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(Msg. 16) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:30 am
Post subject: Re: Bowflex rods snapping [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Please learn to make the proper analogies in the future.
--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche
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"Ralph" <ralph DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Hard Bop Drums" <> I don't understand why someone would pay this amount
> of
> money for a machine when you can get a membership to a fully equipped gym
> for the same $.>
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> Why pay a lot of money for a custom made bongo drum when you can get top
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:09 am
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| "Hard Bop Drums" <> Please learn to make the proper analogies in the future.
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You are showing so much restraint it is very intimidating. I imagine you are
walking around the bongo room with the shotgun in hand, tracking back IP
addresses....
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:22 am
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"Curt" <curtjames RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> David <forgot... RemoveThis @yahoo.au> wrote:
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>> <snip> and loosing weight. <snip>
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> L~*oo*~sing weight?
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> Do not taunt the Net Nanny.
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> Lest it's to your room without your supper!
I won't be loosing any sleep about it - cause every time you send me to my
room mommy sneaks me a peanut butter sandwich -
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> Curt
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:20 pm
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David wrote:
> "WotMeWurry" <wotmewurry.DeleteThis@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:4648c72e_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
>> David wrote:
>>> <morten.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:1179162839.672423.155410@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Checking into the forum for the first time in a while. Guess what
>>>> prompted me? Another snapped rod.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to start taking the advice above, and documenting now. I
>>>> am quickly starting to lose confidence, and am getting concerned
>>>> about safety. I've stopped letting my 12 year old son use the
>>>> machine. No bits have flown off my borken rods, but a snap at full
>>>> extension with a lot of weight could tear msucles, or worse.
>>>>
>>>> Typical snap, instant and in 3 places at the same time - that's the
>>>> strangest thing. 50 lb rod.
>>>>
>>>> I too was told that this was an isolated incident. "Just like
>>>> anything else that comes off an assembly line, some rods are a bit
>>>> more brittle than others", said the CSR for Nautilaus in Canada. The
>>>> rods always get replaced. But between having to install new
>>>> rods all the time (which eventually will weaken the rod box
>>>> screws) and the safety factor, I'm getting close to asking for $$
>>>> back onthe whole unit. Too bad, otherwise very good machine.
>>>>
>>> thanks for posting this. I was just about to buy a Bowflex! No way
>>> Jose! (one of those little accent signs over the "e") - nice of them
>>> to replace the broken rods, though! Besides, it breaks all the time,
>>> what do you think of the machine in general??
>>
>> David, its great ....if you want to play "pick up sticks"
> Yeah, but I wasn't going to use it much . . . just for general toning
> and loosing weight. The guy in the Bowflex ad on T.V. looks pretty
> good.
I'm pleased you like my ad......you too could have a body like mine....if
you are not careful.
And also have a bowflex like mine...snapped in pieces and used for
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:20 pm
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Curt wrote:
> David <forgot....RemoveThis@yahoo.au> wrote:
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>> <snip> and loosing weight. <snip>
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> L~*oo*~sing weight?
Curt, cmon now, you David is a "loose" guy....
> Do not taunt the Net Nanny.
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> Lest it's to your room without your supper!
Oh no, not bread and water again! >> Stay informed about: Bowflex rods snapping |
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:20 pm
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David wrote:
> "Curt" <curtjames.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1179180449.024681.316010@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>> David <forgot....RemoveThis@yahoo.au> wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>> <snip> and loosing weight. <snip>
>>
>> L~*oo*~sing weight?
>>
>> Do not taunt the Net Nanny.
>>
>> Lest it's to your room without your supper!
>
> I won't be loosing any sleep about it - cause every time you send me
> to my room mommy sneaks me a peanut butter sandwich -
I also thought she was a "sneak" - you've confirmed it!
Cant trust her anymore...
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>> Curt >> Stay informed about: Bowflex rods snapping |
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:19 pm
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"WotMeWurry" <wotmewurry.RemoveThis@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>> "Curt" <curtjames.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1179180449.024681.316010@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>> David <forgot....RemoveThis@yahoo.au> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> <snip> and loosing weight. <snip>
>>>
>>> L~*oo*~sing weight?
>>>
>>> Do not taunt the Net Nanny.
>>>
>>> Lest it's to your room without your supper!
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>> I won't be loosing any sleep about it - cause every time you send me
>> to my room mommy sneaks me a peanut butter sandwich -
>
> I also thought she was a "sneak" - you've confirmed it!
> Cant trust her anymore...
Yes I figured that out specially as she knows I like jelly with my peanut
butter sandwiches
>>>
>>> --
>>> Curt
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:27 am
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"WotMeWurry" <wotmewurry.RemoveThis@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>> <morten.RemoveThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:1179162839.672423.155410@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>> Checking into the forum for the first time in a while. Guess what
>>> prompted me? Another snapped rod.
>>>
>>> I'm going to start taking the advice above, and documenting now. I
>>> am quickly starting to lose confidence, and am getting concerned
>>> about safety. I've stopped letting my 12 year old son use the
>>> machine. No bits have flown off my borken rods, but a snap at full
>>> extension with a lot of weight could tear msucles, or worse.
>>>
>>> Typical snap, instant and in 3 places at the same time - that's the
>>> strangest thing. 50 lb rod.
>>>
>>> I too was told that this was an isolated incident. "Just like
>>> anything else that comes off an assembly line, some rods are a bit
>>> more brittle than others", said the CSR for Nautilaus in Canada. The
>>> rods always get replaced. But between having to install new rods all
>>> the time (which eventually will weaken the rod box screws) and the
>>> safety factor, I'm getting close to asking for $$ back onthe whole
>>> unit. Too bad, otherwise very good machine.
>>>
>> thanks for posting this. I was just about to buy a Bowflex! No way
>> Jose! (one of those little accent signs over the "e") - nice of them
>> to replace the broken rods, though! Besides, it breaks all the time,
>> what do you think of the machine in general??
>
> David, its great ....if you want to play "pick up sticks"
I guess you are right . . . I will get myself a kettlebell instead - I hear
you can get a great workout from kettlebells. - I just have to learn how to
swing that sucker so that it doesn't come back and break my knee cap >> Stay informed about: Bowflex rods snapping |
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