"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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thinking of buying a bike...

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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My dream bike is the North American Warhorse custom V-rod

http://www.nawarhorse.com/articles.html

Click the 2nd articl (Oct '03), it's the sweetest street fighter I've ever seen. It's a harley with aprilia suspension and other parts. A truely awesome machine.
 

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PRMoon said:
My dream bike is the North American Warhorse custom V-rod

http://www.nawarhorse.com/articles.html

Click the 2nd articl (Oct '03), it's the sweetest street fighter I've ever seen. It's a harley with aprilia suspension and other parts. A truely awesome machine.
Is it this one?

http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vrodbackyq7.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vrodfrontwg5.jpg

Have you watched the movie "Final Fantasy Advent Children" which is based on the FFV 7 game series? Cloud, the hero, rides a bike similar to this one I think. This movie kicks some serious a.ss. It´s all made by computer. :cheer:
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Lovesorrow said:
Cloud, the hero, rides a bike similar to this one I think.
Maybe I'm just drunk, but the only similarity I see is that they both have black parts. Other than that, I'm missing whatever you're seeing.

http://www.toysperu.com/Cine/FinalFantasyStrife2.jpg

And if you'd clicked my first link, you would have seen another Cloud bike...
 

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that toy just burnt his leg
 

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Lovesorrow said:
Is it this one?

http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vrodbackyq7.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vrodfrontwg5.jpg

Have you watched the movie "Final Fantasy Advent Children" which is based on the FFV 7 game series? Cloud, the hero, rides a bike similar to this one I think. This movie kicks some serious a.ss. It´s all made by computer. :cheer:
No that's not the same bike at all, I mean other then the fact that both bikes are V-rods. Click on the second article on the North American Warhorse site I linked in my previous post. The bike has aprilia parts and suspension, double stacked head lights and no front ferring at all. There are other detials that makes the bikes vastly different. Check the specs sheet in the article, the bike I linked is nothing short of amazing.
 

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Lovesorrow said:
I am sure it´s different. Maybe this bike is from the game, but in the movie It´s different. ;)
No, my first link is the bike from the game, this link is a toy of the bike from the movie. It's called Fenrir, after the wolf from Norse legend.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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It's the same bike. I own the movie and no the bike from Advent Children (fenrir) looks nothing like the v rod's posted above. I should note that it would be impossible to hold onto that bike at the speeds they feature in the film but there were very few parts of the movie that were plauseable to begin with.
 

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your friend needs to reassess his good points

a bike is extremely fuel efficient, yes compared to a V8 , a small korean car will use the same or less than that GSXR

then tyres , a rear tyre will last maybe 4000 miles , a front maybe double that and these arent cheap

the you have expense of chain and sprockets , servicing

then on top of that you have your rider training and all your protective equipment , consider how hard it is to wipe your arse with your hands in bandages

check your insurance cost

want cheap transport then you are buying a small bike which is cheap on fuel , easy/cheap to service and uses cheap tyres

want a decent sportsbike then you are spending $$$
 

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if you want something cheap and easy to maintain just for transporting purposes buy a scooter
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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