Lance's room service in France will have a little extra urine in the OJ from this day on
Sneakyfox Pepsifranke
Wouldn't be surprised if some of those hotel owners also pull out of
their safes a few needles and IV bags they found after US Postal's
departure.
Lance - you're an idiot and you would know that it was Hitler's bad
decision to fight on more than one front that led, in part, to his
demise.
Plano Dude
<sneaky.fox.and.pepsi.fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://road.cc/content/news/21355-lance-armstrong-declares-war-french...
>
> Wouldn't be surprised if some of those hotel owners also pull out of
> their safes a few needles and IV bags they found after US Postal's
> departure.
>
> Lance - you're an idiot and you would know that it was Hitler's bad
> decision to fight on more than one front that led, in part, to his
> demise.
"That’s why Team Sky, very much in keeping with its aggregation of
marginal gains philosophy, even brought its own beds, duvets and
pillows along to await its riders at the team hotel each evening
during this year's race. We’ll let you make your own mind up about how
much of a difference that made."
LOL
B. Lafferty
I recall that Lemond stayed in an RV because the Tour hotels weren't air
conditioned.
Chuckie
http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/18136385708
Wow. Just wow. RT @andykloedi: Can you believe it?? This is our hotel
bed! As u can c, we are not football players. http://yfrog.com/hqewszj
Scott
<sneaky.fox.and.pepsi.fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://road.cc/content/news/21355-lance-armstrong-declares-war-french...
>
> Wouldn't be surprised if some of those hotel owners also pull out of
> their safes a few needles and IV bags they found after US Postal's
> departure.
>
> Lance - you're an idiot and you would know that it was Hitler's bad
> decision to fight on more than one front that led, in part, to his
> demise.
So, now you're following Laff@me's lead and posting links to
irrelevant news articles followed by utterly ridiculous remarks, as if
you're somehow witty or funny??
Mike Jacoubowsky
"Sneakyfox Pepsifranke" <sneaky.fox.an...@gmail.com> wrote in
message
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This story surprises me, because when my son and I visited the Discovery
hotel in Pau a few years ago, it was palatial. We saw where other teams
were staying, and some of them were the equivalent of a run-down Motel
6. I was very surprised to read about the rules of the ASO, according to
the article, that required teams to stay in TdF-supplied hotels. It did
say that teams will stay in better places on some days than others, and
they try to make sure it all evens out in the end (no team seeing
overall better or worse treatment I guess).
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
Anton Berlin
location vs another is pretty shocking.
4 stars in Paris is always quite nice but I've 4 stars elsewhere that
are like college dorms rooms. Germany and Switzerland are always
nice. Italy a gamble.
Plano Dude
<sneaky.fox.and.pepsi.fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://road.cc/content/news/21355-lance-armstrong-declares-war-french...
>
> Wouldn't be surprised if some of those hotel owners also pull out of
> their safes a few needles and IV bags they found after US Postal's
> departure.
>
> Lance - you're an idiot and you would know that it was Hitler's bad
> decision to fight on more than one front that led, in part, to his
> demise.
I wonder what this may do to his motivational speaking income. At one
point he was getting $150k for a 30 minute speech.
Of course, the drug investigation isn't helping his price either.
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:afbb767e-1522-4813...@l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
4* in Paris is *always* nice? Nice compared to what? The Novotel Tour
Eiffel, for example, is a 4* hotel. I've stayed in cleaner, more
comfortable 2* hotels, in France and in the US. I am told the ratings
largely have to do with amenities that have little to do with the
condition of the hotel (amenities includng such things as a full-time
Concierge).
Fred on a stick
>> 4 stars in Paris is always quite nice but I've 4 stars elsewhere that
>> are like college dorms rooms. Germany and Switzerland are always
>> nice. Italy a gamble.
>
> 4* in Paris is *always* nice? Nice compared to what? The Novotel Tour
> Eiffel, for example, is a 4* hotel. I've stayed in cleaner, more
> comfortable 2* hotels, in France and in the US. I am told the ratings
> largely have to do with amenities that have little to do with the
> condition of the hotel (amenities includng such things as a full-time
> Concierge).
http://www.paris-eiffel-tower-news.com/editorials/hotel-rating.htm
Anton Berlin
like the fact that the bathroom is larger than most hotel rooms in
paris
Beloved Fred No. 1
Big enough for a full size centrifuge.
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:i4628c$fon$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
Pretty much confirms what I'd thought.
Regarding room size, wow, to get a 3* rating, one of the requirements is
100sq ft. That's 10ft by 10ft. I'll bet that small by jail cell
standards in some places.
Anton Berlin
wrote:
> "Fred on a stick" <anonymous.cow...@address.invalid> wrote in messagenews:i4628c$fon$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
One needs skinny calves to navigate those 3 star rooms. Just a little
room between bed and wall
Mike Jacoubowsky
>I mispoke - the 4 star concorde st lazarre in paris is always nice. I
> like the fact that the bathroom is larger than most hotel rooms in
> paris
We've found the Concorde Montparnasse to be both reasonable (about
$130/night if booked in advance) and pretty nice in terms of room size &
quality. Free wi-fi too. And if you ask nicely at the desk if they speak
English, they tell you "Of course" in a way that's not snooty. Then again,
according to that article referenced, a 4* hotel is required to have
english-speaking staff.
Speaking of english, interesting to read Riis talking about Alberto
Contador's need to learn English, and referencing the various others that
have essentially been required to in the past. How times have changed. How
long ago was it that French was the unifying language in the peloton? Who
would have thought that the Dutch would be one of the driving forces behind
the adoption of English? Makes perfect sense I guess, since the Dutch
certainly aren't going to expect the rest of the world to learn Flemish.
Actually, I don't they they *want* the rest of the world to know Flemish.
It's like their secret handshake, a way of communicating with each other
that nobody else can understand.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
Anton Berlin
You'll be fluent in no time.
snogfest
> Flemish is easy just speak normally while choking on a chicken bone.
> You'll be fluent in no time.
Is there any difference between Flemish and "Dutch" or is it just
another dialect ?
I was on my first trip to the continent; mum-in-law was Dutch born,
sister-in-law and wife (yes, I travelled with 3 women!) could
understand it too. We were in a town right on the Dutch/German border
on the German side looking for somewhere to stay , "do speak English"
- frantic shaking of the head, then mum-in-law says (in her oldy-
worldy Dutch) - "do you speak Dutch", more head shaking, then she
tried "do you speak Twente" (in the Twente dialect) and then they were
all go! It was a real eye-opener to me about people near borders, and
dialects. It was a crap Zimmer.
Even English confounds me, have you ever tried to understand someone
from Liverpool or York?
How about "my derailleur is sticking" in French ?
Michael Press
"Mike Jacoubowsky" <Mi...@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
Up to a point. A USA PhD married to a citizen of the Netherlands
and working in the Netherlands is required to study the language.
--
Michael Press
Beloved Fred No. 1
> One needs skinny calves to navigate those 3 star rooms. Just a little
> room between bed and wall
Not FM friendly then.