Very real!
What's cadre allege?
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Bob Hillery <rhillery@hawksi.org> wrote:
> ... or not.
>
> Jon, Tom, et al. -
> Like the man said, I feel your pain.
>
> Last summer when I finished the rebuild of a PX-10, I was proudly finishing
> the last hand rubbing of the frame with a Meguiar's polishing wax. The wife
> stepped into the garage, so I crowed, "Whaddaya think, really nice, eh?"
> Said she, "But you already have one," pointing to my trusty UO-8.
> Horrified, I intoned, " Oh, no. That's an OU-8 in cadre allege for touring,
> but THIS is a Reynolds 531 PX-10 racer ..."
> Sensing, from the granite face before me (hey, this is New Hampshire), my
> voice trailed ... and I stopped.
>
> Somehow, without moving a single facial muscle, she said, "They're both
> white."
>
> Waaaay to cold in that garage for July, it was.
>
> And to our colleague who succinctly suggested "dump her" to Tom, any of the
> several arguments (pro or con) aside, you've obviously never priced out a
> divorce.
>
> (sigh)
> So my next bike acquisition was a Falcon - bright red. And I haven't dared
> build the white Carlton yet. Just don't feel like tempting the Fates with
> another WHITE bike.
>
> Bob Hillery
> carefully smuggling parts & frames to my basement in
> Stratham, New Hampshire, USA
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Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA