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Post by isthisit on Aug 20, 2020 14:57:57 GMT -5
I just watched several Sturgis videos and videos from surrounding town. Most people were going about their business like everything was normal. I do remember seeing 2 or 3 people wearing masks but almost no social distancing. I was surprised not every event was held in Sturgis. Some events are several miles from Sturgis. I wonder if my neighbors will think I have lost my mind. I was thinking about digging a cave in the side of the river bank and living in it until next summer. Why? There were 50 new local cases today. OK, I am over thinking this Covid-19 stuff. People in Texas and New Jersey are a lot worse off than the people in my area. I am thinking of moving to Orkney, as far from crowds as possible Covid rates astonishingly high in Orkney! And it’s light for about ten minutes per day in the winter, bastard cold and ridiculously windy. Pubs are good though.
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Post by Handy on Aug 20, 2020 15:44:43 GMT -5
So, we have someone with first hand experience about living in Orkney?
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Post by isthisit on Aug 20, 2020 15:48:51 GMT -5
So, we have someone with first hand experience about living in Orkney? No, but I have been there three times. Cold, windy, dark. I imagine the scenery is nice if you can see it through the rain in the ten minutes of daylight. The pub I remember had big roaring fires, great food and lots of Scotsmen for whom I very nearly needed subtitles. 😀
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Post by Handy on Aug 20, 2020 16:58:55 GMT -5
Isthisit I have been there three times. Cold, windy, dark.Well,you have been there. That is way more traveling than I have done. I saw by the north latitude, what you say about "Cold, windy, dark" holds true part of the year, especially the dark part. I have a link on my Internet list of places tool bar that connects my computer to some northern Canadian places. I look at some places on the link before I go to bed and it was l sort of light past 11PM in the summertime. I liked that because it gets dark by 5PM in the wintertime where I live. I don't know what people do for an income on Orkney but I did assume it was windy so I speculated a wind farm might be a decent source of income. The draw back for the wind farm is could the locals afford to purchase the electricity? Yes subtitles. As many people age, their ability to hear and understand speech with a strong accent decreases. don't ask me how I know this fact. I watch some international political or financial videos on Youtube and turn on the close caption option. My recent travels have all been within my home county. I have 2 cars. One was filled up with gas/petrol at Christmas. It still has 1/4th of a tank of fuel. I drive my other more economical car (35MPG +-)more.
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Post by isthisit on Aug 21, 2020 0:48:25 GMT -5
I live in quite a bit to the north than you Handy . Here in mid winter it is dark by half past three 😖. As for Orkney I believe the main industries are fishing, agriculture, tourism and food processing. More recently energy generation is also a thing. There are a lot of Neolithic sites there which draw a lot of tourists. 🥱 I can tell from your posts that you are curious about the world. I just counted up, I’ve visited 61 countries, many several times. The most visited nation? The US of course 😀. Oh, and the thick Scottish accent, has nothing to do with my hearing. Those folks seem to have a larynx like no other!!
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Post by lessingham on Aug 21, 2020 3:19:51 GMT -5
The Orcadians are not Scottish so have a much gentler and lyrical accent. Yes it is windy and I would install a wind turbine, there is no sun in the winter so solar is a bust. I love the weather, be dramatic or go home. What's not to love about a place where you hang your washing to dry and you get a call from Norway asking if you want it back...... again. The worst? I ate the worst fish and chips in ny life there. Scapa flow was the largest British navel base ever and there is not one single remnant left. Even the museum is a bust. Best story? A wife sent her husband to do the Christmas shopping on the Scottish mainland with the kids. Did not see them for three days due to the sea being too rough for crossing. It will do for me
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Post by petrushka on Aug 21, 2020 5:47:52 GMT -5
Maybe moving to one of the Polynesian Islands will garner you a higher sexual frequency. This is what I found when I searched for the lowest (1x a month) to highest sexual encounters (2x a day) on the Internet and factors that influence sexual encounters. Even the early missionaries said "bread fruit" was the reason people on some islands were so lazy and had so much sex. Bread fruit grew without cultivation and fish were plentiful. Times have changed so this may no longer be as true as it once was.
Most likely you would be disappointed. The missionaries have done a number on the Pasifika people.
Very strict, very prude.
Don't wear revealing clothing as a woman. Certainly don't go skinny dipping, is what I hear.
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Post by Handy on Aug 21, 2020 10:08:20 GMT -5
Isthisit 1. I’ve visited 61 countries,... 2. Here in mid winter it is dark by half past three 1. No grass growing under your feet! 2. The dark at 3:30 PM in the winter time would not be my idea of fun. Maybe I will visit you June 21st.
