Life can be hard--a sad Craigslist ad.

[fuzzalow]

Originally Posted by doode

This guy doesn't realize it, but he totally dodged a bullet!

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

so true!

"There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result." - Winston Churchill

[verticaldoug]

In Beijing, I think paternity testing estimates that 30% of men are not the father of 'their' children. I remember seeing a stat on England not too long ago with a lower but still shockingly high number.

Heck, even the great apes cheat.

[djg]

Originally Posted by Louis

This brings up an interesting question:

Most of the time is a divorce more the fault of the guy or the gal?

Granted, most of the time you can blame both sides a bit, but typically, is one side more often "at fault" than the other? Or is it 50:50?

Anecdotally I've concluded that many times it can be the guy's fault for not trying hard enough to make things work, but most of my work buddies are still married, so I don't have a lot of data on this.

Depends on who you ask? Nowadays, at least in most places, a court doesn't need to say. Might be interesting to see what a forum full of cyclists (80 percent guys? 90 percent?) says, but, well . . .

[Saint Vitus]

Originally Posted by dgauthier

This reads a little too flip and funny to be real, and there's no shortage of creative writing in LA. Perhaps he's hoping sympathy will result in a higher sale price.

Bingo, hoping to get the ad into the best of C/L. Also why is he parked in front of a Flying Pigeon dealer? Nothing in there is over $200!

[redir]

Might be real, might not be. It happens all the time though and is not so far out it's obviously fake.

[bcroslin]

I have few things for sale in the classifieds that haven't sold. Maybe I ought to add to the listings that my wife yells at me when I buy bike parts and makes me feel real sad. Never thought to appeal to paceliner's sympathy to sell my crap.

[alessandro]

Originally Posted by dgauthier

This reads a little too flip and funny to be real, and there's no shortage of creative writing in LA. Perhaps he's hoping sympathy will result in a higher sale price.

Originally Posted by BumbleBeeDave

. . . but my spider sense is tingling on the veracity. Sorry to be such a cynic, but in the age of the Internet I take ANY story like this with a gigantic (read: size of an Chevy suburban) grain of salt.

Originally Posted by cfox

Yes. If you actually believe this fake sob story, I have a cargo bike with a free bridge to sell you. Pretty funny use of hipster/portland stereotypes. Co-op pre-school, farmer's market? C'mon guys, the guy is just trying to be funny.

Originally Posted by Saint Vitus

Bingo, hoping to get the ad into the best of C/L. Also why is he parked in front of a Flying Pigeon dealer? Nothing in there is over $200!

This reads too much like an urban legend. Remember those stories, often circulated via email, with a plea for help, and/or to forward it to 10 friends? There's always a point in the story that goes over the top, a detail that's just too good to be true.

The photo is from Flying Pigeon's web site. That don't mean much by itself.

I think the sale is real, the story not so much.

Originally Posted by bcroslin

I have few things for sale in the classifieds that haven't sold. Maybe I ought to add to the listings that my wife yells at me when I buy bike parts and makes me feel real sad. Never thought to appeal to paceliner's sympathy to sell my crap.

Hey, crank it up--sell the story, not the part. What could go wrong?

[LegendRider]

Somewhat on topic...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/nationa...snt-his/nhtJ7/

[Dead Man]

Originally Posted by LegendRider

Somewhat on topic...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/nationa...snt-his/nhtJ7/

LOL what a cluster fap

[harryblack]

Originally Posted by Louis

I wondered about that also.

struggling or bored screenwriter, i'd bet... a Paceline water bottle on it.

[cderalow]

Originally Posted by LegendRider

Somewhat on topic...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/nationa...snt-his/nhtJ7/

This line out of the article made me laugh

'The state of Michigan requires everyone applying for welfare assistance to give either the name of the child's father or list all men who could potentially be the father.'

reminded me of the maury povich episodes where he'd bring a girl in, and like 20 guys and none of them would be the dad...

[soupless]

Babboes are garbage.

[beeatnik]

Originally Posted by soupless

Babboes are garbage.

Buahahaha.

[rwsaunders]

The ad has all the ingredients of a good country/western song...

[LegendRider]

Originally Posted by rwsaunders

The ad has all the ingredients of a good country/western song...

Very good, but not quite perfect.

I told him it was not the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything at all about momma or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk.

David Allan Coe - You Never Even Call Me By My Name