… he is feeling uncomfortable! It is a clear sign for other dogs, but we humans don’t seem to understand it. We probably think that dogs are using their tongue as a handkerchief ….
And when “strangers” are coming too close, any dog will react like we would when a complete stranger is trying to give us a “French kiss” …
Dogs are as dangourous as the bread-knife in our kitchen cabinet. Unfortunately some people never learn and have to be protected from dogs.
This is one of the reasons why, as an atheist or non-theist, staying silent halts or significantly slows scientific progress. Obviously there is no way I could explain why better than Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium.
Always nice to follow other blogs. Chris Luxembourg is still busy to realize his amazing dreams. The first is an old video he made a few years back …
But this winter he made the next one … He writes;
“The finished vehicle I called Lowracer Hybrid Speedbike. By law it’s a like an electric bike, but the size is more like a little car. “
I admire his craftmanship and wondered if it is simple to make everything yourself … he answered ; “Of course it’s simple, you only need a few skills!”
We need more guys like him …
Somehow the music in his videos seem to fit with the images, although I like the classic rock more ;-)
Posted in cycling, velomobile, video
The freezing weather reminds me of all the long hikes I made through the woodlands in “de Achterhoek” when I was young. A song written and performed by Normaal, gives a nice impression of my memories …
Op een kolde winteravond, as ‘t vrus as ‘t bast
Op de vievers en de bekken glimt ‘t ies as glas
Op de bulten van de Hummelse hei ligt een dik pak snee
Op de losse plekken in het bos loopt sporen van een ree
D’n onbewolkten winterloch, die lik meer peers dan blauw
A-j buuten iets te doene hebt, dan doe je ‘t bliksemsgauw
De kniens en de fazanten die scharrelt deur ‘t kruppelholt
De streupers die blieft binnen, ‘t is eur völs te kold
Ies kan liehn, ies kan liehn
Margen goat wi-j schaatsen riehn
Ies kan liehn, ies kan liehn
Ik heb der lange noar uutgezien
‘t Holt dat knetterd in de kachel, ‘t is der lekker heit
Noa de koffie kump de foezel, i-j krupt dichter bi-j ow meid
En as der goed gezoppen wurt, de verhalen die goat in het rond
Bi-j ‘t fornuus, bunt ‘t helden, allenig met den mond
Ies kan liehn, ies kan liehn
Margen goat wi-j schaatsen riehn
Ies kan liehn, ies kan liehn
Ik heb der lange noar uutgezien
And just for the people who speak the language ; the next lyrics seem to come right out of my heart ….
Ik doe mien auto an de kant, en fiets now deur ‘t land
Ik werk niet meer commercieel, en verdien dus ok niet völ
Ik bedenk hele hopen idealen, loop d’r allenig moar van te balen
Vervuiling doe’k niet meer an met, stoa alleen uut met de pret
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
Ik sloof mien uut, en ‘t helpt gin zak
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
‘t Geet niet veuruut, ‘t maakt gin donder uut
De hele wereld geet d’r an, en iedereen wet d’r van
Ik vertel het wie ‘t wil heuren, maar nooit zal d’r iets gebeuren
Zi-j denkt alleen moar an fatsoen, zi-j wilt nergens iets an doen
Zi-j denkt an een ni-je inbouwkeuken, i-j mossen doar de koppen op mekaar beuken
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
Ik sloof mien uut, en ‘t helpt gin zak
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
‘t Geet niet veuruut, ‘t maakt gin donder uut
Oh, ‘t kan toch zo niet langer goan, zo blif d’r niks bestoan
Ik vertel ‘t iedereen, moar zi-j zegt: loop toch hen
Zi-j denkt alleen moar an de poen, en wat zi-j veur zichzelf kan doen
Zi-j denkt alleen an vretten en neuken, mossen doar de koppen op mekaar beuken
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
Ik sloof mien uut, en ‘t helpt gin zak
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
‘t Geet niet veuruut, ‘t maakt gin donder uut
Godverredomme, woar doe ik ‘t veur
‘t Geet niet veuruut, ‘t maakt gin donder uut
This unmistakable USA-guy discovered recumbents and velomobiles and is very enthusiastic about it. In fact, he is so excited that he started a website/blog last December. Now he also added a TV-channel on YouTube.
I hate don’t like the presentation , but hey ; we are all just amateurish on YouTube. I just hope the T-shirt will be gone next episode ;-) and there will be less talking and more original photos in the background.
Posted in bike blogs, recumbent, velomobile, video
… if you see this video ; making pulleys for your bike ! But ChrisLuxembourg is a master of making things seem simple ;-)
I can appreciate this advertisement. No screaming voices, no hollow text and no empty promises. Just “what you see is what you get”.
What should be added, is the warning that only daily cyclists will understand and appreciate the humor !
Posted in bicycling, bike blogs, humor, old cyclist, video
… by Nader Khalili. Takes 90 minutes, but is worth watching.
Posted in science, sustainable living, video
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