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Mac of course. Once you’ve gone Mac you’ll never go back.
Of course posting early means I almost definitely wont be picked :-)
ta shaun
Hot dogs definitely. Easier to eat.
Coke or Pepsi — neither, Mountain Dew :P
Mac or PC — PC. I have a strange aversion to Apple products
Paper or Plastic — paper. evironment friendly ftw!
White Bread or wheat bread – depends on the mood. Not a bread person in general
Boxers or briefs?
Without of course, under the tri-shorts :-)
Klemen
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The only two I feel strongly about are boxerbriefs and Macs.
I am early and might not win, but what can you do when all you want is a new toy.
Oh and by the way Boxer brief. The best of both world, just like at RCX5
Pc,
Coke,
Hamburger
:D
Mac ftw!
Wheat bread without a question. Even against sourdough a good N-grain bread (where N > 6) wins every time.
Pepsi ;)
Coke, Duh
Sitting on the beautiful island of Kauai. Started out Polar, then went to Garmin. I could always go back, especially if it’s free. Good luck in Boise. Coke, Mac, boxer briefs!
Chris A
hot dogs
boxer briefs
mac
Dew
paper
white bread
wheat bread
hamburger
straight tie
:)
Holla holla holla holla
Hmm . . .
Boxers
Both
Straight
Coke
PC
Hippie reusable
White
wheat bread FTW ! and coke for def!
Paper! Gotta keep it green, ya know!
Coke or Pepsi ?
Pepsi of course :-)
Hamburgers.
No tie
Mac or PC ? Either. Macs just won’t run the software I need, but they are nice.
;)
Mac – they are just just better.
eating a burger on a wheat bun sitting on a paper plate drinking a Cheerwine (or Coke if im outside of NC), while watching a movie on my PC sitting outsidde in boxerbriefs and a necktie (bow tie would be a little tooo much Chippendale) ….FTW
briefs
Mac.. It just works :)
Boxers
Hotdog or hamburger: neither
Straight Tie
Coke
Mac
Paper
Thanks, Ray!
HOT DOGS!!!
COKE!!!
PC!!!
and last but not least…
COMMANDO STYLE!!! ;-)
Thats not a sexual wink either. Just a normal one. hahaha…
Since I have been injured two weeks ago I find myself to eat lettuce bun burger more often that I should given the smaller calories expenditure. I still prefer wearing boxers and not wearing straight tie. Diet Pepsi is always best from glass, but if I can not get one paper cup will do. And I can do both Mac or PC – depends whether it is for work (PC) or my own stuff (Mac).
Give me a hotdog with a Coke while I play games on my PC
Boxers, always and forever.
Boxers or briefs (well not under my bike shorts of course)
Hot dogs or hamburgers
Bow tie or straight tie
Coke or Pepsi
Mac or PC
Paper or Plastic
White Bread or wheat bread
Boxer briefs…
simple, Boxers in every occation!
Mac
Wheatbread
…
Pepsi, preferably in the old school glass bottle with a little ice in it from chillin’ in the back of the fridge.
briefs
hamburgers
Mac
Paper
White Bread
PC over Mac… the Mac fanboys make me laugh.
Ofcourse Mac, and as a good second comes Coke :)
It’s got to be hamburgers, coke and briefs.
Briefs
Hot dogs
Straight tie
Coke
PC
Plastic
Gluten Intolerant
Mac or PC? Is that really a question? Mac of course!!!
PC and Coke ofc
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PC for the moment, but the next one will be a Mac, for sure.
Hamburgers, no doubt.
Family or cycling?
Cycling!
And Android and Coke rule!
Boxers – feel for the better fit
Hot dogs – Easier to handle while running
Pepsi – Always to the max
Wheat bread – but also ryebread(I’m danish)
hamburger ofcourse, wrapped in paper, with ice coke!!!
Hi, thank you very much for all.
Coke and hamburger for ever!!!!!!
Max
Boxers!
Boxxers
Coke
Hamburger
Wheat bread
Paper
PC
Wheat breat!
Mac fasho!
Toasted white bread with loads of butter and jam followed by coffee. Nomnomnom….
Mac or PC ? come on ! Mac of course !
I would choose Garmin expection made a certain Polar giveway…
PC and Pepsi :-)
and GL at Boise.
That’s easy:
briefs
hamburgers
straight tie
Coke
Mac
Paper
White bread
White Bread or wheat bread ?
I prefer multi-grain breads with various seeds and different types of rye bread too.
Boxers and straight tie
Burger followed bij a Coke Zero, need to keep an eye out for those calories
PC for sure….
Briefs
Hamburgers
Coke
PC
Wheat bread
The others I don’t feel strongly about. With that said, I just may have done a survival list.
Mac v PC?
“I love my Mac…”
wheat bread of course…
Coke
Mac!
Hamburger, and I’d say double whooper with cheese to be precise :)
As a software developer it has to be PC…shame mac’s are so expensive.
Burger and Coke.
And most definitly Boxers!!
Boxers or briefs
Hot dogs or hamburgers VeggieBurger
Bow tie or straight tie huh?
Coke or Pepsi
Mac or PC
Paper or Plastic
White Bread or wheat bread
Mac of course :)
Umberto
PC, I’m a SportTracks man and can’t be bothered to do the whole parallels thing. Coke at the end of a race is also good.
Boxers, PC, Paper, Wheat bread.
Hi there!
boxerbriefs
hamburgers
straight tie
Coke
2.6.32-32-generic
Paper
wheat bread
and…
POLAR!
(RS300X currently – wouldn’t mind the upgrade though…)
NA
NA
NA
water
Mac
Paper
NA
Wheat bread!
Carina.rodd@gmail.com
Mac.
boxer and coke OOoo YAh!
Coke Zero
Mac and briefs
PC all the way. Computers aren’t supposed to be fashion accessories…
Coke, always coke. Saved me during my travels through Vietnam when my stomach couldn’t handle the native food any more ;)
Pepsi of course!!!!
MAC :)
you can also ask : polar or Garmin ?
Hamburger
Mac!! Although up until recently if you were mac you wouldn’t be able to sync with your Polar :(
I hear this was resolved a while ago though so if I win this time I’ll be able to try it out for myself!
Coke ‘n burger
Try me
boxerbriefs
both
neither
neither
Mac
Xtracycle Freeloaders
wheat
Try me
-P-aper
h-O-t dogs
coca co-L-a
m-A-c
wheat b-R-ead
Why, hello there random number generator! :-) Mac, can’t develop for iOS otherwise!
Mac
coke
mac
paper
wheat
Mac!
Garmin! (but hoping to change that to Polar!)
Boxers – more free :D
Hamburgers – meatier
Coke or Pepsi – neither, i prefer coffee
PC – been using it for a long time
Paper – recycleable
Wheat bread – healthier
Coke or Pepsi?
Coke, of course !!
Straight tie, obviously. Even if I try, I’m no James Bond.
Great review of the RCX5, btw. After John Siracusa’s OS X reviews, this was the most in-depth I’ve ever read.
Hot dogs or hamburgers – Pizza
Coke or Pepsi – Beer
Mac or PC – PC and Android
White bread or wheat bread – Wheat
Boxers
Hot dogs
straight tie
Coke or Pepsi – neither
Mac
Paper
wheat bread
Garmin or Polar? Both!
Boxers or briefs: briefs
Hot dogs or hamburgers: spaghetti
Bow tie or straight tie: straight
Coke or Pepsi: mineral water
Mac or PC: Mac, but forced to use PC
Paper or Plastic: paper
White bread of wheat bread: any of them, unfortunately a lot
Wheat
Its got to be wheat bread.