Re: [Off-topic] When in Rome...
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > FWIW, I did, once, for a couple of days. With a fully loaded bicycle, > (after riding ~2000Km to get there, but that's another story). > > I must admit that I was a bit scared. Turned out to be *extremely* > relaxed, much more so than other cities I was used to. My guess is > that the other drivers perceived us as a kind of strange-looking and > *very* slow Vespa. More predictable, and thus easy to deal with :) > Bicycle in Rome?! Not good for the lungs anyway. I've been driving a lot in Italy. It is a good example for relative perseption of reality. To understand what I mean go drive a car in Egypt. Compared Egypt to Rome is like comparing Rome to Berlin or Hamburg. > Back to topic (or well: pop the topic stack): to halfway function > you'll need the assumption that not everyone is out to kill you. > Everything else goes as pathological disorder, for a reason. > > Of course, taking precautions that not everyone will manage not > (unintentionally) killing you may prolong your life span. This also shows how important the context of such ideas is. In some countries you can not just walk wherever and whenever you want. So in such a case you make precautions that will help you come home alive at the end.
[Off-topic] When in Rome...
On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 04:40:30PM +0100, Joe wrote: [...] > Exactly so. You don't *know* that all the other drivers on the roads > with you are lunatics, but you try to drive so that it doesn't matter > too much if they are (disclaimer: I've never tried driving in Rome). FWIW, I did, once, for a couple of days. With a fully loaded bicycle, (after riding ~2000Km to get there, but that's another story). I must admit that I was a bit scared. Turned out to be *extremely* relaxed, much more so than other cities I was used to. My guess is that the other drivers perceived us as a kind of strange-looking and *very* slow Vespa. More predictable, and thus easy to deal with :) Back to topic (or well: pop the topic stack): to halfway function you'll need the assumption that not everyone is out to kill you. Everything else goes as pathological disorder, for a reason. Of course, taking precautions that not everyone will manage not (unintentionally) killing you may prolong your life span. Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature
