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[Stefan Mikes]

Jealousy is green here, Stefan - some common expressions are : "green with jealousy", and referring to jealousy as "the green-eyed monster" .

They say "Green with envy!"

That's interesting.
Here, I would send a female person a bunch of yellow tulips to indicate my jealousy.

 

[Deleted member 18083]

After the rain …

Pine Mountain, Ipswich, QLD
2 km from home​

Bradfield Drive, Ipswich, QLD
7 km from home​

Brassall Bikeway
Mihi Creek is usually 17 metres below bridge.​

Haig Street, Brassall​

 

[kahn]

That's interesting.
Here, I would send a female person a bunch of yellow tulips to indicate my jealousy.

Coming up with GREEN flowers would not be easy.

One found in the mountains comes to mind, Corn Lily:

Green False Hellebore (Indian Corn Lily)​

 

[kahn]

After the rain …

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Pine Mountain, Ipswich, QLD
2 km from home​

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Bradfield Drive, Ipswich, QLD
7 km from home​

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Brassall Bikeway
Mihi Creek is usually 17 metres below bridge.​

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Haig Street, Brassall​

I might go further than calling what you had simple RAIN. Wow!

 

[PatriciaK]

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After the rain …

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Pine Mountain, Ipswich, QLD
2 km from home​

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Bradfield Drive, Ipswich, QLD
7 km from home​

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Brassall Bikeway
Mihi Creek is usually 17 metres below bridge.​

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Haig Street, Brassall​

I was wondering how things were in your area David!

 

[PatriciaK]

That's interesting.
Here, I would send a female person a bunch of yellow tulips to indicate my jealousy.

It's not a custom to send flowers indicating jealousy here, that I know of... Or, maybe it's just no one's ever been jealous of me ?

 

[kahn]

It's not a custom to send flowers indicating jealousy here, that I know of... Or, maybe it's just no one's ever been jealous of me ?

Can I send you Corn Lily. I'm jealous of your little bike wagon!

 

[Chargeride]

This is a little bugbear of mine.
Slowly the word jealous has replaced envy in the widespread English language.
Everyone now uses jealous to describe envy and jealousy.
Originally Envy was when you didnt like that someone else had more than you, as in a better ebike for example.
Jealousy was the fear someone was taking something off you, like flirting with your partner.
Correct me if Im wrong, but thats how I was brought up to use them

 

[PatriciaK]

Can I send you Corn Lily. I'm jealous of your little bike wagon!

Or, you could just get a little bike wagon of your very own !

 

[Nomad]

I might go further than calling what you had simple RAIN. Wow!

I few rain drops never hurt anybody but that might been a of gang of them!

 

[Taylor57]

Curious about the covid booster and flu shot. Is that one injection now or two shots? And are the side effects worse than the second covid shot? I'm thinking I'll get these separately with a few days (weeks?) between them to get over them. Anyway glad to hear you think you can get out and ride again.

I got my 4th shot today. Criteria by me in Palm Springs is 5 months since your last booster and must be immunocompromised.

 

[kahn]

I few rain drops never hurt anybody but that might been a of gang of them!

Well, we had almost an inch yesterday and another 1.47 since midnight today. That's a gang.

And an interesting article on Seattle rain:

Seattle has six kinds of rain. Can you name them?

How many types of rain are there? And how many seasons does the Seattle area have? Four if you're a calendar person, but some Seattleites say two — wet and dry.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Art Deco]

Well, we had almost an inch yesterday and another 1.47 since midnight today. That's a gang.

And an interesting article on Seattle rain:

Seattle has six kinds of rain. Can you name them?

How many types of rain are there? And how many seasons does the Seattle area have? Four if you're a calendar person, but some Seattleites say two — wet and dry.

www.seattletimes.com

How many words for snow do Eskimos have ?

 

[PatriciaK]

How many words for snow do Eskimos have ?

Drizzle absolutely DOES ruin my hair! The author who is a guy, probably didn't even ask any women about this !

Otherwise, pretty correct description of weather patterns in most of the area . Enjoying a day of liquid sunshine today .

 

[Bikeknit]

Not as gorgeous as Alberta or Australia but it was fun to ride along the Missouri River yesterday. And watch the begining of a new bridge.

 

[Chargeride]

I got my 4th shot today. Criteria by me in Palm Springs is 5 months since your last booster and must be immunocompromised.

Im not sure if Ive mentioned this, I might have fibbed because no one knows, but Im only single vaxxed with astra.
Caught delta before 2nd jab, very mild., havent been back since.
Im going to have to get an antigen test to get to madeira, no big problem.
I now seem completely immune and triple jabbers around me are getting it and Im sniffle free.
I always suffered terribly with colds when I was younger, I think my immune system has seen it all.

 

[PatriciaK]

Im not sure if Ive mentioned this, I might have fibbed because no one knows, but Im only single vaxxed with astra.
Caught delta before 2nd jab, very mild., havent been back since.
Im going to have to get an antigen test to get to madeira, no big problem.
I now seem completely immune and triple jabbers around me are getting it and Im sniffle free.
I always suffered terribly with colds when I was younger, I think my immune system has seen it all.

You've been lucky . Hope that luck holds. On the other hand, you could have just been asymptomatic, but still infected. I'm "triple jabbed", and haven't had a sniffle either. The data tells a different story from what seems to be, so I'll stick with science and data .

 

[Chargeride]

Im not anti, just a diabolical procrastinator, I simply never got around to booking it and after a while it got a bit pointless, Ive been partying, crammed bars etc.
Undoubtedly that first jab protected me

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Jealousy was the fear someone was taking something off you, like flirting with your partner.

It was the sense I was talking about.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

The Day You Feel Yourself Very Weak & Old...

I needed to make some kilometres extra this afternoon, so I set off on my Vado SL. All felt wrong. I was riding an excellent service road along the freeway upwind. The e-bike felt very slow despite of 70% assistance (this is substantial even for an SL e-bike). I was actually struggling upwind! My bad leg started aching and I was almost crying from humiliation! "Has my health deteriorated so much?!" After the ride direction changed to downwind, I should be flying but it was just a mediocre speed compared to any other day.

After having returned to the parking lot, I had a sudden thought. I took the pump and checked the tyre pressure. It was 2 bar instead of five

Following the tyre replacement by a mechanic, I have never checked the tyre inflation, haha! Re-inflated the wheels and rode for 2 km more to make sure...

My goal for the two first months of 2022 has been met!