tchotchony

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I spy a disturbing lack of racks and baskets and places to attach packs to go grocery shopping on your hybrid though. ;) Many city people don't own a car (or only use it for taking their sports bike out of the city), so I guess they use their gas money for that. I wouldn't know, I'm a one (utility) bike only person as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pillow looks like it's screaming already

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Well, you're right, this is a bike meant for transportation, not sports. Still counts as a bike though, so original comment is right too. Everybody in the Netherlands and Belgium has one of these (and if you wanna do cyclocross or bmx or fast road cycling, you have a second, third, ... bike)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Then do this to computer-shaped instrument controller systems that have accounts that can not have passwords changed or the application won't run. Or service accounts, so if you pop in after 6 months, nobody knows the current password and the IT guy only comes in 2 hours/week. And that was yesterday. And no, no contact information present...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So say I want a ".travel", who actually makes and sells these? Is it a private company? A country? An independent entity who's sole purpose it is to keep domains and the interwebs alive?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Secretly? I thought this was common knowledge. Mine definitely demands worship and pets every day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I renovated a house from the '70s last year. We now have triple glazing instead of single panes, the roof and side of the house are inslutated, we got solar panels, water-saving showers, a greener water heater (would've loved to move away from gas, but my budget only stretches so far and the asbestos roof will have to be replaced in a couple of years), and soon the driveway will have its' non-porous gravel replaced with pavers designed to let water through.

Global warming won't be fixed by that, but if we all start making greener choices when we can I have hopes we can avert the worst.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Optional extra point to add on to #5: if the community that needs to replace a subreddit isn't here yet, MAKE IT. And advertise it, so it can get popular. Be the change you want to see!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Preventive maintenance? As in, where you take your car in every year for an oil change so it doesn't end up as one gigantic blob that gums up your entire engine or having your brake pads completely disintegrate, cleaning the lint out of a sewing machine, greasing your bike gears, ...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, at the very least scratch the "face to face". I'd be more inclined to agree if a message or a call is acceptable, but some guys you really, really don't want to see in person a second time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And wriggling!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Dutch, not Belgian.

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