Apparently human guts look more like capuchin monkeys' than dogs' guts. Capuchins are a monkey that is smart enough and dexterous enough to find the nicest grub. Literally: seeds, fruits, grubs. Omnivores. http://books.google.com/books?id=xHYxSHr86T8C&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=hominoid+cecum&source=bl&ots=5izlxBtO8O&sig=SU3Oi5nnc1O3Lm1oiVXoooFHoVs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JDhgVI7bKeL3iQKR8YGgBw&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hominoid%20cecum&f=false
This is pedantic, but germane to a discussion of evolutionary biology: we're no more evolved from apes than I am descended from my cousins. We share a common ancestor. Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, November 9, 2014, <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/rbw-owners-bunch/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/rbw-owners-bunch/topics> > > - Are P clamps supposed to do this? <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_group_thread_0> > - 2 Updates > - Alternatives to MUSA pants and knickers? > <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_group_thread_1> - 2 Updates > - Biking with the future wifey. <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_group_thread_2> - 1 > Update > - OT (grant-related, not Riv-related): lo-carb, high fat & protein, > ketosis, &c. <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_group_thread_3> - 1 Update > > Are P clamps supposed to do this? > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch/t/7f62fb674c116624?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > David Hays <23writ...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','23writ...@gmail.com');>>: Nov 09 07:44AM > -0500 > > I just mounted Nitto M18s on two bikes that lack fork eyelets and used the > rubber/stainless steel clamps that come with the rack. > I had some concerns but when I used the smaller clamps and looked at the > geometry I realized the force placed on the clamps by the weight of the > rack push the clamp into and not down the fork blade. > Nothing conclusive but my take so far. > > > Andrew Marchant-Shapiro <marchantshap...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','marchantshap...@gmail.com');>>: Nov 09 > 04:49AM -0800 > > I have seen two types of P clamps over the years, but both are secure if > you use the correct size. The first type, which I haven't seen in a while, > are merely coated with a thin layer of plastic; the second type are lined > with a thick rubber layer. You calm get the latter in lots of sizes at big > box hardware stores. Like I said, if you use the right size, they should be > secure and show no sign of moving. The only thing I have ever used under > them was electrical tape (with the older kind) to protect the frame. > Back to top <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_digest_top> > Alternatives to MUSA pants and knickers? > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch/t/7177473f9161fa1a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Chris Chen <cc...@nougat.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cc...@nougat.org');>>: Nov 08 11:57PM -0800 > > Swrve midweight DWR knickers every day. 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I hesitate to say THIS, but if we evolved > from apes, and it's understandable that we'd have some ape-like > features--like a sideways-moving jaw, and eyeballs in front. > > Right now and for the last 200,000 years, our digestive system looks more > like a dog's than an ape's, though. I don't know how to address the "using > cows guts to prove humans must be carnivores," but proving that humans are > (must be) carnivores wasn't my point. My point--I maybe didn't make it > well--was that we have a digestive system that is ideally suited to > digesting low-fiber, nutrient-dense foods, and are underequipped to do the > same to high fiber or cellulose-based foods. There is SOME science > SOMEWHERE in there. > > Omnivores that have eaten considerable plants for a long enough time have > also evolved the ability to ferment....in a large cecum; but our vestigial > cecum--the appendix---doesn't do that. It could well be that humans are > the > only discovered animals to have a digestive apparatus that's ill-suited to > the food we (in general) eat, but it is at least as likely that, being > omnivores, we have evolved the ability to survive on foods that don't > match > up with our digestive system. > > I was a vegetarian for 18 years, ending in 1988. That is irrelevant, but > as > a matter of fact... > > Anyway. this topic is better suited to my "new book" email, which is > gr...@eatbacondontjog.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gr...@eatbacondontjog.com');>. > The books is short--like JUST RIDE--and it's probably a bad use of time > for > me to try to comment or answer stuff here, culling arguments that I have > already made in the book. I don't think V's are idiots. My youngest > daughter remains one (a vegetarian, that is), and I'm up to my > sideways-moving jaw in vegan and vegetarian friends, and the topic nev-R > comes up. > > Since I don't need the last word...can we agree to wrap this up on this > forum by, say, Monday Noon? Whatevs----- > > On Saturday, November 8, 2014 12:04:01 PM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote: > Back to top <#14994e15f3e1c3cd_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/rbw-owners-bunch/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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