Weigh-in Week of January 8

[Offthegrid]

I've been away from TE for a while, but I lost 1.25 pounds this week (but gained 1 lb the previous week).

[Mr. Bloom]

Let's all keep it up! Taking kelownagirl's lead, let's make our battle cry:

ODAAT!!

"One Day at a Time"

Sorry, guys thrive on battle crys...comes with the testosterone.

[Pax]

Let's all keep it up! Taking kelownagirl's lead, let's make our battle cry:

ODAAT!!

"One Day at a Time"

Sorry, guys thrive on battle crys...comes with the testosterone.

You puzzle me Mr. Silver, this is a primarily womens board...thus the name Team Estrogen, yet you post frequently. Typically men show up and post a few questions or check up on some issues for their SO but they don't stay around much after that. Are you planning on staying here permanently or is this a short term thing?

[Mr. Bloom]

Are you planning on staying here permanently or is this a short term thing?

Queen, Is there a problem? If there is, don't beat around the bush, just say it and I'll be gone...

For the record, type in www.teamtestosterone.com and look where it leads

[Trek420]

Queen, Is there a problem? If there is, don't beat around the bush, just say it and I'll be gone...

For the record, type in www.teamtestosterone.com and look where it leads

First off I hope everyone can just sit back and sing Kumbaya.

For the record the title of this forum is "Women's (not sure if that's the proper use of the apostrophe) Cycling Discussion Forums, but we's cycling so maybe it's right....anyways....

Yes, we certainly have men who lurk here
Yes, we have guys who come and go (c'mon gals, no pun intended)
and we have our constant allys, Leebob, Bubbah to name a few...

But, Mr. Silver this is more or less sacred space that's been carved out here you've been welcomed to and that's a bit hard to explain.

First of all everything most especially weight is different for women.

It's a girl thang and you might not understand.

There are questions on everything from bike design, nutrition...a whole lot of stuff that we can't find anywhere else...we find it here, pretty much only here on TE.

We're extremely protective of this little community and TE.

Secondly granted there's no privacy online, pretty much anyone of you could just show up at my house and say "Hi! You're Trek, right?" (please don't do that unless you call first and or are prepared to help me paint, the place is a mess )

But just between me and any and all guys here both registered and open about it like our Mr Silver and anyone just lurking we want you to be aware .... that there are discussions here that are pretty much here and only here because sometimes a gal just wants or NEEDS to talk to other gals.

There sometimes are even issues whether health, personal safety and relationship issues that gals do not want to talk to guys about at all.

Just speaking for myself here, that's all, we just ask you to honor that somehow, this is a very special space.

[Pax]

Queen, Is there a problem? If there is, don't beat around the bush, just say it and I'll be gone...

For the record, type in www.teamtestosterone.com and look where it leads

I'm not a beat-around-the-bush kinda gal so take my post at face value. As I said, regular participation by a guy here on TE puzzles me. There are innumerable cycling sites that cater to all things male, TE is the only place I've found on the web where I can come and discuss things specific to women and cycling. Trek expressed this much more eloquently than I ever could... "Just speaking for myself here, that's all, we just ask you to honor that somehow, this is a very special space".

[Trek420]

TE is the only place I've found on the web where I can come and discuss things specific to women and cycling. Trek expressed this much more eloquently than I ever could....

Yep, that's me, I'm eloquent all right.

A board and community changes all the time, it's never going to stay the same.

New people arrive, people go, members break their elbows and can't type .... and all that.

This board and TE has remained very special for a long time. Those of us who surf a board or two I think are amazed at the quality of discussion here. We treasure this and are frankly a little protective.

From time to time we try to figure out what is it that's so special about this board (why is this board different from all other boards? ).

Some of my best friends are men, got no problem with 'em, I like 'em, like 'em a lot, frankly sometimes I think I like men MORE than some of my straight women friends do.

But can we talk?

One reason why this place is so great frankly is that it's largely if not entirely women only.

The other is for some odd reason the members here are "smarter than the average bear" not to mention funnier.

So this should all work out.

Now...excuse me there's Eagles vs Saints game on, so back to the TV, I gotta watch the play offs, drink beer eat chips and belch.

[Mr. Bloom]

Queen & Trek,

Sorry that it seems I've offended you with my presence and activity.

Maybe I misunderstood the invitations I received to join TE in this thread:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=12475