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[nhowson]

Just wished to bump this so well written text and post something much more stupid but it makes me laugh.

This is the list of 49 dates in 2014 when there was not a single post on the Contadull thread. So for 316 days in 2014, this thread was active. Would you allow me to say it's some sort of collective madness.

How come that the Vanmarcke thread is not as active for example? That's beyond me.

December 8
November 29
November 4
October 27
October 20
October 15
October 10
October 2
September 27
July 30
May 30
May 29
May 28
May 27
May 25
May 24
May 23
May 20
May 19
May 17
May 12
May 11
May 10
May 9
May 8
May 1
April 28
April 17
April 6
April 5
April 4
April 3
March 6
March 5
March 4
March 3
March 2
March 1
February 12
February 11
February 10
February 6
January 22
January 21
January 20
January 8
January 7
January 6
January 1

You could just not open the thread as I tend to do. I agree with being sick of Contador but it won't change if you whine all over this thread. Just make the other riders more active by posting in their threads. Of course, I've considered doing this but when there's nothing to talk about I don't just post pictures of off season training and PR ****.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Closing threads seems really petty and borders on repugnant. Power trippin' or what?

 

[RedheadDane]

Just jumping headfirst into this Contador talk vs Vanmarcke talk discussion.
One question: For a comparrison between how much a GT rider is talked about and how much a classics rider is being talked about wouldn't it make more sense to compare Contador with someone like Boonen? (One of) the greatest GT riders of the day, vs (one of) the greatest classics riders of the day.

Closing threads seems really petty and borders on repugnant. Power trippin' or what?

Nobody is talking about closing threads, just about not clicking on a thread that doesn't interest them.

 

[ebandit]

me

me thinks it was an old thread in the clinic......................after lying dormant

for 3 years................then new post...........now new thread started

................where is francois the postman when they are needed?

Mark L

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Just jumping headfirst into this Contador talk vs Vanmarcke talk discussion.
One question: For a comparrison between how much a GT rider is talked about and how much a classics rider is being talked about wouldn't it make more sense to compare Contador with someone like Boonen? (One of) the greatest GT riders of the day, vs (one of) the greatest classics riders of the day.



Nobody is talking about closing threads, just about not clicking on a thread that doesn't interest them.

A mod closed a thread despite a new post adding new, contemporary content. So someone wishing to discuss new content had to add a new thread. The mod's decision was IMO short sighted and entirely unnecessary.

 

[Red Rick]

So we've really come to the point that there's complaints about a thread being active on too many days in the year.

Not sure what to think, I pity those who worry about stuff like this

 

[42x16ss]

Just wished to bump this so well written text and post something much more stupid but it makes me laugh.

This is the list of 49 dates in 2014 when there was not a single post on the Contadull thread. So for 316 days in 2014, this thread was active. Would you allow me to say it's some sort of collective madness.

How come that the Vanmarcke thread is not as active for example? That's beyond me.

December 8
November 29
November 4
October 27
October 20
October 15
October 10
October 2
September 27
July 30
May 30
May 29
May 28
May 27
May 25
May 24
May 23
May 20
May 19
May 17
May 12
May 11
May 10
May 9
May 8
May 1
April 28
April 17
April 6
April 5
April 4
April 3
March 6
March 5
March 4
March 3
March 2
March 1
February 12
February 11
February 10
February 6
January 22
January 21
January 20
January 8
January 7
January 6
January 1

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Closing threads seems really petty and borders on repugnant. Power trippin' or what?

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

 

[ebandit]

pomp

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

why be pompous...................english is adequate for most members

Mark L

 

[Granville57]

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

why be pompous...................english is adequate for most members

Mark L

There is some debate about whether the english of some members is adequate for most members.

Merci. ça va?

 

[RedheadDane]

There is some debate about whether the english of some members is adequate for most members.

Still nice to add linguistic xenophobia and anti-intellectualism to your CV.



Merci. ça va?

English is still the one language we all - at least to some extend - speak. No offence to anyone but it would be kind of stupid to join an English-language forum if you don't speak English, whereas speak French is not required in anyway.
Also; why is not speaking French anti-intellectualism? Lots of people don't speak French.

 

[ebandit]

doh!

There is some debate about whether the english of some members is adequate for most members.

Still nice to add linguistic xenophobia and anti-intellectualism to your CV.

...................in rome...............speak italian

Mark L

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Physician arise and heal thyself.

Considering your lack of sentence structure and basic grammar, and general incoherence you are the last person who ought to be lecturing anyone about language.

Nice to see that photo of you is still doing the rounds.

Now, if you don't mind I'm going be an iconoclast and have some schadenfreude at dopers and their fanboys. Ciao baby

 

[wrinklyvet]

...................in rome...............speak italian

Mark L

Do you really have to speak French to know the meaning of this common expression?

Do we need a post mortem (oops, Latin!)

Since 1849 the epigram of which you complain (coined by Alphonse Karr) has been used in the English language as well as in French, meaning "the more it changes, the more it's the same thing", or usually translated as "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

In English one is also expected to recognise it in the shortened form "plus ça change."

This is an English language website but surely it is legitimate to use expressions that have been accepted into the language and usage for more than 150 years?

Silly to post this really - it's bound to annoy. However, "I can resist everything except temptation," as Oscar Wilde said.

 

[the sceptic]

why be pompous...................english is adequate for most members

Mark L

What about german?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

 

[Granville57]

What about german?

What about Swiss German?

 

[The Hitch]

why be pompous...................english is adequate for most members

Mark L

At the risk of being pompous, I just wanted to say that this discussion feels very Déjà vu.

 

[wrinklyvet]

At the risk of being pompous, I just wanted to say that this discussion feels very Déjà vu.

Plus ça change!

 

[thehog]

At the risk of being pompous, I just wanted to say that this discussion feels very Déjà vu.

Agreed, he's dipping his toe in the water again to start up the same routine. I choose to ignore him. His 'ugly' comments last time around were fairly gruesome and offensive.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

At the risk of being pompous, I just wanted to say that this discussion feels very Déjà vu.

You do have a certain je ne sais quoi.

Let's hope no one ever describes someone as riding with panache or élan

 

[King Boonen]

Does anyone remember the name of the thread where people posted pictures of riders who had the best position on the bike? I think Hitch might have started it...

 

[ebandit]

Bob

was that not the BOB thread?

Mark L

 

[King Boonen]

Got a link? BOB is too short a search, unless that's an abbreviation?