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Now, at Facebook. Honestly, I don't know how much more social-networking-y our community could possibly get. But you can't argue with the price. As usual, people can do whatever they want, but I'd prefer you use this site first, and the Facebook group more for stuff you don't want to broadcast to the entire Cycling universe, or whoever actually reads this blog.

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OK OK

I’ll take the post down, grab my cell phone, and walk out to the parking lot….

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 4, 2008 5:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Our true Cafe will always be here.

It’s where our hearts, heads, and laughs truly are and FB couldn’t possibly compete. But it is cool to have a connection there. Thanks for setting us up boss. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 5:31 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh

So you’re saying I have to join Facebook now?

Because I don’t waste enough time on the internet as it is…

by gavia on Dec 4, 2008 5:44 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Work efficiency

is inversely related to the number of social networks I am a member of.

And possibly follows and inverse-square relationshp

by johnw on Dec 4, 2008 5:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well of course you do

how else are you going to spy on know what’s going with your hundreds of BFF

by lyne on Dec 4, 2008 5:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I work out who is coming to what races with facebook,

My cyclist friends love putting comments up all the time, and it’s fun seeing their photo’s..

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

by CycleGirl on Dec 4, 2008 5:58 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm in

But I’m very confused. What’s with all of these first and last names? It’s like I have to learn who everyone is again.

by PopUp Rolen on Dec 4, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha!

PopUp Rolen actually is a lame name I came up with when I first signed up for the SBN Cardinals Blog Viva El Birdos during the epic 2006 World Series run. A combination of too many cocktails and too many Scott Rolen fly balls led to my weak attempt at humor.

by PopUp Rolen on Dec 4, 2008 6:08 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously?!?

I get almost all the way through my Thursday, and then this. Just when I thought I wouldn’t have to make any decisions of consequence.

Well, I guess you will all know who I really am when I show up at the ToC party anyways.

sigh

by Hons on Dec 4, 2008 6:24 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

darn it lyne...

…now I really will have to join facebook now…HA!!

by steph- on Dec 4, 2008 6:46 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

told ya

I’ll wait til you get there to use my Beckham profile pic

by lyne on Dec 4, 2008 6:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm so confused. People with real names.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 7:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha!

I just went over to Facebook, and find that my nephew’s login got saved to this computer when he visited, like, three years ago. He’s going to be so confused when everybody finds out how much “he” admires certain pro cyclists…

by majope on Dec 4, 2008 7:13 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's hilarious.

But sadly my brother has done that to me so I am only giggling a little bit. He had no mercy on the things he said to some of my “friends”. It was pretty damn funny looking back but I freaked out with a response not realizing why I had gotten it.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 7:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm gonna be pissed if y'all starting keeping in touch over there instead of here...

… so sayeth the 21st Century Curmudgeon who refuses to embrace the new fangled social networking thingery. I don’t need to get in touch with people I went to high school with or dated in the 80s.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

you could always log on as mr dan crash. then, your not-so-hot dates from the ‘80s couldn’t find you.

by gavia on Dec 4, 2008 7:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Viewing of my prom photo is used in psychiatric circles...

… as a suitable replacement for shock therapy.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 7:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh

That’s probably true for just about anyone who went to the prom in the ’80s.

The whole decade probably needs a warning label when it comes to the fashion…

by gavia on Dec 4, 2008 7:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh no...

… this was my prom. I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Fortunately, I was deeply into thrash metal at the time and had seizures anytime this song was played.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 7:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wasn't suggesting that White Snake was thrash... god help me...

I was more of a DRI, Anthrax, Danzig kind of guy.

Wow… I’d forgotten how hard Twist of Cain rocks.

Twist of Cain… Drives my brain…

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 8:10 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

okay....another reason why you are my hero!!

I love Anthrax! One of the best shows in the 80’s…Anthrax opening for Kiss….HA!….good times!!

by steph- on Dec 5, 2008 6:19 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Opening for Kiss??! Really??

