[CR]Confente or Why Should I Care!?

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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:14:13 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Confente or Why Should I Care!?

Homework assignment for those who think a bike is just a bike.

Read the following and then think about how these three words can be applied to a cold, inanimate, metal object like a bicycle, in this case a Confente.

MYSTIQUE 1 : an air or attitude of mystery and reverence developing around something or someone 2 : the special esoteric skill essential in a calling or activity

AESTHETIC 1: a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty 2: a particular theory or conception of beauty or art: a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight 3: appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful

PASSION 1: the emotions as distinguished from reason 2: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction 3: a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept 4: an object of desire or deep interest

Keep your eyes on your own papers, and raise your hand when you know the answer...

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing in the tempting place." --Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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