Barry Jive wrote:some $#@! sucking Yankees fan was at the bar last night and put on "New York, New York." i cursed him out and somebody put on "Philadelphia Freedom." it's pretty awful that that's the best we've got.

There's those two songs from the movie Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen and Neal Young. Neither of them are upbeat though.

yeah, i coulda put on "Streets of Philadelphia" but that idea got nixed pretty quickly.

This should be on every Jukebox in the 215.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-A7k8ketX4[/youtube]

Barry Jive wrote:some $#@! sucking Yankees fan was at the bar last night and put on "New York, New York." i cursed him out and somebody put on "Philadelphia Freedom." it's pretty awful that that's the best we've got.

Embrace the gayness. I like "Philadelphia Freedom."

TenuredVulture wrote:This should be on every Jukebox in the 215.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-A7k8ketX4[/youtube]

great idea.

Moz, I'd like it a little better if it really had anything to do with Philadelphia.

One of my close friends was killed in an auto accident over the weekend. Today at work I met a new client who looks kind of like my friend and lives off of the road where she was killed. It's freaking me out a bit.

someone explain the point of a fixed gear bike to me

TenuredVulture wrote:This should be on every Jukebox in the 215.

[youtube]ASIP theme song

I can take the tune for about the length of the snippets on the show. I made it to about the 2-minute mark here, & felt a quasi-epileptic fit coming on; seemed like it had been playing for 1/2 hour.

td11 wrote:someone explain the point of a fixed gear bike to me

if by fixed gear, you mean fixed rear wheel, I think the principle is no wasted energy shifting gears or freewheeling - your muscles are working the whole time turning the cranks (or the cranks end up turning your legs), and so you keep feeding energy into the system which is the bike. From a strictly technical point of view, I've been told that it vastly improves your peddling technique, especially if you're using cleats.

Plus, if you like bikes, fixed wheels always look incredibly sleek and elegant. The derailleur is a lovely bit of tech, and I thank it's inventor every time I see a 1/10 hill, but a fixed wheel just looks so damn simple.

In my ideal world, I own four bikes. A fixed wheel for town (which would be great, because edinburgh has its fair share of hills), A road bike for winter and training, my trusty old MTB for cycling with monkeywiz and a race bike so I can embarress myself in style.

Tomorrow is my last day in Italy. Will be home for Game 2. Some thoughts.

1.) Michaelangelo's Pieta is the greatest thing I've ever seen (slightly greater than his David statute).

2.) Venice is simply remarkable. I can't recommend highly enough that you go there. St. Mark's Square is overwhelming. The absence of any cars is fantastic. Nothing but boats, your feet, and an absolute maze of bridges and streets.

3.) I've gained at least 10 pounds in 9 days.

4.) Florence was my favorite place in Italy. There's too much to see in just a few days.

5.) 97% of people in Italy smoke

6.) After Florence, Venice, and Siena, the 3 days in Rome are sort of the tail of the dog, It's like going to New York with 2,00 year old buildings sprinkled throught the city.

7.) On the other hand, the food in Rome is 1000x better than in the Northern part of the country. I cannot imagine food being any better than it is in Rome.

8.) The Sistine Chapel is everthing it is cracked up to be.

9.) I could piss on the Pantheon from my hotel window.

10.) The women in Italy are PHENOMENAL. Such incredible style. They put American women to shame. To shame. In the Northern part of the country especially, the combo of dark hair and light green/blue eyes is too much. Melts you. Mamma Mia.

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:This should be on every Jukebox in the 215.

[youtube]ASIP theme song

I can take the tune for about the length of the snippets on the show. I made it to about the 2-minute mark here, & felt a quasi-epileptic fit coming on; seemed like it had been playing for 1/2 hour.

What should be on every jukebox in the 215 is the following fine tune. None of that in your face shite. Just a statement of intent. With bagpipes.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVYVNa3gyoY&feature=related[/youtube]

Trent Steele wrote:Tomorrow is my last day in Italy. Will be home for Game 2. Some thoughts.

1.) Michaelangelo's Pieta is the greatest thing I've ever seen (slightly greater than his David statute).

2.) Venice is simply remarkable. I can't recommend highly enough that you go there. St. Mark's Square is overwhelming. The absence of any cars is fantastic. Nothing but boats, your feet, and an absolute maze of bridges and streets.

3.) I've gained at least 10 pounds in 9 days.

4.) Florence was my favorite place in Italy. There's too much to see in just a few days.

5.) 97% of people in Italy smoke

6.) After Florence, Venice, and Siena, the 3 days in Rome are sort of the tail of the dog, It's like going to New York with 2,00 year old buildings sprinkled throught the city.

7.) On the other hand, the food in Rome is 1000x better than in the Northern part of the country. I cannot imagine food being any better than it is in Rome.

