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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:45:08 -0400
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On 4/21/2025 1:31 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:06:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/21/2025 10:52 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>> John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The problem with the Local's Pub or Restaurant is that in many cases
>>>> they don't speak your language (:-)
>>>>
>>> That isn’t of its self a problem! At least in terms of getting a drink/food
>>> long conversation might be tricky though surprising or not how much chat
>>> one can have despite lack of a shared language!
>>
>> About a month ago we were checking into a hotel at the edge of a
>> national park at the same time a German couple was arriving. I welcomed
>> them to America.
>>
>> After leaving for a while to see some sights, we got a table at the
>> hotel's restaurant. When the German couple entered, I invited them to
>> eat dinner with us. My German language knowledge is zero. Their English
>> was halting at best. But we enjoyed an hour of interesting conversation,
>> with lots of reference to translation apps on our phones.
>>
>> Today's technology makes that much easier than it used to be.
> 
> I suspect that's another of Krygowski's imaginative romps though his
> need to be included in every conversation he come across.
How sad that the timid tricyclist lives a life of so few interesting 
experiences.


-- 
- Frank Krygowski