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Coke! Is Pepsi still around just to fill in when no Coke is available and to remind everyone how nice Coke really is!?
Absolutly Mac. Which led my to Gramin, because Polar doesn’t supply Mac software (at least for the older models, like the 720i which used IRda). Not that Garmin Training Center is top off the bill, but at least I can simply plug in the usb and get my data.
Coke hands down
Pepsi Max
and
compression shorts
Mac or PC?
Mac of course! Can’t wait for OSX Lion!
MAC! Any day and twice on Sundays… since 1987.
MuddyTrails
COKE! As Pepsi is certainly not coke :)
Mac
Coke
Wheat
Lorenzo Batman
Wheat bread of course
Boxers
Hot dogs
straight tie
Coke
PC
Paper
wheat bread
^_^
boxers are way more comfortable imo
wheat bread!
Coke of course, more bite, less sugar
So difficult to choose, I’ll have to go Mac.
Wheat bread do they still even make white bread???
Coke
hmm, Garmin or Polar, I’ll let you know if I win :)
How about swimming, cycling or running?
Cycling
Coke!
Wheat Bread
PAIN BLANC c est normal pour un frenchies en plus c est de belles dates pour nous le mois de juin
c est le debarquement de Normandie par les boys americains
a bientot
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Got to be Mac
White Bread shaped in a Baguette of course. Oui Monsieur!
Boxers!
Mac!
Mac. expensive but simple.
I’m enjoying reading over your blog.
Definitley boxers and Coke :)
Great review btw
/Patrik
briefs
Hot dogs but also White Bread
Coke
PC sure!
Paper – think to Nature
Boxers, Coke and PC, as for Garmin vs Polar I would say both :)
Great review btw
/patrik
Hm,
As a Swede i prefer
briefs
Hot dogs
Bow tie
Pepsi
Mac
Paper
wheat bread
Hope that your gr8 prize can be delivered to Sweden Europe,
Cheers
Fredrik Bergstrom
Hm,
As a Swede i prefer
briefs
Hot dogs
Bow tie
Pepsi
Mac
Paper
wheat bread
Hope that your gr8 prize can be delivered to Sweden Europe,
Cheers
Fredrik Bergstrom
Bowtie!
(>o<)
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Boxers baby… my boys need to breathe !
Boxers or briefs?
Boxer briefs of course. Cause when you’re indecisive you can just ride the fence.
coke
and my answer is: wheat bread
mac – windows sucks
paper i hate plastic
mac since i can use the web interfac with the new garmin
boxers and straight tie
coke and coke and recoke
mac – no blue screen
polar or garmin? polar
wheat bread
Coke
coke and mac and polar
Please sir, may I have another Hot Dog?
Mac. Period. You got blog press way to go! If I win I will blog about it too!
coke
mac
wheat bread
mac
coke
boxers
hot dog
only wheat bread for me please and never soda of any kind, water is the beverage of choice here.
PC! :)
mac
coke
wheat bread
hot dog
coke and mac
mac
wheat bread
coke
hot dog
mac
coke
wheat bread
boxers
mac
coke
wheat bread
boxers
Mac or PC:
Mac…unless you’re my girlfriend and the first thing she said when she started up her MacBook Pro for the first time: “WHERE IS THE START MENU AND WHY CAN’T I RIGHT CLICK??”.
Don’t worry, I fixed it for her :)
Chris.
Boxers, coke, wheat bread!!
straight tie
Boxers.. definitely.
Pc,
Coke,
Hamburger
Hot Dogs… :) with mustard and relish.
KP
PC
Polar…
Thanks Ray!
Mac (but work on PC) & no brief nor boxer: running short only ;o)
Keep goin’
Mac!
All the way…!
MAC
hamburgers, straight tie, Pepsi, PC, Paper, wheat bread. Ray, thanks for your time, info, and reviews!
D. Walker
Walked at pol.net
— Mac —
Thats why I need the RCX5 so badly – it’s compatible!
And also because living in South Africa the good stuff usually takes a while before it gets to us..
Boxers, gotta let them breath.
Dean-o
Wheat bread – thinking that it is healthier (mind trick)
Hot Dogs – easier to put down and more than one is always good (especially if chicago hot dogs)
pc
and neither for all the rest..
Coke, coke, always coke! There’s magic in that there brew…
Briefs, Hamburger, and a Coke
Coke, coke, always coke. There’s magic in that there brew…
wheat bread
Boxer Briefs: The comfort of boxers with the security of briefs.
The best of both worlds :D
Diet Cherry Pepsi
Boxerbriefs
Hot dogs
PC
wheat bread
Coke, of course! :P
Diet coke
PC (Apple free since my ipod 2 gen)
Great review
Hamburgers
Mac, because less time playing IT guy means more time for fun on the bike!
Boxers
Hamburgers
Straight tie
Coke
PC
Paper
Wheat bread
//Henrik_T
wheat bread
COKE!
Boxer briefs
Hot dogs or hamburgers (1 of each)
Straight tie
Pepsi
Mac
Plastic
White Bread
Boxers for the most part =)
Mac – Plain and Simple.
Oh, and Polar as well. Coming from an owner of a RS800CX, it’d be fun to test drive the new model.
I used to be PC, but now I’m mac. I have always been boxers, if I wear any at all. Pepsi is great solo or mixed, but Coke must be mixed if it’s store-bought – fountain coke is ok solo, though. I know, I’m weird.
I’ve always been Garmin, but if you send me that Polar, I’m sure I’ll change my mind quickly. :-)
Pepsi!
wheat
Thanks for all your great and well written reviews
Billy1B
Boxers or Briefs (an option for none?)Hamburgers(dogs only@baseball games)
Straight tie (bow tie too old)
Coke Pepsi bad)
PC (Never have used a MAC)
Paper (Plastic bad)
White Bread (Wheat makes me feel like I am dieting!)
Mac, duh!
Pepsi :-)
(Just come back from a business trip to the US, and the Coke over there tastes better than the UK, but still not as good as Pepsi… no HFCS in the UK!)
coke with a hamburger while surfing on my mac in my boxers.
Mac and Polar….