Once I was cycling to Bonn, for a concert of Alice Cooper and Deep Purple. I crossed the border in the area of Arnhem and arrived in Kleef. South of Kleef I ended in a forrest and suddenly their was a big black Schwein standing in front of me on the cycle path. So I stopped and after a few minutes it walked away. On the way back I decided to travel to Mönchen Gladbach, then pass the border to Roermond. From Roermond to Den Bosh seems like an acceptable distance, and since I've cycled it before, from Den Bosch to my house is a piece of cake, about 90 km. But about 25 km before Mönchen Gladbach all I saw was Autobahn, forbidden for bikes, and I had to cycle about 80 km's extra, same from MG to Roermond. Germany is a disaster for cycling. Once but never again.
Well often it's the only suitable option for me, I don't feel pretty in a car, for I am tall and always have problems with my legs, getting in and out of the car etc. I use my bike almost everyday, I live in a small village and shops are 2 km's from where I live. I could walk it if I would but carrying two full bags of groceries home is too much of a punishment. Especially when there's no safe route for walking, except if I walk 1.5 km extra. Where cars are allowed to drive 30 kmph they drive 70, 50 becomes even 130 sometimes. And the pigs ain't doing anything.
In 2001 I was planning to go to the soccer Final, between Utrecht and Feyenoord Rotterdam, guess what, (before the match I would visit an uncle and aunt who lived not to far away from Rotterdam where the match was played), I arrived at 1 pm at the station but there were problems with the railroad, so when I finally got a train it was 16.30 p.m. and in the train I heard Feyenoord was 3-1 behind and the match was almost over. So I only visited my uncle and aunt that day, watched the last minutes of the match and went home. Since that day I avoided trains in the Netherlands for at least 15 years. Now sometimes I use them, but not more than 3-4 times a year.
Since I got my ebike that is a little problem, for I can't recharge the battery at night when I'm somewhere far away.
well, I was 28 and I discovered one of my teeth was loose. So I went to the dentist and he just used pliers to pull it out, saying it still was a milk tooth. (not sure if that is the good translation, but it's the teeth and molars you get as a child and that will change during your youth). I was very surprised, how can it be that I had still one of the tooth from my youth? Last time I saw a dentist was in 2002, we had a different oppinion, so I left never to return. Sometimes I feel a little ache in my tooth or molars, but after a couple of days the pain is gone. So, unless it is really necessary, I won't go to a dentist anymore. Saves a lot of money and if I keep saving money, the bill that time won't be a problem.
well, we have some villages and areas in the Netherlands where protestant people use to live. Guess who ain't vaccinated, then guess which group of people are in the hospitals and on intensive care now. The protestants. Guess they get what they asked for. But they also keep infecting other people that are vaccinated. Those may not be as sick as the unvaccinated, but still they have a risk. If you want to act social take that goddamn vaccin.
I have a friend here in the village, almost 73 years old and he has a girlfriend who's 43. They don't kiss, afraid of covid, but they make love. Well, how stupid can you be?
Hi Harbottle, I've cycled through the UK and I loved it.
When I arrived at Harwich by boat, I first followed the highway, only when I returned home I saw there was a cycling path between Harwich and London. From London went to Basdingstoke via Egham, then on to Salisbury, Dorchester, Beer, Seaton, Exceter and finally Okehampton. Unfortunately I hadn't the right bike for the UK so it didn't work out the way I wanted to. Was planning to travel through Dartmoor national park to Land's end and then return and go into Wales. But I loved my trip never the less. And most of the way I had good cycling paths too. Ever want to cycle through the Netherlands? Then I can plan a route for you, depends on how much you like to ride in one day and what you want to see.
I never had any drivers lessons, so I'm used to cyle till now, Guess I have cycled the world around at least three times.
about that alley, you can probably walk safe through it, and there's a little chance it ain't safe. Same goes for the other way to your house, danger can be anywhere. Of course it can be that the alley has a bad name and that there were many rapes and murders, than it's something different. But I wouldn't get into the car of someone that was following me.
Actually most people are unhappy when they see the newspapers and the news on television, all problems and negative stuff. Maybe it's time to start focussing on the positive stuff, avoid telling people bad news. But then again, what is good and what is bad. If a football team won it is good news for some people but bad news for others. The same goes with people that died, economics, etc. Even wars can be good news, for people who deal in weapons. Corona and it's numbers of people that have died last day is good news for the people who think there are way to many people on this earth. People ending in the hospital is good for the producers of the vaccins and other medications.
So, I quitted reading newspapers, I only watch movies on tv, so I don't get much news and I am happy with that.
1988, Netherlands became European Champion after beating Russia in the finals. The team then went for a boattrip through Amsterdam, and there were so many spectators, also standing on ships, that some ships sunk.
A rabbit is running through the forrest and suddenly he sees a deer smoking weed. The rabbit shouts: Stop smoking weed, weed is bad for your health, come running with me through the forrest, running is good for you. The deer desided to run along, and then they see a fox with his nose close to a line of coke. So the rabbit shouts: What are you doing? Sniffing coke, the fox answers. The rabbit shouts: Coke is bad for your health, prefer to come and run along, running is good for your health, it keeps you fit. The fox decided to run along and when they were running, they stumble upon a bear ready to put the needle in his arm. The Rabbit shouts: Hey bear, what are you doing? The bear kills the rabbit instantly and he says to the fox and the deer: Always the same with that rabbit, whenever I want to take a shot of heroin, that rabbit has used speed and forces me to start running.
I voted for without a photo, if you really feel attracted to one eachother, the photo's can be send later, but the truth will always win. If you go on a date and they dicover your picture was fake, they know that they can't trust you at all. So lying is even worse than showing other people how ugly you are. (For some people the ugly ones are very attractive, I see good looking fellas with an ugly woman and then I wonder what the hell does she has that makes him love her).
Thought of today is that the Eufa, the Eurapean Football Association is committing fraud with the Championsleague. The clubs that play CL gets millions other clubs don't so how can there be a fair national competition? It's like a chessgame where the strongest player gets an extra queen before the game even has started.
@bid, I wonder how you look without glasses, sometimes glasses gives a person a better look, sometimes it's better without. I think you should try something different. No brutality meant, just an honest advice.
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RE: I like riding on my bike
Once I was cycling to Bonn, for a concert of Alice Cooper and Deep Purple. I crossed the border in the area of Arnhem and arrived in Kleef. South of Kleef I ended in a forrest and suddenly their was a big black Schwein standing in front of me on the cycle path. So I stopped and after a few minutes it walked away.On the way back I decided to travel to Mönchen Gladbach, then pass the border to Roermond. From Roermond to Den Bosh seems like an acceptable distance, and since I've cycled it before, from Den Bosch to my house is a piece of cake, about 90 km.
But about 25 km before Mönchen Gladbach all I saw was Autobahn, forbidden for bikes, and I had to cycle about 80 km's extra, same from MG to Roermond. Germany is a disaster for cycling. Once but never again.