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Old October 12th 08, 11:51 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Ryan Cousineau
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"Nicolas" wrote:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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Bad plan. Almost all of the "gold" medals from 1920 onwards have been
gilt silver.

http://www.hesge.ch/heg/vous_etes/do...hnyder_annexe1
.pdf

Can someone confirm that the Albertville, Lillehammer, and Atlanta
medals were substantially gold?

As for women's cycling, it just doesn't pay well. There are AAA hockey
players who make more than most women cyclists.

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Ryan Cousineau


Gilt, well at least some had gold edges, or something similar from other
accounts. Still pathetic. Olympic champions should have real gold medals, or
least solid gold plated, cheapskates. They might as well use medals from
crackerjack boxes. Olympic and World Championship gold, should be gold
plated. If Silver is silver, Gold should be Gold. It's a fraud on the sport,
public and the athletes.


"Gilt" means gold-plated. The Olympics are about the spirit of
competition, and while the medals shouldn't be chintzy, neither do they
need to be all that valuable.

Besides, the collectible value of Olympic medals is vastly greater than
the intrinsic value.

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Old October 13th 08, 12:35 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Tom Kunich
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"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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"Gilt" means gold-plated. The Olympics are about the spirit of
competition, and while the medals shouldn't be chintzy, neither do they
need to be all that valuable.

Besides, the collectible value of Olympic medals is vastly greater than
the intrinsic value.


As Ryan explains, the medals are keepsakes and not valuables in themselves.

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Old October 13th 08, 01:21 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Nicolas" wrote:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
]...

Bad plan. Almost all of the "gold" medals from 1920 onwards have been
gilt silver.

http://www.hesge.ch/heg/vous_etes/do...hnyder_annexe1
.pdf

Can someone confirm that the Albertville, Lillehammer, and Atlanta
medals were substantially gold?

As for women's cycling, it just doesn't pay well. There are AAA hockey
players who make more than most women cyclists.

--
Ryan Cousineau


Gilt, well at least some had gold edges, or something similar from other
accounts. Still pathetic. Olympic champions should have real gold medals,
or
least solid gold plated, cheapskates. They might as well use medals from
crackerjack boxes. Olympic and World Championship gold, should be gold
plated. If Silver is silver, Gold should be Gold. It's a fraud on the
sport,
public and the athletes.


"Gilt" means gold-plated. The Olympics are about the spirit of
competition, and while the medals shouldn't be chintzy, neither do they
need to be all that valuable.

Besides, the collectible value of Olympic medals is vastly greater than
the intrinsic value.

--
Ryan Cousineau


Maybe so, but everyone loves a solid gold watch or a gold rolex! Looking at
the pdf, some years didn't have any gold in the medals, but used silver and
copper. The gold medal should be something of real material value in my
opinion as well, other then collectable or historical keepsakes. I think
there is also motivation in winning something of real value in the short
run, as well as long term collectable value. Gold is becoming more valuable
all the time. Pretty soon, you may not see any gold in these medals. I live
across the street from a closed gold mine, in which one million dollars of
gold was mined out of it during the gold rush days. It was recently sold to
someone for $400k, but then sold again. I don't know who owns it now.
Recently, 2 men died in another mine in our area from carbon monoxide. In
Sonora, not far away was mined the largest single piece of gold in history,
I believe. Could be wrong about that, but it was huge! The workers were
allowed to keep small pieces that fell out onto the delivery table, while
the foreman took the largest piece to the owner. It was sold to a museum for
millions! I used to ride by the remote Swee****er mine often, and Swee****er
Clyde used to be there running his mine. He even had track with small carts
he used to work the mine. He offered me a tour some time, but he died a
short time later, and the mine was closed. He was on the cover of the book
called, (A Day in the Life of California). I have seen quite a few abondoned
mines on my MB rides, but I never went inside any of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironstone's_Crown_Jewel

Nicolas


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Old October 13th 08, 05:34 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Tom Kunich wrote:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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"Gilt" means gold-plated. The Olympics are about the spirit of
competition, and while the medals shouldn't be chintzy, neither do they
need to be all that valuable.

Besides, the collectible value of Olympic medals is vastly greater than
the intrinsic value.


As Ryan explains, the medals are keepsakes and not valuables in themselves.


Okay...so then give your fiance a cubic zirconium and see what she says.

Magilla

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Old October 13th 08, 08:56 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Nicolas wrote:
Women's cycling has never paid well. They use it as a springboard for
their careers here, and Europe even more so as hometown heroes.


RJ, what is your sierraman sensor's conclusion.
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Old October 13th 08, 09:04 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Donald Munro
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Tom Kunich wrote:
As Ryan explains, the medals are keepsakes and not valuables in

themselves.


MagillaGorilla wrote:
Okay...so then give your fiance a cubic zirconium and see what she says.


You must have forgotten who you were talking to.
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Old October 13th 08, 12:42 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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On Oct 13, 2:56*am, Donald Munro wrote:
Nicolas wrote:
Women's cycling has never paid well. They use it as a springboard for
their careers here, and Europe even more so as hometown heroes.


RJ, what is your sierraman sensor's conclusion.


Donald -

Sorry, been busy with other things...

Only the first Nicolas post was necessary for analysis. The
SchwartzSoft Bruce Detector indicates a 100-point match.

Bruce detection is easier and more accurate than testing for CERA,
especially in these doses.

Thanks,

-rj
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Old October 13th 08, 03:24 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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"Donald Munro" wrote in message
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Tom Kunich wrote:
As Ryan explains, the medals are keepsakes and not valuables in

themselves.


MagillaGorilla wrote:
Okay...so then give your fiance a cubic zirconium and see what she says.


You must have forgotten who you were talking to.


Shouldn't you be impressing all of us with your discussions of programming?

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Old October 13th 08, 06:35 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Kyle Legate
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Donald Munro wrote:
Tom Kunich wrote:
As Ryan explains, the medals are keepsakes and not valuables in

themselves.


MagillaGorilla wrote:
Okay...so then give your fiance a cubic zirconium and see what she says.


You must have forgotten who you were talking to.


Is a punch in the face a keepsake?

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Old October 13th 08, 11:18 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Michael Press
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ronaldo_jeremiah wrote:

On Oct 13, 2:56*am, Donald Munro wrote:
Nicolas wrote:
Women's cycling has never paid well. They use it as a springboard for
their careers here, and Europe even more so as hometown heroes.


RJ, what is your sierraman sensor's conclusion.


Donald -

Sorry, been busy with other things...

Only the first Nicolas post was necessary for analysis. The
SchwartzSoft Bruce Detector indicates a 100-point match.

Bruce detection is easier and more accurate than testing for CERA,
especially in these doses.


To be tediously specific

5 New name jumps into the middle of a discussion seamlessly.
4 Same line length.
3 Same paragraph length.
2 Same ratio of content to verbiage.
1 Women's racing.

Oh, you were looking for an argument?
This is getting hit on the head lessons.

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