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"psycholist" "JJuggle" m wrote in message clist.com... I myself am at this moment awaiting a UPS delivery from Unicycle.com. Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ ============================================== *UPS and The UPS Store Stand Ready for Holiday Shipping.* 1,245 words 19 November 2003 Pressi.com English (c) Copyright 2003 by www.pressi.com More Than 300 Million Packages Expected During Peak Season ATLANTA, Nov. 18, 2003 - For the second straight year, the calendar has thrown UPS (NYSE: UPS) and a bevy of holiday shoppers and shippers a short holiday season. But with more players on the team, including more than 3,100 newly branded The UPS Store retail locations, UPS is ready to deliver more than 300 million packages during the holidays. Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 27 this year, leaving just 18 delivery days during that peak" period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. While that's one day more than 2002, it still means holiday shippers can't delay too long with their packages. And it also means UPS is taking steps to highlight various options that make the shipping process faster, easier and more efficient. Most customers who used to drive across town to pack and ship their gifts can find UPS right around the corner at The UPS Store in their neighborhood," said Rocky Romanella, vice president, UPS Retail Services. The 3,100 U.S. locations of The UPS Store not only provide customers holiday convenience, but also lower UPS shipping prices." UPS is no stranger to the retail sector. UPS synchronizes the movement of goods to store shelves and homes for major retailers, catalogers and e-tailers such as Best Buy, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Lands' End and Amazon.com. Additionally, small businesses like *'Unicycle.com' (http://www.unicycle.com)*, which nets 40 percent of its annual sales during November and December, count on UPS to conquer the holiday crunch just as large retailers do. UPS has been critical to our success since I first began selling unicycles from my basement three years ago," said John Drummond, the founder of Unicyle.com. UPS's technology is as vital to helping us fulfill the surge of orders as the drivers are to delivering them. In fact, it has enabled us to recently start another online business called *'Banjo.com' (http://www.banjo.com)*."... -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists ..and when she passes she smiles, but she doesn't see. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:30:13 -0600, JJuggle
m wrote: Klaas Bil wrote: *On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:06:55 -0600, JJuggle m wrote: So many jerks, so little time. Gosh, that was hidden! * Yes, and in plain view. Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ I'm not sure you understood my comment, nor am I sure I understood yours. I meant to say that the string 'unicycl' was hidden somewhere in that long text. I usually read via the newgroup as you will know. But just yesterday I saw your latest contribution in this thread on the forum, and I noticed the search word appears in bold font. I never knew about that formatting on the forum, but it certainly detracts from the hiddenness. So now I would say, paraphrasing both of our comments: "Gosh, that was hidden in plain ASCII view!" Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "My butt has a crack in it , but I can still ride. - spyder" |
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TRICKY RIDE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED the staff of the North Yorkshire Advertiser 209 words 2 December 2003 Newsquest Media Group Newspapers English © Copyright 2003 Newsquest Digital Media. The North East Unicyclists Jason Ayre, left, 12, and Alex McAulay, 13, of Richmond TWO school friends have put their circus skills to good use by going on a sponsored unicycle ride. Alex McAulay, 13, of Skeeby, near Richmond, and Jason Ayre, 12, of Richmond raised £170 for Children in Need when they unicycled 4.4 miles from the town's Holly Hill Inn to the village of Downholme on Saturday, November 22. They learnt to unicycle at Richmond School's circus club and can also juggle and play unicycle hockey. Alex said: "It was hard work and quite tiring but it was worth it. We will probably do it again next year, but go there and back instead of just one way. "The circus club is really good fun and we played unicycle hockey against the British champions last month. We even beat them in a couple of games." The pair aimed to raise even more money for Children in Need by organising a stall at Richmond School Fair last Thursday night and making their school friends guess how long the sponsored ride took them to complete. -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists I have to be careful not to preach I can't pretend that I can teach, And yet I've lived your future out By pounding stages like a clown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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WHERE THERE'S A WHEEL... By JOHN MYERS. 657 words 24 November 2003 Evening Standard 9 English (c) 2003 The Evening Standard, INL IT'S arguable that freestyle BMX came out of the circus ring and on to the streets and tracks. Can the unicycle do the same thing? Can it be the next weird thing after the skateboard, rollerblades and (just landing) Heelys? Will they be just as popular with the ACC? Steve Pavarno of Palmerston North, and a couple of fellow exponents from Auckland, are planning to make it work. They're on the way to setting up their business - unicycle.co.nz, the Kiwi end of United States-based unicycle.com - and Steve has been through a 14-part Biz training course with small business adviser Sandra Anderson. The incentive? "It's free, government-funded business training - and I needed it." And he says he got a lot of valuable knowledge out of it, both from the courses and from rubbing off with people setting out on their own business ventures. "It's a really impressive set-up - we usually had 20 or 25 at the sessions, and soon there were a lot of familiar faces and good cameraderie." Steve - it's a little hard to think of a guy who uses a unicycle like most people use shoes as "Mr Pavarno", even if Wellington has no problems with high-profile unicycling house surgeon Dr Ken Looi - has a Massey degree in computer science. He also has a business