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durbanjacques

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  1. To steal a bike here you don't need to interact with people, you just walk up to the nearest street corner with bolt cutters and you can take you pick. But what is increasing is putting spikes and barb wire on trails. Its not all tulips and cheese, but I get your point. At least it isn't violent.
  2. I can confirm ( without eating stroopwafels ) that getting bikes stolen here is part of normal life. There was a recent article in the newspaper that said if you live in Amsterdam your chances of having a bike stolen is exactly 100%. That's why I keep my nice bikes under lock and key and I have a banger to ride around on.
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    When the weather is crap I brew beer. Right now I have a Belgian Blond 8%, Pale Ale 5% and a Dark Mild 3.5% in kegs, a Munch Helles ~5% in the fermenter and planning to brew an oatmeal stout on Sunday. You could say it's my creative outlet
  4. For me it was the seatpost creaking in the frame. I put some copperslip in there and it creaked no more. But yes a creak can come from anywhere and drive you insane.
  5. Its winter in Europe and I like a chicken on the braai so instead of breaking out the Weber we go to the local Portuguese takeaway for a flame grilled Kip (Dutch for chicken) once a week €12.00, whole fresh Kip directly from the farmer at the weekly village market €6.00
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    Oh how I miss SA butchers. Dutch butchers don't use English cuts and they see fat as the enemy so all meat in the butchers is lean. Anyone have a good recipe for drywors? In NL beef sausage is a rarity the locals preferring the piggy. My local butcher has agreed to make me some wors but only if I order at least 8kg so I want to get it right.
  7. While I was driving my daughter to school 3 boys on bikes in front of me just suddenly stopped took an unnatural left and slammed into a wall. It was crazy.
  8. Getting my parents to bring me over some Luv when they are on holiday. I go through ESI like toilet paper, and that stuff is expensive. Also I should probably learn how to ride properly.
  9. Last week in the Hague Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. Been waiting patiently for these for a month. Eccentric BB for the SS. And the installation tool Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. I watched the replay on Red Bull TV. There were serious wipe outs after Greg chasing his time. His run was supremely smooth, what a pro.
  12. Yes I don't want to fear monger but if I can spare anyone the year we had when she fell I will gladly do it. She now has a handle on the Hashimotos and no medication gets into her system without knowing exactly what can be expected. If you still feel uncomfortable with his handling of your situation I would suggest getting another opinion. This isn't a short term thing that will be treated and cured. Its a long term commitment so you have to be comfortable with your clinician. I wish I could suggest someone but she actually had 3 different specialists in 5 years and more blood tests than I can count.
  13. A side note. You may also want to put some research into your medication. My wife was diagnosed with Hashimotos a few years ago and promptly put onto medication to get her T3 and T4 levels normalized. What the specialist didn't tell her was that some of the Hypothyroidism medications could have an adverse effect on bone density. The one she was on was one of those. After 2 years of medication she fell off a horse and broke her back because her bones were becoming brittle and couldn't take the shock. Luckily she is okay today, but it was touch and go. We bounced around from specialist to specialist in SA. I really hope you have more success.
  14. Left for a "holiday" in March last year, but officially left at the end of May last year.
  15. I thought I would get the bike in as well this time. Finally a warm spring day in the Netherlands Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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