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  1. If we are talking of transporting these on the subway or bus then Brompton would still be the smallest and slickest for folding I imagine..... but expensive with proprietary parts. Bike Friday and Dahon should feature as well though.

    Something more akin to a road bike, and used by triathletes is the Airnimal Chamelon which is light and quick but is a larger package. The Airnimal Joey would be the touring equivalent and I've owned both of these bikes and loved them. All of their parts are standard so easily sourced.

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  2. 22 hours ago, team scooter said:

    She really, really loves that car.  I took it in Wednesday for its annual oil change. Mrs said she sat by the front door and cried the whole time I was gone. :( 

    When I got back I had to take her for a ride. (above pic) :)

     

    Why is it every time I see a dog I feel my heart lift?

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  3. 55 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

    It's the 1939 and constant self reference to being old that makes your age obvious.  I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone here that thinks of you other than an aged Scottish man.  I don't expect you will see the error of your ways and that is what makes political discussion pointless.  Nobody will change anyones mind and nobody will abandon their own position willingly.  I am not saying anything is entirely your fault, it takes two to battle,  but you did show up in this thread very willing and wanting to participate in a fight.  One, you promulgated.  Why, if not part of the pack mentality?  :)  Sorry there is no P&R. But as I stated, you have other options with the same participants.  You just lack opponents for the same reasons I am citing. 

     

    So, get your last, best shot it because I am done with this discussion.  Just go back to being a light hearted, aging, Scottish poet.  We like those.  :) 

    I'm sorry.....but now you have gone too far. I have never promulgated in my entire life and am on record as condemning it as a filthy habit.

    This is a new low even for you... and you are reported.

  4. 43 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

    Yes, it would have been much easier to abandon my position and join the circle jerk.  Discussion involves differing opinions, that is the point of it. That is why we participate in it, no?   Unfortunately, some of you let tribalism and group think get in the way of that.  That though, is standard commentary on todays society. 

    Orange man bad! 

    Indeed it does involve differing opinions.....but then only when you allow it and don't insist upon closing it down.

    I find it odd that you insist upon injecting politics into almost every one of your posts...as with this one, and extending this even to your signature.

    Even more odd is that you do this while complaining about tribalism and of politics injecting itself into the Cafe.

    Never mind.....as you say people here just want to get along and indeed there is much to be admired about those who support others and are kind.

    It's my fault entirely of course.....it's just when I see arrant hypocrisy flaunt itself I can't help myself.

    Put it down to me being so old.

  5. Sorry.....your attempts to rewrite history won't wash and using personal abuse indicates that you're aware of this. 

    You have your own perspective of course but I'm unaware that any "bully pack" ever existed..... though I do get some flavour of what you mean when you refer disparagingly  to my age, tell me to grow up, doubt my ability to practise my profession and question my cognitive abilities. I mean that all very fine....but it doesn't change what happened I'm afraid.

    Is this where I say.....bully much? 

  6. This differs from my version of events.....you opposed the creation P&R from the beginning, you lost that one but then participated, but clearly while doing everything you could to undermine it. You actively then undermined max in his well-intentioned attempt to act as Moderator of the sub-forum to the point of him giving up. You then complained that politics was leaking into the Cafe and made life difficult for SW resulting in the closure of the sub-forum.

    It's ironic that you now protest when someone resists your attempts to bring politics into the Cafe.

    So please......don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

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  7. 9 hours ago, Longjohn said:

    It wasn’t me.

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    Well....I happen to be old and I have to agree with the sentiment displayed....dear me yes.

    Yesterday on my daily walk I was forced to offer advice to a woman jogger regarding the advisability of a sport's bra. My advice was offered in the spirit of help and support.....support that was clearly lacking. I can tell you that this was not appreciated by the lady concerned but I do seem to be healing nicely.

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  8. 44 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

    It's strange that the people most involved in bringing down P&R are also so convinced in their correctness that they brought politics to the cafe, eventually causing the very rules that they now hate.  Was it politics they didn't like, or other peoples politics?

    It is indeed strange....yet that is exactly what happened.

    It was clear what was happening then.... as those most opposing the existence of P&R were the ones vigorously participating...... and it's clear now. 

  9. 21 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

    and it's become a big deal when you plan on a trip to the laundry room what are the highlights of your day.

    Here it seems to be menu planning and meal time.