:head scratch: not being out of the county on my own for a very long time and now teasing about going to a far away place, equals in-congruence. :head scratch: Problem sort of solved. I will do what I have done in the past when visiting Baza's and Petrushka area, use Google Street View to get an idea of what their areas look like. Visiting Tasmania, Norfolk Island, the same way and reading historical descriptions of areas gives me a way to visit areas, even if it is only virtual.
The" Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme" was a real interesting virtual trip for me.
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Post by isthisit on Aug 21, 2020 13:43:48 GMT -5
The Orcadians are not Scottish so have a much gentler and lyrical accent. Yes it is windy and I would install a wind turbine, there is no sun in the winter so solar is a bust. I love the weather, be dramatic or go home. What's not to love about a place where you hang your washing to dry and you get a call from Norway asking if you want it back...... again. The worst? I ate the worst fish and chips in ny life there. Scapa flow was the largest British navel base ever and there is not one single remnant left. Even the museum is a bust. Best story? A wife sent her husband to do the Christmas shopping on the Scottish mainland with the kids. Did not see them for three days due to the sea being too rough for crossing. It will do for me Orkney is part of Scotland! Scapa Flow is actually why is I visiting the archipelago. I was diving on the wrecks there. Very cold and dark water with exceptionally rough seas, but great wreck diving. Agree the museum is pants.
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Post by isthisit on Aug 21, 2020 13:49:20 GMT -5
Isthisit 1. I’ve visited 61 countries,... 2. Here in mid winter it is dark by half past three 1. No grass growing under your feet! 2. The dark at 3:30 PM in the winter time would not be my idea of fun. Maybe I will visit you June 21st.
:head scratch: not being out of the county on my own for a very long time and now teasing about going to a far away place, equals in-congruence. :head scratch: Problem sort of solved. I will do what I have done in the past when visiting Baza's and Petrushka area, use Google Street View to get an idea of what their areas look like. Visiting Tasmania, Norfolk Island, the same way and reading historical descriptions of areas gives me a way to visit areas, even if it is only virtual.
The" Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme" was a real interesting virtual trip for me.
Handy I would welcome you to the U.K. at any time of the year. I could show you the beautiful countryside and vibrant cities of the north, NI, Wales, Scotland and down to the Shakespeare shiz in Stratford. I could then hand you over to lessingham for the London and south coast bits. No need for the trepidation, it’s just a long way to travel, the rest will be easy. 😃
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Post by Handy on Aug 21, 2020 16:14:17 GMT -5
Isthisit ...it’s just a long way to travel,...Precisely! That is one thing that keeps me at home. Virtual traveling means I can surf the Internet until 4AM, go to bed in my own room and then cook or have breakfast in my own dining-room in the morning around 8 or 9AM. My screen time? Maybe 6 hrs a day, almost every day. I have even taken some virtual bicycle rides in the UK, on abandoned railroads converted to pedestrian ways (Rails to Trails). I have also looked at videos and read about the first steam engines (pumps) and the beginning railroads in England and several other countries. The history of the London sewer was also interesting along with the Underground construction and usage, especially during WWII. Then there are the 2 walls between England and those maundering-savage Scott people, at least there were 2 walls at certain times. Recently I learned there is a financial-political district called "The City of London" (not London as most people think) where the financial rules are somewhat in favor of certain people and the laws are different than common law. This results in tax havens for some of the well connected companies and people, from what I read. I might order a shandy if I ever get there.
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Post by Handy on Aug 21, 2020 16:27:57 GMT -5
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Post by lessingham on Aug 22, 2020 2:36:07 GMT -5
Had my coronovirus dental appointment. It went very well. Okay, sitting on a plastic chsar in the garden waiting to be called was surreal. But the hygeinist webt for it and I was soon having my head massaged by her boobs. I stared into infinity and moved not. And then her radio played Nutbush City limits by Tina Turner. Eroticism squared.
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Post by worksforme2 on Aug 22, 2020 5:33:13 GMT -5
Dummies here in the US are still hording tp. Even though every store I entered this past week had plenty on the shelves I sill saw shoppers with their cart overflowing with 8 packs of tp. And I see another thing in short supply, alcohol, the rubbing kind. When hand sanitizer disappeared I just purchased alcohol and Aloe Vera and made my own. Now hand sanitizer is back on the shelves but alcohol and Aloe Vera is in short supply and the price has quadrupled. So I will just buy sanitizer premade.
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Post by lessingham on Aug 22, 2020 6:39:35 GMT -5
I am not hoarding, but my pantry remains full. I only buy items on special offer and freeze them. Hans sanitizers are everywhere here so I fo bot bother, I have a few for the car and shopping
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