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Date: 16 Sep 2006 11:39:06
From: Blue Gator
Subject: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site
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I get the free version of this newsletter every week, and was surprised
to see Sheldon Brown's website honored as the Bonzer web site of the
week. Just thought some of you would like to know.
You can see the newsletter here http://www.thisistrue.com/currentissue.html
Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
Arlie
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 02:56:42
From: Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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R Brickston wrote:
> On 18 Sep 2006 05:33:27 -0700, folson@innercite.com wrote:
>
> >Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that, but I make it my
> >practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
> >else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
> >that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
> >on my own.
>
> <plonk>
Too far right and too rude for R. Brickston? Now that is something!
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 15:07:09
From: R Brickston
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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On 19 Sep 2006 02:56:42 -0700, "Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman"
<sunsetss0003@yahoo.com > wrote:
>
>R Brickston wrote:
>> On 18 Sep 2006 05:33:27 -0700, folson@innercite.com wrote:
>>
>> >Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that, but I make it my
>> >practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
>> >else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
>> >that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
>> >on my own.
>>
>> <plonk>
>
>Too far right and too rude for R. Brickston? Now that is something!
1. Poster probably votes liberal, but trolls are non-partisan;
2. You don't blasphemy a man's beard.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 15:55:45
From:
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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Oh, Jesus!! I've really screwed up now! I've got all the cyclists mad
at me. Oh, shit, what am I going to do? I'm so damned depressed. You
know that I really care what those cyclists think. They are SO
well-informed and analyze political issues SO CORRECTLY AND incisively!
I just can't stand their criticism! What the hell am I going to DO???
Well, I guess suicide is always an option.
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 03:36:27
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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<folson@innercite.com > wrote: (clip)I guess suicide is always an option.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If we took a poll to compare your popularity with Sheldon's, I'm pretty sure
the results would push you closer to the edge.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 19:36:41
From: Chris Neary
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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> You know that I really care what those cyclists think.
Then why do you waste your time hanging out in a cycling newsgroup?
Chris Neary
diabloridr@tcsn.net
"Against stupidity even the gods struggle in vain" - Goethe
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 21:33:12
From: di
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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<folson@innercite.com > wrote in message
news:1158620145.306032.80330@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Oh, Jesus!! I've really screwed up now! I've got all the cyclists mad
> at me. Oh, shit, what am I going to do? I'm so damned depressed. You
> know that I really care what those cyclists think. They are SO
> well-informed and analyze political issues SO CORRECTLY AND incisively!
> I just can't stand their criticism! What the hell am I going to DO???
> Well, I guess suicide is always an option.
Don't bother with suicide, the bullet or rope is worth more than the result.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 08:25:43
From: Sheldon Brown
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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folson@innercite.com wrote:
> Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that,
Don't be too sure about that...you're being too generous, lulled by his
deceptively "mellow" persona.
> but I make it my
> practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
> else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
> that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
> on my own.
Very wise. It is not widely known that Comrade Sheldon is closely
linked with Al Qaeda, and has deliberately offered dangerous advice, in
hopes of causing injury or death to Infidel bicyclists. Some of the
more egregious examples include:
Putting the front brake on the right side of the handlebars.
Advocating greasing bottom bracket spindle tapers.
Advising unskilled people to work on their own bikes, even to the
extent of spoking their own wheels.
The use of leather "ass hatchet" saddles, which is actually motivated
by a desire to decrease the birth rate, helping lead to the long-term
defeat of Western Civilization.
And, to cap it off, his nefarious promotion of fixed gear bicycles, a
dangerous design that has been obsolete for a hundred years.
Can nothing be done to stop this fanatic before he kills again? Why
isn't he in Guantanamo where he belongs?
Carapace Completed Umber
Tralfamadore
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 17:36:12
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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Sheldon Brown wrote:
> folson@innercite.com wrote:
>> Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that,
>
> Don't be too sure about that...you're being too generous, lulled by
> his deceptively "mellow" persona.
>
>> but I make it my
>> practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
>> else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly
>> beard that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle
>> mechanics on my own.
>
> Very wise. It is not widely known that Comrade Sheldon is closely
> linked with Al Qaeda, and has deliberately offered dangerous advice,
> in hopes of causing injury or death to Infidel bicyclists. Some of
> the more egregious examples include:
>
> Putting the front brake on the right side of the handlebars.
>
> Advocating greasing bottom bracket spindle tapers.
>
> Advising unskilled people to work on their own bikes, even to the
> extent of spoking their own wheels.
>
> The use of leather "ass hatchet" saddles, which is actually motivated
> by a desire to decrease the birth rate, helping lead to the long-term
> defeat of Western Civilization.
>
> And, to cap it off, his nefarious promotion of fixed gear bicycles, a
> dangerous design that has been obsolete for a hundred years.
>
> Can nothing be done to stop this fanatic before he kills again? Why
> isn't he in Guantanamo where he belongs?
>
> Carapace Completed Umber
> Tralfamadore
Nice try. REAL terrorists don't spell Al Qaeda correctly.
HTH!
