Mastodon, you are a influence...
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@EWI LOL oh gosh I've been knitting since I was little and doing crochet for many many yars.
@MsHearthWitch Nice
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@Whimsy I'm on POP OS! haha. Someone that I met on here helped me make the swap and suggest it as my primary use for my PC is gaming.
I hear that’s a good one. I haven’t tried that one yet.
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
@MsHearthWitch
I love this for you!
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@airikr @hermannus Yeah, I wasn't kidding when I said I struggle with The Weather. The last few summers have been blindingly hot WITH 90% and higher humidity for days on end. I can barely function in my house with AC, I cannot imagine biking.
Last summer I had a blast riding up and down the Chicago lakeshore on an ebike with my daughter and her girlfriend. If you are serious about biking, you might truly extend your weather-range with an ebike. I bike to work in nice weather, but it's only half a mile each way for me, so I can't boast about it.
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
@MsHearthWitch eeee someone I want to follow
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@EWI LOL oh gosh I've been knitting since I was little and doing crochet for many many yars.
Well, maybe Mastodon will lead you to 3D printing or miniature photography, or home brewing. It's a big world, right?
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@MsHearthWitch eeee someone I want to follow
@alipunk Aww that's very kind!
Also, I'm guessing by your profile you might be near ish to me!
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Well, maybe Mastodon will lead you to 3D printing or miniature photography, or home brewing. It's a big world, right?
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@alipunk Aww that's very kind!
Also, I'm guessing by your profile you might be near ish to me!
@MsHearthWitch ohh cool I live in the mountains around hope
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@MsHearthWitch ohh cool I live in the mountains around hope
@alipunk One of my besties lives up in Hope! I'm in Aldergrove
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@alipunk One of my besties lives up in Hope! I'm in Aldergrove
@MsHearthWitch so nice to meet you
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@MsHearthWitch so nice to meet you
️️️@alipunk You too!
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@sandorspruit @MsHearthWitch @brennen
Biking is so common in the Netherlands, I cannot imagine life without them. And come to think of it. Very young children learn to bike on tricycles, bikes with some extra wheels when learning to bike. Then the rest of us would bike on bicycles. And then some elderly people again get a tricycle when they want to bike but need more wheels support. 
@regendans @sandorspruit @MsHearthWitch @brennen the rain can be a bit of a bother, but the real enemy is the wind.
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
@MsHearthWitch oh dang, you're gonna have a blast! It's so much fun! You can always just dip your toes in too if you're worried about weather or what not; just because you get a bicycle doesn't mean you have to bike *every* place (but you may find that you want to)! Welcome, and enjoy!
We have #BikeNite every Friday at 4PM Pacific on here if you have questions or concerns or just want some friendly folks to chat with (post them with the #BikeNitePQ hash tag and they get added to the queue and @ascentale will pick them up and start the discussion on Friday)!
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
beware, it starts with that and ends with "avid cyclist"
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R relay@relay.mycrowd.ca shared this topic
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@brennen It looks like it. The problem is I do not like The Weather.
@MsHearthWitch @brennen you can be a Person Who Bikes Places without being a Person Who Always and Only Bikes Places!
Biking when it works for you is fun and good!
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@MsHearthWitch @hermannus 42
Is really much, but the joy od cycling is that you create your own wind. And do the same things you do when walking: eg. time of day, bring water, stay in the shade, don’t exaggerate… it extends your reach compared to walking. Compared to a car, well… No AC, no comfy chair and smaller reach. But way cheaper and no need for the gym!@Amiek @MsHearthWitch @hermannus
I can attest to the make your own wind to cool you in the heat. The proof of that is having to stop moiving at a stop light for two minutes.
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@MsHearthWitch totally with you on not enjoying high temperatures. My least fave weather to bike in.
As a Canuck when folks mentioned weather I immediately thought cold where you can add layers. Heat is a completely different matter.
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@MsHearthWitch @brennen you can be a Person Who Bikes Places without being a Person Who Always and Only Bikes Places!
Biking when it works for you is fun and good!
@dingodog19 @brennen Yeah, this is something I've always understood as a general concept but have been solidifying more recently.
There was a few posts going around that were like "Oh, you would be vegan but you love eggs? Be vegan+eggs" "Oh you would love to cycle everywhere but it's not convenient for work? So drive to work and cycle on the weekends"
And it's SO important to banish perfection from our practices.
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
@MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop it's amazing what having a single bubble outside the Corpo-shere does to a motherfucker, honestly. Fedi has done some very similar things for me.
