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Hey bikers, what's your resting pulse??

nem0nem 0 points1 point 18 days ago[-]

300

I am a soccer noob and I didn't know that...

nem0nem 1 point2 points 1 month ago[-]

I think this is true - this is the one sport where a US team cannot claim to be "world champions" simply for winning the domestic championship.

England

nem0nem 0 points1 point 1 month ago[-]

hi

South Africa ponders vuvuzela ban. Please, please do this!

nem0nem -7 points-6 points 1 month ago[-]

I agree - all this vuvu-hate is just cultural intolerance. This is what they do in ZA - deal with it.

NY Post does not understand the concept of victory.

nem0nem -56 points-55 points 1 month ago[-]

An American doesn't understand irony?

How ironic...

Vamos, vamos Argentina! (nsfw)

nem0nem 1 point2 points 1 month ago[-]

What ball?

In 1973 an aircraft cruising at 37,000 feet collided with a Rüppell's Vulture

nem0nem 0 points1 point 1 month ago[-]

[citation needed]

I think you've dropped something [NSFW]

nem0nem -2 points-1 points 1 month ago[-]

upboat for upvotes

How hard is it to become a Bike Courier in a major city?

nem0nem 1 point2 points 1 month ago[-]

It's a hierarchy in that the low end companies they hire many riders with no experience. To get a job at the better firms, they will test your knowledge on routes before you can start and will fire you if you are too slow. These firms are "better" because they hire a smaller amount of riders that are faster at their job so you will earn more than at an "entry level" company because each rider gets more runs and the rate a likley higher as the company charges more for their faster service.

I used to work as a bike messenger in summers at college. Best job I ever had.

Is this true?

nem0nem 5 points6 points 1 month ago[-]

I am an immigrant and I feel the amount of stop signs here in the US is crazy - you don't have to have stop signs at most intersections where a yield will easily suffice. I rarely saw stop signs on the road before I moved stateside.

What item has given you the worst flat?

nem0nem 1 point2 points 1 month ago[-]

I vote for self-inflicted too.

On my old mtb I had v-brakes and I had adjusted them just before a ride - I didn't realize I had adjusted them so that they were rubbing against the sidewall of my back tire.6 miles later I hear a loud bang (like a gunshot too). I had torn through the tire and popped the tube with my brake.

Worst thing was I was still 3 miles from my car and I couldn't use my spare tube as it blow through the hole in the tire. Luckily a passing rider had the idea of cutting a piece of the ruined tube to use as reinforcement for the tire and I manged to ride back to my car with the rear brake disabled.

After WWII parts of Germany became Poland. What became of the local people? Did they leave their homes to remain in Germany or stay and become Polish?

nem0nem 9 points10 points 2 months ago[-]

I have family in Wroclaw (formerly the German city of Breslau). My family was originally from Lvov which became part of the Ukraine after the war so they were relocated to Wroclaw.

My cousin told me one of his neighbors found some belongings in his basement belonging to the former German occupants of his house and he found an address for them. He wrote to let them know he was keeping the house in the same look as when they lived there and told them about the tree in the yard that was planted by them that was now a large tree. He invited them to come visit anytime.

The German wrote back and said "Thank you for keeping the house in such good shape and I would love to come back and see that tree. I will especially love to see it after I hang you from that tree."

Reddit: Why 'England' is often the wrong word

nem0nem 0 points1 point 2 months ago[-]

not part of the UK

Reddit: Why 'England' is often the wrong word

nem0nem 0 points1 point 2 months ago[-]

That also explains why we forrins are so confused about the USA. American wouldn't be correct because that applies to any country in the Americas

F this hike

nem0nem 1 point2 points 3 months ago[-]

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit my mom did it when she was pregnant with me

6 Ridiculous History Myths (You Probably Think Are True)

nem0nem 6 points7 points 3 months ago[-]

nobody expects that

Excuse me, you forgot the fries! [GIF] (Mildly NSFW)

nem0nem 5 points6 points 4 months ago[-]

but I still don't see any fries?

Afraid of heights? Incredible view of the Preikestolen cliff in Norway [Pic]

nem0nem 5 points6 points 4 months ago[-]

who's behind you?

Pictures from the Russian Subway [Warning: Graphic]

nem0nem 4 points5 points 4 months ago[-]

it's cowardly because you are attacking defenseless civilians that are not part of any armed conflict.

This is considered one of the finest images on Wikipedia [NSFW]

nem0nem 7 points8 points 4 months ago[-]

I'd like to...

FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT

British schoolkids think the Queen invented the phone and Luke Skywalker was the first on the moon. WTF

nem0nem 0 points1 point 4 months ago[-]

Duh.... everyone knows Al Gore invented the phone

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