The Hippodrome in Paris Sucks - The Fatty Master Travelogue
Anton Berlin
try to take my girlfriend to see some hippo racing in Paris. Turns
out it's just a horse track.
Fucking frogs !
PS - I asked a french guy why they always plant tress on both sides of
the road,.... "It's because we know that the Germans prefer to march
in the shade"
Lots of WWII French rifles for sale here also - very clean condition,
never fired, dropped once.
Betty Munro
Are there any Look or Time carbon forks ?
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:73995cca-e5d9-49a7...@r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
Even for you that's pretty lame. If you do any real riding in France, you
will come across many small town where the Resistance was very active, and
where it cost the village quite dearly. There are many monuments to German
massacres where a town was punished because of Resistance-performed
sabotage. Charles de Gaulle certainly had an egotistical aire about him, but
he and his people fought bravely and efficiently for France during the
occupation.
Seriously, get out and ride through the villages, and stop and actually read
the monuments you come across. There is no better way to explore a country
than from a bike.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
Michael Press
<73995cca-e5d9-49a7...@r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
Anton Berlin <truth...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<http://www.instantrimshot.com/>
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Michael Press
Frederick the Great
"Mike Jacoubowsky" <Mi...@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
> "Anton Berlin" <truth...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:73995cca-e5d9-49a7...@r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> > Knowing that they race bikes at velodromes it was only logical that I
> > try to take my girlfriend to see some hippo racing in Paris. Turns
> > out it's just a horse track.
> >
> > Fucking frogs !
> >
> > PS - I asked a french guy why they always plant tress on both sides of
> > the road,.... "It's because we know that the Germans prefer to march
> > in the shade"
> >
> > Lots of WWII French rifles for sale here also - very clean condition,
> > never fired, dropped once.
>
> Even for you that's pretty lame. If you do any real riding in France,
Oh no! Here comes Major Serious.
--
Old Fritz
z, fred
cur...@the-md-russells.org
<Mi...@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
>Seriously, get out and ride through the villages, and stop and actually read
>the monuments you come across. There is no better way to explore a country
>than from a bike.
Seriously, read the monuments you come across riding in the U.S. - the
South won the war, the Klan deserves our thanks and Spanish Catholic
churches don't count when you do the 'first west of' thing.
And the High Point of the Condfederacy at least makes Gettysburg a
virtual victory for Lee. Damn Dutch didn't know when to run.
I hope the French do the monuments better than we do - maybe take
lessons from the Daughters of the Confederacy. Yeah, yeah, the French
don't do the Monuments any better than they do the Tour.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:rubrum-81258E....@news.albasani.net...
Yep, sometimes guilty as charged. Still waiting to find some reason to
participate in a Liz Hatch thread, but geez, get a life, there's so much
interesting stuff going on that's directly relevant to bike racing at this
time of year.
Maybe I'm channeling the ghost of Ken Papai?
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:sp8ht5982mmkr01ec...@4ax.com...
People will always attempt to rewrite history through monuments. Your point
is well-taken; we should always return to RBR to maintain a sense of
perspective and order in the world.
Anton Berlin
wrote:
> "Anton Berlin" <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Mike - it's all a joke.
I've ridden across the entirety of France 3 times. (but your right
otherwise - the small towns and rural areas of France are great, but I
think there is better riding in Benelux and northern Germany. )
PS Czech women in short skirts even better strategy to beat invading
armies.
K. Fred Gauss
It's good to see that you're backing off from your relentless
persecution of all things RBR.
Frederick the Great
"z, fred" <No...@not.ca> wrote:
Oh no! Here comes minor Serious.
--
Old Fritz
z, fred
Thank you Mr. Stuffed Shit
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:4bd8...@news.x-privat.org...
Yeah well guess I just haven't seen the point to the infatuation with Liz
Hatch. It obscures the oft-intelligent observations about tactics the show
up here from time-to-time. But I guess that's just the thing about a million
monkeys sitting at keyboards.
Mike Jacoubowsky
Mike - it's all a joke.
I've ridden across the entirety of France 3 times. (but your right
otherwise - the small towns and rural areas of France are great, but I
think there is better riding in Benelux and northern Germany. )
PS Czech women in short skirts even better strategy to beat invading
armies.
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I figured. Regarding the riding in Benelux and northern Germany, do you
still get the big climbs? I'm a sucker for 15k climbs with cafes on top.
That's what we miss in the US. No cafes on the climbs. Not that I can figure
out how a cafe sitting on top of the Aubisque can stay in business...
Sometimes I'm more PC than the Microsoft commercials. For example, I'm
working on a new water bottle for the shop, and thought it would be fun to
have them say "Ne jamais abandonner, ne jamais capituler!" But even those
who know Galaxy Quest still might take it the wrong way, a slam against
French history.
But I am so tempted...
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Ryan Cousineau
"z, fred" <No...@not.ca> wrote:
Majorer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrow_and_the_Pity
--
Ryan Cousineau rcou...@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."
Betty Munro
> But I guess that's just the thing about a million monkeys sitting at keyboards.
Gorillas.
A. Dumas Fred
> Sometimes I'm more PC than the Microsoft commercials. For example, I'm
> working on a new water bottle for the shop, and thought it would be fun
> to have them say "Ne jamais abandonner, ne jamais capituler!" But even
> those who know Galaxy Quest still might take it the wrong way, a slam
> against French history.
It certainly is a slam against French grammar, although "Rendez-vous
jamais!" sounds suspect as well.
Frederick the Great
"z, fred" <No...@not.ca> wrote:
We're serious. If you do not leave immediately, we'll
blow up another locomotive. Where was the French
resistance in 1936 when General Blomberg marched troops
across the Rhine River? A brigade of regulars would
have sent Blomberg packing. Could have ended Hitler's
position as chancellor; or ended his attentions on
France and concentrated them on the eastern front.
What is great about comics today is how bright the kids
are are; politcally aware; socially aware; moral; and
not afraid to explain to us where we go wrong. Not like
in my day when kids were apathetic or entirely unaware
of the problems of civilization.
<http://www.barnaclepress.com/cmcvlt/KatzenjammerKids/kk020622.jpg>
--
Old Fritz
Michael Press
cur...@the-md-russells.org wrote:
Look what happens when you allow the losers to write histories.
--
Michael Press
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:b7tna7-...@donald.homeip.net...
Good catch.
Mike Jacoubowsky
news:4282f$4bd96f43$53578816$20...@cache2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
I am clueless regarding French grammar. I can read it OK if there's
contextual help (something where I generally know what it's about), and I
can string things together clumsily to get my point across. But hearing it
spoken I am lost. The manner in which so many words/phrases come together
baffles me. Cest, for example. Spanish is a lot simpler that way, and I now
regret I didn't pay more attention to it during Jr. High. I mean, if you
can't get Spanish, what chance do you have with French?
Je parle francais come une vauche espagnole. I probably messed that one up
as well!
I visit France just long enough to begin to get a handle on the language
just about the time I have to leave. Hate that.
Fred Fredburger
Despite the fact that it goes against my religion, I agree.
dpc
> I am clueless regarding French grammar. I can read it OK if there's
> contextual help (something where I generally know what it's about),
> and I can string things together clumsily to get my point across. But
> hearing it spoken I am lost. The manner in which so many words/phrases
> come together baffles me. Cest, for example.
it would be closest to being a contraction in english.
ce + est == c'est
> Je parle francais come une vauche espagnole. I probably messed that
> one up as well!
moi aussi, je le parle comme un con :-)
\p
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