8.) The Sistine Chapel is everthing it is cracked up to be.

9.) I could piss on the Pantheon from my hotel window.

10.) The women in Italy are PHENOMENAL. Such incredible style. They put American women to shame. To shame. In the Northern part of the country especially, the combo of dark hair and light green/blue eyes is too much. Melts you. Mamma Mia.

YOU FORGOT THE CAPPUCINOS.

Wizlah wrote:

td11 wrote:someone explain the point of a fixed gear bike to me

if by fixed gear, you mean fixed rear wheel, I think the principle is no wasted energy shifting gears or freewheeling - your muscles are working the whole time turning the cranks (or the cranks end up turning your legs), and so you keep feeding energy into the system which is the bike. From a strictly technical point of view, I've been told that it vastly improves your peddling technique, especially if you're using cleats.

Plus, if you like bikes, fixed wheels always look incredibly sleek and elegant. The derailleur is a lovely bit of tech, and I thank it's inventor every time I see a 1/10 hill, but a fixed wheel just looks so damn simple.

In my ideal world, I own four bikes. A fixed wheel for town (which would be great, because edinburgh has its fair share of hills), A road bike for winter and training, my trusty old MTB for cycling with monkeywiz and a race bike so I can embarress myself in style.

thanks, wiz.

i still hate all the dbag hipsters that ride them around for no reason.

td11 wrote:

Wizlah wrote:

td11 wrote:someone explain the point of a fixed gear bike to me

if by fixed gear, you mean fixed rear wheel, I think the principle is no wasted energy shifting gears or freewheeling - your muscles are working the whole time turning the cranks (or the cranks end up turning your legs), and so you keep feeding energy into the system which is the bike. From a strictly technical point of view, I've been told that it vastly improves your peddling technique, especially if you're using cleats.

Plus, if you like bikes, fixed wheels always look incredibly sleek and elegant. The derailleur is a lovely bit of tech, and I thank it's inventor every time I see a 1/10 hill, but a fixed wheel just looks so damn simple.

In my ideal world, I own four bikes. A fixed wheel for town (which would be great, because edinburgh has its fair share of hills), A road bike for winter and training, my trusty old MTB for cycling with monkeywiz and a race bike so I can embarress myself in style.

thanks, wiz.

i still hate all the dbag hipsters that ride them around for no reason.

but on the plus side, until the dbag hipsters get used to them, they'll forget about all that forward momentum when they brake suddenly, and keep going on their ear. That's gotta be good value.

I never thought about it before, but you must spend more money on brake pads.

right, and they take apart perfectly good bikes and turn them into these fixed gear bikes.

the worst part is that they are condescending of people who, you know, use a bike for practical reasons. there are a bunch that work at a local bike shop and literally make fun of people when they come in looking to get a stand attached to their bikes. YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE RIDING A BIKE, DICKS

td11 wrote:right, and they take apart perfectly good bikes and turn them into these fixed gear bikes.

the worst part is that they are condescending of people who, you know, use a bike for practical reasons. there are a bunch that work at a local bike shop and literally make fun of people when they come in looking to get a stand attached to their bikes. YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE RIDING A BIKE, DICKS

I can count on the fingers of one hand cyclists I've met who are dicks. Ergo, these guys aren't cyclists. And unless they shave their legs and head, they sure as hell ain't some kind of aesthetic cycling purists. Man, they've probably got beards and shit. That's a lot of resistance right there.

Seriously though, I thought that shit went out a long time ago. If I walk into a shop and someone's getting all snide with me because they don't think my equipment choices are on point, fuck 'em. There's a world of different cyclists out there. They need to get their heads round that.

mind you, I don't think you can just 'convert' a bike to a fixed wheel. If I recall correctly, you need a specific kind of frame. But I just checked and wiki tells me I am wrong.

TheFrank wrote:One of my close friends was killed in an auto accident over the weekend. Today at work I met a new client who looks kind of like my friend and lives off of the road where she was killed. It's freaking me out a bit.

Sorry to hear that. RIP.

New brother weekend for my frat is Saturday night. I usually go, and a lot of folks from my pledge class are going. But it's a) on Halloween, b) 3 hours south of where the World Series is being played, c) a formal event, and d) in a room with no TVs.

Laying out the negatives makes it hard to seem like a good idea to go, but it's usually a good time. And there's a bar across the street where I can spend most of the night following the game. And since it's Halloween I think people will be less keyed in on the formal thing so if I show up dressed like I was attending a baseball game that might be OK. Ton of Yankee fans though. If we're down 2-0 I won't want to put up with their shit. If we're tied or up 2-0 going back to Philly, that would be a different story.

Decisions decisions.

I hope we win in 5 and make a Good Jimmy: The Oracle Threat

you know, taquitos really are a high man's best friend