• grandma@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    > be me

    > live in a relatively new part of town in the Netherlands

    > bike 20 minutes to the city center

    > no hills or mountains because netherlands

    > See almost no cars because most bike routes are completely seperated and shorter than car routes

    > Park my bike in a surveilled parking area funded by the city

    > Do all my shopping for the day and return

    > MFW my friends and family don’t even realize how good we have it

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          3 months ago

          You can drive though the Netherlands in 3h, for Americant’s that means there are no sticks.

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            3 months ago

            Drive though the Netherlands in 3h

            It takes 1 hour to get from Germany in the east to Belgium in the west.

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                3 months ago

                If I can get from Dortmund in Germany to Calais in France in 4,5 - 5 hours (including stopping to fill up), I sure as hell don’t need 3 hours to go across the Netherlands.

                I used to drive regularly to Antwerp from Dortmund in a truck and it took between 3,5 and 4 hours.

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                    3 months ago

                    So go look at a map. How far is it from Venlo to Eersel? It’s about 65 km. Add a couple of kilometres to the border in each direction - let’s make it a nice round number: 80 km all told.

                    How slow is your fucking car, you stupid fucking cockwomble.

                    BTW, the speed limit of 100 kph is only during the day. At night it is mostly 120 kph.

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                    3 months ago

                    I see you edited your reply.

                    Germany in the east means: eastern side of the Netherlands, and Belgium in the west means: western side of the Netherlands. I also stated my start and end point for driving a truck, Dortmund and Antwerp. Again, go look at a map.

                    As you don’t have the ability to look at, and understand a map, I must assume my educational level is higher than yours.

                    You are about as intelligent as a metre of hard shoulder on a highway.

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          3 months ago

          The Netherlands is less than half the size of my state. There is nowhere in the Netherlands that is more rural than where I live right now, lol.

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      3 months ago

      No hills or mountains is great for biking, but bad for beautiful nature experiences (BNE)