gds
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
On Jun 26, 3:10 pm, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> gds wrote:
>
> :: On Jun 26, 12:41 pm, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> :::
> ::: Nope. However, you obviously forgot about the notion of snipping.
> ::
> :: Funny on my reader all the previous text got hidden so no need to
> :: snip or to be be snippy.
>
> Here is what Bill posted in response to you (indicating that he too snipped
> what you failed to snip):
>
> gds wrote:
>
> {SNIP}
>
> : It does remind of a story (I think I remember it correctly) of
> : watching the NY Marathon on a local channel in NY many years ago. The
> : color commentator was Bill Rodgers who had won the race several times.
> : After all the real racers had finished and the recreational runners
> : were coming and along about the 5 hour mark the main announcer said to
> : Bill something like " well Bill I imagine you aren't that impressed
> : with the times of these folks." Rodgers retorted something like "hey
> : I'm very impressed, I've never run for 5 hours at one time in my life.
> : I'm amazed that all these folks have the strength to run for such a
> : long time"
>
> Life is not fair. When I used to do long runs with other, faster friends,
> they'd reach a rest stop or halfway point well before I did; then they were
> ready to go while I was still huffing and ventilating.
>
> Years later with mountain biking, same basic thing. Life is not fair.
>
> Bill "camel-tortoise hybrid" S.
Roger, I know from other threads that you simply don't like me. That's
OK with me but really on this you are just being juvenile.
> gds wrote:
>
> :: On Jun 26, 12:41 pm, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> :::
> ::: Nope. However, you obviously forgot about the notion of snipping.
> ::
> :: Funny on my reader all the previous text got hidden so no need to
> :: snip or to be be snippy.
>
> Here is what Bill posted in response to you (indicating that he too snipped
> what you failed to snip):
>
> gds wrote:
>
> {SNIP}
>
> : It does remind of a story (I think I remember it correctly) of
> : watching the NY Marathon on a local channel in NY many years ago. The
> : color commentator was Bill Rodgers who had won the race several times.
> : After all the real racers had finished and the recreational runners
> : were coming and along about the 5 hour mark the main announcer said to
> : Bill something like " well Bill I imagine you aren't that impressed
> : with the times of these folks." Rodgers retorted something like "hey
> : I'm very impressed, I've never run for 5 hours at one time in my life.
> : I'm amazed that all these folks have the strength to run for such a
> : long time"
>
> Life is not fair. When I used to do long runs with other, faster friends,
> they'd reach a rest stop or halfway point well before I did; then they were
> ready to go while I was still huffing and ventilating.
>
> Years later with mountain biking, same basic thing. Life is not fair.
>
> Bill "camel-tortoise hybrid" S.
Roger, I know from other threads that you simply don't like me. That's
OK with me but really on this you are just being juvenile.