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 08:25:43
From: Sheldon Brown
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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folson@innercite.com wrote:
> Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that,
Don't be too sure about that...you're being too generous, lulled by his
deceptively "mellow" persona.
> but I make it my
> practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
> else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
> that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
> on my own.
Very wise. It is not widely known that Comrade Sheldon is closely
linked with Al Qaeda, and has deliberately offered dangerous advice, in
hopes of causing injury or death to Infidel bicyclists. Some of the
more egregious examples include:
Putting the front brake on the right side of the handlebars.
Advocating greasing bottom bracket spindle tapers.
Advising unskilled people to work on their own bikes, even to the
extent of spoking their own wheels.
The use of leather "ass hatchet" saddles, which is actually motivated
by a desire to decrease the birth rate, helping lead to the long-term
defeat of Western Civilization.
And, to cap it off, his nefarious promotion of fixed gear bicycles, a
dangerous design that has been obsolete for a hundred years.
Can nothing be done to stop this fanatic before he kills again? Why
isn't he in Guantanamo where he belongs?
Carapace Completed Umber
Tralfamadore
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 05:33:27
From:
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that, but I make it my
practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
on my own.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 17:33:13
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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folson@innercite.com wrote:
> Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that, but I make it my
> practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
> else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly
> beard that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle
> mechanics on my own.
I hereby nominate "folson" for the absolutely most clueless top-posting
non-quoting MORON of the month.
folson... ROTFL
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 19:35:21
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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"Bill Sornson" wrote: I hereby nominate "folson" for the absolutely most
clueless top-posting non-quoting MORON of the month.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I move the nominations be closed. I move the motion be amended by
substituting the word "year" for "month."
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 15:06:25
From: R Brickston
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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On 18 Sep 2006 05:33:27 -0700, folson@innercite.com wrote:
>Sheldon is no doubt a wonderful guy and all that, but I make it my
>practice never to take any advice, whether about bicycles or anything
>else, from a left-wing peacenik, U.S.-hating kook with a scraggly beard
>that looks like a dog pissed on it. I'd rather learn bicycle mechanics
>on my own.
<plonk >
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 11:33:14
From:
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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Blue Gator wrote:
> I get the free version of this newsletter every week, and was surprised
> to see Sheldon Brown's website honored as the Bonzer web site of the
> week. Just thought some of you would like to know.
>
> You can see the newsletter here http://www.thisistrue.com/currentissue.html
>
> Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
>
> Arlie
Dear Arlie,
Sheldon is too modest even to sign himself Sheldon "Bonzer" Brown, so
I'll cross-post this where others can enjoy it.
After all, with his web site down for a day or so and the Red Sox down
about a dozen games or so, he deserves happy news.
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 17:54:45
From: Mike Latondresse
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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Blue Gator <blue_gator@comcast.net > wrote in
news:cZidnd0sKr9Y2ZHYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@comcast.com:
> I get the free version of this newsletter every week, and was
> surprised to see Sheldon Brown's website honored as the Bonzer web
> site of the week. Just thought some of you would like to know.
>
> You can see the newsletter here
> http://www.thisistrue.com/currentissue.html
>
> Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
>
>
> Arlie
Is this good or bad.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 02:58:49
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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>>
>> Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
>>
>
> Is this good or bad.
Definitions of bonzer on the Web:
a.. a general term of approval. As for its origin: its starting point
("perhaps" says the Australian National Dictionary) is the French word for
"good", bon. By the late 19th century this was made more emphatic by being
turned into the colloquial word "bonster". And this, in turn, developed into
the rather easier-to-say bonzer - perhaps influenced by the Mexican-American
word "bonanza". Until Word War II bonzer was a powerful word in Aussie
English.
www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/b-6.php
b.. rekable or wonderful
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 11:42:52
From: Blue Gator
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site
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Mike Latondresse wrote:
> Blue Gator <blue_gator@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:cZidnd0sKr9Y2ZHYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>
>>I get the free version of this newsletter every week, and was
>>surprised to see Sheldon Brown's website honored as the Bonzer web
>>site of the week. Just thought some of you would like to know.
>>
>>You can see the newsletter here
>>http://www.thisistrue.com/currentissue.html
>>
>>Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
>>
>>
>>Arlie
>
>
> Is this good or bad.
Actually, it's good. The newsletter is about all the stupid things
people do, how idiotic they can be. But the Bonzer web site of the week
is its way to highlight a web site that actually did something right.
Arlie
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 22:35:03
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: ThisIsTrue newsletter names SheldonBrown.com the Bonzer web site of the week
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"Blue Gator" <blue_gator@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:cZidnd0sKr9Y2ZHYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I get the free version of this newsletter every week, and was surprised to
>see Sheldon Brown's website honored as the Bonzer web site of the week.
>Just thought some of you would like to know.
>
> You can see the newsletter here
> http://www.thisistrue.com/currentissue.html
>
> Look for "BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" about 2/3 of the way down.
>
Thanks for posting this. I get this newsletter also, and I had read right
past this entry. ThisIsTrue accepts nominations for the BONZER site, and I
sent Sheldon in a few months ago. The site deserves the honor.
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