Popular Post F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share #1 Posted August 21, 2020 “Going for your walk today?” ”No”. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Airehead Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share #2 Posted August 21, 2020 By Tuesday, your friend buys a bike. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 21, 2020 Lefty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted August 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Airehead said: By Tuesday, your friend buys a bike. That's quite alright. I'm sure I could shed him like an overcoat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share #5 Posted August 21, 2020 “Did you ride a bike?” ”Yes” ”Where is it?” <points toward grinding room> ”That’s a nice one! How much did it cost?” GAAAH! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 21, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: “Did you ride a bike?” ”Yes” ”Where is it?” <points toward grinding room> ”That’s a nice one! How much did it cost?” GAAAH! I can't stand questions like that. Especially around lunch time. "did you fix that?, what is it? What's in it, why???" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: I can't stand questions like that. Especially around lunch time. "did you fix that?, what is it? What's in it, why???" It’s tolerable, but at lunchtime LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE! I walk in the cemetery because DEAD PEOPLE DON’T TALK! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: That’s a nice one! How much did it cost?” GAAAH! Your chance to tell him some outrageous amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 21, 2020 nice bike how ya like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted August 21, 2020 Just now, Philander Seabury said: Your chance to tell him some outrageous amount. Nah, he doesn’t care what the answer is. That would work with my former cow-orkers, though. I know, because I used it to my advantage many times. I made a phony invoice for a $10k TT bike and buried in a stack of papers on the desk, with only the top of the page sticking out (with the logo from the shop I worked). I knew my nosy nemesis would snoop and find it and take off gossiping about it. It was almost too easy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, bikeman564™ said: nice bike how ya like it? Now that I’ve got it to fit me, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 21, 2020 56 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Lefty! He chose it because it will lead to more questionsHe chose it because it will lead to more questions 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 21, 2020 You should label a drawer in your tool chest skwooh dwivuhs in honor of Elmer Fudd. I did. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 21, 2020 Share #14 Posted August 21, 2020 Tell him that it cost less than some you have bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #15 Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Now that I’ve got it to fit me, I was looking at that one, but went w/ the CAAD X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted August 21, 2020 Just now, bikeman564™ said: I was looking at that one, but went w/ the CAAD X. Bastards came out with the Topstone Carbon with the rear “suspension” this year. It also has the ability to run wider tires and 700c wheels. It also has a “normal” stem, so I’d have more options. Only problem with the Lefty is that it greatly limits wheel choices. Project 321 are about the only ones who make a hub for it. Chris King used to, but don’t anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share #17 Posted August 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Airehead said: Tell him that it cost less than some you have bought Meh, I could tell him I sold a kidney to pay for it and it wouldn’t faze him. It’s no fun. OTOH, I used to deliberately inflate the price of every bike I bought to one of my former cow-orkers who was as cheap as the day is long. He got ranting about it one day and I said to him (a smoker) “Don’t think of it as an expensive bike. Think of it as about five years worth of cigarettes”. He took off like a bottle rocket. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Meh, I could tell him I sold a kidney to pay for it and it wouldn’t faze him. It’s no fun. OTOH, I used to deliberately inflate the price of every bike I bought to one of my former cow-orkers who was as cheap as the day is long. He got ranting about it one day and I said to him (a smoker) “Don’t think of it as an expensive bike. Think of it as about five years worth of cigarettes”. He took off like a bottle rocket. You are a professional fuse lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #19 Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: “Going for your walk today?” ”No”. I always liked that crankset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted August 21, 2020 Just now, Philander Seabury said: You are a professional fuse lighter. The guy who used to run the machine next to him was my accomplice. I used to bring bike catalogs in and give them to him. He’d look at them and then show Billy one and say “FROS is getting one of these. It costs $X....” He’d start barking like a chihuahua. “MUST BE FUCKIN’ NICE.....” He was in large part a victim of his own stupid choices. When he got divorced, he was too cheap to hire a lawyer.....so his ex took him to the cleaners. He refused to squander any money on dental care - thus the nickname “Unitooth”.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #21 Posted August 21, 2020 "Where is the rest of your fork?" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Philander Seabury said: "Where is the rest of your fork?" It’s on backorder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #23 Posted August 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Meh, I could tell him I sold a kidney to pay for it and it wouldn’t faze him. It’s no fun. OTOH, I used to deliberately inflate the price of every bike I bought to one of my former cow-orkers who was as cheap as the day is long. He got ranting about it one day and I said to him (a smoker) “Don’t think of it as an expensive bike. Think of it as about five years worth of cigarettes”. He took off like a bottle rocket. I did that with a guy about 15 years ago, in Florida (with no state income tax but high sin taxes) and IIRC it only took 2 years of 2 packs a day to pay for a new bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted August 21, 2020 Share #24 Posted August 21, 2020 You should have bought him a bike to ride. I know you have more of them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #25 Posted August 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: You should have bought him a bike to ride. I know you have more of them. I would because it would be way easier to put a hurtin on him on a bike than it is walking. There’s a couple of hills that would make him question his existence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #26 Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: There’s a couple of hills that would make him question his existence. Hills are fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #27 Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: Hills are fun. I agree, but I don’t think he would.... There’s one street where the sidewalks have handrails... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #28 Posted August 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, 2Far said: I did that with a guy about 15 years ago, in Florida (with no state income tax but high sin taxes) and IIRC it only took 2 years of 2 packs a day to pay for a new bike. One of my former cow-orkers was giving me shit about my bikes, and I said “wait a minute....how much do you have tied up in guns, bows, ammo, fishing gear, licenses....boat...truck...trailer....?” He said “that’s different” I said “No it isn’t. That’s what you do, this is what I do”. To his credit, he thought about it and then agreed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 21, 2020 Share #29 Posted August 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I would because it would be way easier to put a hurtin on him on a bike than it is walking. There’s a couple of hills that would make him question his existence. Your work place definitely has hills. I remember cursing the one that goes way up to a field which is where we spent the night on the Erie Canal tour. It was raining like an inch an hour one year when I did it. We rode up, got our gear and then went and slept int he hotel at the bottom of the hill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #30 Posted August 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Airehead said: I remember cursing the one that goes way up to a field which is where we spent the night on the Erie Canal tour. Sounds like Thornden Park and you went up Adams. Done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bunch of numbers Posted August 21, 2020 Share #31 Posted August 21, 2020 That problems not solved, you've just put it on temporary hold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #32 Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rick5234 said: That problems not solved, you've just put it on temporary hold. A temporary solution to a permanent problem. 🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #33 Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: One of my former cow-orkers was giving me shit about my bikes, and I said “wait a minute....how much do you have tied up in guns, bows, ammo, fishing gear, licenses....boat...truck...trailer....?” I always ask them how much they paid for their four wheelers or snowmobiles. That’s not even considering what their Harley cost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #34 Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I always ask them how much they paid for their four wheelers or snowmobiles. That’s not even considering what their Harley cost. “I don’t hunt, I don’t fish, I don’t smoke, I don’t gamble, I don’t hang out in bars, I don’t have a boat or a camper, or a snowmobile....I gotta do something....” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #35 Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: A temporary solution to a permanent problem. 🤨 You just have to outlast him! Pull a Putin and offer him some tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share #36 Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: You just have to outlast him! Pull a Putin and offer him some tea! Different excuse, every day. I hope I don’t have to stoop to taking up running. (Nice of him to just come in and point out it was time for me to go, though....🙄) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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