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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

2856.0. "The Scottish Git's Farewell Note" by KIRKTN::GGOODMAN (Loonatic) Tue Sep 20 1994 10:34

    
    This shouldn't really be a goodbye note. This is my last week working
    for Digital as a full time employee before disappearing off to
    university for 4 years of drinking, sorry studying... But, at this
    moment in time, it looks like I will be back at SQF working weekends
    for the near future anyway. So, I won't really be participating in the
    anti-Chip warfare after this week, but i will still be around to make
    sure that you're not talking about me after I've gone.
    
    But, before I depart, I would just like to say that Greg Lemond is a
    misunderstood cyclist. All the criticisms in the press questioning his
    attitude to the sport and his constant whining and greeting in front of
    the cameras that made those special 3 weeks in July all the more
    compelling are completely unfair.
    
    He's far worse than that... :-)
    
    Graham.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2856.1		MOVIES::WIDDOWSON	I have given my liver for my art	`Tue Sep 20 1994 12:33`	2
	Good luck Graham. We'll meet on the roads, but get in touch when you hit the internet.
2856.2		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Tue Sep 20 1994 12:42`	12
	Best wishes and good like in academia-land... Hey I just had a thought! You might learn something rubbing elbows with those learned, bookworms... :-) Don't worry about any withdrawl symptoms on my part. That rapier wit of your will continue to sting for a lifetime! :-) Besides, it's only 4 years. Seriously, thanks for sharing everything and participating. CYCLING will be at a loss for a while. Chip
2856.3		PAKORA::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Tue Sep 20 1994 12:54`	5
	And just think Chip, it took us 4 years to find something we agree on... :-) Graham.
2856.4		NOVA::FISHER	Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady	`Tue Sep 20 1994 13:04`	6
	Good luck Graham. After yore edjukated like me you kan kome bak and git a reel jobb. :-) ed
2856.5	What area of study?	LUDWIG::ASMITH		`Tue Sep 20 1994 14:57`	7
	Graham, Are you going to study Engineering, if so, which dicipline? Good Luck. Abe;
2856.6		KIRKTN::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Tue Sep 20 1994 15:12`	4
	Studying Computer Science at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. Graham.
2856.7	:-)	WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Tue Sep 20 1994 15:37`	2
	<- Someone explain TO ME how this will improve Graham's grasp of the sport... Please?
2856.8		KIRKTN::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Tue Sep 20 1994 16:00`	6
	Hey, I know that much about the sport already that I'll be lecturing in my part time. You're more than welcome to attend, Chip. Might finally get you to realise why lemond is a pedalling joke... :-) Graham.
2856.9		HYLNDR::OUELLETTE	Buddy Ouellette	`Tue Sep 20 1994 17:41`	5
	Good luck, Graham. Gonna miss your sparring with Chip. The notesfile won't be as lively without you. -Buddy
2856.10		DELNI::CRITZ	Scott Critz, LKG2/1, Pole V3	`Tue Sep 20 1994 17:43`	5
	Good luck, Graham. Who will take over as the #1 LeMond detractor? Scott
2856.11	less laughs without you !	SALEM::SHAW		`Tue Sep 20 1994 18:23`	8
	Graham, Just like to add my well wishes too, I've enjoyed your humor in here quite a bit. Shaw
2856.12	The best to you!	ROWLET::AINSLEY	Less than 150 kts. is TOO slow!	`Wed Sep 21 1994 02:44`	1

2856.13	All the best, Graham	FERNEY::MACFADYEN		`Wed Sep 21 1994 07:20`	5
	With Lemond on the verge of leaving the sport, Graham's got nothing left to talk about. That's really why he's leaving. Rod
2856.14	:-)	WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Wed Sep 21 1994 09:57`	5
	<- Ya, I'm sure he experiences a little anxiety and loss of sleep from time to time. However, he has taken a few jabs at Big Mig. Maybe Graham still has a future??? He's still young, right?
2856.15		NOVA::FISHER	Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady	`Wed Sep 21 1994 10:53`	8
	While there why not drop in on this course and give some lectures: Computer Science 205: Effective Non-Verbal Communication - formerly known as "Noting 101" :-) ed
2856.16		BOOKIE::J_CROCKER		`Wed Sep 21 1994 18:57`	13
	I think Graham has a future in cycling journalism (no joke 8-). He knows how to tweak people, and that's a big part of being an interesting writer. I'm going to miss the inspiration to do a little cycling journalism of my own on occasion. Graham, may you never go rabbit-hunting with a brother-in-law who shoots on sound, not sight ;-). I hate to see anyone have to pedal around with thirty lead pellots just outside the wall of their heart. Best of luck to you, Justin
2856.17		PAKORA::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Fri Sep 23 1994 14:54`	4
	Outta here... Graham.
2856.18		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Fri Sep 23 1994 15:19`	3
	Sniff! Chip
2856.19		PAKORA::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Sat Sep 24 1994 08:55`	7
	And back already. 20 minutes to go before the end of my last day, and "Can you work overtime tomorrow, Graham?" Well, I'm now a poor hard student, so.... Graham.
2856.20	Really farewell...	MASALA::GGOODMAN	Loonatic	`Sat Apr 01 1995 06:53`	12
	Well, this is to be my last day as a part time worker at DEC. Even though I have been quiet (well, can't take pot shots at Lemond any longer :-) I have still been lurking in here. If anyone ever needs to desperately get in touch to let me know how Greg's Hour Record Attempt is coming along, then both Chip and Rod W both have my e-mail adress. Just don't expect a quick reply while I sit out the rest of this month long holiday. Ain't life just too hard? :-) Graham.
2856.21	So who's gonna tell the stories now?	ANGLIN::PEREZ	Trust, but ALWAYS verify!	`Tue Apr 04 1995 17:28`	5
	This sucks! I'm going to mis Graham's notes about the miserable weather over there... Whenever I'd get to whining about riding here in Minnesota I could always look at his accounts of the 34 degree, sleet, gale-force winds, and mud roads where he was and realize things here were pretty good...