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WOW!!!!
Not sure I've ever seen anybody jump this far off topic.
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Not sure I've ever seen anybody jump this far off topic.
Wait, what? Next thing you'll be telling us that Austria and Australia aren't the same! Surely the "K" in KTM stands for Kangaroos???
That was sarcasm just like the rest of the post.
Uh... I know that.
It did not come across that way, as there are some people who take that stuff seriously (Parler, and the like). But anyway....back to Noraly.
Sadlsor
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Therein lies the subtle and oft-underappreciated humor in sarcasm.
Back to Noraly...
(and sarcasm IS my second language, in which I am fluent.)
Whooshka
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Using an emoticon helps one understand between sarcasm, humor or seriousness.
Unless you use the rwong one
One of the joys of humor and sarcasm in particular is not explaining it in advance and it being recognized as such. I'm not particularly bothered if somebody doesn't get it though on occasion I may mention it after the fact.
So, stopping in at Noraly's various social media, she has posted a 2 min 15 sec video of her, in various stages of exercise. There is an associated paragraph explaining, at her Facebook page.
A journey back to Adventure Motocycle Fitness!
A journey back to Adventure Motocycle Fitness!
It's a little cliché but first watching her video without sound I 'heard' the Rocky montage theme music blasting in my head.
Amused to see that Shawn Smoaks bought himself a Himalayan after his wife recently got one after several years of not riding. He saw how much fun she was having with it so decided that he had to have one too. Smoaks has had a Youtube channel for a long time, is a bike technician in Vancouver, WA, and mostly rides BMW's and Harleys from what I can tell. He knows a lot about motorcycles, of course, and calls the Himalayan "a lovely bike" and "a lot of motorcycle for not a long of money."
"Well hello there YouTube..."
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Wonder if Noraly is aware that there's a big lake freighter (retired) named after her... https://nmgl.org/col-james-m-schoonmaker/ Btw, that surname translates to "shoemaker".
New posting on Noraly's FB page ... new videos on the way ... that was posted three days ago, and she claims, "hopefully I can post this week"
Here it is as an image
Here it is as an image
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kiltman
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I wonder what new bike she has chosen for this adventure. an RE or Honda 500 or ?
Leaving on a jet plane... So she's staying at an airport hotel. She'll buy a bike and kit it out I suppose and then it's on the road again. Will she off the non-bike luggage? I'm really interested to she how she starts basically from scratch in her new location.
amorley
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I think Noraly is a bit more organized than she is putting on but I credit her bravery to fly to the worst COVID hot spot in Africa to escape from the Netherlands. Interesting to understand her decision process.