On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:47, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Curious: how and where is that 50 cc scooter an advantage over a nice bike?
> Seriously, because I have thought of a scooter for some time.
I'll answer on list, just in case anybody read Patrick's inquiry and
is burning with curiosity, but plea
One more post on this subject and I will shut up and crawl back into my
dark, dank hole: today's BSNYC has the ultimate, uber post on
nonplussedness.
(Sorry, Anne.)
Patrick "working on his second bong" Moore, who is actually a conservative
Christian working on his second bong. (Jest kiddin') ('Bo
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM, james black wrote:
> .
>
> I salute you, sir. I only wish you could have seen me ride to work
> this morning on my 49cc Honda Ruckus scooter wearing a white full-face
> helmet and a Blaklader model 8739 workwear jacket.
>
> James Black
>
I can cap that: the dude
I should add that by "objectively funny" he sees true disjunctions or
incompatibilities, which is the essence of humor -- as Aristotle said (he
quoted smugly), the humorous is a species of the ugly (= not meeting a norm)
that does not cause pain. But one can focus instead on BS's meaness and
vulgar
Well, it does help if you have a bong or a couple of glasses. Seriously, I
think he is funny; mean spirited and vulgar, but funny and objectively funny
because he is intelligent. But apart from objective funniness, there is
taste which is another matter and has its own rights.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 09:12, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> Was it an epic ride?
It was 3 miles - my year of commuting an epic 32 miles round-trip
abruptly ended three weeks ago. Now the only thing epic I see during
the week is burritos.
James Black
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Philip Williamson
wrote:
> You may be right. On the other hand, most of my friends who watch Jon
> Stewart are women, and I see some similarities.
>
I love Jon Stewart. And I don't see the similarities. But, whatever.
Chacun a son gout.
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-- Anne Paulson
My hov
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 09:09 -0700, james black wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 08:51, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > I will wear my nerd badge with honor! I take issue only with the
> > proposed design.
>
> I salute you, sir. I only wish you could have seen me ride to work
> this morning on my 49cc Hon
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 08:51, JoelMatthews wrote:
> I will wear my nerd badge with honor! I take issue only with the
> proposed design.
I salute you, sir. I only wish you could have seen me ride to work
this morning on my 49cc Honda Ruckus scooter wearing a white full-face
helmet and a Blaklader
You may be right. On the other hand, most of my friends who watch Jon
Stewart are women, and I see some similarities.
However, if your main audience is internet bike geeks, appealing
solely to men probably isn't a problem.
Philip
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Anne Paulson wrote:
...
> Maybe it's a guy thing-- not that
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:58 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
> Ladies 'n' Gentlemen: we are heinously guilty of overanalyzing this. You
> don't read BS with an encyclopedia at your side, you read him with a bong,
> or, for the more mature, a glass or two of your favorite. Willing suspension
> of disbeli
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:15 AM, james black wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 14:35, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > Even an entry level understanding of cosmology is enough to show Star
> > Trek is an absurd impossible fantasy (eg., Paul Davies,'The Eerie
> > Silence') . On the other hand, a Rando style
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 14:35, JoelMatthews wrote:
> Even an entry level understanding of cosmology is enough to show Star
> Trek is an absurd impossible fantasy (eg., Paul Davies,'The Eerie
> Silence') . On the other hand, a Rando style bike is arguably as good
> a way to credit card tour as any.
On Jun 9, 2010, at 8:15 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
>> So, Bike Snob is talking about retro grouches, their love of hand built
>> wheels
>> with sensible spoke counts, distrust of recent technology, etc.
>
> But Rando's do not distrust recent technology. They use what works.
I fit the Snob'
Ladies 'n' Gentlemen: we are heinously guilty of overanalyzing this. You
don't read BS with an encyclopedia at your side, you read him with a bong,
or, for the more mature, a glass or two of your favorite. Willing suspension
of disbelief and not too much insistence on sobriety. And, if you do this,
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 06:54 -0700, Jeff wrote:
> Okay, since I offered up this tidbit, allow me to explicate. So, Bike
> Snob is talking about retro grouches, their love of hand built wheels
> with sensible spoke counts, distrust of recent technology, etc. He
> then goes on to say (and I should
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 07:15 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > So, Bike Snob is talking about retro grouches, their love of hand built
> > wheels
> > with sensible spoke counts, distrust of recent technology, etc.
>
> But Rando's do not distrust recent technology. They use what works.
>
> For inst
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 05:54 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote:
>
> Or are you saying BSNYC's audience for the joke was not Rando owners
> but rather people too dense to understand both the Rando concept or
> the many levels Star Trek failed to get things right?
>
Sounds about right to me.
--
You rec
Grouch, gouch, grouch, grouch (verb, intransitive). I gather you don't like
his particular brand of humor. Old age ?
Patrick "young, nay, hipster-young at heart" Moore
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 17:54 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> >
> >
>
On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 17:54 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Steve Palincsar
> wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible, do you think, that he doesn't understand
> either
> randonneuring or Star Trek?
>
> No! How dare you sug
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible, do you think, that he doesn't understand either
> randonneuring or Star Trek?
>
> No! How dare you suggest this! He is omnisient. (Omnicient. Omnishient.
Omnicent. Omnicient )
Patrick "sometimes you have to ruthless
On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 14:35 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > Oh, come now! My antennae quiver with delight when BSNYC (let us bow our
> > heads in wonderment and admiration pause ... OK, back to regular
> > garrulousness) pokes fun at something I like. He is just funny. GD vulgar,
> > too, but f
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > He says randonneuring is retro-grouchery in action, like nerds going
> > to a Star Trek convention!
>
> It is statements like that from BSNYC that somewhat turn me off .
>
Oh, come now! My antennae quiver with delight when BSNYC (let us bow
I'm pretty sure it was here, too.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Horace wrote:
> No, you had posted that to the bicyclelifestyle group. I thought the
> resulting outrage was amusing. Some people neither recognize nor
> appreciate talented writing.
>
> Horace.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:25 P
No, you had posted that to the bicyclelifestyle group. I thought the
resulting outrage was amusing. Some people neither recognize nor
appreciate talented writing.
Horace.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:25 PM, MichaelH wrote:
> Say what! The first, last, and only time I left a link to Bikesnob on
> th
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