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Handsomedan:
This made me smile (actually it made me chuckle):
not off-road vehicles at all and cannot pull a herring off the plate off-road
That's nice that I could sweeten your day with my fishy off-road way :-)
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That „put(a)in“ in French means „f.ck“ :-)
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I put an Apple AirTag on our dog's collar which has been useful more than once.
I've been training her to associate the ringing sound you can initiate on it with treats and she will now come inside from any corner of our yard when I ring it.
Some time ago, Trivago was blitzing TV ads here and in Oz with their low room rates. Then they got done over by the regulator for false advertising (they were not pushing the rooms with the lowest rates, but the ones that gave them the highest kickback). Since then the commercials have dried up. There were a few briefly that did not make the cheapest claim, but there haven't been any for a long time. What makes me smile is that I have recently noticed commercials on American television (MSNBC) that are identical to the ones we were getting here before Trivago was fined. Different actresses at the hotel front desk, but the same dialogue and the same claims. Why don't I believe a word of it?
Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos
I semi-regularly walk up a bush track near my house. At one point the track branches off and leads to a lookout. This branch has never been a very 'good' track, and a few years ago they came along and put a new track in. The new track is much wider and easier, but it's also not as direct, so some people continued to use the old track.
Fast forward a year or so, and the council apparently got wind of people still using the old track and put a small fence in front of it to block it off. It was trivial to go around this fence (remember that it's all public land) and it wasn't long before there was a definite visible 'extension' of the trail, avoiding the fence.
About six months ago the council came back and extended the fence. I went up there today for the first time in a while, and there's now a clear trail where people have worked their way around the extended fence.
I wonder how long this cat and mouse game will continue :)
Rikkitic:
Some time ago, Trivago was blitzing TV ads here and in Oz with their low room rates...
But what will the Trivago girl do??
Looks like she has landed on her feet for her next adventure.
Behodar:I semi-regularly walk up a bush track near my house. At one point the track branches off and leads to a lookout. This branch has never been a very 'good' track, and a few years ago they came along and put a new track in. The new track is much wider and easier, but it's also not as direct, so some people continued to use the old track.
Fast forward a year or so, and the council apparently got wind of people still using the old track and put a small fence in front of it to block it off. It was trivial to go around this fence (remember that it's all public land) and it wasn't long before there was a definite visible 'extension' of the trail, avoiding the fence.
About six months ago the council came back and extended the fence. I went up there today for the first time in a while, and there's now a clear trail where people have worked their way around the extended fence.
Those are called desire paths, and are sometimes used in urban planning. The canonical way, done at places like Michigan State and Berkeley, is to seed grass over a new area, then after a few months put paths where the grass has been trodden down to the topsoil. Mostly though they end up blocked rather than integrated into the urban planning process.
In Dutch they are known as elephant paths.
Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos
Rikkitic:In Dutch they are known as elephant paths.
The elephants that create these paths in the Netherlands... are they pink by any chance?
neb:Behodar:Those are called desire paths, and are sometimes used in urban planning. The canonical way, done at places like Michigan State and Berkeley, is to seed grass over a new area, then after a few months put paths where the grass has been trodden down to the topsoil. Mostly though they end up blocked rather than integrated into the urban planning process.
I semi-regularly walk up a bush track near my house. At one point the track branches off and leads to a lookout. This branch has never been a very 'good' track, and a few years ago they came along and put a new track in. The new track is much wider and easier, but it's also not as direct, so some people continued to use the old track.
Fast forward a year or so, and the council apparently got wind of people still using the old track and put a small fence in front of it to block it off. It was trivial to go around this fence (remember that it's all public land) and it wasn't long before there was a definite visible 'extension' of the trail, avoiding the fence.
About six months ago the council came back and extended the fence. I went up there today for the first time in a while, and there's now a clear trail where people have worked their way around the extended fence.
Back in the 90s I saw a building construction crew using a parallel path but a few metres away from the "official" one. That's when I learned the concept. What's baffling is the council ignoring it - usually, it's the most optimal path for something.
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I love living here :-).
Teacher Only Days!
You don't realise how quiet your Street is without the "arrogant" School run parents in their predominately SUV's for the 1500+ Student School in our Street until a Teacher Only Day!
(NO School Buses for the School!)
That BC = Before Coffee
and
AD = After Drinking coffee
neb:Rikkitic:The elephants that create these paths in the Netherlands... are they pink by any chance?
In Dutch they are known as elephant paths.
Like those 3 I saw in Bangkok? :-)
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- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
Bought my 6-monthly Lotto ticket last week, and won a bonus ticket. The bonus ticket won another bonus ticket in last night's draw. Small victories :)
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