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01-14-20, 10:13 AM
#1401
serious cyclist
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It's plenty old. "Gob" means mouth (think "gobble" as a cognate) and "smacked", so it's "startled as if smacked in the mouth". Quick search shows it originated in northern England.
01-14-20, 10:16 AM
#1402
smelling the roses
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01-14-20, 10:22 AM
#1403
Mostly Harmless
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01-14-20, 10:28 AM
#1404
Should Be More Popular
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01-14-20, 10:30 AM
#1405
Peloton Shelter Dog
Blow me fatso
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01-14-20, 10:37 AM
#1406
Should Be More Popular
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01-14-20, 10:38 AM
#1407
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01-14-20, 11:00 AM
#1408
VFL For Life
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01-14-20, 11:01 AM
#1409
VFL For Life
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01-14-20, 11:14 AM
#1410
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I don't get this. I could understand Bama fatigue, but why conference? It's not like anyone I've ever heard of says "yawn, another NFC championship". The SEC has even been a completely different animal the past few years, and there's been no assurance they'll just win almost every year.
01-14-20, 11:31 AM
#1411
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I don't get this. I could understand Bama fatigue, but why conference? It's not like anyone I've ever heard of says "yawn, another NFC championship". The SEC has even been a completely different animal the past few years, and there's been no assurance they'll just win almost every year.
01-14-20, 11:49 AM
#1412
Silver Comet Fred
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Here is a refresh of the bicycle sculpture story. A long time ago, circa 1975, my father came home from work (worked in NYC and we lived in NJ) and mentioned that he saw a bicycle sculpture in a window of a gallery and he really liked it. My mom did some research, and found out the details and ordered this over the phone and had it shipped to us as a surprise 40th birthday present for him. He was very pleased and the sculpture took its home in our family room. I was 10 years old at the time. About 10 years later, I was out of the house and my parents downsized. The sculpture took its new home in my father's den/study above his desk.
When I took my current job in 2001, my father said he wanted to give me something for my office. He told me he wanted me to have the bicycles sculpture. I initially declined, and told him that it was a gift from the family to HIM and I was not comfortable taking it. He insisted, so I relented and it has hung proudly in my office ever since. Over the years, I have adorned it with occasional artwork from the kids as seen in the picture above.
The Giro 100 year banner is a more recent addition, one of my patients (who sadly passed away a year ago) was visiting Italy in 2017 and apparently found/got a bit of a cloth banner celebrating the Giro and gave it to me since he knows I am an avid cyclist.
That's the story.
When I took my current job in 2001, my father said he wanted to give me something for my office. He told me he wanted me to have the bicycles sculpture. I initially declined, and told him that it was a gift from the family to HIM and I was not comfortable taking it. He insisted, so I relented and it has hung proudly in my office ever since. Over the years, I have adorned it with occasional artwork from the kids as seen in the picture above.
The Giro 100 year banner is a more recent addition, one of my patients (who sadly passed away a year ago) was visiting Italy in 2017 and apparently found/got a bit of a cloth banner celebrating the Giro and gave it to me since he knows I am an avid cyclist.
That's the story.
01-14-20, 11:52 AM
#1413
Silver Comet Fred
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01-14-20, 11:53 AM
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01-14-20, 11:54 AM
#1415
Should Be More Popular
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01-14-20, 11:55 AM
#1416
Silver Comet Fred
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01-14-20, 11:56 AM
#1417
So it is
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01-14-20, 11:57 AM
#1418
Silver Comet Fred
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01-14-20, 12:00 PM
#1419
Super Modest
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01-14-20, 12:03 PM
#1420
Super Modest
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01-14-20, 12:06 PM
#1421
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01-14-20, 12:07 PM
#1422
VFL For Life
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Has DougRNS ever posted a photo of himself modeling the marigold jacket?
01-14-20, 12:17 PM
#1423
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My department's admin. is prego. Thought she looked a bit "puffy" up top.
01-14-20, 12:19 PM
#1424
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01-14-20, 12:25 PM
#1425
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