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Thread: "A merry-go-round of foppery"
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11-16-2009, 07:50 PM #1
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"A merry-go-round of foppery"
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D.C. Tweed ride
How did I hear about it?
Snobby
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
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11-17-2009, 02:44 AM #2
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"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
Random babblings and some stuff to look at.
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11-17-2009, 03:59 AM #3
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Okay,the attitude maybe not so much, but I love the language in this article!
I wish our general literacy level was as high as it was then. A few years ago I was hired by an Indian Web design firm that had been hired to redesign a 400+-page Website for a county agency here in San Diego. The agency liked their design work, but their writing (revising the existing content) was unacceptable. It was TOO HIGH for the American reading audience. Their English was university-level King's English. I was brought in to "Americanize" it, i.e. dumb it down to an 8th grade reading level and American phrasing.
Makes me want to go dig out a tweed jacket.
RoxyGetting in touch with my inner try-athlete.
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11-17-2009, 05:07 AM #4
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I love Snobby. He and Fatty (and some PioneerWoman and VeloVogue) are my blog staples.
I got teary-eyed when I found out how much stuff Snobby did, and how hard he worked, to help FatCyclist."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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11-17-2009, 06:31 AM #5
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Hope Dan's thumb didn't get sore from flipping through the Thesaurus.
I'm no linguist, but this doesn't read like high-English, it reads like someone put his Thesaurus on steroids.
Cute--I have read online that they have the same type of ride in SF each year.
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11-17-2009, 07:40 AM #6
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No, but I read Snobby. He is the news in my cartoonish world. Originally Posted by Kalidurga
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
