I thought the city was going down the tubes, too.

More important, the economy will be down the tubes in another five years.

With the Iraq situation, that hope has gone down the tubes.

Yes, the company did start to go down the tubes in 1990 when it went public.

But it seemed like everything he had worked for most of his life was going down the tubes.

"Everything I have ever worked for is going down the tubes," he said.

"If we fight with each other, everything is going to go down the tubes."

"Our whole relationship went down the tubes, even though I still love the guy," she said.

It made me feel good, and with everything else going down the tubes in my life, I needed that.

"This is something to keep me from going down the tubes," she said.

In three months I was back at work and most of my savings were down the tube.

Just to be honest American music today is going down the tubes.

"We cannot afford to let California go down the tubes."

That and how to keep the Yankees from going down the tube.

"So I guess the competition's pretty much down the tubes."

He started running down the tube, slowly at first and then with increasing energy.

And these things came down the Tube that somebody traveled through.

If it's true, the whole of physics goes down the tubes.

If that were the case, this state would have been down the tubes many politicians ago.

But there was no telling how much time went down the tubes waiting for shows to start.

"And then at any given moment, their life can spiral down the tubes."

I'm not one of those people who think the world is going down the tube because artists are painting less.

There is no way we will let the Saudis go down the tubes.

Nicholas and I are going down the tubes together, if he goes through with this.

"In general, there is no one region of the country going down the tubes at the moment, and that's important," he said.

I snapped on the light and saw him half in, half out of the down tube.

He woke to what this meant, wished wistfully for the down tube.

The frame was a heavy duty cradle with a single saddle down tube.

Dimak led them along a corridor to a down tube.

The engine hung from the top beam pivoting at the rear with no front down tube.

Front down tube deflector helps guard against flying mud.

The down tube connects the head tube to the bottom bracket shell.

The down tube on the frame was stiffened to improve handling and deal with the power increase to 22bhp.

Flattery was already out the hatch heading down tube to ward Com-central.

Miles pointed to the down tube.

The aluminium frame was light and manageable but the solid down tube kept the bike stable.

The frame was instantly recognized for the oversized down tube and enlarged head tube.

On older racing bicycles, the shift levers were mounted on the down tube.

Featuring a strong frame with double front down tubes and a good quality finish, over a thousand Rover motorcycles were sold in 1904.

Previously, the shifters were mounted on the stem, handlebar ends or the down tube of the frame.

One unique frame from this period, the Bititan, has a dual titanium down tube.

The frame was a diamond design with a reinforced single front down tube bolting to the engine's crankcase.

The length between potatoes is tolled by a bell, at the sound of which potatoes are thrown down tubes.

Mike had shut down tubes and was reserving interwarren phone links for official calls.

Turning, walking, lofting up or down tubes on her predetermined course, she tried to keep her mind on the job.

"But buzzers followed sound down tube.

Shifters are mounted on the down tube of the frame, stem, or various locations on the handlebars.

It allows shifting gears without having to remove a hand from the bars, unlike previous down tube shifting systems.

The most drag was 2 water bottles; one on the down tube and one on the seat tube.

The chain stays, seat tube, and down tube all typically connect to the bottom bracket shell.