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Avaricious randonneurs.
Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate?
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Avaricious randonneurs.
thirty-six wrote, On 11/17/2009 2:36 PM:
Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? Are you suggesting that the certificate is not worth the paper that it is written on? -- Paul D Oosterhout I work for SAIC (but I don't speak for SAIC) |
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Avaricious randonneurs.
On Nov 17, 2:36*pm, thirty-six wrote:
Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? You would prefer something with a bit more extrinsic value? Some nice potato latkes, perhaps? Maybe a squirrel-themed cupcake? |
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On 17 Nov, 19:57, Paul O wrote:
thirty-six wrote, On 11/17/2009 2:36 PM: Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? Are you suggesting that the certificate is not worth the paper that it is written on? As long as that paper will burn. |
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Avaricious randonneurs.
"thirty-six" wrote in message ... Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? If you have to ask the question, you will never know the answer Jeremy Parker |
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Avaricious randonneurs.
On Nov 17, 1:36*pm, thirty-six wrote:
Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? Why do what? |
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On 19 Nov, 00:28, Ron Wallenfang wrote:
On Nov 17, 1:36*pm, thirty-six wrote: Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? Why do what? take the risk of embarrassment for not completing, oh the shame. |
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Avaricious randonneurs.
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:36:57 -0800 (PST), thirty-six
wrote: Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? Randonneurs get a certificate? -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net |
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:36:57 -0800, thirty-six wrote:
Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? In these troubled economic times, it's something one can add to one's resume. :=) There were cheering crowds along the route, when I rode PBP in 1979. It was the closest I ever came to experiencing the ego trip that athletes must experience. It's the endorphin rush. There was one sense of reality. I stayed a week in Paris for r&r after PBP. I visited a bike shop on the fashionable Avenue de la Grande Armee and told the proprietress about my exploit. She inquired about how much money I received. "Nothing", I replied. What about press coverage? Again, I replied, "nothing". Her reaction was: pas d'argent, pas de presse; monsieur, vous etes fou! The pain and suffering are forgotten in the intervening years. The sense of achievement remains. Stephen Bauman |
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On 19 Nov, 12:46, Stephen Bauman wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:36:57 -0800, thirty-six wrote: Why do it if all you get for your troubles is a paper certificate? In these troubled economic times, it's something one can add to one's resume. :=) There were cheering crowds along the route, when I rode PBP in 1979. It was the closest I ever came to experiencing the ego trip that athletes must experience. It's the endorphin rush. There was one sense of reality. I stayed a week in Paris for r&r after PBP. I visited a bike shop on the fashionable Avenue de la Grande Armee and told the proprietress about my exploit. She inquired about how much money I received. "Nothing", I replied. What about press coverage? Again, I replied, "nothing". Her reaction was: pas d'argent, pas de presse; monsieur, vous etes fou! The pain and suffering are forgotten in the intervening years. The sense of achievement remains. Did you think, before the event, that it was a substitute for racing? |
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