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[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
Rick Onanian <[email protected]> writes:

> I'm 24 and can eat anything I want and not gain weight. However, I
> wear 36W-28L (opposite your 28W-36L) pants (when I can find them);
> this does not bode well for my shape as I pass 30 years old...

Well, I'm 50 and can eat anything I want and not gain weight.
Breakfast this morning consisted of a ham steak sandwiched
between two waffles topped w/ 2 huge pats of butter and a
liberal dousing of maple syrup. I wear 32-32 Levis (need a
belt), weigh 147 lbs and am 5'11". And I've got too much
(head) hair. It's thick, long and abundant (but lately it's
going a little salt & pepper).

I owe my extended youthful vigour to these words of wisdom: "Never
marry, and teach your grandchildren the same thing." And also,
cycling. Maybe never having driven a car has something to do with
it, too. And, as a bit of a worry-wart, maybe I worry a lot of
calories away.

I'll probably die of some slow, agonizing, horrible, exotic disease,
or some sort of freak accident. But not for awhile yet (I hope).


cheers,
Tom

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[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
Luigi de Guzman <[email protected]> writes:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:39:42 -0700, [email protected] (Tom Keats)
> wrote:
>
>>I owe my extended youthful vigour to these words of wisdom: "Never
>>marry, and teach your grandchildren the same thing."
>
> "I went to see the doctor of philosophy
> With a poster of Rasputin, and a beard down to his knee--
> He never did marry, or see a B-grade movie,
> He graded my performance, he said he could see through me..."
> -Indigo Girls

"Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time,
insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify,
political ends as sad remains shall die,
all complete in the sight of seeds of life in you."
-- (from memory) "And You & I" -- YES.

No major pertinence or point. It's just a great tune.


cheers,
Tom

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[khill]

Claire Petersky wrote:
> "the black rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>Keep on cycling. *cracks a whip*
>
>
> What I'm visualizing is The Black Rose, dressed in just her leg and arm
> warmers and maybe a pair of black sunglasses, cracking a whip over Rick's
> head while he's clipped in to his pedals on a stationary bike. If you had a
> picture of this, you could probably post it to one of those racy
> alt.binaries groups.
>

Or maybe something like the Bianchi decal:

http://store.bianchiusa.com/cgi-bin/store/E6222.html

- khill

 

[David Reuteler]

khill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Or maybe something like the Bianchi decal:

thank you so much.
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[the black rose]

Claire Petersky wrote:
> "the black rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Rick Onanian wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm 24 and can eat anything I want and not gain weight. However, I
>>>wear 36W-28L (opposite your 28W-36L) pants (when I can find them);
>>>this does not bode well for my shape as I pass 30 years old...
>>
>>Keep on cycling. *cracks a whip*
>
>
> What I'm visualizing is The Black Rose, dressed in just her leg and arm
> warmers and maybe a pair of black sunglasses, cracking a whip over Rick's
> head while he's clipped in to his pedals on a stationary bike. If you had a
> picture of this, you could probably post it to one of those racy
> alt.binaries groups.

*JUST* my leg and arm warmers? =:-O I had no idea I was providing such
an impression of myself! EEK!

-km, bright red, and it's not the sunburn

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[Rick Onanian]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:26:55 -0700, Zoot Katz
<[email protected]> wrote:
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>wear 36W-28L (opposite your 28W-36L) pants (when I can find them);
>
>I know a retired Royal Marine MP who wears that size and tows multiple
>trailers full of sound equipment with his Birdy.

What's a "Birdy"?

I tow a single camper trailer full of...er...not much. A bike. A
bed. Some appliances. A bathroom. Anyway, I tow it with a pickup
truck.

Towing multiple trailers on the road is illegal in most states.
There are about a dozen states in the US that allow a second trailer
behind the first; I doubt there are any that allow a third.

>This ain't Kansas.

I may tow mine to Kansas someday.
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[Rick Onanian]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:39:42 -0700, [email protected] (Tom Keats)
wrote:
>cycling. Maybe never having driven a car has something to do with
>it, too.

