I have a dream [bicycle]

Cantdosleepy
Cantdosleepy Posts: 122
edited January 2009 in Commuting chat
obama_rides_bicycle.jpg
This one.

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Watching his speach as I type

    It's a good thing. Glad he's President. I feel amazed. Thought I'd never see the day. It's a good thing.

    Tear in my eye.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    His saddle is too low.

    His rear tyre needs air (even allowing for the trailer).

    He's in the granny ring on the front.

    He's about to ride onto the pavement.

    Why have the Secret Service given the guy in the grey car a clear line of fire? Tsk tsk.

    And Ker-rhist, could that stem be any gheyer?
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    The bike's far too small for him.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    It's all well and good, a definite improvement, but he's not going to be able to save America in 4 years.

    The world is setting itself up for a disappointment.

    And yes, the bike is too small.
    FCN 7/1
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,456
    He just needs elbow and knee pads to complete the look. :lol:

    Watching his speach as I type

    It's a good thing. Glad he's President. I feel amazed. Thought I'd never see the day. It's a good thing.

    Tear in my eye.

    I'm sure this is how Irish Catholics felt when JFK was elected. To think Hilary Clinton's advisors thought he was an also-ran in the first Primary and didnt take him seriously as a prospect.

    The world is setting itself up for a disappointment


    I remember only too well the joy when Thatcher went and the hope a couple of years later when Labour was elected.

    They told us things could only get better.
    :roll:


    EDIT Anyone else think the bike would have been selected by a focus group to appeal to a particular demographic. Now where's that cynical emoticon when you need it.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    It's all well and good, a definite improvement, but he's not going to be able to save America in 4 years.

    The world is setting itself up for a disappointment.

    I'm looking at the first black American President. Anything is possible.

    I'm not expecting him to save America, I'm not expecting anything. Fact that he is President is enough. :wink:

    Just as long as he isn't crap, an embarrassment, does stupid things or becomes a Bush like threat to the World.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Obama is a good man in my opinion, it's just that I think the West's days of dominance are over. Time to buy gold and welcome our new Chinese overlords methinks.
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Well, being american I can't say in strong enough terms how relieved I am to be rid of that ass-clown, (sorry but I can't restrain myself) Bush Jr. Obama is not a magician but he has far more intelligence and understanding of the human condition than G.W. and his gang have ever displayed. Things can only get better. :D
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    why is it so great that a rich man is president? Really race should be irrelevant competency should be the only criteria, so I will hold my excitement until he actually accomplishes something. Dont think the second coming of christ would have got as much adolation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,456
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    It's all well and good, a definite improvement, but he's not going to be able to save America in 4 years.

    The world is setting itself up for a disappointment.

    I'm looking at the first black American President. Anything is possible.

    I'm not expecting him to save America, I'm not expecting anything. Fact that he is President is enough. :wink:

    Just as long as he isn't crap, an embarrassment, does stupid things or becomes a Bush like threat to the World.


    Watched his speech this morning

    It occurred to me that this is the first time, in my lifetime, that Americans have voted an 'Intelligent' man into the Whitehouse
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • simple_salmon
    simple_salmon Posts: 457
    Listening to the radio yesterday they said that Obama was the first ever black president.

    'No he's not' I thought to myself, 'there was his brother'.

    Realised I've been watching WAY too much 24 :oops: :D
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    crankycrank wrote:
    Well, being american I can't say in strong enough terms how relieved I am to be rid of that ass-clown, (sorry but I can't restrain myself) Bush Jr. Obama is not a magician but he has far more intelligence and understanding of the human condition than G.W. and his gang have ever displayed. Things can only get better. :D

    That's what Blair said in 1997 and things certainly have not got better for me
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    linoue wrote:
    Obama is a good man in my opinion, it's just that I think the West's days of dominance are over. Time to buy gold and welcome our new Chinese overlords methinks.

    And India too.
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I for think it's nice to see an articulate president if nothing else
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Running a country (especially one like that) must surely be one of the worst jobs in the world.

    Except perhaps running a school when OFSTED come a-knocking

    I'll stick to making the tea in life, I think :)
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Wouldn't hold my breath if the way he maintains his bike is a reflection of the way he intends to run the country :wink:
  • Redmog
    Redmog Posts: 50
    OK, fun time over, how many SCR points for that scalp?


    :)
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  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    I'd be careful talking about scalping the President :lol:
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  • fury21
    fury21 Posts: 71
    Redmog wrote:
    OK, fun time over, how many SCR points for that scalp?
    still only one.

    Now 'what's his FCN?' that's the real question. Unfortunately, we don't have a modifier for surrounding yourself with Secret Service personnel.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Bugly wrote:
    why is it so great that a rich man is president? Really race should be irrelevant competency should be the only criteria, so I will hold my excitement until he actually accomplishes something. Dont think the second coming of christ would have got as much adolation.

    His race has nothing to do with how well I think (or others I've spoken to) he will do at being President. That will come down to the measure of the man.

    However, growing up with a distinct lack of Black role models, seeing a Obama reach the very top (albeit in America) is inspiring to me, as it is to many of my family and friends. That is where the adulation resides.

    And, Jesus was black. :wink: Lol. I don't really have an opinion on that one...
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,456
    To the IT guy deep in the bowels of FBI HQ

    I hereby distant myself from any and all postings regarding the scalping of the newly elected Commander in Chief

    God Bless America

    God Bless the President



    (I would look awful in an Orange Jumpsuit)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I for think it's nice to see an articulate president if nothing else

    I just think we are all misoverestimating him... :wink:
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    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I for think it's nice to see an articulate president if nothing else

    I just think we are all misoverestimating him... :wink:


    :):):)
  • Cycling Dave
    Cycling Dave Posts: 79
    The only thing I liked about Bush was that he was an avid mountain biker.

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