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Quote from that link's title: "The Welsh have the biggest penises in the UK, measuring 6.56 inches (16.66cm) Despite being blessed with the largest genitals, they have the worst sex lives"

Sounds like a shitty time, cold and rain for days until you get to a concentration camp, hope you had a good time though.

Carrying a water bottle or just having a good drink before is cheap insurance. I do like the heat but if you're in it you have to be smart if the need comes to do any exertion. The heat is probably why all those brutal murderers moved away, it was very hard work.

@XTreme's bike doesn't need a fender, it's evolved and is equipped with a much more advanced Active Puddle and Mud Avoidance System.

Not my point, Pete, I meant any kind of predicament that forces you to push yourself a little more. Like for example a bike falling on it's sidestand, I'm sure you must look at that BMW and wonder how it stays up My point, extreme heat is way more likely to be an issue than violent murderers.

Eastern europeans are a little more used to violence (proper violence and war, not fisticuffs on a saturday night) and bodyguards in a way that is quite difficult for a western european to comprehend, I guess their home countries endured a lot of ugliness recently. I wouldn't be hanging around those deserted buildings in the middle of nowhere, but that might be more because they're creepy and haunted. Seriously now, being older I think you should watch out for riding in sunny over 40º heat more than being murdered, specially away from roads. That's a nice way to turn a slow speed tumble or a little mechanical issue into a proper adventure.

My problem is slightly the other way, I'm a 32 or 33' waist, a 48 or 50 in european sizing, and most pants rise a little up on the boot once in riding position, so ideally i need a little longer sizing, which wouldn't be a problem since a few manufacturers make them, I like Dainese. Wouldn't be a problem except deliveries and stocks have been failing a lot since covid started, it'll just take a little longer.

Got a pair ordered, I’m a weird size, but everything related to productions and dates is messed up and delayed.

Yes, cold for Portugal but way nicer than rain.

I always thought I was 181cm, but my ID card states 183cm, I was very happy to know about those two extra cm even if they're just on paper

If you're not a surfer or really looking for warm beach weather, I would visit in autumn or early spring. Chances of rain increase, but less of a tourist mob and still great weather:

https://www.savethewaves.org/wsr/

It's an old fishing village, still some typical fishing but very few boats today. It's the world's first surf reserve, lots of brits, dutch, australians and brasilians living there. It's full of female yoga instructors from all over, surfers from all over, and an overall chill vibe, lots of people during the peak of summer though. It's a very pretty place to be in, quite unique in Portugal.

That sounds like a proper ride. How was Estonia? Russia just seems so grim whenever I look at videos of riding there, ugly roads, traffic and weather. Did you go over?

He does in fact appear to be the man.

Dude, wash your slippers!

Talked to a 23 or 25 year old girl who works for one of my client's today. She is fit and does sports. She had covid for a couple of weeks, and the following lung infection left her in bed for a month and a half unable to stand up or speak more than 4 words without stoping for a breath. She's fine now, but can't run or climb stairs without having to catch her breath. Same with athletes, they bounce back to "normal" but for months are left debilitated compared to their previous state. Every sickness is best handled by very healthy and fit young people, that's just fucking common sense. So what? Seriously, a young athlete copes better than an old and debilitated person or someone with a chronic sickness, what kind of idiot thinks this is relevant and should be viewed as an indicator that people and over reacting? Should we ease off on cancer treatment as well since it's deadlier on older people?

A forum should be like a pub or a cafe. You don't just go in and act like you know everyone there, you shouldn´t feel at ease talking to people online in a way that you wouldn't in real life. You get in, go peruse ride reports, a few discussions, and get a feel of the place, if you get in and act like a twat from the get go then that's just what you are* *which is alright, if that's what you are in person as well

bulling:

I agree that power in any form is something that is always difficult for governments and leaders to give back once they get it. They get a state of emergency and are not easily convinced to give it back, that happens because power corrupts most people and politicians and governments aren't exempt to it. I believe death statistics in european countries to be accurate, there might be a day or two error sometimes but overall I think they are accurate. I also think that whoever thinks covid only seriously affects the already ill or old is an idiot and someone that ironically proves the need of governments to order people to take care. If a significant number of people in the UK think that covid is still a sick people's sickness it might go to explain other opinions that UK people as a whole have expressed lately.

Surely, it doesn't. The UK had 275 people per km in 2019, Portugal had 111 for the same year, I just looked it up.

And they say chivalry is dead!

Dude, that's a stupid thing to say. Only people having trouble have "something seriously wrong" already? Crack a book!

You are a gentleman, Clive, regardless of what they say about you.

I´ll flounce the next time I spend an age editing a fucking video to only get a couple of likes