Pre-crash photos
03-28-08, 05:34 AM
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Relax mate, nothing personal nor judgmental but just an observation. As I said, I have seen similar elsewhere. Quite different to those so called "cycling legs" one sees. Given that I have heard many women asking if cycling would be "good" for the shape of their legs, so was wondering if cycling had a different effect on females' legs.
03-28-08, 09:06 AM
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03-28-08, 09:39 AM
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03-28-08, 10:40 AM
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haha...silly peds. Always getting in the way of fixed-gear kids doing "awesome" tricks.
03-28-08, 10:57 AM
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Apparently the Hipster Ironic Moustache prevents one from moving and taking any kind of helpful action when there's a crash.
03-28-08, 10:57 AM
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skid the kid.. glad he was OK. On the bright side I bet that young one NEVER has an issue crossing the street again. I'm grabbin' that unless someone has an issue with it. Photoshop activated, new sig in the works!
03-28-08, 12:51 PM
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Maybe it's just me, but is that guy about to follow the ped that he hit, and beat his ass?
Because, while both are idiots, the Ped is about to get yet another beatdown.
Because, while both are idiots, the Ped is about to get yet another beatdown.
03-28-08, 01:34 PM
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Hipster with Ironic Moustache, however, was still standing in the same spot, mouth ajar, for about 15 minutes.
03-28-08, 01:53 PM
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No, if I recall correctly from the story as I've heard it (happened last year), the guy got up and his first words to the kid were "Are you okay?" - the kid was traumatized.
Hipster with Ironic Moustache, however, was still standing in the same spot, mouth ajar, for about 15 minutes.
Hipster with Ironic Moustache, however, was still standing in the same spot, mouth ajar, for about 15 minutes.
03-28-08, 03:12 PM
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I was there before, during and after that crash! It was pretty eerie the day after they walked everyone out of the door (two days after declaring Chapter 11). It was strange to have an entire floor which used to have 150 or so workers on it only have 10-30 workers. It was very sad the toll it took on some of my friends. I was not there long enough before the crash to lose too much money but some of my friends lost 100's of thousands of potential dollars in Enron stock when it went to the pink sheets.
03-28-08, 03:31 PM
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This is just across the finish line, I was sprinting on the outside of the guy who won (with his hand up). He drifted over, forcing me into the legs of the barrier. My front wheel hit the barrier and the rest, as they say, is history.
More spectacular than damaging.
More spectacular than damaging.
03-28-08, 03:33 PM
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Wow. (BTW: I love the look on the face of Mr. F.G. Hipster.)
03-28-08, 03:52 PM
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03-28-08, 03:57 PM
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I don't think the articulated bus actually stopped. I think it may have sucked worse to be IN the bus.
03-28-08, 04:00 PM
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I bet you a million rubles that the driver of the blue Volga just drove home without a thought about it.
03-28-08, 04:03 PM
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haha oh that is you? damn, well at least it is quite amusing
03-28-08, 04:32 PM
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I just pulled a salmon bone outta my gums. It was like 1cm in. Didn't hurt...didn't even know it was there for two days.