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Old 03-17-14, 03:44 PM
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You have a dream about French threads…and wake up still dressed in your Givenchy suit.
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You break your wife's $500 vacuum picking up all the ball bearings you lost in the carpet last time you rebuilt your bottom bracket, headset, and/or hub in the living room.
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You ask your wife what she wants for her birthday, and she asks you to clean up your shop.
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...you decide you might want to sell one of those modern carbons to make a mortgage payment.
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You know, you guys are just plain awful.
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Best thread I have read here in a while. I hate to admit how many strike close to home.
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Old 03-17-14, 06:37 PM
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your fictitious last name is Bikes.
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Your wife hears you banging around in the basement and comes charging down the stairs to see if you have bought another bike and are trying to hide it.
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...you spend as much time as your better half deciding what to wear to a party when picking out the noble steed for a sunday ride.
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...you pay a lot more attention to your Paypal balance than you do to your checking account, 401K, or kid's college fund.
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Old 03-17-14, 07:43 PM
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You postpone getting the head gasket in your car fixed because of an unhealthy obsession with super vitus French frames and the parts needed to build them.

Catharsism feels good!
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Old 03-17-14, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by auchencrow
...you pay a lot more attention to your Paypal balance than you do to your checking account, 401K, or kid's college fund.
So true! My bike budget/allowance/profits/losses are #1 and on my mind everyday!
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Old 03-17-14, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Aemmer
Best thread I have read here in a while. I hate to admit how many strike close to home.
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This thread is hilarious

You ask your wife what she wants for her birthday, and she asks you to clean up your shop.
It's even worse when your shop is also your apartment's kitchen.
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Old 03-17-14, 11:04 PM
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.... If you suddenly notice your (strangely oversized) pizza cutter is actually stamped 'Campagnolo'.

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Old 03-17-14, 11:56 PM
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if your wife spots bike parts in her dishwasher.
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I don't think I want to complete that sentence at this time........ as I'm quite depressed enough because of my close to non-existent C&V budget this year.......
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.. you suck at life.

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Old 03-18-14, 04:34 AM
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Compromising the quality of your life if...

... you are slowly poisoning yourself by inhaling oxalic acid fumes and absorbing molybdenum grease through the skin.
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Old 03-18-14, 10:22 AM
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...you spend a perfectly good sunny Saturday cleaning up your latest acquisition instead of riding.
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Originally Posted by Paramount1973
Your wife hears you banging around in the basement and comes charging down the stairs to see if you have bought another bike and are trying to hide it.
That rings so true.. but it's a barn not a basement and my girlfriend not my wife yet
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...non-biking and triathlete categories.

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Old 03-18-14, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Italuminium
...you spend as much time as your better half deciding what to wear to a party when picking out the noble steed for a sunday ride.
Guilty as charged

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photo album has 120 pics of bikes. 22 of wife and kids.
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Originally Posted by KOBE
you go on a family vacation, but "just check" the Craigslist bike ads in the city you are going to.
...I have never done that ! Never................................................OK maybe once or twice.
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Old 03-18-14, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sloar
photo album has 120 pics of bikes. 22 of wife and kids.
LOL, I only keep a Flickr account around for BFC&V pics...
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