    This goes for me as well......though I do take a little stroll beside the river every day.....nothing too strenuous as I find I run out of puff quite quickly these days. Does make me think though.

    Today…..as befitting a greybeard
    I sat awhile on a bench and dozed in the Sun..
    down by the side of the Eden it was
    the Sun warm on my face…the air deliciously cold
    and birdsong of every kind surrounding me
    and it was perfect….lacking nothing….complete…
    walking home I thought…how strange it is
    my world has drawn-in to become this small thing
    all of my wanderings have come down to this
    just another old boy dozing in the Sun
    causing the odd passer-by to smile a little.

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  10.  

                        Snowdrops

    All over my garden promises are being made..

    in half-hidden corners we hear the whispers..

    it comes….Spring is coming….it comes...

    a day past and there was nothing to see….

    yet here they are…. foolhardy messengers

    newly born from the still-cold earth

    dressed in green and pristine white

    they dare to speak of new life to come

    when all around them is dead... and desolate

     

     

    and we do not doubt these promises….but choose to believe...

    we believe for it has always been so….

    and we forget that this is momentous...astonishing…..

    and so the miracle becomes common-place.

  11. Reading the strange combinations that people chose to eat in this thread...... only confirms me in my belief that this forum has combed the entire continent for a membership that is solely comprised of the weird and unhinged element of the population.

    I fail to understand how I ever allowed to get into this forum.....being a normal person and all.

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  12. 11 hours ago, Randomguy said:

    I am having one now.  I had to sub maple syrup for simple syrup, it is really nice.

     

    Wow! This takes me back about sixty-five years when I used to lure my dates into cocktail bars in order to seduce them with my worldly sophistication. Not that it did me any good.....but I still have fond memories of Tom Collins and John Collins.

  13. 2 minutes ago, Dottles said:

    I haven't had real pizza in 2 years.  I mean the loaded bad stuff.  It was delicious.  By the way, onbike, lay off the Scotch so early in the morning.

    It's true that I'm drinking a little more.....but I do mean a little as I don't drink much by most people's standards. This Lock-down has meant that I'm learning things though.

                  Things I have learned from this time.

                

    It is not possible to sit down for five minutes without putting something in your mouth.

    Those jobs…delayed until you had time… now have other reasons for not being done.

    Someone….somewhere….and without anyone noticing, has done a time-shift. It is now perfectly permissible to have your lunch at four-forty while still in your pyjamas.

    There is now no appetite to watch serious programmes on television or read serious books…..you find that you have an appetite for rubbish of every sort…and the more rubbishy the better.

    That before you store your empty bottles, it is imperative that they be thoroughly washed…..as not to do so means that storing these in bulk causes an enormous stink. Not to do so means that you run the risk of the Postman reporting you for running unlicensed premises…..the officious idiot.

    It is acceptable, when answering a wrong number…..to engage the caller for a good hour and a half listening to him talk about his wife’s bladder weakness…and for the whole thing to be really engrossing.

    Quinine pills may serve the same purpose as Tonic in preventing cramp…..but Gin and Tonic means that you don’t care if it ever gets any better.

    I have learned that there is no good reason to change your underwear more than once a week. To do more…. is an affectation and a mere sop to the overly fastidious.

     

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  14. 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

    Definitely suburban lumber jacking though, with a smallish (14”?) corded electric chainsaw. How embarrassing yet practical!  Only aboot a 4” diameter tree that was only aboot 12 or so feet tall and thoroughly rotted. But I managed to not let it fall on me or anything else - yay!  And it is in the poison ivy patch of wildness on my otherwise well groomed back forty feet. :D

    It is probably a good thing it rotted away so it never had a chance to become a big ass pine tree that would have been a pita or ‘spensive to take down. .   

    It's great being a Lumberjack....right?

    I just love being able to slap my thigh and spit a lot.......do you wear women's clothing? 

    That's a bonus.

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  15. Be comforted......not being able to sleep is something I've had to come to terms with and it's said that it comes with growing old. 

    There are various things one can do and my favourite is to drink Brandy.....not that it helps at all but eventually you just don't care whether you sleep or not. If it would ease to your conscience you can drink Brandy in a mug of hot chocolate...or Horlicks. 

    Reading is good....or even writing...but it doesn't really matter, as whatever you do you're going to be completely knackered the next day. The trick is....not to care to much as otherwise the worry about not being able to sleep....will stop you sleeping.

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