Barry, Please go back in your shell until you can count past 20. Then take 2 asprins for the hangover.
Welcome to the list
Mike Schmidt
Stirling, NJ
> Hello to all of you folks. I have been readin' the
> posts to this list and find them quite fascinating.
> Never thought about joining in on a discussion because
> I feel I belong on a list that should be called
> -bicycles 101-.
>
> Today I am creeping out of my shell to pick the brains
> of the mighty wise.
>
> I suppose I ought to introduce myself as would be
> common courtesy. My name is Barry Trupes and I'm
> originally from Baton Rouge, LA. About 40 years ago
> my father took a job here in Seattle and that's where
> I've stayed ever since.
>
> Didn't care for all of this rain, and still don't.
> Don't think I'll ever understand why year after year
> the news keeps reportin' that the best overall cycling
> scene in the US in right smack-dab in Seattle.
>
> Ok, let's get to the gettin'. My friend has an old
> Robin Hood three speed bicycle complete with white bar
> grips. We were sittin' around drinkin' the other day
> and got to talkin' 'bout his old Robin Hood bicycle.
> He has some small rinky-dink hub in the front of his
> bicycle, and he has a big ol' Sturmey Archer hub
> fitted in his rear end. Anyhow he turns to me and
> asks how many holes are in his rear hub (as if I am
> supposed to know by simply looking at it.) I said I
> didn't know. He was quick to set his beer down, get
> up out of his chair and count all of the spokes. He
> then looked at me as if he had won the lottery and
> said "40, see 40." I got up and said "not so fast."
> I too counted 40 a spoke as well. But I also counted
> an oil filler hole (in the center of the hub) and the
> hole that houses the shaft and balls. I countered
> with "42, there's 42 holes in that there hub."
>
> Well we set back down and continued drinkin' until we
> couldn't count past 3.
>
> My questions to you folks is who has the right answer?
> Me? Or my buddy?
>
> Barry Trupes
> Seattle, WA