TdF 2013-Stage 21 ** SPOILERS*** Versailles / Champs-Élysées

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    ?? What horse avatars?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    nic_77 wrote:
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    FTFY

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nicely done Nic ; )
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    :D:lol::D
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Nicely done Nic ; )

    +1

    Top work!

    And FF - it really is a lovely horse. Cheers.
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    We'll all be singing the horse song from Father Ted next

    Google it if you don't know what I'm talking about
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Ok I`m out. Seems to me that the horse crew and co would just disagree in writing with whatever I said even if they agreed with it in person.

    If this is about nationality then I've had a consistent opinion of nationality and personal identity since at least Norman Tebbit's cricket test raised it's ugly head. As a British expat with kids that were born and (mostly) raised here in Denmark, to a Danish mother, it's interesting to me on a personal level. I'm also still a Londoner, though I've not lived in London for nearly 25 years and wouldn't swap it for Copenhagen for the life of me. I'm not a Danish citizen, and probably won't ever ask to be, though I support Denmark over England at football.

    See, it's not that simple, is it? :-)

    Honestly, FF, I don't argue with you just for the sake of it!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ok I`m out. Seems to me that the horse crew and co would just disagree in writing with whatever I said even if they agreed with it in person.

    If this is about nationality then I've had a consistent opinion of nationality and personal identity since at least Norman Tebbit's cricket test raised it's ugly head. As a British expat with kids that were born and (mostly) raised here in Denmark, to a Danish mother, it's interesting to me on a personal level. I'm also still a Londoner, though I've not lived in London for nearly 25 years and wouldn't swap it for Copenhagen for the life of me. I'm not a Danish citizen, and probably won't ever ask to be, though I support Denmark over England at football.

    See, it's not that simple, is it? :-)

    Honestly, FF, I don't argue with you just for the sake of it!

    Gee this sounds complicated!

    I am also a Londoner and have lived here all my life but with a French father I consider myself much more `French` in my attitude and lifestyle choices etc.
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  • frenchfighter
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    FrenchFighter - are you any good with a camera yourself? (I'm assuming these aren't yours)

    Very nice photo of the birds at the top. Wish I could take one like that.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    If you liked the other horse, I`m guessing you will like this horse:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    TheBigBean wrote:
    FrenchFighter - are you any good with a camera yourself? (I'm assuming these aren't yours)

    Very nice photo of the birds at the top. Wish I could take one like that.

    I do take my own photos but I enjoy editing others a lot more. I also take the view that there are other people who would take the photos so much more seriously then me as a hobby that they would invest far more time and money then I would be inclined to, so I don`t try and compete, just enjoy looking at their shots if they share them, then post a good many on here so that others too can enjoy.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    A few Forumite pics here - viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12880590&p=18044032&hilit=photography#p18044032

    A few of us among them too :oops:
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  • typekitty
    typekitty Posts: 188
    If you liked the other horse, I`m guessing you will like this horse:
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    Technically, that's a pony. ;)
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    typekitty wrote:

    Technically, that's a pony. ;)

    I was going to ask if you were sure it was less than 14.2 from the photo, but I have a feeling you probably know the breed and have some expertise, so I'll go back to posting about bikes.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    It's a boy! It's a boy!

    (sorry, best I could find all day....:( )
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    TheBigBean wrote:
    typekitty wrote:

    Technically, that's a pony. ;)

    I was going to ask if you were sure it was less than 14.2 from the photo, but I have a feeling you probably know the breed and have some expertise, so I'll go back to posting about bikes.

    If that isn't less than 14.2 then it is one deformed horse!
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited July 2013
    It's probably unfair to judge from a picture, but it's not like watching Froome, is it.

    Looks a bit.. heavy..?

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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    You could tell he was smuggling a bit of a belly just from the regular TV pictures.. he didn't look lean at all.

    Would 1kg have made all the difference? Probably not.. but it does suggest that his training and preparation wasn't up to scratch.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I just can't picture this particular man going into a Tour De France knowing he was too heavy.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    ThomThom wrote:
    I just can't picture this particular man going into a Tour De France knowing he was too heavy.

    He wouldn't have a choice would he? Oleg Tinkoff would have kicked off if his star-rider pulled out!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Why's he doing a full striptease mid stage? That's a new one on me! Anyway, it's probably just he has very large lungs pressing down and making him look fat.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Pross wrote:
    Why's he doing a full striptease mid stage? That's a new one on me! Anyway, it's probably just he has very large lungs pressing down and making him look fat.

    Changing to a size large I guess. That diet won't do him any favours either ;)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Dunno, if the burger meat is full of clen then he may help him shed some fat. Maybe he only used the clen for weight control in the first place.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    F'uck, forgot all about the beefgate when I made that, haha.

    Oh, what have I done!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ThomThom wrote:
    F'uck, forgot all about the beefgate when I made that, haha.

    Oh, what have I done!


    Oh Thom Thom...... :?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Who is giving to who here?
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