background in his own website development operation. That experience has gone into building unicycle.co.nz as an internet-based retail, information and promotional business, with its trading base in Palmerston North. The administration structure and company governance, with fellow directors Peter Bier and Tony Melton in Auckland, is also web based. Steve is "general manager" primarily because his fellow directors and unicyclists have too much on their individual plates. Mr Bier is a biotechnologist working on a project to teach a computer to replicate the human larynx (voice box). Mr Melton is an honours graduate in chemistry. All three are nuts about unicycles, and took the step of forming the company because of the costs and time delays they and like-minded one-wheelers faced to get quality gear in from the United States. "I suppose there's always the chance we'll wind up being our own best customers," he says. But so far, with a half-tonne of unicycles having arrived this month, it's looking good. Steve can often be seen unicycling around the city, or doing longer trips around the region in preparation for a coming Taupo distance event. "I did Bunnythorpe and back last weekend. Traffic doesn't know what to do with a unicycle." Unicycles, says Steve, are not just playground toys - though that's as a good a place as any to start. The various "styles" extend from commuter to freestyle (stunts), trail riding, trials (obstacles) and extreme mountain (muni) unicycle. While there have been small groups around the country, on and off, he believes the unicycle has suffered from lack of a national body - and that's something the trio are working to correct. The proposed NZ Unicycle Federation is advancing as a web-based project advancing at unicycle.org.nz. He's working with schools, presenting the unicycle as an achievable, impressive skill and a co-ordination developer. "It's a great self-esteem booster - `Wow! I can do it!' - for students who might not be great academic achievers, and its a strength-and fitness-builder. "A lot of people who can handle a BMX can be riding a unicycle, the basics, in about 20 minutes," Steve says. He's just landed a 10-unicycle order from a school. But he's expecting the main business will come from the growing extreme sport unicycle community. A regular fun and promotional event is Saturday morning beginner lessons and unicycle hockey at the Memorial Park skating rink, picking up a growing following. -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists I have to be careful not to preach I can't pretend that I can teach, And yet I've lived your future out By pounding stages like a clown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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JJuggle wrote: * The naked truth: Strickland once joked that as the lawyer for the student body at the University of Virginia, she probably represented more streakers than any other attorney in the United States. She suspects she can still claim that. She remembers one client who was caught after riding a unicycle* - naked. Yet another reason why you shouldn't buy a used unicycle on Ebay - you don't know where it's been. -- hole-in-my-shoe - getting bigger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hole-in-my-shoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3661 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:12:07 -0600, JJuggle
m wrote: "A lot of people who can handle a BMX can be riding a unicycle, the basics, in about 20 minutes," Steve says. Sales talk, that. I guess many learners are in for a deception. Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "Friends don't let friends drop to flat - Kris Holm, discussing large drops to flat ground." |
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IT'S ONE WHEEL FOR MATT. 164 words 4 December 2003 North Devon Journal 49 English (c) 2003 North Devon Journal Is one wheel better than two? Matt Lemon, 29, from Braunton thinks so. Instead of a bike he pedals to work on a unicycle. He admits to falling off "only occasionally". Adding: "You have to start from scratch, its just like riding a bike. Practice makes perfect." After parking his car on the outskirts of Barnstaple, it only takes him about four minutes to get to work at Our Price. Otherwise it would take him 10 minutes to walk. Matt loves the attention and even rides the unicycle to pick up his Indian takeaway in Braunton. Stilt-walking and fire-juggling are also part of his repertoire. His juggling has taken him to exotic locations like Ibiza and Malta and he is a regular juggler at Glastonbury music festival. Matt said: "I have actually played unicycle hockey before which was great, so if there's anyone out there that's interested I'd love to know about them." -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists I have to be careful not to preach I can't pretend that I can teach, And yet I've lived your future out By pounding stages like a clown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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Article on elementary school unicycle club in Central Ohio: 'Stunt kids keep rolling along' (http://tinyurl.com/yrxm) -- unibabyguy - Hunter-riding Municyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibabyguy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/683 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:17:09 -0600, unibabyguy
om wrote: Article on elementary school unicycle club in Central Ohio: 'Stunt kids keep rolling along' (http://tinyurl.com/yrxm) Maybe this is a good opportunity to point out that I like it that JJuggle quotes the full text in his posts. For one thing, the texts are 'safe' even though the original source may delete it, put it behind a password, change the url, whatever. In addition, as an offline (newsgroup) reader I would otherwise have to reconnect to the net, for which I am frequently too lazy (and it costs more money). Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "Friends don't let friends drop to flat - Kris Holm, discussing large drops to flat ground." |
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Good point, but the original article is copyrighted. -- unibabyguy - Hunter-riding Municyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibabyguy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/683 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/22148 |
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