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19253. uzmakk - 4/27/2006 12:16:48 PM The above is to ARKYMALARKY. 19254. webfeet - 4/27/2006 3:25:32 PM I was thinking, alistair, that the french didn't really do that as much, creating these fictional places that sound like real places where you, your grandfather and seven uncles all went river rafting or fly fishing for generations.
It's like trying to buy some authenticity or class with a t-shirt. Give your child an identity that has nothing to do with any of you.
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.
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