rainhard

Senior Member
May 5, 2004
4,444
It is.

Another recommendation: squeezed lime juice on papaya. I don't really like papaya otherwise. But that's how some Hawaiian natives taught me.

And another thing I learned on my wife's family's island of São Jorge in the Azores: mixing honey in avocado makes a great dessert on its own.
Yeah that is healthier (honey) than blend avocado with condensed milk & ice. But this combo is so yummy

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s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
35,689
sometimes i hate capitalism and consumer societies

~end of june i went to a bike trip with a few buddies and i realized after not biking for like 30 years that it's actually fun lol. i just wanted a cheap simple bike to ride the nearby mountains. a simple cross country hardtail mtb. it should be easy, right? apparently it's not. i went down to this rabbit hole of specs, doubled, then tripled my original budget, then said to myself "you're nuts, just get something cheap to see how much you used the bike", then went to see a local dealer who knows all the buddies, got a list of good offers and after a few days of checking specs, comparing the shit out of the complete bike market, i settled with a specific bike. i told the local dealer that i want that model in that size, he said fine, he instantly called the wholesaler in front of me, reply: "the last item of that bike in that size just sold this morning". so i started to find either the same bike elsewhere, or find an other good bike with similar specs, because - listen to this lol - i didn't want to DOWNGRADE ON A BIKE I NEVER HAD lol. yeah i'm an idiot.

then i just found the same bike in germany at a great price. but they don't ship it to hungary. i asked all package forwarders i knew, but the package is either likely to be oversized, simply banned with them, or extremely expensive. so i'm now genuinely thinking about asking a buddy to come with me and drive to germany just to pick up a bike. yeah i'm an idiot, confirmed twice

:marc:
 

X Æ A-12

Senior Member
Contributor
Sep 4, 2006
88,368
sometimes i hate capitalism and consumer societies

~end of june i went to a bike trip with a few buddies and i realized after not biking for like 30 years that it's actually fun lol. i just wanted a cheap simple bike to ride the nearby mountains. a simple cross country hardtail mtb. it should be easy, right? apparently it's not. i went down to this rabbit hole of specs, doubled, then tripled my original budget, then said to myself "you're nuts, just get something cheap to see how much you used the bike", then went to see a local dealer who knows all the buddies, got a list of good offers and after a few days of checking specs, comparing the shit out of the complete bike market, i settled with a specific bike. i told the local dealer that i want that model in that size, he said fine, he instantly called the wholesaler in front of me, reply: "the last item of that bike in that size just sold this morning". so i started to find either the same bike elsewhere, or find an other good bike with similar specs, because - listen to this lol - i didn't want to DOWNGRADE ON A BIKE I NEVER HAD lol. yeah i'm an idiot.

then i just found the same bike in germany at a great price. but they don't ship it to hungary. i asked all package forwarders i knew, but the package is either likely to be oversized, simply banned with them, or extremely expensive. so i'm now genuinely thinking about asking a buddy to come with me and drive to germany just to pick up a bike. yeah i'm an idiot, confirmed twice

:marc:
how long of a drive?
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,797
sometimes i hate capitalism and consumer societies

~end of june i went to a bike trip with a few buddies and i realized after not biking for like 30 years that it's actually fun lol. i just wanted a cheap simple bike to ride the nearby mountains. a simple cross country hardtail mtb. it should be easy, right? apparently it's not. i went down to this rabbit hole of specs, doubled, then tripled my original budget, then said to myself "you're nuts, just get something cheap to see how much you used the bike", then went to see a local dealer who knows all the buddies, got a list of good offers and after a few days of checking specs, comparing the shit out of the complete bike market, i settled with a specific bike. i told the local dealer that i want that model in that size, he said fine, he instantly called the wholesaler in front of me, reply: "the last item of that bike in that size just sold this morning". so i started to find either the same bike elsewhere, or find an other good bike with similar specs, because - listen to this lol - i didn't want to DOWNGRADE ON A BIKE I NEVER HAD lol. yeah i'm an idiot.

then i just found the same bike in germany at a great price. but they don't ship it to hungary. i asked all package forwarders i knew, but the package is either likely to be oversized, simply banned with them, or extremely expensive. so i'm now genuinely thinking about asking a buddy to come with me and drive to germany just to pick up a bike. yeah i'm an idiot, confirmed twice

:marc:
Do the trip, just for shits and giggles
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,797
~1400 km, 13-14 hours in total, 1,5-2 full tanks with my car. can be managed in the same day with 2 drivers
Might as well break it up a bit.

I’m doing a similar trip in October, from Philly to Acadia national park. First leg will be one day, spend two days there and then the second leg we’ll split it in two.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
71,393
sometimes i hate capitalism and consumer societies

~end of june i went to a bike trip with a few buddies and i realized after not biking for like 30 years that it's actually fun lol. i just wanted a cheap simple bike to ride the nearby mountains. a simple cross country hardtail mtb. it should be easy, right? apparently it's not. i went down to this rabbit hole of specs, doubled, then tripled my original budget, then said to myself "you're nuts, just get something cheap to see how much you used the bike", then went to see a local dealer who knows all the buddies, got a list of good offers and after a few days of checking specs, comparing the shit out of the complete bike market, i settled with a specific bike. i told the local dealer that i want that model in that size, he said fine, he instantly called the wholesaler in front of me, reply: "the last item of that bike in that size just sold this morning". so i started to find either the same bike elsewhere, or find an other good bike with similar specs, because - listen to this lol - i didn't want to DOWNGRADE ON A BIKE I NEVER HAD lol. yeah i'm an idiot.

then i just found the same bike in germany at a great price. but they don't ship it to hungary. i asked all package forwarders i knew, but the package is either likely to be oversized, simply banned with them, or extremely expensive. so i'm now genuinely thinking about asking a buddy to come with me and drive to germany just to pick up a bike. yeah i'm an idiot, confirmed twice

:marc:
As the illustrious @swsg would say, first world problems.

And no you're not an idiot, you're on a quest, remember it's all about the journey ;)
 

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