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Shelly Olds...bike stolen, bike found, but still a gerbil
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"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 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 http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
]... "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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"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message ]... 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 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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Tom Kunich wrote:
"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message ]... "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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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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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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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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"Donald Munro" wrote in message
om... 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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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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Shelly Olds...bike stolen, bike found, but still a gerbil
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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. -- Michael Press |
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