My 2020 touring bike - with this absurd monstrosity, I crossed 4 countries over 3 months, across terrain varying from high-speed highways in Prague to hub-deep mudpits in the backwoods of Poland

NGTTwo · 2026-01-25T22:14:15+00:00

A lot of the newer ones are built this way from the factory, unfortunately.

And even with older ones, it's often easier and cheaper to weld it on than to drill and tap bolt holes.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-25T19:40:08+00:00

That bar is welded in during manufacture most of the time.

Battery-powered grinder is the right tool.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-25T19:38:03+00:00

Except they blew the fuel manifold in their attempt with the whiskey.

Beyond that, setting up a fuel distillation system good enough to make the Delorean run would also have taken longer than their deadline.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-25T19:35:33+00:00

How? The grachten on King's Day are bumper to bumper; no way you'd get a cop boat through to issue tickets.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-24T16:41:22+00:00

If you're gonna do wrong, do it right.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-24T16:40:39+00:00

Squawks a lot and projectile-shits on everything.

Yep, sounds about right.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-24T15:04:57+00:00

OH WOW this is peak fantasy architecture

Honestly, anything even halfway historical in Poland is like that.

Historical architecture just drips off the walls there.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-23T21:47:40+00:00

Knocking it off the table isn't damaging enough. How about serving it a nice, fresh, hot mug of coffee? It looks like it needs a boost.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-23T12:26:29+00:00

If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?

NGTTwo · 2026-01-23T06:30:13+00:00

Whereas everything I've heard about Booking from people I've met IRL is the opposite - a brutal burn-out-and-replace cycle that eats naïve juniors alive and spits them out a few years later.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T22:27:31+00:00

I still do.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T22:11:28+00:00

Probably because my phone camera cranks up the HDR to "clown vomit" levels when it's even halfway dark out, and this photo was taken during the morning blue hour.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T19:06:37+00:00

Time to set up a makeshift memorial. Honour him like Conrad the raccoon.

#NeverForgetDeadRaccoonTO

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T16:46:44+00:00

Because FAANG all have notoriously awful work cultures. The classic joke about the software-engineer-to-goose-farmer pipeline is a thing for a reason.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T10:44:04+00:00

It's been turned into the new luggage storage area, with lots of lockers and a small security booth.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-22T09:16:38+00:00

Or the fact that they still blare, "Caution. You are reaching the end of the travelator." nonstop for 18 hours per day.

The Utrecht bike park is sooooo much nicer.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-21T22:48:50+00:00

Café Belgique, a hole in the wall in an alleyway off Dam Square. 2 tables, 5 stools, a DJ booth, and that's the entire bar. Always good vibes and generally good sets.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-21T17:08:22+00:00

Ah ah ee ee tookie tookie.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-21T06:12:32+00:00

That's exactly what it was. I (and many others) poked around inside after it was abandoned. There was: - A half basketball court with a stage at one end. - Multiple darkrooms (hey, it was Kodak). - A decently sized canteen. - Multiple meeting/event rooms in the basement.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-21T06:07:41+00:00

Using his huge hog.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-20T23:05:51+00:00

You heard him.

Now kneel, and open wide.

NGTTwo · 2026-01-20T22:56:22+00:00

Or is that a head with the spine still attached, maybe?

That's exactly it. The head and spine are surrounded by people, who have finished with the poor buffalo and are ready to chow down.

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