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On 10/15/25 7:29 AM, john larkin wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:40:48 -0700, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 9/27/25 9:10 AM, john larkin wrote:
>>>
>>> https://www.timeout.com/travel/coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-2025
>>>
>>> Two things I noticed is how many places have hideous overhead wires,
>>> and how much signage is in English.
>>>
>>
>> And they are usually terribly crowded. Why do people want to feel like
>> sardines in a can? To me the coolest places are right here where we live:
>>
>> https://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork1.JPG
>>
>> You can only get there by mountain bike, by kayak or on foot. On foot it
>> takes a lot of hours. Mountain biking there isn't for the faint of
>> heart. Even an experienced rider turfed it on the way out there.
>>
>> My MTB has panniers and I brought homebrew IPA plus Dixie cups so we
>> hung out there for a while when I took that picture. The plop of a
>> Grolsch bottle echoing back from the valleys is a heavenly sound :-)
> 
> We have the Pacific Crest Trail, from Mexico to Canada. It takes
> months to hike, carefully timed around the snowfalls.
> 
> Some locals are "trail angels" who help the hikers. We sometimes sit
> near the trail near Sugar Bowl, have a picnic, and if we see an
> especially weary hiker we yell "Do you want a beer?" Sometimes they
> are so shocked we have to repeat it.
> 

We should all help each other. I carry a fairly complete tool kit in my 
bikes. Rarely use it for myself but most for others. Including one 
motorcyclist and a car driver. "What? You have a tool for this? On your 
bike?"


> I introduced one German guy to Chimay. He packed the empty bottle out.
> 

That surprises me sometimes with Northern Europeans. They should know 
all that, with Belgium being so close.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-14 22:40 -0700
  Re: ot coolest places Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-10-15 07:50 +0000
    Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 09:31 -0700
      Re: ot coolest places Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-10-17 17:01 +0000
        Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 12:04 -0700
      Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-17 15:32 -0400
        Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 13:09 -0700
      Re: ot coolest places Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-10-18 04:21 +0200
        Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-21 16:03 -0700
  Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-15 07:29 -0700
    Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 09:35 -0700
  Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-15 14:59 -0400

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