⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 @holly@v.st

We got a tandem! We used to have a Burley years ago and it was a blast, and now that we’re in the land of bike paths we figured we should maybe get another one.

@Fullnihilism@kolektiva.social @zyk@mastodon.nz I suddenly want to create a teacore tumblr

@kdorse @leigh Based on what I’ve learned about tipping, it was always about wage theft. Whenever I hear about restaurants trying I always hear later that it failed because people complained. Who are all these people who enjoy doing math at the end of a meal??

sunny day on a North Sea beach

@No_One@kolektiva.social @AmericanFietser The one pictured is an “Urban Arrow” and it’s a really good choice. They have electric assist, and the weight is low to the ground for stability. Handling can be a bit “swimmy”, but that’s to be expected with the long wheel base. I’m tiny, under 110 lbs, and I can ride them around loaded up with no problem. I’m pretty sure they’re the most popular multiple kid transporter among moms here, and a cargo bike share company also uses them https://cargoroo.nl

@oldrawgabbit @danwentzel I live in a place where people take bikes and transit for these sorts of things, and not only does it work, it creates a beautiful, quiet, and sociable landscape. Kids, for example, bike themselves to school and also to after school activities on their own starting at age 10 (before that they ride on their parents’ bikes). People working in cafes and such definitely don’t drive to work because where would they park? There are no parking lots.

@KevinCarson1 @ehashman America did this, too. From the 1920’s to 60’s kids in Louisiana were beaten if they spoke French in school. While my great grandmother’s first language was (cajun) French, my grandmother could only understand but not speak it, and those of us in the generations after can do neither.

@vacapinta Yeah, I swear Dutch is harder despite being closer to English. Japanese felt far more systematic, with clear rules that made sense and were consistently followed. I don’t think I’ll ever fully internalize when to use perfectum vs imperfectum in Dutch.