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09-28-17, 03:52 PM
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09-28-17, 03:55 PM
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09-28-17, 03:56 PM
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09-28-17, 03:56 PM
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09-28-17, 03:59 PM
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09-28-17, 04:00 PM
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I will not tussle for that title.
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09-28-17, 04:02 PM
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The Giants that I have on right now are awesome performers, but they're 80 bucks and the jury is still out on wear.
09-28-17, 04:04 PM
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When I went to school in Texas it was in a dry county. That taught me, a NYC lad, that such things are possible. But dang, how can one bowl without beer?
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09-28-17, 04:05 PM
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09-28-17, 04:15 PM
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I never saw so many Yankees as when I went to a Rangers baseball game.
That Rickey Henderson must've gotten on base every at bat, stole 3 bases, scored 3-4 runs.
Texas down 8-1 in the bottom of the 8th. They manage to score a couple then load the bases on Ron Guidry. They send in Dave Raghetti. He somehow drops the ball out of his glove while standing on the mound; a balk, which scores a run for Texas. He proceeds to give up hit after hit until Texas is ahead 9-8.
I don't think anyone in the stadium stopped yelling long enough even to order another beer.
Anyhow, that's my favorite personal sports anecdote.
But yes, there are an awful lot of displaced New Yorkers living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
That Rickey Henderson must've gotten on base every at bat, stole 3 bases, scored 3-4 runs.
Texas down 8-1 in the bottom of the 8th. They manage to score a couple then load the bases on Ron Guidry. They send in Dave Raghetti. He somehow drops the ball out of his glove while standing on the mound; a balk, which scores a run for Texas. He proceeds to give up hit after hit until Texas is ahead 9-8.
I don't think anyone in the stadium stopped yelling long enough even to order another beer.
Anyhow, that's my favorite personal sports anecdote.
But yes, there are an awful lot of displaced New Yorkers living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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09-28-17, 04:15 PM
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09-28-17, 04:17 PM
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I know, right? This being Alabama, still plenty of dry counties around. thankfully, not where I live.
But we're going to have a come to Jesus meeting over this issue. Either that bowling alley serves beer or we just stay at work, That's how serious we are.
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09-28-17, 04:19 PM
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09-28-17, 04:24 PM
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09-28-17, 04:29 PM
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09-28-17, 04:38 PM
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09-28-17, 05:04 PM
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He's a meanie, especially in contrast to myself who has said nothing in those regards.
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09-28-17, 05:06 PM
Still kicking.
Stressful day.
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09-28-17, 05:10 PM
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The tires last a long time. It's hard to say exactly how long because I constantly swap wheels between bikes and for different applications on the same bike (race vs training) and I track mileage by bike, not wheel.
The RBCC version should last longer and I'd say 5000-8000 miles per tire is realistic.
I'm not sure I've had a race tire wear out yet in 1.5 years. But those wheels probably only see 300ish miles per year.
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Yikes.
Speaking of strangulation and Addis Ababa, my wife and I were eating lunch in the hotel (Hilton) restaurant our first trip there. There was a dude staring at my wife from the entrance of the restaurant and no matter how much I stared back, he wouldn't stop. He just walked from the buffet to the entrance staring at her.
Then he starts walking directly towards our table in the packed restaurant. I'm watching this happen and when he gets to the table, I expected him to say something. Instead, he reaches out and tries to grab my wife by the throat. The cops later told us they thought he was trying to kiss her, but strangling someone first is an odd way to kiss someone.
I grabbed him by the collar of his Members Only jacket and started pushing him backwards through the other tables. Plates and food were flying. It ended when he flipped over a chair and I rammed his head into the floor. The Foreign Minister was apparently dining in the restaurant so I was surrounded by black suited dudes.
When I later asked what would happen to the guy, they said they would probably shoot him. We requested that not happen.
Speaking of strangulation and Addis Ababa, my wife and I were eating lunch in the hotel (Hilton) restaurant our first trip there. There was a dude staring at my wife from the entrance of the restaurant and no matter how much I stared back, he wouldn't stop. He just walked from the buffet to the entrance staring at her.
Then he starts walking directly towards our table in the packed restaurant. I'm watching this happen and when he gets to the table, I expected him to say something. Instead, he reaches out and tries to grab my wife by the throat. The cops later told us they thought he was trying to kiss her, but strangling someone first is an odd way to kiss someone.
I grabbed him by the collar of his Members Only jacket and started pushing him backwards through the other tables. Plates and food were flying. It ended when he flipped over a chair and I rammed his head into the floor. The Foreign Minister was apparently dining in the restaurant so I was surrounded by black suited dudes.
When I later asked what would happen to the guy, they said they would probably shoot him. We requested that not happen.
09-28-17, 05:22 PM
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09-28-17, 05:25 PM
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Usually you can get these tires on sale in the $70-$80 per tire range. This deal was a particularly good price.
The tires last a long time. It's hard to say exactly how long because I constantly swap wheels between bikes and for different applications on the same bike (race vs training) and I track mileage by bike, not wheel.
The RBCC version should last longer and I'd say 5000-8000 miles per tire is realistic.
I'm not sure I've had a race tire wear out yet in 1.5 years. But those wheels probably only see 300ish miles per year.
The tires last a long time. It's hard to say exactly how long because I constantly swap wheels between bikes and for different applications on the same bike (race vs training) and I track mileage by bike, not wheel.
The RBCC version should last longer and I'd say 5000-8000 miles per tire is realistic.
I'm not sure I've had a race tire wear out yet in 1.5 years. But those wheels probably only see 300ish miles per year.
Even factoring for increased wear from my fat ass, that'd be a lot of miles. 3000 miles would be great, beyond that would be beyond any of my reasonable expectations.
09-28-17, 05:33 PM
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09-28-17, 06:18 PM
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09-28-17, 06:38 PM
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