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shootingstar

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  1. @sheep_herder BB shooter won't even help toss the giant that I saw on my balcony. It was like a huge German shepherd. It could poke my eye...with the neck, beak at normal level (not attack) it would be slightly just under my height. I'm 5' 1".
  2. hmm. You still want to be on this board?
  3. We're supposed to get fluffies starting in 2 days...
  4. Or another rendez-vous... I did "break up" with dearie for 3 months. That didn't last very long. We kept on accidentally seeing each other on same bike route coming from different directions.. Seriously completely unplanned.
  5. @Razors Edge I will be watching later this wk., a 2023 movie Taste of Things.... a love relationship mirroring the partnership of cooking all sorts of wonderful foods. The Taste of Things movie review (2023) | Roger Ebert
  6. Hunting Canada geese in Canada, ie. is illegal. I looked it up 2 yrs. ago. That's said, there's probably wording or other legislation to allow culling by govn't authorities. Not by general public.
  7. Maybe it was 1 of your granddaughters. ..awhile back. Or was stuck to something temporarily that someone brought into the house. Just a piece of...dirt.
  8. I'm simple as a twisted yarn. Probably shown basics of my character more than I realize. Oh well.
  9. So will you do a bit more cycling, RG? Or something else?
  10. That photo of the dog crouched behind the birds....so friendly sneaky.
  11. If I do that, how I secure that thing in high winds? Occasionally we do get winds 70-100 km./hr. There is nothing on balcony. Nothing.
  12. Some other occupants below and above me, keep stuff on their balcony. And it's just not a table and 2 chairs. I have nothing. Imagine this: balcony is off the bedroom. I could hear the creature honking --loudly. At my former work headquarters office downtown, there was a Canada Goose that annually nested in a big cement planter...EVERY spring. Nesting at the height of your face. I think the organization, just let it be. Not sure why. It became a bldg. story folktale. Yes, mama had her babies there. LIke she is surrounded by human civilization with people walking by, cars... It's even written up in an article about this Calgary mama goose:
  13. Ok...geez. If I ever need to go that route. Does that do permanent ear damage to goose? Does it keep them permanently away?
  14. For now, it flapped away. But you know these monsters...once they discover something. Wow, when it flaps its wings on balcony ...it looks well, threatening. This was a full-on, large adult Canada goose. Huge wing spread.
  15. I have written about this as dearie's riding partner both on and off bike. Sharing Love, Cycling Passion and Idiosyncrasies – Cycle Write Blog (wordpress.com) We weren't always the couple glued together on bike. He of course, was the person who helped return me to cycling, showed me all the bike routes across 3 cities. I felt incredibly blessed that at least he would wait for me at key turn-offs, so that I wouldn't miss him on an unfamiliar route. Then later, yes, I was the one cycling faster than him (which really wasn't that fast). But that never bothered him...since cycling and time together was more important than performance. @ChrisL I just go riding solo. And quite honestly, yea I probably still need help with a busted tire. But I'm riding in the city and can figure out how to get home via transit/taxi if something happens/no one is around immediately. Alot of women/newbie cyclists worry about this and hence, they don't ride hardly at all. Which is a shame. I know it helped him on his mega-solo bike touring rides, that he was able to talk to me every evening, wherever he was bike touring in the world on his big trips, since I was a cyclist too. And if he had long and difficult ride, he would know I knew how much effort it took of him. I agree @Randomguy it is either the SO has a different passion where they are happy/need to be solo doing it (it doesn't have to be fitness ) / have some friends or SO has engaged in some fitness activity in past/present. However, RG, we're talking around the edges of real reason for break-up. And we don't need to know.
  16. I sure hope that big huge Canada Goose standing on my empty balcony floor will fly away. 'Cause I can't absolutely open the balcony door at all! I have a screen door...plus glass door. But still. I don't want a nest nor poop later. Coincidentally it just happened when I filed my income tax. How do I rid of this creature? I can hear it.
  17. Dearie and I always had and did exercise that freedom..to ride whenever person wanted. If other person not available, not a big deal. Went solo riding anyway...which helps living in a city with choice bike routes.
  18. Sorry to hear RG. Being single means knowing that you still like yourself. If you don't have that, then lots of things look harder, when they really aren't. Except benefits of cost-sharing and intimate matters. I have concluded (imperfectly) so far, the older we get, we do develop strong preferences of how to live and certain views of the world. Does that sound rigid? I don't think so 'cause what is worse is knowingly entering into an intimate relationship and a person may strongly suppress some very positive natural things in self --just for the sake of another person. And over a long time, for some couples, 1 of 2 people may suffer. They may not know it then later it manifests in headaches, loss of sleep, mysterious weight problems, etc. I stress, it would be situations, related to a person's identity (who they are inherently and how they feel about that) or person has very strong natural and positive skills, which were never further developed, via more education, etc. I know latter, is related to person's initiative, but in some situations, a spouse /children doesn't make it any easier to make big changes.
  19. On the rare occasion, I've biked in jeans to an event and jeans with some spandex allow a nice ride. Yes, of course, many folks bike in jeans, chinos, etc. But given the cost of jeans and my need for reliable fit, I just prefer not to wear them out so fast (especially at bum), especially when I must bike because of my lifestyle/transportation needs.
  20. I don't think I've ever had true cargo long pants. (Just cargo walking shorts.) Just wind pants with concealed leg pocket for walking around on vacation somewhere. I wore them in Europe in early Oct. when weather temp. suddenly dropped. I would have to wear pant ankle clips (or elastics) if I wanted to bike in them.
  21. Um, I haven't had a hamburger in the last 5 years. Last time was at a family BBQ in Toronto.
  22. Well, not wearing them maybe because they don't feel comfy or ....still gotta get into the retirement mode. I wear jeans in winter and when I don't wear walking shorts or skort. I wear long tights when I bike and it's cold. I almost never wear tights when I go to a restaurant with friend(s) and am not biking there. It makes no sense to me. I know many women do now wear black / dark leggings and wear a nice top. But for me: I spent money on jeans, so I wear them. It's a habit thing for me. That said, I also wore jeans when post-covid, casual biz wear allowed us to do this...not just on Fridays. For sure, office wear for my employer, became even more biz casual friendly.
  23. Clearly brands not familiar to me and that I was with a boring man for a long time, 'cause dearie wore and replace the same: black Levi jeans. He actually looked good in them. He wore them out every 2-3 years, and for whatever reason worn out to holes, on the inseams.
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