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Old 10-14-2010, 07:25 AM   #11 (permalink)
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The very first public post made after the forum went "live" to the whole interwires was post #3 in this thread:
An Index of Cycling Links

(The thread itself was started by Ben before the site was actually open. The actual very first post -- #1 in the database -- was made in the moderators special secret area on November 15, 2007 -- EM's "unofficial birthday".)
The first thread started by someone other than an admin/moderator after launch was, appropriately: Living with Expensive Gasoline
Those links appear to be broken. I get an alert:
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Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator
BTW: Any chance of getting a peek at what you Mods and Admins are gossiping about in the secret area?


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On a side note, I wonder how many of us would have been considered nerds in school?
I've got a feeling that there is a thread here about being a nerd (maybe about something else initially, but got hijacked), but I can't find it. Oh well, I'll just have to confess once more...

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Old 10-18-2010, 09:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Big thank-o, guys


Those links appear to be broken. I get an alert:
That's odd.

Here it is! http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-links-70.html
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:31 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Darin, the link you posted to the cycling links is dead!!! What did you dooooo?
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Old 10-19-2010, 10:27 AM   #14 (permalink)
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um, did you guys delete the cornerstone of our fair site??!???!


NOOOOOOOOO!!

(hope you guys don't mind a bit of hero worship. It's just nice not to feel like a weirdo for wanting to get good fuel mileage....)

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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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