbedingfieldros2002.jpg

OK, eye (and in this case ear) of the beholder and all that but I'm sure I
could come up with some cycling god that would knock him into a cocked hat.
Wracking my brain and somewhat tentatively getting in touch with my gay
side, I tried to come up with what I considered to be the most handsome bike
rider of the moment and came up with Petacchi.

http://www.dailypeloton.com/article_images/interbike03/petacchi1.jpg

After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed that
he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as Daniel. To
put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi bawling his eyes
out after winning a race and that did it - he's their new hero :-)

I found this picture that explains it perfectly:
http://www.thehua.com/mt/files/pic0550.jpg

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

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After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed
that he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as
Daniel. To put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi
bawling his eyes out after winning a race and that did it - he's their
new hero :-)

I found this picture that explains it perfectly:
http://www.thehua.com/mt/files/pic0550.jpg

Well, luckily I'm used to handling this, being a SW radio "expert" n'all :-)

http://www.w6trw.com/radio_history/icom/IC-R9000-PAGE2.jpg

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

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After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed
that he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as
Daniel. To put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi
bawling his eyes out after winning a race and that did it - he's their
new hero :-)

I found this picture that explains it perfectly:
http://www.thehua.com/mt/files/pic0550.jpg

Well, luckily I'm used to handling this, being a SW radio "expert" n'all :-)

http://www.w6trw.com/radio_history/icom/IC-R9000-PAGE2.jpg

You are deluding yourself. Those radio buttons are all logically laid
out and their functions clearly labelled whereas.........

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

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Simon Mason said:

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>After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed
>that he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as
>Daniel. To put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi
>bawling his eyes out after winning a race and that did it - he's their
>new hero :-)
>

I found this picture that explains it perfectly:
http://www.thehua.com/mt/files/pic0550.jpg

Well, luckily I'm used to handling this, being a SW radio "expert" n'all
:-)

http://www.w6trw.com/radio_history/icom/IC-R9000-PAGE2.jpg

You are deluding yourself. Those radio buttons are all logically laid out
and their functions clearly labelled whereas.........

Yes, I'll have to have a go at shifting some of the knobs and buttons around
and putting different function labels on them to give me a sporting chance!

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

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After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed
that he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as
Daniel. To put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi
bawling his eyes out after winning a race and that did it - he's their
new hero :-)

I found this picture that explains it perfectly:
http://www.thehua.com/mt/files/pic0550.jpg

Well, luckily I'm used to handling this, being a SW radio "expert" n'all :-)

http://www.w6trw.com/radio_history/icom/IC-R9000-PAGE2.jpg

Wow! I need one o' them. What's it do?

--
Hywel

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Well, luckily I'm used to handling this, being a SW radio "expert" n'all :-)

http://www.w6trw.com/radio_history/icom/IC-R9000-PAGE2.jpg

Wow! I need one o' them. What's it do?

Reads random strings of numbers at you IIRC ;-)

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

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One of my mature female colleagues, a mother of two, mentioned to another
female co-worker the same age in a swooning manner that "Daniel was on TV
twice last night." I asked who was the object of their desires and was
somewhat taken aback to be shown a keyring with a picture of a somewhat
portly man in a hideous green t shirt.

Their idol was singer Daniel Bedingfield.

http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/danielbedingfieldros2002.jpg

OK, eye (and in this case ear) of the beholder and all that but I'm sure I
could come up with some cycling god that would knock him into a cocked
hat. Wracking my brain and somewhat tentatively getting in touch with my
gay side, I tried to come up with what I considered to be the most
handsome bike rider of the moment and came up with Petacchi.

Daniel Bedingfield is not my cup of tea. He may be a thoroughly nice bloke
for all I know, but he doesn't get the heart rate jumping ;-)

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http://www.dailypeloton.com/article_images/interbike03/petacchi1.jpg

After showing them some more photos from old bike mags they both agreed
that he is indeed a fine figure of a man, but he can't sing as well as
Daniel. To put the tin hat on it, I showed them a photo of Petacchi
bawling his eyes out after winning a race and that did it - he's their new
hero :-)

Aye, Petacchi is rather yummy. Basso can be scrummy in non-Lycra clothing
too. Indeed somewhere in the pile of cycling mags in a corner of Chateau
Unfit Family is a mag containing pics of firm, lithe, muscular men of the
peloton in various stages of undress.... must try to find it. Purely for
research purposes, of course;-)

Cheers, helen s

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Simon Mason
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