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beppe · 04-09-2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Is there "illegal time?"

This is what we call it, in our own language of course. The antonym in this case should be natural, may be, like 12.00 is when the sun is at its highest, discretized by the fuses, of course.
The word legal comes from having decided high above about its introduction.

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

There sure is when I'm riding canyon roads.

Stitchawl

and you do not follow speed limits?

Stitchawl · 04-09-2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

There sure is when I'm riding canyon roads.
Stitchawl

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and you do not follow speed limits?

GoogleTranslate must not be my friend. I can't find any understandable translation for 'follow speed limits.' The closest I can come to what it is that I do is with a 'Star Trek' reference for "Warp Factor 6."
However, I NEVER speed on straight roads.

Stitchawl

beppe · 04-09-2011, 08:22 AM

you know, when you go on road with a vehicle. you know speed (you might call it velocity, and measure it in km/h for instance). Often, the authority advise you not to proceed with a speed in excess of what they have established. If they get you they give you a fine.

follow is obviously maladroitly intended in the sense of abide to. like in this I follow the tradition ... I follow the rule ... i do not follow the temptation to ...

Russell Brooks · 04-09-2011, 08:24 AM

Just finished cleaning the bathroom now I'm going to make some pancakes.

Stitchawl · 04-09-2011, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Russell Brooks

Just finished cleaning the bathroom now I'm going to make some pancakes.

"As night follows unto day..." There is poetry in there somewhere.

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 04-09-2011, 09:53 AM

Testing my new Powermonkey Classic V2. My Blackberry detects it, my mp3 player doesn't (which I expected since Creative wants you to buy their chargers). My Sony Reader doesn't detect either but I read that it might trickle charge (it does charge with the wall-wart that comes with the Powermonkey). I got it plugged in atm to see if it will charge the reader

I'm going to order a tip to charge my Nintendo DSi, even if I can't charge all my devices with the PM I can use the wall-wart and this combination will reduce the number of charger I have to take with me when I'm going away.

DixieGal · 04-09-2011, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Russell Brooks

Just finished cleaning the bathroom now I'm going to make some pancakes.

Don't forget to wash your hands!

kennyc · 04-09-2011, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Don't forget to wash your hands!

my thoughts exactly!

SneakySnake · 04-09-2011, 06:09 PM

wont that make the hand basin dirty again thus requiring another bathroom clean? Or, are you using bathroom instead of loo? Oooh if you just cleaned the toilet, wash wash wash your hands and dry them several times before making pancakes!

poohbear_nc · 04-09-2011, 08:42 PM

Recipe for lots of fun for all:

Take an ordinary paper grocery bag, one remote control car, and one kitten.

Combine all ingredients in the kitchen.

Mix well inside paper bag using fast moving toy car.

Try not to drop the remote as you are laughing at the kitten trying to escape from the bag ahead of the car.

[I'll have some photos to post tomorrow].

phenomshel · 04-09-2011, 09:46 PM

Feel like I'm finally getting ahead. Storms forecast for tomorrow, so trying to get school assignments done tonight. The one that required online research is done; the other one only requires my (paper) English book. I only need internet and power long enough to submit them!
In other news: Even with ebooks, I had to buy another bookcase. The small one I had currently houses all our textbooks. We got another one as a "freebie" with a past desk purchase, but it's too small for my fiction collection, not to mention the box full of books waiting for me at my mother-in-law's house (handed down from my sister-in-law who got a Kobo). The new one is nice enough to actually qualify as a piece of furniture, instead of a utility.

Mortis · 04-09-2011, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

GoogleTranslate must not be my friend. I can't find any understandable translation for 'follow speed limits.' The closest I can come to what it is that I do is with a 'Star Trek' reference for "Warp Factor 6."
However, I NEVER speed on straight roads.
Stitchawl

Any favorite roads over here you can recommend, I am looking at a BMW F800r and a Kawi Versys. both are slightly used (read both dropped at very low speed) Since the pricing is almost the same, with in a few hundred bucks. My goal is to "Adventure" the bike and eventually ride it from here to Canada. Can "Adventure" be a verb, meaning to put bags, racks and skid plates on it.

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Originally Posted by Russell Brooks

Just finished cleaning the bathroom now I'm going to make some pancakes.

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Don't forget to wash your hands!

Don't listen to them, a little bit of toilet gunk is good for ya

But before I'll eat your pancakes I'll ask to see you wash

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Recipe for lots of fun for all:

Take an ordinary paper grocery bag, one remote control car, and one kitten.

Combine all ingredients in the kitchen.

Mix well inside paper bag using fast moving toy car.

Try not to drop the remote as you are laughing at the kitten trying to escape from the bag ahead of the car.

[I'll have some photos to post tomorrow].

I am sure we have said this before Pooh, but it didn't happen unless there are pictures or video!

Stitchawl · 04-09-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Any favorite roads over here you can recommend, I am looking at a BMW F800r and a Kawi Versys. both are slightly used (read both dropped at very low speed) Since the pricing is almost the same, with in a few hundred bucks. My goal is to "Adventure" the bike and eventually ride it from here to Canada. Can "Adventure" be a verb, meaning to put bags, racks and skid plates on it.

Talking with different folks who are currently doing 'around the world' rides, clean gas still remains the biggest problem, and that's easily fixed by having a self-maintainable external gas filter. Adventure bikes are the new 'marketing goal' for most big bike companies so this should be easy to add to any bike. Do a search at http://www.webbikeworld.com for Adventure Bikes and you'll get a wealth of ideas.

