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Shape Shifter · 08-17-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
Okay, I'd prefer she just get the cash.

Speaking of, weren't we going to have a telethon or something?

Penske_Account · 08-17-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My trainer finished the Leadville, Coloardo 100 mile mountain biking race on Saturday in 8 hours and 57 minutes. He'd never done it before and his goal was to finish under 10 and a half hours.

The ONLY drawback in an otherwise perfect race was that he had a flat with four miles to go, and he probably lost four or five minutes fixing the flat. I pointed out that everyone else runs the risk of having deal with flats, so it doesn't make his awesome finish any less impressive. He agreed.

I remember doing the NorCal duathlon series several years back. I came off the run in the chase pack, which was 4-5 guys, with the lead group about 1 minute up and with 4-5 guys. On the bike I had my head down and was more or less just following one of the other guys. Apparently he took a wrong turn, our group followed. Arguably we cut distance off the course with our route (although there was an argument about whether our route was the same distance). Anyway, after the race I turned myself in to be disqualified, but the race directors did not DQ the offending group, but rather awarded two first place awards (I think I finished 5th so I was out of the money either way).

I remain of the opinion that was a crap decision. You have a set course and a set finish line without ambiguity or it taints the whole competition.

Shape Shifter · 08-17-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
I remember doing the NorCal duathlon series several years back. I came off the run in the chase pack, which was 4-5 guys, with the lead group about 1 minute up and with 4-5 guys. On the bike I had my head down and was more or less just following one of the other guys. Apparently he took a wrong turn, our group followed. Arguably we cut distance off the course with our route (although there was an argument about whether our route was the same distance). Anyway, after the race I turned myself in to be disqualified, but the race directors did not DQ the offending group, but rather awarded two first place awards (I think I finished 5th so I was out of the money either way).

I remain of the opinion that was a crap decision. You have a set course and a set finish line without ambiguity or it taints the whole competition.

PB

Penske_Account · 08-17-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
ncs hepful board relationship tip #3: Do your best not to speak on the other poster's behalf unless there is some reason he/she cannot post for himself/herself. The audience does not care what you think he/she would want.

I'm a giver!

This is why I never speak on behalf of my socks. They have their own voice.

Shape Shifter · 08-17-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
This is why I never speak on behalf of my socks. They have their own voice.

They will soon be receiving their own indictments. And therapy.

ltl/fb · 08-17-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
Okay, I'd prefer she just get the cash.

RT don't read -- possible spoiler for you.

Congrats on your directness. Is this because you fear that you will be supplanted by the giver of the vibrator? Or because you are planning a surprise gift?

SlaveNoMore · 08-17-2005, 02:52 PM

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Gattigap
... perhaps that I was in City Lights, and felt pressured to get it or else I'd be stuck buying a Gregory Corso collection. Book review to come, though probably a couple of months hence.

The one time I was in there, they made me purchase a Ward Churchill book at gunpoint.

Gattigap · 08-17-2005, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The one time I was in there, they made me purchase a Ward Churchill book at gunpoint.

But you got the logoed T-shirt thrown in for free, right?

Shape Shifter · 08-17-2005, 02:57 PM

Playgirl's hunks? The hairy, chubby & poor!

BY RIVKA BUKOWSKY
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Forget waxed chests and rock-hard abs. A new survey finds ladies like their men scruffy, a wee bit chubby - and definitely not a metrosexual.
Playgirl asked 2,000 of its readers what they find sexy in a man and the answers were surprising: 42% said they thought love handles were kind of sexy and 47% approved of chest hair.

The mag, which often features toned, hairless males in its beefcake photo spreads, is now searching for a man who meets readers' standards.

Average Joes everywhere can send photos to models@playgirlmag.com to compete for a shot at a pictorial in a future issue.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/goss...p-288635c.html

Flinty_McFlint · 08-17-2005, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
I remember doing the NorCal duathlon series several years back. I came off the run in the chase pack, which was 4-5 guys, with the lead group about 1 minute up and with 4-5 guys. On the bike I had my head down and was more or less just following one of the other guys. Apparently he took a wrong turn, our group followed. Arguably we cut distance off the course with our route (although there was an argument about whether our route was the same distance). Anyway, after the race I turned myself in to be disqualified, but the race directors did not DQ the offending group, but rather awarded two first place awards (I think I finished 5th so I was out of the money either way).

I remain of the opinion that was a crap decision. You have a set course and a set finish line without ambiguity or it taints the whole competition.

I think my panties are wet. An athlete with morals? Raar.

Flinty_McFlint · 08-17-2005, 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Playgirl's hunks? The hairy, chubby & poor!

Forget waxed chests and rock-hard abs. A new survey finds ladies like their men scruffy, a wee bit chubby - and definitely not a metrosexual.
Playgirl asked 2,000 of its readers what they find sexy in a man and the answers were surprising: 42% said they thought love handles were kind of sexy and 47% approved of chest hair.

I invented being hairy, chubby and poor.

Shape Shifter · 08-17-2005, 03:00 PM

Geek chic

It’s the revenge of the nerds: now they're hot hunks!

By JACOB E. OSTERHOUT

Good news, losers: It's cool to be uncool. With the upcoming releases of two new movies, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "The Baxter," and the recent success of "Napoleon Dynamite," Hollywood has gleefully embraced dorkdom.

. . .

"Women find sex appeal in male geek movie characters," notes Gitesh Pandya, editor of www.boxofficeguru.com. "Geeks have charm in their awkwardness. The personality of a geek makes him sexy, partially because he can be pitied and partially because they are good-natured people."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/goss...p-288485c.html

bold_n_brazen · 08-17-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I think my panties are wet. An athlete with morals? Raar.

When did you become sunnybunny?

Flinty_McFlint · 08-17-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
When did you become sunnybunny?

That is the meanest thing you've ever said to me. Congrats.

Hank Chinaski · 08-17-2005, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
I remember doing the NorCal duathlon series several years back. I came off the run in the chase pack, which was 4-5 guys, with the lead group about 1 minute up and with 4-5 guys. On the bike I had my head down and was more or less just following one of the other guys. Apparently he took a wrong turn, our group followed. Arguably we cut distance off the course with our route (although there was an argument about whether our route was the same distance). Anyway, after the race I turned myself in to be disqualified, but the race directors did not DQ the offending group, but rather awarded two first place awards (I think I finished 5th so I was out of the money either way).

I remain of the opinion that was a crap decision. You have a set course and a set finish line without ambiguity or it taints the whole competition.

2. I remember running the Hain's Point 10k a few years back. You go out and then loop back along the outgoing path. Point is you can see everyone ahead of you as the double back.

Well, there was an over 200 lb. division that year with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies. I was moving pretty good and as the leaders started going by me heading back I was counting anyone who could possibly be 200 lbs. Turns out I was in at least 3rd place of people who could possibly weigh 200.

But at award time they gave the 3rd place trophy to someone else. Maybe he jumped in late- maybe he lied on weight. All I know is that I was the real winner.....but see he holds the trophy, still.