tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post9107878589703285432..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Complaints about priority, and police dogs vs. bikesDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-67621086947801530112012-04-18T11:37:00.474+02:002012-04-18T11:37:00.474+02:00"But also the people watching the show look l..."But also the people watching the show look like rednecks."<br />Ha, you mean ordinary hard-working respectable folk :-). Those are the usual Saxon 'taterheads. Also widely seen in Ostfriesland and further East.Frits Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-52624541139989712692012-04-17T16:07:56.658+02:002012-04-17T16:07:56.658+02:00But also the people watching the show look like re...But also the people watching the show look like rednecks.Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-51956629002650888242012-04-17T16:06:12.116+02:002012-04-17T16:06:12.116+02:00@Frits, okay... thanks. It sounds different to wha...@Frits, okay... thanks. It sounds different to what it seems I usually hear which must be those Arnhem and more southern accents...Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-62423382247101526722012-04-17T15:50:36.849+02:002012-04-17T15:50:36.849+02:00@Slow Factory: re accent, both interviewer and int...@Slow Factory: re accent, both interviewer and interviewee don't even speak the regional dialect, just standard Dutch. If they did you might find it even more understandable (it's called Nedersaksisch, or Lower Saxonian, which is more or less spoken from the line Groningen-Arnhem across Germany to Brandenburg; south of Arnhem begins the Rhineland dialect family which is entirely differentFrits Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-80532977509281452422012-04-17T02:59:53.145+02:002012-04-17T02:59:53.145+02:00Ah to have cycle paths cleaned regularly. Every ti...Ah to have cycle paths cleaned regularly. Every time the grassed is mowed here <a href="http://www.bicyclecanberra.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/second-class-citizens-part-2.html" rel="nofollow">cuttings strew across the paths</a> until the wind and rain washes them away. <br />To get priority wouldn't that be a luxury, too dangerous to consider that here in Aus.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288258477481107716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-1147645588957414752012-04-16T12:11:15.316+02:002012-04-16T12:11:15.316+02:00Against dogs used in police work. Clever Dutch sho...Against dogs used in police work. Clever Dutch should make robots for this. <br /><br />But most interesting for me was listening to how the local accent was SO very different from what you hear in North Holland or further south. Was like 1/3 or half the way towards German.Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-86543206241635373552012-04-16T11:20:26.270+02:002012-04-16T11:20:26.270+02:00Matt: just the other week I nearly had just such a...Matt: just the other week I nearly had just such an incident. Unfortunately some dogs misinterpret my fear of hurting them for fear of their teeth and proceed with barking and attacking even more boldly. Perhaps next time I'll get closer. But wait- I remember bending my new bike once on my 13th birthday over two fighting dogs, on my first ride, showing off to my granddad... Dogs clearly not Koennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-5982187472503709672012-04-16T10:21:08.255+02:002012-04-16T10:21:08.255+02:00Note the wheel discs on the dog training bike to s...Note the wheel discs on the dog training bike to stop that very special yelp you hear when a dog's nose / paw gets caught in the spokes...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236324797918643122noreply@blogger.com