The underlying philosophy of the Sam remains what it was, incarnated permanently in carefully lugged steel. Beats me - I live in a less fluid universe, apparently.
Well, we'll go back to Garth and say that "one person's perspective is as good as another['s]", using this phrase as a provisional settlement to the matter. Patrick Moore, who has owned 5 Rivendells and still owns 2 of them, and who likes the Doors and Beethoven, even though Jim and Ludovicus were assholes. On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 6:38 PM, kielsun <bobk...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Sam would change for me because part of what I love about it are the > underlying philosophy and ideas. The unparalleled ride is number one, but > the other stuff matters, too. > > To give a non-bike-related metaphor: a few years back I got the chance to > play a couple of shows with one of my favorite musicians/songwriters. He > was a jerk with women and was generally not a nice guy. Did his songs about > love and humanity and tenderness and mean as much to me afterwards? > Hardly--I never listen to his music anymore. > > So the fact that the OP's views of Islabikes changed when she found out > about this other side of their corporate identity makes total sense to me. > And again, it makes even better sense to me that the idea of CF kids' bikes > falls flatter than flat to most listers. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
