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19255. Adam Selene - 4/27/2006 4:05:59 PM re: Message # 19233. I also considered the Groundhugger XR2 - it is sooo rad! But then I realized that no one actually has a fully-functioning one in daily use...
What got me interested in recumbents in the first place was the movie Brainstorm when Christopher Walken rode his long-wheel-base, under-seat-steering Avatar home from work. You can see it in action here: Brainstorm video. 19256. webfeet - 4/27/2006 5:55:34 PM alistair--I forgot to mention to you that my sister was actually in New Zealand on a scholarship at the University of Victoria, in Wellington, where she taught fiction for 3 months.
She confessed she had a hard time figuring out what people were saying until she had sex with a New Zealander; after that, like some creature out of myth, she could hear everyone perfectly.
She loved it there, in every sense. And she brought us back elderflower cordial, a strangely delightful elixir that we mix with sparkling water. Or champagne if you can spring for it.
19257. alistairconnor - 4/27/2006 5:59:09 PM ... and then she recoiled in horror from her lover?
Must tell my ex that one, she'll love it. 19258. PelleNilsson - 4/27/2006 6:27:36 PM "University of Victoria, in Wellington, where she taught fiction for 3 months."
Very funny. 19259. iiibbb - 4/27/2006 6:51:48 PM Message # 19255
My frontrunner is the Lightning Phantom that's coming out this year. ~$1500 but certainly less than a P-38.
A lot of hills around here. I need something that can climb. 19260. Jenerator - 4/27/2006 9:40:10 PM I think companies try to sell experiences now.
If I buy the Hemingway chaise lounge at Ethan Allen, it's as though I have been to Sumatra with him while he wrote The Green Hills of Africa. At least, that's what Ethan Allen is hoping I'll believe.
19261. Jenerator - 4/27/2006 9:41:41 PM Starbucks cashes in on the "experience" of reward and perceived intellectualism its coffee serves.
I bet LL.Bean is selling an experience that is associated to a logo. 19262. iiibbb - 4/28/2006 12:03:25 AM If I were to go with a long wheelbase I'd probably spring for an easy-racer.
After riding a number of below-seat steering bikes, I think I prefer over-seat. I tend to like direct steering connections to my front wheel too. 19263. Dubai Vol - 4/28/2006 12:16:56 AM Wow. Just wow. "I buy my kids' t-shirts from LL Bean but lately they are too pretentious even for me...."
No offense intended, but, um, er.... 19264. judithathome - 4/28/2006 1:10:59 AM Jesus, the things you learn at the Mote! First I find out there are "professional smokers" and now I learn there are rules about wearing t-shirts!!
don't logos on t-shirts have to make sense? That the places on the t-shirt have to exist or at least have to be places you've actually visited?
I never gave this a second thought but now that I have the answer is "Huh? Who wrote THIS rule and why??" Wear whatever you want! Just don't wear one to the Opera or a funeral.
19265. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:22:38 AM I think you have to have a young child (right now) to understand, Judith. 19266. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:26:05 AM 
19267. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:27:05 AM No such hiking company exists. 19268. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 1:41:22 AM If you've ever worn a tube-top to a funeral, you might be a redneck. That's the only one that still makes me laught.
If my children have to wear meaningless slogans, I prefer that they be in Chinese or Thai script, this avoids pain and suffering on my part at least.
Chinese tattoos were all the rage for a while and Mose wanted one that said "Song." I told her that if I were a Chinese script tattoist (or whatever they're called) I'd tell people like her it said "song," but I'd really put "This end up," and other such smartass stuff. I'd have a blast with it.
WRT t-shirts, my favorite one came from the Dollar Store: "I'm out of bed and dressed, what more do you want?" Kids wear some really witty ones every once in a while--or I notice them every once in a while. I don't pay much attention to that sort of stuff. But like good jokes, I can't ever remember them when I want to.
Oh, one said, "I'm out of my mind right now. Please leave a message."
19269. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 1:43:03 AM Oh, and Judith, in the Good Life thread I think you had an Emily Latella moment. Jenerator posted PROFESSED smoker, not PROFESSIONAL smoker. 19270. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:47:34 AM I'd rather my kids (or grandkids now) were wearing things with made-up names, rather than being walking advertisements for a brand.
I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards. 19271. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:50:26 AM I am loyal to some brands because they're made well and last long. 19272. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:54:48 AM I don't mind buying good brands. I just object to turning my kids into walking advertisements. 19273. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:19:31 AM I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards.
My husband is EXACTLY the same. You're never going to one-up enough Joneses with a brand name shirt and they're charging big money plus, as you say, getting free ads from you, so I don't see the benefit. If something looks great a label can usually only detract from that.
Disclaimer: The opinion above is from the woman who uses her dryer in lieu of an ironing board.
19274. wonkers2 - 4/28/2006 2:20:58 AM Snowowl, I agree. I have resisted shirts with brand names, logos, etc. Especially ones like Polo or other pricey brands. I remember arguing with my oldest son when he was in high school over shirts with the Polo logo. (Levis are okay, however.)
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