Lance Will Have Problems In July

Steven L. Sheffield

On 05/02/2004 03:29 PM, in article
c73p7u$htrm0$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de, "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com>
wrote:

>
> "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
> news:109al1sifi0ou9e@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:c73ifv$gg28e$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>
>>>
>>> um??? Have you actually read the subject header to this post????
>>>
>>
>> It is common for people in rbr to post the winners, and frequently the
> whole
>> podium, in the header. In that case, your whole weekend would have been
>> ruined anyway.
>>
>
> No it only ruined Sunday!!LOL
> The heading was actually "Lance will have problems in July" , There was no
> mention of the Tour of Romandy. If there had of been, I wouldn't have opened
> the post
> But thats by the by now.
> Looking ahead, Would it be to much to ask for people not to actually post
> the results in the headings.
> Other NGs I read ( not cycling) will usually say something along the lines
> of "result of ??????? (inc.spoiler)"
> then type the result further down the page, so one can't accidently read
> it.iyswim



RBR is NOT "other newsgroups" ...

The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in the
Subject field.

If you don't want to see results of a particular race in this newsgroup,
then don't READ this newsgroup until after you've watched your tape of the
race in question.

Learn it. Live it. Love it.

--
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Jan

"Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote in message
news:BCBAC608.2F55E%stevens@veloworks.com...
> On 05/02/2004 03:29 PM, in article
> c73p7u$htrm0$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de, "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
> > news:109al1sifi0ou9e@corp.supernews.com...
> >>
> >> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:c73ifv$gg28e$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> um??? Have you actually read the subject header to this post????
> >>>
> >>
> >> It is common for people in rbr to post the winners, and frequently the
> > whole
> >> podium, in the header. In that case, your whole weekend would have been
> >> ruined anyway.
> >>
> >
> > No it only ruined Sunday!!LOL
> > The heading was actually "Lance will have problems in July" , There was
no
> > mention of the Tour of Romandy. If there had of been, I wouldn't have
opened
> > the post
> > But thats by the by now.
> > Looking ahead, Would it be to much to ask for people not to actually
post
> > the results in the headings.
> > Other NGs I read ( not cycling) will usually say something along the
lines
> > of "result of ??????? (inc.spoiler)"
> > then type the result further down the page, so one can't accidently read
> > it.iyswim
>
>
>
> RBR is NOT "other newsgroups" ...
>
> The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in the
> Subject field.
>

Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom- for
want of a better word??
Jan

Jan

"Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote in message
news:BCBAC608.2F55E%stevens@veloworks.com...
> On 05/02/2004 03:29 PM, in article
> c73p7u$htrm0$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de, "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
> > news:109al1sifi0ou9e@corp.supernews.com...
> >>
> >> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:c73ifv$gg28e$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> um??? Have you actually read the subject header to this post????
> >>>
> >>
> >> It is common for people in rbr to post the winners, and frequently the
> > whole
> >> podium, in the header. In that case, your whole weekend would have been
> >> ruined anyway.
> >>
> >
> > No it only ruined Sunday!!LOL
> > The heading was actually "Lance will have problems in July" , There was
no
> > mention of the Tour of Romandy. If there had of been, I wouldn't have
opened
> > the post
> > But thats by the by now.
> > Looking ahead, Would it be to much to ask for people not to actually
post
> > the results in the headings.
> > Other NGs I read ( not cycling) will usually say something along the
lines
> > of "result of ??????? (inc.spoiler)"
> > then type the result further down the page, so one can't accidently read
> > it.iyswim
>
>
>
> RBR is NOT "other newsgroups" ...
>
> The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in the
> Subject field.
>

Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom- for
want of a better word??
Jan

Carl Sundquist

"Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
> >
> > The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in the
> > Subject field.
> >
>
> Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom-
for
> want of a better word??
> Jan
>

What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 00:51%, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?

Yes.

Jan

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:109aus95v21vc2b@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in
the
> > > Subject field.
> > >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom-
> for
> > want of a better word??
> > Jan
> >
>
> What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?

Don't know really... just trying to make some sort of sense as to why one
would post the results of any race in the heading/subject field rather than
in the body of the post.

Jan

Jan

Who is ???

Been contributing here since July'ish 2002. And (I've just double checked)
in plain text.
Jan

Steven L. Sheffield

On 05/02/2004 05:04 PM, in article
c73upf$i1bi6$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de, "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com>
wrote:

>
> "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
> news:109aus95v21vc2b@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> The standard practice in this group is to post the entire podium in
> the
>>>> Subject field.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom-
>> for
>>> want of a better word??
>>> Jan
>>>
>>
>> What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?
>
> Don't know really... just trying to make some sort of sense as to why one
> would post the results of any race in the heading/subject field rather than
> in the body of the post.



Because we're all just a bunch of asshole bicycle racers.



--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
veloworks at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

Carl Sundquist

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:40957d8c$0$567$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> On Monday 03 May 2004 00:51%, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> > What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?
>
> Yes.
>

Then I owe you and Jan (and all non-Americans, I suppose) an apology. I
thought you had posted results in a header a time or two.

Sorry.

Carl Sundquist

"Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message

> Don't know really... just trying to make some sort of sense as to why one
> would post the results of any race in the heading/subject field rather
than
> in the body of the post.
>

I never said it made any sense. I just said it was common on rbr to do it.

Tom Kunich

"Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c73qit$haees$1@ID-59553.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> Just out of curiosity ......Why?????? Is it an American sort of custom-
for
> want of a better word??

Because half of the group still worships Trdina and Palachek and admires the
way that they ignored newsgroup etiquette and vomited in our faces by
posting the results to purposely screw people up.

So now they all want to emulate their heros and post results in the headers.

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 02:52, Carl Sundquist wrote:
>>> What makes you think it is just Americans who do it?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Then I owe you and Jan (and all non-Americans, I suppose) an apology.

No sorry, I meant: yeah, what does make you etc.

I must admit I don't like results in the header; intrinsically because it
doesn't show much consideration, and second because RC or some such started
it to irritate the regulars, and others adopted it while trying to be cool
by association. However, in effect I don't care one way or the other
because overhere, with my friends, avoiding the results when waiting for a
recorded race is way harder than just not opening rbr.

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 02:54, Tom Kunich wrote:
> Because half of the group still worships Trdina and Palachek and admires
> the way that they ignored newsgroup etiquette and vomited in our faces by
> posting the results to purposely screw people up.
>
> So now they all want to emulate their heros and post results in the
> headers.

Damn, I swear I didn't read this before I posted my reply to Sundquist.
Which is even more disquieting.

lazysegall

Carl Sundquist wrote:
> "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote in message
> > Don't know really... just trying to make some sort of sense as to
> > why one would post the results of any race in the heading/subject
> > field rather
> than
> > in the body of the post.
> >
> I never said it made any sense. I just said it was common on rbr to do
> it.



Forget about the whole symantics of result posting. Looking at NGs
results in spoilers. In any argument it might be useful use evidence.
Lets say the post was about what the header said. Lets say there were
three lines of evidence. 1. Lance didn't look great in the tour of
georgia when he attacked on the mountain top finish. 2. Tyler looked
awesome in the tour of Romandie winning the final TT and the entire
event by 1.43. 3. Lance is old. So basically, any thread could have a
spoiler, for god sakes there might even be a non cycling related
spoiler. If you are going to watch something on tape and you don't want
to hear about it (like I did with ever tour stage last year) then avoid
rbr, espn, the radio, yahoo sports, eurosport news, freinds who may have
watched the event ect. ect.



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