[MarkJerling]

15 more posts until my final star.
I'll be post whoring soon.

Soon?

[MarkJerling]

I'm not in the least familiar with the situation in the "cycling World" of that time - but I strongly suspect that you are correct on both counts!

I've read several good books about the issue. There's no doubt that doping was huge and the health ramifications were huge. Lance could have quietly stopped cheating but he was greedy and did not care about who he threw under the bus in order to win. Pity really because, doping or not, he was a fantastic cyclist.

[robtcorl]

Soon?

Says the guy who's posted 5 times in the last 2 hours.

[MarkJerling]

Says the guy who's posted 5 times in the last 2 hours.

Without a competition on!

[lesmore49]

The daily walk.

I try to go for daily walks through the lovely green space park at the top of my street. Sometimes there are wildlife....such as Eastern Cottontails (invasive species), a variety of birds...many of them have left for warmer climes by now, except of course the most aggravating....namely the members of the family Corvidae....Crows, Blue Jays and their kin. They squawk in my ear without let up ....peer at me imperiously...and they will be here all year round.

About a mile away there is a riverine park...some 66 acres with a river called the Seine that flows through. Nope, not France, but a small river once traveled it is said by the coureur de bois (runners of the woods). Well they're not there any more, or at least if they are they have avoided me as I walk down the forest paths armed only with a K1 and 24-70.

On this walk I have seen river otter, beavers, muskrats, painted turtles, common snapping turtles, white tailed deer, Barred Owls, Great Horned Owls Garter snakes, labradoodles, etc. In fact I once saw a Great Blue Heron stalk a fish in the river shallows...and got a photo of it as it struck and speared about an 18 inch pike. A good day for me and the heron...the same could not be said for the unfortunate pike, I'm afraid,


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=...fNUJAubFb6xHzg

Do you have a daily walk and is it interesting. Describe, if you would ?

[tim60]

15 more posts until my final star.
I'll be post whoring soon.

Should not take long, without implementing any special measures.

[robtcorl]

@MarkJerling
A fellow over on the Weber forum built a pizza oven, thought you might enjoy his post.
Looks like you'll have to scroll to the top.

Higher pizza game: achievement level unlocked | The Virtual Weber Bulletin Board

[savoche]

50 pages... Did I miss anything interesting?

Ditto!

Umm...

Well, not 50 pages.

And, well, I've read'em all, of course

[savoche]

Oh those Crazy Canadians!

Tesla driver found asleep at wheel of self-driving car doing 150km/h | Canada | The Guardian

Oh those lazy Canadians, eh...

And in an American car made by a South African, no less. I'm sure there's a conspiracy there somewhere

[savoche]

"Goeie more" = "Good morning"
"Dankie" = "Thank you"
"Ja-nee" = Technically "yes-no" but really works in almost every sentence or on it's own.

"Baie dankie", sounds like "buy a donkey" but means "thanks a lot" (or "many thanks")

I tried greeting a Dutch-Norwegian colleague with a "Goeie more, meneer". He just looked at me and said "That's Afrikaans", then turned and left

[savoche]

Have you seen the snorkel kit for a T54 tank. A bit less than 20 foot. The Russians do river bed crossings, saves on deploying river crossing bridges.

Youtu.be

Youtu.be

...and also this one, I think.

Tank Goes Snorkeling | Military.com

[savoche]

The daily walk.

I try to go for daily walks through the lovely green space park at the top of my street. Sometimes there are wildlife....such as Eastern Cottontails (invasive species), a variety of birds...many of them have left for warmer climes by now, except of course the most aggravating....namely the members of the family Corvidae....Crows, Blue Jays and their kin. They squawk in my ear without let up ....peer at me imperiously...and they will be here all year round.

About a mile away there is a riverine park...some 66 acres with a river called the Seine that flows through. Nope, not France, but a small river once traveled it is said by the coureur de bois (runners of the woods). Well they're not there any more, or at least if they are they have avoided me as I walk down the forest paths armed only with a K1 and 24-70.

On this walk I have seen river otter, beavers, muskrats, painted turtles, common snapping turtles, white tailed deer, Barred Owls, Great Horned Owls Garter snakes, labradoodles, etc. In fact I once saw a Great Blue Heron stalk a fish in the river shallows...and got a photo of it as it struck and speared about an 18 inch pike. A good day for me and the heron...the same could not be said for the unfortunate pike, I'm afraid,


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=...fNUJAubFb6xHzg

Do you have a daily walk and is it interesting. Describe, if you would ?

I have several daily walks - which makes none of them daily, really... But of the "regulars" I prefer the one where enter the woods a four-minute walk from home, continue along the less crowded paths up the nearest hill. The top of the hill is about 200 altitude metres above home. From there I go down a steep wooded slope next to a ski slope, ending up by a small lake.



Then I continue around the lake and up an old track that passes 50 mteres from an "informal" (as in illegally built) cabin. A number of these were built in the woods around the city after WWII as there was a severe housing shortage, especially for single people (as families were prioritised). In the 60ies the city authorities burnt down all the illegal cabins, except this one which was too well hidden. The owner continued living there until 1983, all the while walking 2 hours each way to work in town every day. It has now been restored as a memorial.


Inside the cabin.

I guess the windscreen wiper is for cleaning the windows.

This could need a cleaning.

Outdoor kitchen.


Then I go on to cross the downhill slopes and head back home along the paths. For some reason this is where I the most often spot deer, closest to the populated areas. Squirrels as well, of course. There's lots of moose dung all over, too, but I never see them. I guess they retreat deeper into the forest during the day.

The round trip takes about an hour and a bit.

(No K-3 was used in the taking of these photos!)

[MarkJerling]

@MarkJerling
A fellow over on the Weber forum built a pizza oven, thought you might enjoy his post.
Looks like you'll have to scroll to the top.

Higher pizza game: achievement level unlocked | The Virtual Weber Bulletin Board

Cool! But a bit small for my liking!

[MarkJerling]

The daily walk.....
......
Do you have a daily walk and is it interesting. Describe, if you would ?

I walk the dog every morning, but it's not particularly interesting. Usually, on week days, I head North which means I walk along a rural road, then turn around and come back along the same road, but on the other side of the road.
About twice a week I take a bag and pick up Macdonalds wrappers and discarded caffeine drinks tins and/or bottles along the way, all the while muttering to myself about the types of people who think it's OK to throw their litter from their car windows.

On weekends, I often head South and then West along another rural road but this takes longer so I don't usually have time on a week day. As that road carries no through traffic there's not normally any rubbish for me to pick up.

[robtcorl]

I walked many miles as a land surveyor for 36 years.
Up hills, down hills, in the forest, through mud, etc., so I'm good not doing much walking in my golden years.