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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:58:13 GMT, Jay Hill wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? Should be objective case (me). Nope. It's "Better than I (am)". The "am" is understood. Another way is to reverse it. "I (am) better than (he)(is)(better)..." -B |
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Is cycling discussed at rec.english?
-MAFlanagan "Badger South" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:58:13 GMT, Jay Hill wrote: Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? Should be objective case (me). Nope. It's "Better than I (am)". The "am" is understood. Another way is to reverse it. "I (am) better than (he)(is)(better)..." -B |
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Is cycling discussed at rec.english?
-MAFlanagan "Badger South" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:58:13 GMT, Jay Hill wrote: Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? Should be objective case (me). Nope. It's "Better than I (am)". The "am" is understood. Another way is to reverse it. "I (am) better than (he)(is)(better)..." -B |
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It is not healthy to drop so much weight so fast. I figure that he's using
that carb blocker pill and I am wary of that myself. I don't think that there's enough experience with it to trust that sort of thing in an aging body. What part of the drugstore do I find carb blocker pills? Is 48 too old to start taking them? --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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It is not healthy to drop so much weight so fast. I figure that he's using
that carb blocker pill and I am wary of that myself. I don't think that there's enough experience with it to trust that sort of thing in an aging body. What part of the drugstore do I find carb blocker pills? Is 48 too old to start taking them? --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article: ----------------------------------------- 11/25/2004 Rated by many as the best rider of all time, Eddy Merckx now believes that a sixth Tour win gives Lance Armstrong the right to that title. . . . .On a personal note, the svelte-looking Merckx said that he had lost 25 kilos in recent months thanks to frequent mountain bike excursions and a new diet. ------------------------------------------ Read it at http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=715 J. Spaceman Eddy Merckx won all his races against a peloton of amateurs and overrated pros with inflated image by today's cycling fans. If Eddy Merckx rode in today's peloton, he would in all probability be pack-fill. Eddy Merckx won all his races because 90% of the field in the 1970's worked in factories in the off-season and weren't even as talented or dedicated as most of today's domestic $12k dreamers. Eddy Merckx beat a bunch of 9-5 factory workers and maybe a handful of pros who if alive today would be no-name domestiques on Liquigas. And today, he's a bigmouth who cries when his son gets gapped in the last 20K of a World Cup race. Take that all you Eddy Merckx worshippers who live in denial, Magilla P.S. Lance beats serious athletes - many on the juice - and laughs at Eddy Merckx and Greg LeMond when he gets home to Austin because he knows he could kick their ****ing ass if he ever raced them in their prime. |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article: ----------------------------------------- 11/25/2004 Rated by many as the best rider of all time, Eddy Merckx now believes that a sixth Tour win gives Lance Armstrong the right to that title. . . . .On a personal note, the svelte-looking Merckx said that he had lost 25 kilos in recent months thanks to frequent mountain bike excursions and a new diet. ------------------------------------------ Read it at http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=715 J. Spaceman Eddy Merckx won all his races against a peloton of amateurs and overrated pros with inflated image by today's cycling fans. If Eddy Merckx rode in today's peloton, he would in all probability be pack-fill. Eddy Merckx won all his races because 90% of the field in the 1970's worked in factories in the off-season and weren't even as talented or dedicated as most of today's domestic $12k dreamers. Eddy Merckx beat a bunch of 9-5 factory workers and maybe a handful of pros who if alive today would be no-name domestiques on Liquigas. And today, he's a bigmouth who cries when his son gets gapped in the last 20K of a World Cup race. Take that all you Eddy Merckx worshippers who live in denial, Magilla P.S. Lance beats serious athletes - many on the juice - and laughs at Eddy Merckx and Greg LeMond when he gets home to Austin because he knows he could kick their ****ing ass if he ever raced them in their prime. |
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Tim Lines wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? I'd give Merckx a pass on the grammar, given the class he's shown. Is it Merckx or some translator? He was speaking at the Spanish cycling journalism awards. -- Dominic Richens | "If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!" |
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Tim Lines wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? I'd give Merckx a pass on the grammar, given the class he's shown. Is it Merckx or some translator? He was speaking at the Spanish cycling journalism awards. -- Dominic Richens | "If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!" |
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Dominic Richens Wrote: Tim Lines wrote: Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Better than I? I'd give Merckx a pass on the grammar, given the class he's shown. Is it Merckx or some translator? He was speaking at the Spanish cycling journalism awards. -- Dominic Richens | "If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!" My thoughts exactly.... the last time I saw him speak it was in Flemish. I read this story in French myself, and there are differences in the quotes between the different versions I've read (english, french). -- Le Fougere |
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