The numbers four and five (quatre, cinq) are pronounced like ‘cat’ and ‘sank’ in informal spoken French.

Kite?

I also came here to say I don’t wear shorts.

Only for sports. And reluctantly.

In the Netherlands and Belgium, where I am from, helmets are still very much optional. We have very strong cycling cultures and lots of people are opposed to it. They never used them and have cycled everywhere for decades.

However. There are a lot more helmets riding around than ten years ago. Especially kids wear them a lot. Their parents less so, but their numbers are increasing. Older people are coming around very slowly. They get one when they buy a fast ebike. Not so much for a normal bike.

For myself, I go cycling most weekends and always wear a helmet for that. Purely because it’s an appropriate thing to do. It’s part of the culture. I didn’t wear one for commuting or for getting groceries or going out, while those trips are A LOT more dangerous. So at one point I just realised how weird that was. And that there are no good objective arguments to not always wear a helmet. I’d absolutely hate to see it become mandatory, but I’d love to see more people make a positive choice to wear one.

On a slightly related note: could any US lemmings tell me why non-catholic christians in the US are so involved with the pope?

I have a friend from KY who went to Rome and everything. I asked her why, since she’s protestant, and she genuinely did not understand the question. Her entire family was praying for the pope. And they are methodists?

I have some catholics in my family and they would not bat an eye if the patriarch of Constantinople died. They consider orthodox Christians or protestants as a different religion.

It’s a scene from Reynaert the fox It’s arguably the most amazing text that survived in medieval Dutch. Earliest versions date back to the 13th century.

It’s full of trickery and very dark humor.

Here’s a more recent depiction of the scene:

I’ve literally done more with a cargo bike.

Yeah, I’m lucky I got in way before the changes. I think new users are stuck with having to pay for everything? Now I just can’t access the multi-day rides, which is inconvenient if I want to go bikepacking, but the workarounds are fine.

And yeah, they will probably find a way to make older users pay for basic features too.

I used to love how they didn’t have a subscription model. Just buy the maps once and you’re set.

:-(

I’m fine with it if women are allowed to be polygamous as well.

It’s about to be ‘Dodge rammed in the Netherlands’

It’s a great app and it really does help to avoid waste, but… I know a few businesses that went from donating their leftovers to charities for the poor to selling them through TGTG, because that way, they still make some money off of it.

I liked it a lot, more than Tidal (what I have now). But the last few months with Qobuz I had streaming issues, because of something on their end. It was a freak issue though. The catalgue was absolutely wonderful especially if you’re into jazz like me. It allowed you to browse record labels too, which I sorely miss.

I switched because of the streaming issues and because tidal has a connect option, which allows me to send music without compression over wifi to my stereo, natively from tidal (spotify has it too, but lower quality sound)

Hey, this is great! Being from the EU, it’s been harder to get certain less-sought-after editions in English since brexit (and the shutdown of bookdepository). And I hate ordering from amazon.

Qobuz is also French.

This clip explains pretty well what is possibly happening to you: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1idcSvB-bg&t=54s&pp=2AE2kAIB

I say possibly, because I haven’t seen you run. If you want to correct it, you can take smaller strides, so your heel won’t act as a brake (and cause hard impact). Or you could lean more into your run, so the mass of your body doesn’t push into you stretched leg, knee and heel. Moving your centre of gravity forward, towards your extended foot, will make you roll more fluently over your foot. So less impact.

But this is really all guesswork, as I haven’t seen you run. It could be other things. Maybe have someone film you (from the side) for a while, midrun, or at the end.

Cushioning will only help you to a certain degree. Try adjusting your form little by little. There’s tons of good videos on this. If you are a heel striker, you absorb shocks with a stiff leg, resulting in a lot of stress. Putting your chest out or leaning slightly forward will shift your centre of gravity somewhat, making you roll through your heelstrike more smoothly, or making you strike midfoot or further. Don’t try to push too hard too fast, though. Make incremental progress.

Runner here. First of all: good job. Running three times a week is nothing to sniff at. Make sure you have rest days in between your running days. It sounds like you do, but just to make sure. I never run back-to-back.

Cushioning shoes may help, but definitely go to a running store that looks at your stride and technique. If there’s a problem there, they will give you tips on how to improve. And maybe some corrections to you insoles and lacing. It could be that you have a hard heel strike.

If you are a bigger person looking to lose weight: try not to rely on running alone. Go swimming two times a week and run once. Swimming is A LOT less hard on your joints and shins as it doesn’t involve impact. Cycling can be good too, but it will require more time and often more costs as well.

I don’t think it would take on an adult red deer. But roe deer definitely, and probably fallow deer too. They are known to hunt animals well above their own size. And sure, hares and smaller animals too.