Damn, JP, I'm so sorry to hear that. When we lived at the other house, on the dead end road, I used that for my jogging path for a long time, as one complete circuit was exactly a mile. Then some new people moved into the house at the end of the dead end, and they NEVER drove slowly or cautiously, and after them slipping up on me a couple of times, I stopped listening to music while jogging. Took me a while to get accustomed to that.
Silky Johnson
The road where it happened has always had insane drivers on it, even to this day. Tragic but unsurprising. People get smoked all the time out that way.
ziptnf
Jenny, I'm really sorry to hear that. My coach was a professional cyclist and no longer rides outside because too many of his friends have been killed. I try to either ride in a group or on a route with enough driving and cycling space. But it's sketchy sometimes. I analyze all my routes prior to riding but there can still be sections with blind spots and curves. I'd rather ride my trainer in most situations, for safety reasons exclusively.
Silky Johnson
All good, appreciate it fellas. Was soooo long ago now, 26 years this August. But yeah, it's nuts how often it happens. :/
Zoso
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All good, appreciate it fellas. Was soooo long ago now, 26 years this August. But yeah, it's nuts how often it happens. :/
I'm 44 and still have both my parents, who are now 74 and 68, which is hard to imagine. I've had them both active in my life for so long, I can't imagine what it would be like w/out them. Having raised two step daughters, I have seen first hand what a father's absence can cause, no matter the reason. You turned out to be a damned fine person, JP, so good on you for that.
Ted Promo
Lira
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Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Mr. Lira, you ask questions well. This is not news I know, just paying you a compliment.
Thank you. And it kind of is, actually, so I appreciate it :p
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Originally posted by Trance-M
A town called Sevenum, close to Venlo and better known city Eindhoven.
Cool, I think we paid Eindhoven a visit when I was a kid! Always always got a chuckle out of North Brabant being in the South, hehe.
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By the way, the blond host of the Eurovision Song Contest next week, Chantal Janzen also is from this area, Tegelen right below Venlo. Next to pretty and extremely talented she's also very funny, but I heard she'll only be able show a bit of funniness in the live final when Eurovision can't interfere any more. The three hosts have to follow strict guidelines.
Haha, so gutted last year's Eurovision was cancelled though. Really wanted Russia to win :p
I've yet to listen to all the entries this year though.
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Originally posted by ziptnf
I have abandoned running with headphones almost entirely, when running on roads I like to be heads-up. I need all my senses present to be able to both operate at a high level and stay safe. There are too many s out there to risk it. I've been swerved at, honked at, and many other dangerous interactions with motorists. As such with cycling, headphones are essentially forbidden.
Oh, I thought you were in some sort of controlled environment far from traffic. In this case, yeah, take care. It's already dangerous when we're doing everything by the book, let alone when we're distracted :)
Oh, and nice numbers!
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Originally posted by Silky Johnson
My dad was hit by a car and killed while cycling.
I would never THINK of listening to music while out on my bike.
Sorry to hear that :(
And, yeah, the combo of listening to music and cycling on the road didn't even cross my mind either.
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Originally posted by ziptnf
My coach was a professional cyclist and no longer rides outside because too many of his friends have been killed. I try to either ride in a group or on a route with enough driving and cycling space. But it's sketchy sometimes. I analyze all my routes prior to riding but there can still be sections with blind spots and curves.
I know exactly what you mean. I used to cycle to work, but only got on my bike after I mapped out the safest route through the dedicated cycle paths here where I live (and they're even farther from the road than the pavement, so they're pretty safe). Even the guy who sold me the bicycle told me to think twice before riding on the road because of the high mortality around here. I'd actually get off and go on foot when I eventually had to cross a road because I could then use the pavement as the other pedestrians.
Still, my bicycle has so many lights candy kids would probably reach for me :p
Midlothian
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Always always got a chuckle out of North Brabant being in the South, hehe.
The best thing about that is that Eindhoven is in the Zuidoost Noord-Brabant area of Noord-Brabant. But then I suppose not being 'West' is what would matter most to the Brabantians.
Lira
I'm now entirely convinced Eindhoven was founded by Monty Python for a sketch :p
Trance-M
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Haha, so gutted last year's Eurovision was cancelled though. Really wanted Russia to win :p
I've yet to listen to all the entries this year though.
Funny, according to the comments the interval act by our Davina Michelle was the best live performance of the show. Of course we're totally biased and she probably will be our candidate next year or the year after. Personally I think she has made better songs, but the performance was strong and live she beats Madonna easily :)
The visuals were great too.
By the way I gave 12 points to Cyprus even before they started singing and 11 points to Chantal for the parts there wasn't a dress.
Lira
She's got quite the voice! Oh, and Russia last year wasn't good in a musical sense (as Davine Michelle is), Little Big is more of a comedy act.
Anyway, this year I'm totally team Ukraine. It's pretty much a psy-trance track dialled down a bit not to scare the poor distracted babushkas watching Eurovision with their grandchildren :D
I'm also surprised Finland got Linkin' Park to play for them too. Bold move :p
