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Old 18-09.-2007, 02:22 PM   #76
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HV seems more like the type to poison someone rather than crash an airplane.

Yeah, that whole dying for your beliefs is a tough nut.

I wonder about loons like HV. Usenet used to have the Usenet Kook of the Month awards. The thing that always got me was that some of the winners had been carrying on for years. Mike Vandeman comes to mind. He has been on a one man crusade against mountain bikes for at least ten years. He is still at it. I have a hard time coming up with a good explanation--other than mental illness--for why these guys would put so much effort into their trolling.

Someone could make a fascinating documentry film about these sorry sacks. I am thinking of something in the vein of Trekkies.
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Old 18-09.-2007, 02:24 PM   #77
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I'll show you my bare chest and my abs if you'll show me yours.

I feel I've played a part in turning this thread into a teenage-like flirt site.

We aren't using enough abbreviations -- the secret language of teens.

Five pages of fun and Klodifan hasn't even checked back, sigh. Well, I think it's time to call it a night. It's been fun.
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Old 18-09.-2007, 02:30 PM   #78
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wow who else feels like they're watching a bad amateur porno flick...

and can't turn it off

speaking of, I recommend watching the following: call on me cyclocross/l'hiver sera chaud
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Old 18-09.-2007, 02:31 PM   #79
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We aren't using enough abbreviations -- the secret language of teens.

Five pages of fun and Klodifan hasn't even checked back, sigh. Well, I think it's time to call it a night. It's been fun.

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I'll show you my bare chest and my abs if you'll show me yours.

I feel I've played a part in turning this thread into a teenage-like flirt site. I humbly apologize Klodifan. Now back to that partial frontal under discussion.

Hey isn't it getting late over there in St. Louis?

Ok, you're scaring me now. I already broke my solemn promise to never reveal details about where I live or anything, but the Tour of Missouri blew all that. Now that you have my real photo, what's to stop you from stalking me? Besides my big dog, my big husband, and his big gun, I mean.

Don't make me quote Scripture at you!
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Old 18-09.-2007, 02:36 PM   #81
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Re. Documentary:

I'm not sure these characters are going to let you peel back the onion, let alone reveal an interesting personality/story underneath. HV keeps everyone at a distance, rarely even entering a discussion, unless it involves a put down.
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Yeah, that whole dying for your beliefs is a tough nut.

I wonder about loons like HV. Usenet used to have the Usenet Kook of the Month awards. The thing that always got me was that some of the winners had been carrying on for years. Mike Vandeman comes to mind. He has been on a one man crusade against mountain bikes for at least ten years. He is still at it. I have a hard time coming up with a good explanation--other than mental illness--for why these guys would put so much effort into their trolling.

Someone could make a fascinating documentry film about these sorry sacks. I am thinking of something in the vein of Trekkies.
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Old 18-09.-2007, 03:07 PM   #82
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You have my real photo (darn it!!) so there goes the element of surprise.

Relax, I'm no stalker. You might think about a disguise though as cycling dorks outnumber nice ladies on this site I guess by about 200:1. And I'd put a "Nike Sux" jersey on just to be safe with you-know-who.

Sorry about the home town reference. I just guessed that from your ToM post. I'm accustomed unfortunately to it getting quiet here in Seattle when the east and midwest go to sleep. Darn it!! Now I've blown my cover. I hope you're not the stalker type. Long way to go for that though.
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Ok, you're scaring me now. I already broke my solemn promise to never reveal details about where I live or anything, but the Tour of Missouri blew all that. Now that you have my real photo, what's to stop you from stalking me? Besides my big dog, my big husband, and his big gun, I mean.

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Old 18-09.-2007, 03:15 PM   #83
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Hey Bro Deal. Is that you in your new avatar? If it is - can I recommend some testosterone to help your racing. You can probably take it legally with a prescription.
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Old 18-09.-2007, 04:05 PM   #84
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Darn you, E-D. Watched that clip and now I have to go for another ride and it's 11:00pm!!!

Gonna enter that on your behalf in the greatest cycling clips thread.



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wow who else feels like they're watching a bad amateur porno flick...

and can't turn it off

speaking of, I recommend watching the following: call on me cyclocross/l'hiver sera chaud

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speaking of, I recommend watching the following: call on me cyclocross/l'hiver sera chaud
A side of cyclocross that I was not aware of. Wonderful vid that.
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Did I mention that I am a pretty big deal in Japan?
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Why can't he be banned on suspicion (its pretty obvious) that he is a previously banned member. With the caveat apology that it may be a wrongful association, the wrongfully accused member can be encouraged to rejoin under another username. That would give moderators the carte blanche to ban on circumstantial evidence. This guy would be able to come back but the first time he posts another idiosynchratic message - Kaboom, he's banned again with the same message (wrongful accusation apology) from the moderator.


What a mess that would be. After the initial positive for Prozac, he could be put under suspension. Assuming he requested a testing of the B sample, the matter would be remanded to a hearing conducted by USADAA, under the rules specified by WADAA (wold anti 'doping accuser' association). There would be counter charges that the French lab had it's head up it's ass during the testing, which is probably where it belongs.

Already, people are being banned from the forum strictly due to suspicion of doping accusations, the justification being that it is wrong to shout 'doper' in a crowded peloton. Long time posters insist that they've never falsely accused a rider of doping, a statement that rings hollow as newbies complain that they can't break into the top ranks of posting without casting at least some groundless doubt.

This, coming on top of Operation Putrid, which revealed that fully half of the posters here have secretly harbored doping suspicions against riders not on their favorite team, and the majority have expressed those opinions with the full knowledge that there was no basis in fact, bolstered with transfusions of bullshit. It has become so bad that spectators at the Tour de Absurdity have been seen waving colostomy bags at the most prolific posters.

Already, the furor has caused Preparation H to reconsider it's sponsorship, and the entire sport of cycling witch hunting is in crisis. The chairman of WADAA, Dick Head, continues to throw out accusations of doping accusations almost at random, while the head of the UBI (union bullshitters international), Pat McButt, talks of instituting a zero turd policy, and mandatory enemas before each thread.



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What a mess that would be. After the initial positive for Prozac, he could be put under suspension. Assuming he requested a testing of the B sample, the matter would be remanded to a hearing conducted by USADAA, under the rules specified by WADAA (wold anti 'doping accuser' association). There would be counter charges that the French lab had it's head up it's ass during the testing, which is probably where it belongs.

Already, people are being banned from the forum strictly due to suspicion of doping accusations, the justification being that it is wrong to shout 'doper' in a crowded peloton. Long time posters insist that they've never falsely accused a rider of doping, a statement that rings hollow as newbies complain that they can't break into the top ranks of posting without casting at least some groundless doubt.

This, coming on top of Operation Putrid, which revealed that fully half of the posters here have secretly harbored doping suspicions against riders not on their favorite team, and the majority have expressed those opinions with the full knowledge that there was no basis in fact, bolstered with transfusions of bullshit. It has become so bad that spectators at the Tour de Absurdity have been seen waving colostomy bags at the most prolific posters.

Already, the furor has caused Preparation H to reconsider it's sponsorship, and the entire sport of cycling witch hunting is in crisis. The chairman of WADAA, Dick Head, continues to throw out accusations of doping accusations almost at random, while the head of the UBI (union bullshitters international), Pat McButt, talks of instituting a zero turd policy, and mandatory enemas before each thread.



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