'Scuse me, er, uh, can I come in?(was:Re: [CR]barend shifter questions

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: <ABikie@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:19:41 EST
Subject: 'Scuse me, er, uh, can I come in?(was:Re: [CR]barend shifter questions
To: mark@bulgier.net, tech@worrall.co.nz, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Check this out, fellas! Get a load of something I just read(below) I was looking to see what's all the chatter about bar end shifters and I walked into the middle of some kind of seance or scuttlebutt.

The subject I was seeking (really, no kidding) was 'bar end shifters' but got this:

In a message dated 10/31/2001 12:06:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, mark@bulgier.net writes:

<< Subj: RE: [CR]barend shifter questions Date: 10/31/2001 12:06:37 AM Eastern Standard Time From: mark@bulgier.net (Mark Bulgier) Sender: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org To: tech@worrall.co.nz ('David Benson'), Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)

David Benson emoted:

> Oh, the shame! [snip] > I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! I'm not > worthy! I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! > I'm not worthy! > I suck!

Please, David, get up and stop slobbering, 3 "I'm not worthy"s is plenty! And to suck is the human condition - like Original Sin - it's the only thing we're born knowing how to do. Nothing to be ashamed of.

> Firstly to have the hubris to correct Sheldon,

Ouch, that is risky!

> and then to be called to account by the builder of one of > the coolest frames ever featured in Bicycle Guide, > Mr Big Ti Head himself!

To the rest of you who are left feeling left out here, David is being a bit elliptical. Lest you think I made a Ti frame that was featured in BG magazine, it was a lugged steel frame he refers so flatteringly to (thanks David!). "Big Ti Head" is something I was actually called by an internet troll in a recent flame war (one sided; I was nice) on the framebuilder's mailing list. The troll apparently thought it a clever insult. He (the troll, not David) was unintentionally hilarious.

Mark Bulgier Seattle, Wa USA >>

Larry 'watch your subject' Black