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How odd, I have a collection of Hot Wheels though for my entire life I've preferred the feel of Matchbox, and I have an erg at which I suffer for hours a week.

I don't intend to sell my erg but I'm currently in the process of selling my Hot Wheels collection...I wonder if the buyer will notice my erg and remark how much they too love torturing themselves and would I perhaps sell it to them.

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"erg"?

That is an obsolete unit of energy to me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg

Erg in this case refers to a kind of rowing machine used for exercise.

Good heavens. How were we meant to know that?

I googled it. I got the unit, European Research Group, Employee Resource Groups, and the Eastern Research Group Inc... whoever they are.

[Update]

I kept digging. Second entry under here:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/erg

Never knew that and never heard of them before.

I'm not surprised when someone doesn't know about them, but I'm also not surprised when they do. It's a staple of CrossFit and the like. There's also the bike erg and the ski erg.

Thanks for the info!

> Good heavens. How were we meant to know that?

It’s literally referenced in the comment that poster is replying to. It would have been less work to just pay attention.

https://www.concept2.com/support/indoor-rowers/model-b

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