Why are you lumping emergency services delivery drivers when that wasn’t park of the discussion?

Because the article shows a callout of what looks like a police vehicle with flashing sirens ^^’ I forgot to bring that up in my comment. I agree with your points. Honestly I haven’t even considered loading zones because they’re very rare where I live. And our parking spots are barely large enough to fit a regular sized car, let alone a proper truck ^^

It looks like an IQ test

I like this change. I never liked infinite scroll. Most implementations work poorly if at all with bad internet connections, it is harder to write userscripts for it and I like a second to consider if I should really continue looking at this page.

Look what they need just to mimic a fraction of our power

I’m a cyclist. Delivery drivers and emergency services have to park in no-parking zones to do their job. It doesn’t make sense to park anywhere except on the very right of the road (or left in left driving countries). And that just coincides with the bike lane.

Also, on the bike lane, they’ll bother fewer people than on the car lane. At least in the street I live on, fifty cars will pass before one bike does - as unfortunate as that fact is.

Even if they did park on the car lane, a bike would still have to grind to a near halt because now you have a gap where the driver might pop out in front of their truck to walk to the storefront.

Delivery drivers also frequently block driveways and prevent cars from going in or out. It’s not like they have a vendetta against bikes.

I’m also glad they do their job because having goods delivered might be the only viable option if you don’t have a car. And finally, delivery drivers are mostly underpaid immigrants, cut them some slack.

How’s the weather in Moscow today?

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The UPS truck and the truck loading/unloading goods don’t deserve a call out imo

Aw thank you so much, I appreciate your kind words a lot! I understand your perspective too and you are very right to be cautious.

Thank you, it totally was! In another thread on Lemmy, someone brought up the topic of cheap holidays, and this was mine ^^

The bike ride was just for fun and exercise. I was planning to cycle 28km north and take the train back, but the southbound train was cancelled, so I ended up cycling all the way.

As for talking to strangers, I just talk to people. It’s what I do.

To give an example, a couple was making their way though a crowded train. I asked if they were getting off at the station too, which turned into us walking to the same platform and finding we’d missed the connecting train. We ended up walking around town for an hour and they explained some of the local history to me, along with talking about the weather and the world. The guy’s brother lives two blocks away from me - Small world!

Then there was a guy on the train and I asked if I could sit across from him. We ended up talking for the rest of the train ride. The lady sitting across from us overheard us talking about computers and managed to ask us a couple of questions about making a website. We all ended up exchanging numbers and offered that she could call us any time if she had any more questions.

Then I also did the classics, approach a guy sitting alone at the counter of a bar, and another sitting alone at the counter of a café.

You just ignite a spark and find that some people are happy to respond and keep the conversation going. Other times they signal that they don’t wanna talk at all, so I just let them be. :)

I was off work, so a lot of things made me happy!

• Called up and visited an old friend
• Called up and visited an old friend #2
• Completed a 55km bike ride
• Tried two new recipes that I cooked with an online friend on call
• Read a whole book
• Found a new café in town that seems nice
• Had nice conversations with at least 4 strangers who I approached
• Borrowed one of these electric scooters and did laps around the empty parking lots on Sunday evening

Coffee has no effect on me after I’ve severely overconsumed it. I still drink it amply out of habit. The hisses and drips of the machine remind me of better times. Thanks for the encouragement!

Dreading going into work today. It is just as if not more soul sucking than my last gig. How are you?

It’s funny because it’s true

-offers hug-

Lol I recognize this, this is Element

I remember a comedy sketch. A guy is walking down the street when a uniformed captain interrupts him angrily and asks why he’s not at work. The captain drags him to the docks and puts him to work. Turns out the guy is wearing a shirt with a generic print like ‘Navy Club Est. 1972’ - Does anyone remember where this is from?

Sounds great, thanks for sharing! I found Espedair Street for cheap and ordered it. Can’t find a lot of English books locally unfortunately.

Beautiful line. I feel it.

Did you make the art in your post yourself? It looks cool