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fiamme red 04-07-2011 07:47 PM

OT: Shockingly, this wasn't a squirrel's fault
 
Scavenging pensioner "cut off Georgia-Armenia Internet":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110406...etcrimeoffbeat

Mr. Squirrel 04-07-2011 09:02 PM

my cousin fedor is an advisor. labor is inexpensive. shiny fiber optic cable plus sibex, takhion, and maxuoh track frames are his thing. he knows where you ride.

mr. squirrel

fiamme red 04-08-2011 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Squirrel
my cousin fedor is an advisor. labor is inexpensive. shiny fiber optic cable plus sibex, takhion, and maxuoh track frames are his thing. he knows where you ride.

mr. squirrel

Hmmm, maybe I should put on a disc front wheel too. :)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/...82c584ec_b.jpg

old_fat_and_slow 04-08-2011 10:40 AM

Whoever rides that sled is a helluva lot more flexible than I am.

Is it possible to even see the road in front of you on that?

Mr. Squirrel 04-08-2011 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiamme red
Hmmm, maybe I should put on a disc front wheel too. :)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/...82c584ec_b.jpg

since his internet connection is currently non-responsive, fedor asked me to pass on a message..."you haf vonderful taste in bicyclette comrade. you are not псих. i vill come to vhwisit you soon.

comrade squirrel."

goonster 04-08-2011 11:13 AM

All joking aside, many pensioners in Eastern Europe live in desparate, grinding poverty. Their benefits were fixed ages ago, and they are left behind by growing economies and rising standards of living with extremely limited ways to supplement their income. That's what I think of when I read this story, because I have seen some of this first-hand . . .


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