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12-20-21, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Raise your hands if you're working all week.
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Addiction is all about class.
12-20-21, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I was working a road race course for our local club once. As the Cat 5 group approached my location, on a flat straight bit of road, they fell in a heap for no apparent reason.
Meanwhile, pros...
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12-20-21, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am off on Friday.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
12-20-21, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am off on Friday.
12-20-21, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
The reason has been highlighted with bold letters above. Such is their nature.
Meanwhile, pros...
https://youtu.be/dDQJmQxfaLM
Meanwhile, pros...
https://youtu.be/dDQJmQxfaLM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Raise your hands if you're working all week.
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
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12-20-21, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am off on Friday.
12-20-21, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am off on Friday.
***** is that we don't get makeup days when the actual holidays fall on Saturdays, only on Sundays. No make up days for the eves ever. The best is when the eves are on Mondays and Thursday. Two four-day weekends in a row.
12-20-21, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
The reason has been highlighted with bold letters above. Such is their nature.
Meanwhile, pros...
https://youtu.be/dDQJmQxfaLM
Meanwhile, pros...
https://youtu.be/dDQJmQxfaLM
#offtheback
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Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
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12-20-21, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I've bumped shoulders at the start of CX races, but after a couple of hundred meters I'm usually well clear of the scrum.
#offtheback
#offtheback
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Raise your hands if you're working all week.
Originally Posted by datlas
I am off on Friday.
12-20-21, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
The peak of my racing abilities was as a sprinter racing Cat 3. It wasn't pro-level bumping and shoving, but contact wasn't unusual.
12-20-21, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Me too and I just donated 144 hrs of use-or-lose leave.
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People here don't get it.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Donated to whom?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Donated to whom?
12-20-21, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
To the agency leave bank.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
12-20-21, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Never heard of it. But if you were about to lose the leave, how can you donate it to someone else?
12-20-21, 04:24 PM
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I'm off on the 24th and 25th.
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Song of the day.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm off on the 24th and 25th.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
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Seven is the proper sequence, obviously.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
12-20-21, 04:55 PM
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Fellow riders, the only free cheese is in the mousetrap!
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Those tricky Miners
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Last edited by Eric F; 12-20-21 at 05:12 PM.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
