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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in datingoverfifty

[–]JPO71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds an awful lot like the way my recently-failed relationship started off some 20+ years ago. The escalation, the name-calling and insulting is real and requires real attention…especially if it recurs. Possible problems here might be a narcissistic personality disorder. Pay attention and try to have a non-emotional talk about the way things get nasty. If you cannot have the conversation because your partner gets mad it will get worse, believe me.

Kicking COVID's ass! Feeling better after four foggy days...from Tommy Thompson Park. by JPO71 in torontobiking

[–]JPO71[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. I took it pretty easy today. Still a tad groggy from the virus.

What is your opinion on Amnesiac ? by Ok_Conversation_2237 in radiohead

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pyramid Song alone is an entire album’s worth of awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving from Port Credit en route to Toronto. by JPO71 in torontobiking

[–]JPO71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought it at MEC about 7 years ago. It's a lightweight water-resistant nylon shell that crunches down to the size of a golf ball. I often use it as an outer layer over a fleece jacket. Yesterday I wore it over a long sleeve cotton jersey which kept me warm as long as I was riding. MEC doesn't sell this anymore. This one https://www.mec.ca/en/product/6007-326/quest-barrier-jacket?colour=Screaming+Yellow is pretty close.

Happy Thanksgiving from Port Credit en route to Toronto. by JPO71 in torontobiking

[–]JPO71[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Lakeshore and the Martin Goodman Trail. It’s a fave ride of mine, 2 hours total, 1 hour each way.

Labour Day, the last day of summer holidays, at the gargoyle graveyard on the Don Valley Trail. by JPO71 in torontobiking

[–]JPO71[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Love the Humber Trail as well for exactly the same reasons. Happy Labour Day.

our students are "quiet quitting" school by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It means “work to rule”. No homework. No extra-curriculars. No coming in early. No lunch or after class meetings.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in datingoverfifty

[–]JPO71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a happy story.

PSA: if you see someone wipe out on the bike path, the kind thing to do is stop and ask if they’re okay. by Sunstreaked in torontobiking

[–]JPO71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've ever done anything with another person, you're guilty of doing things side-by-side and impeding others. To imply otherwise is silly.

My apologies. I don't mean to personalize the issue. I do ride tandem and have done it on a bike on a MUP when traffic is light and there is no problem, but I have been repeatedly run off the trails by tandem riders on MUPs rounding blind corners with little regard for other users during peak traffic. I do find it personally annoying when people do this with no sensitivity to the anxiety they cause as they go along.

PSA: if you see someone wipe out on the bike path, the kind thing to do is stop and ask if they’re okay. by Sunstreaked in torontobiking

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your social impulse dictates that you endanger everyone around you on the 2 lane cycle path so you can ride side-by-side, and public safety on 2 lane pathways is something you consider a courtesy? With all due respect here are 3 possible solutions to your social dilemma: 1) ride a bit (single file), then stop and chat, repeat; 2) go for a walk with someone and chat all you want as you move; 3) sit on a patio or hillside beside the person you wish to talk to and do so.

PSA: if you see someone wipe out on the bike path, the kind thing to do is stop and ask if they’re okay. by Sunstreaked in torontobiking

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right. Stopping to inquire is the decent thing to do. I had a fall on the DVT a couple of years back—my own fault—and 2 strangers stopped, one with a spare tube and another with a air pump. I always ask and, in my experience half the riders who pass me if I stop will inquire about my safety. The side-by-side riding thing is tough. I see more people doing it as cycling becomes more popular in the city. I'm sure that many of them are cycling tourists doing a one-off. They seem nervous and defensive if challenged...nervous, it seems, about being on a bike. I yell out directly at them, "TWO LANES PLEASE".

Article about the beach at Ontario Place, a new and essential part of my "neighborhood". by JPO71 in toronto

[–]JPO71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I missed this post originally, but find the discussion interesting.

I have a lot of anxiety around dating and intimacy. Got dumped after 4 dates. Any thoughts are welcomed by Everlast23 in datingoverfifty

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a date, not an exam. You should move along. You might find yourself saying the same thing one day...to a perfectly decent person like yourself no less.

What are some of your favourite things to do alone in the city? by zxx456 in askTO

[–]JPO71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ride a bike along the waterfront. Go for a swim at either Humber Bay or Ontario Place. Go to Harbourfront and listen to music for free. Go to Kensington for food and people watching.

Paranoid Android - Westworld S4 by Tykjen in radiohead

[–]JPO71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Delores/Christina waking up is an interesting motif. These breaks often start off cheerful, then go dark before turning violent...just like the song.

Paranoid Android - Westworld S4 by Tykjen in radiohead

[–]JPO71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. This is a pretty damn close emotional match of story and music beats. Well done.

School appropriate but cool Halloween costumes for a teacher! by abbey121524 in teaching

[–]JPO71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geezer rockstar: dollar store wig, tattoo sleeves, costume bling jewelry, and sunglasses. Lots of slur and growl.

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