Discussion: Save some of this for Saturday!

Wow and I thought I had a bad day. ;-)

Eddie retains his Hon-Can status with the Yokel comment. I don't own a road bike anymore because of those morons....

re: Darwin's natural selection... Etoile says they have a saying in teaching "you have to be 16 to drive, 18 to vote, 19 to drink, but 'anyone' can have a kid!".

Maybe the American passion for gas and SUV's is the reason Darwin's natural selection is 'stuck or going backwards'. Go back a few generations and a dumb lard-ass would have trouble surviving while strong like bull athletes would survive. Now you give that same tub of goo a bunch of gas and a SUV and they start banging into those fit athletes that are biking.... the result - reverse Darwin.

Maybe that theory explains the Yokel comment.
ahhh fush buck!

Hey John, Hans and Greg....don't sprint with a cell phone or cut-off Eddie this weekend...and beware the tire pump he's apparently training with Tonya Harding....

Were you biking near your home, as listed in AP? What else would you expect in a place called Cockeysville?

I can't stand cell phone users in city (OK, maybe Rochester's not a real city) traffic. They are constantly doing the right-on-red-without-stopping thing, while only looking left since that's where the cars (but not the runners or other pedestrians) are coming from. If they happen to see me at the last second, they seem genuinely pissed (that I interrupted their call?).

The NY law requiring hands-free has been useless - I've seen police officers see cell phone users, but not pull them over - not when there are donuts to be had...

Eddie, move to Sweden! This country is heaven for bikers and runners - bike paths and nice-asphalt sidewalks everywhere!
And there is a royal family with a hot princess instead of you-know-who....

In Swissland they even have traffic lights for the bikers, I'm talking about crossing a big intersection with 10 other bikers on your own green light, without fear of getting run over. Yeah, gas prices need to go up more over there! We don't have a princess though...

Sandra, you're a princess to me :)
Awwww...

Sweden *does* have Digestive Biscuits. Hmmmm.

Move to Canada Eddie! Lots of forest no bush.
Get a job here!

Oh yeah, Canada has Digestives too! And they speak English (sort-of) Two-four, mickey and so forth, eh?

I liked the first comment in this string. J-man was rendered speechless by Eddie's harangue. Biking has its scary moments around here, but nothing like what Eddie deals with.

When will Darwin's Natural Selection catch up?

Or is it "intelligent design"?

What are digestives anyway? Besides something that gets me weird stares for taking pictures in Canadian grocery stores....

Only in Kansas...

McVitties Digestives!

Accept no Peek'n Frean substitutes. :) Look for them in the big red tube with the dark stains that indicate freshness.

Seriously, this digesitives thing is just weird. And for Eddie, I'd say it is an unhealthy obsession.

All my obsessions are unhealthy. Especially orienteering.

and cycling apparently too....

Natural selection doesn't have a grand plan to favor the ultra-athlete. Instead it favors those who are able to exploit or adapt to environmental changes. Fat guys who are smart or lucky enough to adapt to SUVs and use them to wipe out cyclists are exploiting an environmental niche, and will prosper evolutionarily, assuming they can get girls. Fortunately for them, there are apparently plenty of girls who think fat guys in SUVs are just fine. If you have any doubts about evolutionary trends, compare the size of the field at a major o-meet, say the US champs, to the size of the "field" at any shopping mall in America. Now, if Eddie wants to promote the evolutionary survival of the ultra-fit, he needs to pass on his genes. First step - get a wife! A hot princess would do. However, anyone who thinks cyclists are going to take over the earth is probably indulging in a little intelligent design fantasy.

I'm reminded of a scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:

Paul Newman: "The future's all yours, ya' lousy bicycles!!"

Boliva. Ha!

I can't stand bikers cutting me off when I drive.
I can't stand runners cutting me off when I drive.
I can't stand anyone who cuts me off, period.

I love talking on my sell when I drive.
I love driving in the middle when I can.
I love speeding when caps aren't there.

does all this make me a bad person?

just makes you a bad speller ; )

Well, let's see if anybody can cut Sergei off on Saturday. Of course, you really have to be overtaking somebody to cut them off, which may be a tall order in his case.

Give Zhuk a break on the spelling, he comes from a disadvantage, not even being able to spell his own name correctly.

Digestives are graham crackers, people. Graham crackers. Bring some to Pawtuckaway and make round smores.