Bicycling as your sole method of transportation would definitely
have that effect.

>And, as a bit of a worry-wart, maybe I worry a lot of
>calories away.

This will ultimately do you in.

>I'll probably die of some slow, agonizing, horrible, exotic disease,
>or some sort of freak accident. But not for awhile yet (I hope).

No, your worrying will. Stop your worrying, and you'll live to be a
lot older than I ever want to.
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Rick Onanian

 

[Luigi de Guzman]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:15:23 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:26:55 -0700, Zoot Katz
><[email protected]> wrote:
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>wear 36W-28L (opposite your 28W-36L) pants (when I can find them);
>>
>>I know a retired Royal Marine MP who wears that size and tows multiple
>>trailers full of sound equipment with his Birdy.
>
>What's a "Birdy"?

Folding, dual-sus bike.

http://www.bikefix.co.uk/birdy.html

-Luigi

 

[Zoot Katz]

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:15:23 -0400,
<[email protected]>,
Rick Onanian <[email protected]> wrote:

>>I know a retired Royal Marine MP who wears that size and tows multiple
>>trailers full of sound equipment with his Birdy.
>
>What's a "Birdy"?

A German brand of folding biycle with suspension.

He's towed two trailers laden with turntables, amps, mixing board,
cables, power supply stuff and crates of vinyl discs in antique
cardboard wrappers.

He says 300 pounds is about his limit and I'm not going to quibble
with him.
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zk

 

[Rick Onanian]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:38:03 -0700, Zoot Katz
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A German brand of folding biycle with suspension.

OIC.

>He's towed two trailers laden with turntables, amps, mixing board,
>cables, power supply stuff and crates of vinyl discs in antique
>cardboard wrappers.

Did he check the local law to see if towing two trailers is allowed?

Somehow, I doubt anybody would bother to enforce it for bicycles
anyway...but it's still the law. Personally, I strive to comply
as completely with the law as possible while bicycling, except for
the rare occasion on which I can exceed the speed limit (almost
always downhill). It's kind of fun for me, for some odd reason.

>He says 300 pounds is about his limit and I'm not going to quibble
>with him.

Wow. I can barely haul my own body and bicycle up a hill...
--
Rick Onanian

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
Rick Onanian <[email protected]> writes:

>>I'll probably die of some slow, agonizing, horrible, exotic disease,
>>or some sort of freak accident. But not for awhile yet (I hope).
>
> No, your worrying will. Stop your worrying, and you'll live to be a
> lot older than I ever want to.

I dunno. I also can sometimes be a bit of an hapless
schlemiel. So I might end up dying of embarrassment,
if not worrying about being embarrassed.

Anyhow, we've all got our personal strikes against us.
I don't gain weight, but other stuff happens to me.
It all balances out, and nobody's better, or better off,
than anybody else.

BTW, that ham steak sandwiched between two waffles breakfast
really is delish. Next time, instead of maple syrup, I might
dump some canned peaches on it. Anyhow the combination of carbs,
protein and fat is just right to see me through until
mid-afternoon. Although sometimes I find a simple pie & coffee
breakfast is just right. Fresh caught, pan-fried brook trout on
multi-grain toast hits the spot, too. 'specially if ya jazz it
up with the right amount of chopped green onion or chives.

Also BTW, when I was in my mid-20s (like you), I temporarily gained
weight, too. I shot up from 150 lbs to 170. I was doing a lot
of physical work then, hand-bombing hospital equipment & supplies
off of trucks. And as a teen I used to eat /big/, and those habits
carried over into my 20's. But after 30, I re-established my
consuming/metabolizing equilibrium, no longer felt the need for
4 cheeseburger lunches, and my weight dropped down again.

So while I can eat anything I want without gaining weight, I also
don't eat (nor want to eat) so much as I used to. It just came
naturally, without any will-power or effort on my part.

Anyhow, here's a testament as to how getting older doesn't necessarily
mean having to get heavier; in fact, it can be the reverse.


Cheers,
Tom

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