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Addiction LXXIV

Old 06-15-19, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Makel
They still have sponsorship?
Yeah, I don't know the details but I believe Sky was bought by a big evil American company (Comcast maybe?) and they decided to end sponsorship. So a big evil polluter stepped up. I think there was a lot of grumbling because Sky was pushing clean oceans etc. and now the team is sponsored by a big producer of what's ruining the oceans.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Now we're talking.
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Originally Posted by Makel
I'm adult, idrink g2 now.
???
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
I knew them well when I was still in the plastics field. And when I consulted after retirement, they were a supplier to one of my clients who had me as a go between for technical issues involving plastics selection and usage. So I worked with them at their facility at their Houston facility on Galveston Bay. IIRC they were formed out of the old Amoco petrochemical businesses. Maybe 15 years ago or so.
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???
I actually have moved on from my vodka phase which took up most of the last 15 years or so, really. Now the red wine sub-phase which was always there is now the dominant phase, and top shelf bourbon has become the sub-phase. It's complicated.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I actually have moved on from my vodka phase which took up most of the last 15 years or so, really. Now the red wine sub-phase which was always there is now the dominant phase, and top shelf bourbon has become the sub-phase. It's complicated.
datlas is a teetotaler. I never really developed a taste for it.
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Former bourbon dabbler, current scotch dabbler, and forever a craft beer drinker. specializing in porters, stouts, and especially pale ales hoppy enough to make me pucker.
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And now it's time to ride. Last week's extreme heat brought in mucha lluvia and now much cooler temps and overcast skies. I expect to see plenty of puddles along the route.
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Happy 24 Hours of Le Mans day everybody!!!
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Originally Posted by Makel
I'm adult, idrink g2 now.
This is my goto call vodka. I haven't had vodka in years and years, however.
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Just stopped mid-ride at a favorite cafe. Saw a mom clip her helmet on backwards and couldn't bring myself to say anything. Half a block later, she stopped, took it off, shook out her hair... and put it on backwards again.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Just stopped mid-ride at a favorite cafe. Saw a mom clip her helmet on backwards and couldn't bring myself to say anything. Half a block later, she stopped, took it off, shook out her hair... and put it on backwards again.
At the very least you could've taken pics and internet shamed her!
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Originally Posted by BillyD
???
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
At the very least you could've taken pics and internet shamed her!
Lol. A) I'm too nice for that
B) it was raining earlier and my phone was in a Ziploc.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I actually have moved on from my vodka phase which took up most of the last 15 years or so, really. Now the red wine sub-phase which was always there is now the dominant phase, and top shelf bourbon has become the sub-phase. It's complicated.
Well it was on sale and I was able stack a rebate on top of it. Hubby gets to drink tonight if he wants, I get to babysit.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
This is my goto call vodka. I haven't had vodka in years and years, however.
It's hard to find real Russian vodka here. I like grey goose and absolute.
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Originally Posted by datlas
datlas is a teetotaler. I never really developed a taste for it.
Not even in college? Most kids go buck wild in college, trying new things, I know I did. Especially in the late 60s.
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Originally Posted by Makel
Gatorade
I was thinking Gatorade for a sec then I thought G2 must be what the kids were calling Grey Goose these days.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Lol. A) I'm too nice for that
Oh?

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I was thinking Gatorade for a sec then I thought G2 must be what the kids were calling Grey Goose these days.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I was thinking Gatorade for a sec then I thought G2 must be what the kids were calling Grey Goose these days.
Hey Les, I'm prolly not going to do any riding in Phoenix when I'm there next week, I was just fooling myself early on. But maybe we can get together for lunch or something one day.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
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Hah. She was with her ~12-year-old boy - I knew that he wouldn't let her live it down if I would have said something.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Not even in college? Most kids go buck wild in college, trying new things, I know I did. Especially in the late 60s.
Nope. I think I was too uptight in college. I did have a few times that I drank a bit in my mid 20’s. Let’s say it did not end well. :barf:
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Originally Posted by datlas
datlas is a teetotaler. I never really developed a taste for it.
As am I. I was a binge drinker; never drank a beer in my life but drank 6+ at a sitting at least once a week. My family has a couple certified alcoholics, one deceased at 48.

I quit because of cycling. I was riding a lot of centuries in the Fall of '83 and buying a 12-pack afterwards. After back to back centuries in high heat and humidity one weekend, I decided right then and there that I could either drink or ride a bike. I chose riding a bike. Been a teetotaler ever since and never looked back.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
As am I. I was a binge drinker; never drank a beer in my life but drank 6+ at a sitting at least once a week. My family has a couple certified alcoholics, one deceased at 48.

I quit because of cycling. I was riding a lot of centuries in the Fall of '83 and buying a 12-pack afterwards. After back to back centuries in high heat and humidity one weekend, I decided right then and there that I could either drink or ride a bike. I chose riding a bike. Been a teetotaler ever since and never looked back.
Kudos.

Alcohol responsibly is probably fine but if you are in an all-or-none situation, the answer is none. The way to win the game is not to play.
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