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Banjo-Sea Kitten
04/06/09

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Can his avatar take a bike trip through GTA?
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forwardmotion
04/06/09

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Ahh, the joys of waiting on the silicon valley crowd...it's why no one normal wants to start a non-computer related business there. Your business ends up completely dependent on these anti-social buttmunches.
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creamsissle
04/06/09

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Is this the human network that Cisco has been pitching in its recent ads?
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Jack_Burton
04/14/09

@creamsissle: Well, it seems clear he's not an engineer, etc...

Even CCNA's learn patience and diplomacy firsthand - they have to wait for local telco installs:

"Not READY?!? BUT WE PAID FOR IT!!!"

Telco Guy: "Hmm. Looks like 3 separate circuits on 3 separate orders, now. I'll see you again on the 24th and 27th."

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Telco Guy: "There ya go, one circuit. Have a nice day."
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princeCapsaicin
04/06/09

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[www.flickr.com]
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iplaudius
04/06/09

@princeCapsaicin: How surprising that, in marked contrast to his svelte-looking avatar, he should be such a schlubby guy!
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ellagood
04/06/09

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"unified communications group"
the jokes just write themselves.
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shag_carpet_bomb
04/06/09

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I'll bet it was a road bike. Those guys are total dicks.
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gawkimo
04/07/09

@shag_carpet_bomb: No kidding. Road bike people are the assholes with their expensive gear that blaze through parks screaming "ON YOUR LEFT!!" at every person on the path.

But it's nothing a tree branch in the front spokes at full speed can't solve.
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Michael Mellin
04/08/09

Interestingly, I actually do alert pedestrians I'm overtaking on a path. I've noticed that mostly older cyclists do it.

I just assumed it was another form of courtesy that apparently wasn't transmitted to anyone born after the first Bush administration.

Now I see it's a form of assholery. Thanks. I never would have gotten that on my own.
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Jack_Burton
04/14/09

@Michael Mellin: I let 'em know I'm coming if I pass them on foot (say, downhill), a lot of times. Steep terrain and flatlanders means they may not have sense to look around - and I don't want to pay for a helicopter or SAR because someone decided they'd pose for a picture in the middle of a trail's blind curve.

I pretty much find another trail if I'm on my bike and I pass more than 2-3 people in a mile - Too fnckin' crowded.

If I'm on a single-track on a bike and run into even 1 horse, I find another trail. Horses get freaky sometimes when they see bikes.
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