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06-07-22, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I wish her good luck. Most hip patients do really well if they are generally healthy to begin with.
06-07-22, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I hope her operation goes well!
The Starbucks by my work had their lobby closed for most of this year. That drove me crazy because I hate drive-throughs, even when I'm just grabbing a coffee and a pastry and taking them right to work..
The Starbucks by my work had their lobby closed for most of this year. That drove me crazy because I hate drive-throughs, even when I'm just grabbing a coffee and a pastry and taking them right to work..
06-07-22, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I think you call them besos but not positive. Besos de chocolate.
06-07-22, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Dang, that Paramount is making me feel things. dunno if it's $850 worth of things though
He'll probably get it. It is a Paramount, and dollars are different now, from when I was buying bikes. And you do have income.
Do eet.
Make him an offer
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06-07-22, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Mom goes in for her hip replacement today. Wish this trip were more of a vacation. Spent night at the hospital-adjacent Marriott sleeping poorly because we are on rather different schedules and now at the Starbucks which finally opened.
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06-07-22, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Creep factor = half your age + 7 years …
Did you just make that up?
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06-07-22, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Different calculation might come into play depending on how much money you have.
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06-07-22, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
That just makes it creepier.
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06-07-22, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Oooh, look what just popped up down in Tempe. NOS Circuit for $750. +150 shipped.
Needs a bigger reflector though
Check out the bottom bracket shell protector!
Needs a bigger reflector though
Check out the bottom bracket shell protector!
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06-07-22, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Mom goes in for her hip replacement today. Wish this trip were more of a vacation. Spent night at the hospital-adjacent Marriott sleeping poorly because we are on rather different schedules and now at the Starbucks which finally opened.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
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06-07-22, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Did you just make that up?
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06-07-22, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Thanks! And yes, drive-throughs suck and are terrible, but worse is coffee places that open late... one of the reasons I don't go to most cute local places is they open several hours after Starbucks' 5am. One place in Kona opens at 9am, as if people there aren't going to be obviously jet-lagged.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
06-07-22, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
What’s the history or the purpose of that model? Just a road bike?
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06-07-22, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
06-07-22, 08:32 AM
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Dreary day.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
06-07-22, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
My guess is Covid or Monkey Pox. YMMV
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
06-07-22, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
as previously stated, i got the smallpox vaccine so I should be ok with no or mild symptoms. Old age pays dividends.
06-07-22, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I wish her good luck. Most hip patients do really well if they are generally healthy to begin with.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
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06-07-22, 09:23 AM
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Probably fake, but amusing nonetheless.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
06-07-22, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
06-07-22, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
06-07-22, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I think the Circuit was the top of Schwinn's Lightweight, non-Paramount models. AFAIK, they were made for only about 5 or so years, from maybe 1985-1989. 1988 and 1989 both got Shimano's Sante groupset. They were made with Columbus SP or SL depending on size, and at least the 88 and 89 had a Tange aero fork and seatstays, and Cinelli bar and stem. The for, and the seat and chainstays were chromed.
Don't know if they were offered at the same time
The bikes (frames) are fairly similar
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06-07-22, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
My favorite local cafe opens at 7am on weekdays. That's early enough for me.
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06-07-22, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
That ain't happening. Most portable generators do not produce enough power to charge a car. Then, you have the issue of exhaust emissions in a closed trunk. There may be more.
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