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Yeah I think it is like TJ said. A lot of the deserts have roads and that’s it, they are just like plopped there in the middle of nowhere

Interesting, thanks!
I thought that the roads in the desert might be too high speed for bikes to be allowed.

Nice! I need to clean my room soon, haha.

Thanks, and good luck! :)

Hey, it worked. :D At least temporarily. :P

Being a farmer I don't let the winter get me down. It's a 3 - 4 month break from everyday outdoor tasks. Look at it this way, the shortest day of the year is a little over 30 days away. Spring is on its way!

1.16... just wait :P

Good point. I watch that at least twice a year and never grow tired of it. It is a great mood boosting movie. I actually enjoy Mr. Collins' role. Have you watched the 2005 version of it?

I have! I really liked that one as well. I'd have to watch it again to compare the two, but it seems an unfair comparison anyway, as for a 6 episode long series you can afford to spend a lot more time on certain things than in a feature film.

In any case the 2005 version has a stellar soundtrack, and I found the 1995 one fairly lacklustre in comparison. The main theme is good, but it plays too often, and the other themes are unmemorable.

*chuckles* :P
That's why I change the colour... I guess it's not enough. ;)
I do keep a document with all of them (starting from when I started writing them myself, in July 2018; I used to get them from Roblox), it's up to 14 pages now!

"that's why I change the colour" oh lol I never noticed that. :P
Cool that you keep a document with them!

A bit ironic that in the three days following this status update I have not been able to decide on anything to put in my signature. :P I've come across interesting stuff, for sure, but I want to make sure that I can make it applicable to people's daily lives in some way, and first and foremost that I interpret the passage correctly.

@Soul I was also wondering. I heard from some people that there are in fact people lying about fare dodging, and that that makes some bus drivers very careful. In Italy, they apparently get so many rude fare dodgers that the ticket checkers tend to start by shouting when an issue arises, as they assume civil methods won't work.

wow i live in america and if you try to dodge fares then they pull a glock on you

Not literally. :P

That's interesting, I didn't even know there was a word for the day before yesterday in English :P

Both ereyesterday and overmorrow are entirely obsolete, but in my statuses I can use whatever words I please. :P

Though it's always been stupid that overmorrow and ereyesterday are obsolete, as they are very useful. We use them in Dutch all the time.

That sounds like a terrible thing to say. Don't think you should have been banned for what they said, but it's probably better you leave anyway. No reason to hangout with toxic people.

@lucky I agree! I was considering leaving the server after what happened, because staff did not seem to care, or even encouraged it... and then I got banned, for whatever reason, so I didn't have to decide anymore. :P

@waffle It is, but it is strange when it has played a significant role in a sizable part of your life. :$ I have been active there daily since 2016.

Same...

I find it peculiar that it seems that in high school everyone has to do somewhat the same level of lessons. Here there is quite a clear difference between what people had to do, and I'm fairly sure that if you were to try everyone to do our highest level, most people wouldn't manage it.

Indeed, it is peculiar. :thinking: Maybe the level of secondary education is just lower? Or they tailor education towards each student? That would be ideal, but seems infeasible. And sounds very un-American on top of it. :P

Hope you get to feeling better!

Thank you!

:/ things like this really makes people want to ignore the rules. :P

Frankly, even if I knew I didn't have COVID-19 I might not want to get into public, as I might spread the common cold I probably have, and as such put other people into an awkward situation. Honestly, I'd be happy if it turned out that I _do_ have COVID-19, as in that case all the hoopla would seem a bit more useful. :P

:P maybe, if you have just a cold, you could wear a mask outside, as that'll help with preventing to spread it. :)

I try to keep at it, but the subject wasn’t ever my best. Truly, as CD pointed out, if the point is understood, that is what matters most. Not how formal it is written.

Yes, but in this case it doesn't. I am left to guess whether 'the point' includes the person in question being depressed or not. In some cases it's obvious they are, in others it's obvious they are not, but in most it's left ambiguous to me.

I type in all lowercase in-game, but I'll still use commas and other punctuation when necessary...