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-DethLok- t1_ja6lnpo wrote

Reply to Halloween and 4th of July always occur on the same day of the week. by BlueSpeedMouse17

Isn't there an USA reddit that this belongs in?

Because no-one else celebrates 4th July (unless it's their birthday) and halloween is ... again, meh? Just an excuse for the shopping megamarts to try to sell more crap to gullible idiots?

I get that if 4th July is a Thursday then so is All Hallow's Eve (not that I've checked on this at all) but... yeah, nice, for the tiny fraction of humanity that celebrates both of these, well done now go away...

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-DethLok- t1_j9x81se wrote

Reply to Most people don’t know the closest they have been to dying by Mr_Pocket_

Falling while climbing a cliff face and grabbing a fortunately well rooted bush? Yep!

Coming off my dirt bike at 15 and waking an hour or so later, seeing my left motocross boot ripped nearly in half, despite no damage to my foot, or rest of body (apart from concussion) Yep!

On my bicycle waiting at a stop light for the light to turn green and being rammed by a car behind me deciding not to turn right from the right turn lane, trashing my bike yet... I didn't even fall off it. Yep!

And several incidents in the other 3 decades, so far...

So, not every occasion, but I recall a few where I could have ceased.

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-DethLok- t1_j4abw8r wrote

Reply to adults who look back at pictures of their younger selves and realize they had no reason to be so insecure back then, should bear in mind that they will likely be thinking the same thing in a couple decades when looking back on their current selves [discussion] by ideas_now

Pfft, nope!

I'm one of the lucky ones who was able to retire early at 55 and got an instant $100/fn increase in take home pay. It's gone up 3 times since then and will go up further every 6 months until I die.

I wish defined benefit pensions still existed for everyone else, but sadly, the Big Bosses decided to increase their own pay, not the pay of their workers nor the pension plans of their retired workers... Hmm...

Perhaps consider this next time you vote in an election?

Review the history of the people wanting you to vote for them, and review their polices - do their policies make your life better, or just make THEIR life better?

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-DethLok- t1_izmvkdc wrote

Reply to [Image] Be like a shark by artikwarrior2014

Unpopular opinion coming!

I love Mondays, every Monday I wake up and remember that I'm retired and don't have to go to work anymore? So relaxing!

Sorry for you that are still working, though.

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-DethLok- t1_iu4muen wrote

Reply to comment by emu_swimmer in TIL bicycle brakes in the UK are reversed from the US and Europe by UlisKromwell

I was wondering when someone would mention this.

Every motorbike I've owned or ridden has throttle and front brake on the right.

The clutch (or rear brake if automatic clutch) is on the left.

I have a tendency, since my driveway slopes down to the road, to test my bike brakes before getting onto the bike to ensure that each works and that I've drilled it into muscle memory which lever is which - odd - as I've never ridden a bike with 'reversed' brakes but I do it anyway, it can't hurt.

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