Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-29 Thread Steve Desjardins
11:53:16 PM - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !! --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you love her to death, why is she still alive? WW Uh... And while we are at it, query me this? What

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-28 Thread Cotty
On 27/7/04, frank theriault, discombobulated, offered: Actually, my cat is fat, stupid, pretty ugly and has few, if any redeeming values. She wakes me up every day at 6:00 am for food, even if I've been out late the night before. She sleeps with me so I can't ever get a good night's sleep.

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-28 Thread frank theriault
--- mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, frank theriault wrote: Actually, my cat is fat, stupid, pretty ugly and has few, if any redeeming values. She wakes me up every day at 6:00 am for food, even if I've been out late the night before. She sleeps with me so I can't ever

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/7/04, frank theriault, discombobulated, offered: Go ahead, Cotty. Test me. Say what you will. You simply can't sucker me into being a jerk (I can do that just fine on my own, thank you very much). Insult me, my family, my country, my cat. I'll just smile back and say have a nice day.

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread frank theriault
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er, how's your *Schwinn* ?? Hi, Cotty, Have a nice day? vbg -frank = The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread graywolf
My Schwinn Technium was rather nice. Too bad I had to get rid of it. I think Frank would have liked it fine on his recent ride. Of course 19 pounds is kind of heavy these days. (If your are going to try and insult someone. You should at least make sure your insult is an insult. (GRIN) -- Cotty

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread frank theriault
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Schwinn Technium was rather nice. Too bad I had to get rid of it. I think Frank would have liked it fine on his recent ride. Of course 19 pounds is kind of heavy these days. (If your are going to try and insult someone. You should at least make

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread Bob Blakely
Back in the dark ages, when bicycles were a work of art, I had a custom Schwinn Paramount frame made for me. 73 deg parallel. Black. Thinned, polished, chrome fancy Nervex lugs, fork crown and bottom bracket. Half chromed seat chain stays, half chromed forks. It cost me a small fortune. When I

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/7/04, graywolf, discombobulated, offered: My Schwinn Technium was rather nice. Too bad I had to get rid of it. I think Frank would have liked it fine on his recent ride. Of course 19 pounds is kind of heavy these days. (If your are going to try and insult someone. You should at least

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frank, I just want to let you know, I'd never insult you, your family, your country, (although that is difficult), maybe your cat. frank theriault wrote: --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'll all end in tears ;-) No, no ,no ,no, no!! I'm simply taking responsibility for my actions.

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread frank theriault
--- Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I just want to let you know, I'd never insult you, your family, your country, (although that is difficult), maybe your cat. Peter, Actually, my cat is fat, stupid, pretty ugly and has few, if any redeeming values. She wakes me up every

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !! PS: all of the foregoing is true, but I still love her to death of course... vbg If you love her to death, why is she still alive? WW

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread frank theriault
--- Michel_Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel Truly, one of the great achievements in sports history. Congrats to Lance and US Postal. Six consecutive Tours is a record that may stand for a long long

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread frank theriault
--- Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh John, get off it. Why don't you let us know what your schedule is and we'll work around it. I followed it live on BBC News. Norm Lance won the Tour by L'Alpe d'Huez anyway. Sunday was a mere formality as far as GC goes. cheers, frank =

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread graywolf
Only until he wins next year (grin). frank theriault wrote: --- Michel_Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel Truly, one of the great achievements in sports history. Congrats to Lance and US Postal. Six consecutive

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread frank theriault
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only until he wins next year (grin). Absolutely, Tom!! My point (if there was one) is that breaking the record is the ~real~ achievement. This puts him head and shoulders above his predecessors. After this, he's only making it harder for those who

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Steve Desjardins
,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Certainly his achievement is absolutly fabulous - particualrly given his health. But I say never say never frank. Sport is littered with broken records . A. On 26 Jul 2004, at 16:30, frank theriault wrote: --- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only until he wins next year (grin). Absolutely,

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Norm Baugher
At least six years... Norm frank theriault wrote: Congrats to Lance and US Postal. Six consecutive Tours is a record that may stand for a long long time.

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/7/04, frank theriault, discombobulated, offered: You're off my killfile list (which was a list of one, now that I think of it... g). So, I can read your posts firsthand (rather than in the replies of others). I'm sure you'll be able to sleep nights now. vbg) It'll all end in tears ;-)

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Thibouille wrote: Well if he does, than I really think the Tour de France will lose interest quite a bit. Not because I claim he'd be cheating, I'm not implying anything like that; but just like Formula 1, it really went boring (well that's my POV). I just hope we'll see true competition, whoever

Re: Way OT: Armstrong Best Ever? was: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread frank theriault
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'll all end in tears ;-) No, no ,no ,no, no!! I'm simply taking responsibility for my actions. Someone (not for a moment talking about Antonio specifically) says something that peeves me? I'll not respond. I'll be the bigger man. I simply won't get

RE: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Thibouille
) has less merits for what he did, I tried to emphasize on this but probably didn't express myself very well. -Message d'origine- De : Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mardi 27 juillet 2004 0:09 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: Lance gained !! Thibouille wrote: Well

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Not if Arnstrong wins again next year. . . Norm Baugher wrote: At least six years... Norm frank theriault wrote: Congrats to Lance and US Postal. Six consecutive Tours is a record that may stand for a long long time.

Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Norm Baugher
That guy is amazing! Norm Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo,

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread John Francis
American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel While the result is no real surprise, posting spoiler information like this to a non-sports-related forum is extremely ill-mannered. I'll be watching the (recorded) coverage in a couple of hours. Telling

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
John Francis a écrit : is extremely ill-mannered. --- American comes to beat French in France and I delighted for you; you say that badly high ?? Bonjour de France et sans rancune, Michel

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Keith Whaley
and crass. As is sometimes obvious, it's not always those brash Americans who speak with insensitivity and inelegant language, is it... keith whaley Fred wrote: American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, While the result is no real surprise, posting spoiler

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Bob Blakely
... Well, that's all the French I can muster up. Now I have to rest. From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] American friends,: Lance gained the Tour de France !! No surprise. Bravo, Michel While the result is no real surprise, posting spoiler information like this to a non-sports

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Rfsindg
John, You need a better news service. I watched the Tour all week on Outdoor Life Network via Satelite dish in Chicago... About 7:30 AM to 10 AM daily, or one of the 3 replays per day. Furthermore, if you were following the race you would know that today in Paris is a formality. Nobody

OT: Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Steve Jolly
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been following the race and am out of town. I had to get the final moments via streaming audio in the internet. I guess the Brits don't care much for televising the Tour de France. It was on ITV2 - I think it was even live today, FWIW. S

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread cbwaters
the live OR taped coverage this weekend but has been watching the great Outdoor Life Network coverage almost every day. - Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: Lance gained !! John Francis a écrit

Re: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
French has the reputation of bad speech and understand the foreign languages, and my English is very bad. I will say whereas I very did not understand !! But that is well a photographs subject, the spectators had well to take million of them yesterday, and even with of Pentax. : -) No more

RE: Lance gained !!

2004-07-25 Thread Jens Bladt
man say sorry 'bout my Swaheli. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Michel Carrère-Gée [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 26. juli 2004 06:42 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Lance gained !! French has the reputation of bad speech