<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mick D @ Feb 25 2010, 05:23 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Babel's original statement on the subject showed none of the Steve Austin style vision espoused in the tyre wear/TC threads, "I suspect that he will have a bike closer to factory than we've seen in a long time from a satelite team.", yet...
Not sure why you feel the need to interject while I'm having a go at Babel, as you must have been elected the playground ref; but...
Babel's statement was
definitive (since you bring up semantics, you do understand this word, right?:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Feb 25 2010, 10:45 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You can't give him what he
already got. <responding to a poster calling to give Spies a factory spec bike.>
He's declared, they are identical. (Of course he later says they are very close, which is what you quoted, typical covering of all the bases letting him get away with iron clad assertions--I call ........).
You see, that’s not what Babel said, as I’m sure you understand English (I say this because Fish has sometimes has pulled the ‘lost in translation’ card). They either have the “same” .... or they have “close” to the same ..... (You decided to interject on something I am not disputing, yeah, they are similar and closer now, but Fishy said they are the same.)
This is why I call Babel on it, because he has a tendency of making definitive statements based on his imagination. Iron clad assertions like the infamous "Stoner uses the most TC" & of course "Rossi's tires were 'shredding'". It's Babel's MO when he wants to either denigrate or excuse a performance depending on his given inclination of the rider (love Rossi, hate Stoner). Well he's extended this subtle (perhaps for you) way of explaining why Spies is doing relatively good. (Obviously you haven't picked up on Babel's skepticism toward Spies, of which he will now deny or go back and edit).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Feb 25 2010, 02:00 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If Spies are anything what most people here hope he is...
^Micky, learn to read between the lines...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (slev7n @ Feb 25 2010, 05:20 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>“<u>
All four bikes are pretty much identical at the moment</u> and at the end of the first test of the year we've had Valentino in first, Jorge in third, Ben in fifth and Colin in seventh,” replied Jarvis, speaking before news of Lorenzo's hand injury in a motocross fall.
Definitive? No. Kinda reminds me of when Valentino said him and Lorenzo had the “same” bike, only for Lorenzo in another interview to admit, he was still waiting on some parts that his teammate had; leaving Valentino to backpedal later. And considering the source, its more like--translation, 'yeah, we've given all our riders the best stuff and 'nearly' the same ....; (oh really?)
As far as my day, well it going great thanks for asking. Unlike Babel, who comes on here and spits some .... then announces he's "having a bad day" to somehow sucker the bleeding hearts into giving him a pass for a ........ post.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Feb 24 2010, 04:59 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Let's just say it's a bad day.
Tell it to Micky, he apparently gives a ..... Ahahahahah.
