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  • The Luxury of Walking Paths Away From Cars

    The Luxury of Walking Paths Away From Cars

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI love to walk and cycle every day. I love to walk from home and not touch the car. This morning I refuelled the car and it cost 90 CHF for 44 litres or so. Every single time I refuel the car I get a shock. Petrol is expensive, and yet people…

  • Cycling In The Rain

    Cycling In The Rain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesBy some fluke I have now gone for two bike rides in the rain. The first time I rode in the rain my hands got cold and I had to warm myself up again. Yestrday I went for. a bike ride again, expecting the weather to stay good. It drizzled almost non-stop.…

  • A Bike Ride In The Rain

    A Bike Ride In The Rain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy fingers went numb with cold during today’s bike ride. I saw that there was a chance of rain but I went anyway. I went for a simple reason. Some people in an apartment next door were banging on walls, and the noise is unpleasant. The noise is so unpleasant that the…

  • Muddy Shoes and a Drought

    Muddy Shoes and a Drought

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery morning the landscape is covered in frost. That frost melts and turns to water, which in turn, turns to mud, and cakes my shoes. Unfortunately there has been no rain for weeks, and there is no rain expected for weeks. We are in another drought although most people will not call…

  • Driving in the rain

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday i drove through the rain for two hours at night and it was so demanding that i stopped the audiobook to focus on driving. It was harder to see the lines, and the rain was heavy enough to impact visibility. I made it but i would think twice about driving…

  • Walking Into Heavy Rain

    Walking Into Heavy Rain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes you end up walking into heavy rain. That’s what I did today. I looked at the weather and because it was meant to get better over the coming days I assumed that this evening it would get better. Instead, as I walked it started to rain a little more, and then…

  • When Rain Doesn’t Show Up

    When Rain Doesn’t Show Up

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThey forecast rain and I looked forward to going for a walk and having clean shoes as shoes are washed by the rain keeping shows slick. The rain didn’t come so my shoes got muddy and I stood by the tap trying to get the mud to drain away from between the…

  • Holidays Break Streaks

    Holidays Break Streaks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is a rainy day so I have less of interest to write about. The rain fell this morning. It continued until this afternoon. Rain is an excuse not to go for a daily walk. It is an opportunity for a rest day. Yesterday my 770 plus day streak on Duolingo was…

  • A Rainy Day And Masks

    A Rainy Day And Masks

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutePlenty of rain today. Plenty of people wear masks, both outdoors and indoors. You also see people wearing masks on television.

  • JSON, Custom HTML and a Rainy Walk

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesJSON Today I spent some time expanding my knowledge of JSON because understanding how JSON works, and how it works, opens doors. Every social network allows you to download your file as a JSON file. If you learn how to use JSON you can then re-use your data on a site of…