I never would have pictured that. I saw them a couple of times… once at the Henry J. Kaiser convention center with Public Enemy and Primus while Flavor-Flav’s house was burning down during the Oakland Hills Fire. I think that was like August of ’91?

Bring tha Noize!

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 5, 2008 6:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Primus.....oh yea!

My roomie’s boyfriend was a thrash guitarist……the Primus and Faith No Mpre boys were always around. Primus often played impromptu gigs in the Haight, SF metal scene was fab in the late 80’s.

by steph- on Dec 6, 2008 8:08 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We called them "hair bands"

I’ve still got some of them on vinyl…

by dheadrick on Dec 4, 2008 10:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ha ha... I still have some on "tapes"!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 10:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This was

ours. Funny, I don’t remember any girls there…

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 4, 2008 8:12 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow... 2112...

Somehow that seems cooler now than it probably did back then…

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 8:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!

by Clydesdale on Dec 8, 2008 9:29 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry if this has been changed for awhile

…but I love the avatar! Bring on ToM 2009!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 8, 2008 11:14 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually I think the prom I went to was in '91??!?

If it was in the fall it was 1990… if it was in the spring it was in ’91.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 7:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

okay now you HAVE to join facebook and post that photo

come on, if you can’t make fun of your (virtual) friends …

by lyne on Dec 4, 2008 7:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh no... no I don't....

Y’all have seen more than enough of me already… seeing me in an ill-fitting tuxedo with a silver spray-painted cast on a broken wrist… well, you’ll have to let your imagination take you to those places.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 7:55 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is that +1 for...

… the fact that I won’t post it? Or because you successfully imagined the photo, Sonny Jim?

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Dec 4, 2008 8:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh my god.....

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 8:59 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Psst--Chris

The “No idea where this is from” photo of McEwen winning over on Facebook is Stage 4 of the 2006 Tour.

by majope on Dec 4, 2008 7:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

but why was it on my hard drive?

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 4, 2008 8:13 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's it

I’m out of here.

[step … step … step… SLAM]

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 4, 2008 8:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oooh!

Guess who wants to be alone with those pictures that “mysteriously” appeared on his hard drive?

by majope on Dec 4, 2008 8:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks for pissing off the boss guys.

Now he’s throwing flippin’ snow balls at us. Nice job.

Now I’m going to have to figure out how to get some ice balls to chuck back.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 4, 2008 9:02 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nope won't play......

gonna have to run it my butt in person….. Please not while I’m riding and you’re driving.

by Fred Marx on Dec 5, 2008 12:40 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sweet just joined...

and sorry Phill Benna is on the wall :-)

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

by CycleGirl on Dec 5, 2008 3:06 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good work :-)

I’ll join you all at lunchtime. Work only let us on Facebook between 12 and 2…

by Albertina on Dec 5, 2008 4:31 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice!

Always wondered what the faces would be like behind the nick’s..

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Dec 5, 2008 8:35 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so did i

Until I remembered that lots of people don’t use their real pictures — including myself. I only wish I looked like Arsenal Ladies football team.

Today, I raced à la Chavanel, and I succeeded.

by callmecayce on Dec 5, 2008 8:56 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

haha

aah well.. See it as: the glass is half full insted of half empty

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Dec 6, 2008 10:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If only Shakespeare had had these amenities,

and Beethoven. Or maybe it would’ve been more Oscar Wilde’s sort of thing.

by Steno on Dec 5, 2008 8:58 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes

Wilde would have understood the humor in the medium. Not sure about the others, they seemed kind of serious. Beethoven anyway, or what I know of him.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 5, 2008 10:35 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not a fan of Facebook.

I have one but it requires too much maintenance and the UI is poorly designed. For PdC I am in though.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 5, 2008 11:13 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

too much maintenance?

Today, I raced à la Chavanel, and I succeeded.

by callmecayce on Dec 6, 2008 3:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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