My retirement from this group

The tribe has spoken,

I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of support in public. Thanks anyway,
Roger. At least you have a sense of humour and a zest for life.

A man of my word, I will leave this newsgroup. If you'll lend an ear to the padre for a few
parting comments:

Some of you might be surprised to know how many of you have replied in private. The e-mail account
is active and so am I. If you're ever feeling blue and need some comfort, send me a note.

I'm disappointed at the amount of ego in this group. I had been warned by Rick Swanger and he's
right. You boys take yourselves too seriously and think too highly of yourselves. Relax and enjoy
the sport. You'll be a better cyclist because of it.

Have a sense of humour. Life's too short. When you're old like me, you'll wonder where all the
time has gone.

Pax,

Fr. Guido

"Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The tribe has spoken,
>
> I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of support in public.

<snip>

The question you asked was whether you were funny, not whether or not you should stay.

I think that if you have a desire to post, that you should stay. That doesn't mean that I think you
are always funny. Sometimes it is, but when it's so overdone, it seems more like homophobia.

>I'm disappointed at the amount of ego in this group.

Why? Bike racing is full of ego. See the Masters Fattie category.

BTW, ego and lack of appreciation for your sense of humor are not necessarily related.

"Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of support in public. Thanks anyway,
> Roger. At least you have a sense of humour and a zest for life.

I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a cycling club for one season and never met
so many boring assholes in one place in all my life. Still, keeps them away from other sports :-)

Good luck, Father. Thanks for the laughs.

Roger.

"Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>. At least you have a sense of humour

Many folks in here have one. And with pretty low standards too.

Bart wrote:
>
> "Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:f7d97d1a.0303300644.50faae3c@posting.google.com...
> >. At least you have a sense of humour
>
> Many folks in here have one. And with pretty low standards too.

do all belgians have this way with words, or is it just bart?

Roger Hunter wrote:
> "Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:f7d97d1a.0303300644.50faae3c@posting.google.com...
>
>> I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of support in public. Thanks anyway,
>> Roger. At least you have a sense of humour and a zest for life.
>
> I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a cycling club for one season and never
> met so many boring assholes in one place in all my life.

If you'd quit counting assholes and looked just a tad higher you might make some friends in your
cycling club too.

--
Perre

Remove and/or replace the DOTs as needed to reply

"Per Elmsäter" <perDOTelmsater@teliaDOT.com> wrote in message
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> If you'd quit counting assholes and looked just a tad higher you might
make
> some friends in your cycling club too.

But it was the assholes that were doing the talking...just like you.

Roger.

"Roger Hunter" <ronin11@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
> news:f7d97d1a.0303300644.50faae3c@posting.google.com...
>
> > I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of
support
> > in public. Thanks anyway, Roger. At least you have a sense of
humour
> > and a zest for life.
>
> I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a
cycling club
> for one season and never met so many boring assholes in one place in
all my
> life. Still, keeps them away from other sports :-)

I can't dispute that the sport is full of high testosterone assholes who believe that if they can
come in first in a training ride that they are Mario Cipollini. But if you look for a group with
your own interests you can generally find one.

Bart does have a certain talent.

"heather halvorson" <clevisremovethisbit@attbi.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Bart wrote:
> >
> > "Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
> > news:f7d97d1a.0303300644.50faae3c@posting.google.com...
> > >. At least you have a sense of humour
> >
> > Many folks in here have one. And with pretty low standards too.
>
> do all belgians have this way with words, or is it just bart?

"Roger Hunter" <ronin11@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Per Elmsäter" <perDOTelmsater@teliaDOT.com> wrote in message
> news:2wGha.3181$sJ3.9881@newsb.telia.net...
>
> > If you'd quit counting assholes and looked just a tad higher you
might
> make
> > some friends in your cycling club too.
>
> But it was the assholes that were doing the talking...just like you.

Had you been around this group long enough to know Per before making that assinine comment perhaps
you'd have known better. Maybe that's why you couldn't handle those bicyclists.

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:20:31 +0100, "Roger Hunter" <ronin11@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>"Father Guido Sarducci" <fr_guidosarducci@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:f7d97d1a.0303300644.50faae3c@posting.google.com...
>
>> I am disappointed that I was only able to muster one vote of support in public. Thanks anyway,
>> Roger. At least you have a sense of humour and a zest for life.
>
>I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a cycling club for one season and never
>met so many boring assholes in one place in all my life.

Out of interest the club/area was...?

Cheers! Stephen

"Steve McGinty" <stephenmcginty@ntlworld_DOT_.com> wrote in message
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> >I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a cycling
club
> >for one season and never met so many boring assholes in one place in all
my
> >life.

> Out of interest the club/area was...?

Carnoustie Cycle Club, East Coast of Scotland. But as I attended quite a few
cycling/triathlon events during my time with the club, my comments apply to most East/Central
Scottish racing cyclists.

And don't even ASK about the amount of doping that went on AT CLUB LEVEL EVENTS. I really couldn't
believe it. Still can't. What's wrong with you people?

Roger.

"Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > But it was the assholes that were doing the talking...just like you.
>
> Had you been around this group long enough to know Per before making that assinine comment perhaps
> you'd have known better. Maybe that's why you couldn't handle those bicyclists.

Sorry, Per. One of those cases when I'd typed and hit 'send' before thinking. Always a bad move.
Apologies.

Roger.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:43:11 +0100, "Roger Hunter" <ronin11@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>"Steve McGinty" <stephenmcginty@ntlworld_DOT_.com> wrote in message
>news:svuf8vgj891dgg6id6f66rak3s75bbtkjv@4ax.com...
>
>> >I know. That's why I'm a runner, not a cyclist. I joined a cycling
>club
>> >for one season and never met so many boring assholes in one place in all
>my
>> >life.
>
>> Out of interest the club/area was...?
>
>Carnoustie Cycle Club, East Coast of Scotland. But as I attended quite a few cycling/triathlon
>events during my time with the club, my comments apply to most East/Central Scottish racing
>cyclists.

You know what they say, young man - "GO WEST!" - much more sociable (and a good night out at
Bennet's after.)

Cheers! Stephen

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:02:03 GMT, heather halvorson wrote:
>do all belgians have this way with words, or is it just bart?

He spends his working days doing sociology, now even political sociology; it's his job to have a way
with words. Presumably doing a pretty good job of it.