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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roger Merriman Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design Date: 30 Apr 2025 15:31:16 GMT Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <46001kphubacjqt5mf8ttmfa1igp58v4mf@4ax.com> <87tt66ikz8.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <874iy5zqcm.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net a+PraKyCPjUzS2J/hbU+RArq1NNdjlzf7mOENepuCtj8t98nhU Cancel-Lock: sha1:EiWYPhQucyyhAsQAYvP98htspsc= sha1:J3evd8nyg0fjA6+MLHwhZ2J15iM= sha256:ZCmsjeViMb7Q/kE1WGfdQAZdQp9/qlmvZ6rKK8oIRQA= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Bytes: 3840 Radey Shouman wrote: > Jeff Liebermann writes: > >> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:52:43 -0400, Radey Shouman >> wrote: >> >>> Jeff Liebermann writes: >>> >>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:57:53 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/29/2025 11:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:04:10 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/mas/Images/thumbnail_large_Bike%20Helmet_tcm88-1757243.jpg >>>>>> >>>>>> A helmet like this would be better: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> Dorky headgear but a sharp looking bicycle! >>>> >>>> The bicycle looks something like a Flying Pigeon: >>>> >>>> >>>> The helmet looks like an improvised wheelbarrow conversion. I can't >>>> tell from the photo, but there might some padding on top of the riders >>>> head and perhaps a chin strap. Notice the forward facing pneumatic >>>> shock absorber (rubber wheel), which will provide additional head >>>> protection against the rider flying over the handlebars. The white >>>> thobe is both practical and fashionable riding attire in some parts of >>>> the planet: >>>> >>> >>> Not a thobe -- two parts, trousers. He's wearing a shalwar kameez, >>> perhaps in Pakistan or Afghanistan. >> >> Thanks. That seems correct. (I'm obviously not an expert on Muslim >> fashions): >> >> "Shalwars have been traditionally worn in a wide region which includes >> Eastern Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. The kameez is >> a long shirt or tunic." >> >> Southern Asia includes Pakistan and Afghanistan: >> >> >> However, I believe it is acceptable to wear a thobe over pants: >> > > Those pictures do not look like what is called a "thobe" on the Arabian > peninsula, which falls to close to the ankles, more or less. Perhaps > "thobe" has multiple meanings in different countries, like "jumper" has > in English. > Language has that quality, even if it nominally is the same language, Welsh Now just means yup I’ve heard you it’s on my list! Roger Merriman