There used to be a road from Cherating, on the east coast, that ran north-west up through the Tamon Negara jungles, then west till it joined up with a road that came back down south-west through the Cameron Highlands... It was a hell of a trek, and our biggest problems back then were clean gas and washed out road, but it made for a heck of a trip! For all I know, today that road might be a dual carriageway lined with McD's and 7-Elevens. I haven't been on it in more than 10 years, and Malaysia has put down thousands of miles of new highway in those years!

Stitchawl

Mortis · 04-09-2011, 10:57 PM

I believe that road is still there, but a big chunk of it has been redone, if it's the same road. I've driven it a few times in a car, on a bike it would be fantastic! I rode from Segamat, in Johor up to Kuantan on the inland highway and back along the coast. The inland road was one of the best rides I have ever had, the coast road was so crammed with people that it wasn't much fun and didn't feel safe. I find in Malaysia I prefer to ride in a pack, normally I don't like group riding but the safety in numbers thing is true here.

As far as clean gas, here you can get it anywhere, unless you are deep in the jungle on slimy mud roads that I wouldn't want to ride a bike on, well not a street bike, a KLM maybe

I have never had any gas issues other than all the stations being closed from 3 to 6 in the afternoon for Friday prayers and now a days thats very rare except up North.

Stitchawl · 04-09-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

As far as clean gas, here you can get it anywhere, unless you are deep in the jungle on slimy mud roads that I wouldn't want to ride a bike on, well not a street bike, a KLM maybe

I have never had any gas issues other than all the stations being closed from 3 to 6 in the afternoon for Friday prayers and now a days thats very rare except up North.

I find it really amazing at how fast Asia changes. I remember only being able to buy gas in individual home-filled liter bottles stacked up on tables in front of small roadside shops. We'd pick through the bottles to find the ones with the least amount of sediment in the bottom. That was the norm in all the Kampangs. You could only find real gas stations in the bigger towns. And five years ago it took three days of rough travel to get from northern Thailand to Angkor and still another two days to get to Ho Chi Minh City. Today you can drive from Thailand to Ho Chi Minh City in less than two days, and do it on modern super highway the entire way!
How times do change...

Stitchawl

04-09-2011, 08:22 AM	#29493
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	you know, when you go on road with a vehicle. you know speed (you might call it velocity, and measure it in km/h for instance). Often, the authority advise you not to proceed with a speed in excess of what they have established. If they get you they give you a fine. follow is obviously maladroitly intended in the sense of abide to. like in this I follow the tradition ... I follow the rule ... i do not follow the temptation to ...

04-09-2011, 08:24 AM	#29494
Russell Brooks Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 569642 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montreal, Quebec Device: none	Just finished cleaning the bathroom now I'm going to make some pancakes.

04-09-2011, 09:53 AM	#29496
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Testing my new Powermonkey Classic V2. My Blackberry detects it, my mp3 player doesn't (which I expected since Creative wants you to buy their chargers). My Sony Reader doesn't detect either but I read that it might trickle charge (it does charge with the wall-wart that comes with the Powermonkey). I got it plugged in atm to see if it will charge the reader I'm going to order a tip to charge my Nintendo DSi, even if I can't charge all my devices with the PM I can use the wall-wart and this combination will reduce the number of charger I have to take with me when I'm going away.

04-09-2011, 06:09 PM	#29499
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	wont that make the hand basin dirty again thus requiring another bathroom clean? Or, are you using bathroom instead of loo? Oooh if you just cleaned the toilet, wash wash wash your hands and dry them several times before making pancakes!

04-09-2011, 08:42 PM	#29500
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,777 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Recipe for lots of fun for all: Take an ordinary paper grocery bag, one remote control car, and one kitten. Combine all ingredients in the kitchen. Mix well inside paper bag using fast moving toy car. Try not to drop the remote as you are laughing at the kitten trying to escape from the bag ahead of the car. [I'll have some photos to post tomorrow].

04-09-2011, 09:46 PM	#29501
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Feel like I'm finally getting ahead. Storms forecast for tomorrow, so trying to get school assignments done tonight. The one that required online research is done; the other one only requires my (paper) English book. I only need internet and power long enough to submit them! In other news: Even with ebooks, I had to buy another bookcase. The small one I had currently houses all our textbooks. We got another one as a "freebie" with a past desk purchase, but it's too small for my fiction collection, not to mention the box full of books waiting for me at my mother-in-law's house (handed down from my sister-in-law who got a Kobo). The new one is nice enough to actually qualify as a piece of furniture, instead of a utility.

04-09-2011, 10:57 PM	#29504
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I believe that road is still there, but a big chunk of it has been redone, if it's the same road. I've driven it a few times in a car, on a bike it would be fantastic! I rode from Segamat, in Johor up to Kuantan on the inland highway and back along the coast. The inland road was one of the best rides I have ever had, the coast road was so crammed with people that it wasn't much fun and didn't feel safe. I find in Malaysia I prefer to ride in a pack, normally I don't like group riding but the safety in numbers thing is true here. As far as clean gas, here you can get it anywhere, unless you are deep in the jungle on slimy mud roads that I wouldn't want to ride a bike on, well not a street bike, a KLM maybe I have never had any gas issues other than all the stations being closed from 3 to 6 in the afternoon for Friday prayers and now a days thats very rare except up North.