She is very comfortable with the geology lesson on the bike!
Itchy Boots
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JPrieST
Don't squat with your spurs on
I really loved the scenery in this one. Nice easy twisty roads with lots of colorful mountains. Some say the beach is their happy place. Mountains is my happy place!
What I don't get is that almost every one of her videos have several "dislikes". It looks like (to me) that there are about 40 people that just go to every one of her videos and click the thumbs down. I'm guessing same people over and over.
What I don't get is that almost every one of her videos have several "dislikes". It looks like (to me) that there are about 40 people that just go to every one of her videos and click the thumbs down. I'm guessing same people over and over.
Agreed. I have learned though that there will always be people who will take a contrary view of darned near anything and usually for no good reason at all.
In fact, today at work I was in a meeting and one of my colleagues started arguing against everyone in the room (and contrary to every single fact on the table). His points were quite absurd and got more so as the meeting wore on. Eventually, we voted and his proposition was defeated.
Afterwards, while standing and .....well, you know (it was a lengthy meeting), I looked over and asked him, “what the heck was all that about”? He said that he just likes to be contrary - he finds it fun. He asked me what I thought....
....I’ve known this guy a long time and frankly, I wouldn’t miss him if he were kidnapped by aliens and so after a thoughtful moment, I said, “I think that you just wasted 90 minutes of six other people’s time and in my view, that is simply selfish, immature, and pretty stupid”. Was I too harsh? I simply didn’t care at that point - and I feel the same way about the clowns who dislike Itchy Boots. They should keep their contrary negative opinions to themselves.
She is bright, positive, happy, informative, kind, polite and respectful and she’s even pretty (not that that should matter) and to continually be negative about her work makes no sense. Those folks should simply NOT watch and keep their downer views to themselves.
It has been cloudy where I Iive for a solid three weeks and I’m feeling grumpy (my apologies) - so here endeth the rant.
In fact, today at work I was in a meeting and one of my colleagues started arguing against everyone in the room (and contrary to every single fact on the table). His points were quite absurd and got more so as the meeting wore on. Eventually, we voted and his proposition was defeated.
Afterwards, while standing and .....well, you know (it was a lengthy meeting), I looked over and asked him, “what the heck was all that about”? He said that he just likes to be contrary - he finds it fun. He asked me what I thought....
....I’ve known this guy a long time and frankly, I wouldn’t miss him if he were kidnapped by aliens and so after a thoughtful moment, I said, “I think that you just wasted 90 minutes of six other people’s time and in my view, that is simply selfish, immature, and pretty stupid”. Was I too harsh? I simply didn’t care at that point - and I feel the same way about the clowns who dislike Itchy Boots. They should keep their contrary negative opinions to themselves.
She is bright, positive, happy, informative, kind, polite and respectful and she’s even pretty (not that that should matter) and to continually be negative about her work makes no sense. Those folks should simply NOT watch and keep their downer views to themselves.
It has been cloudy where I Iive for a solid three weeks and I’m feeling grumpy (my apologies) - so here endeth the rant.
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kiltman
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The dislikes on the videos may be mild in comparison to some of the bullying she is facing from the other social media platforms she is on. In part,that is why she took a bit of a break, that’s what was alluded to in episode 49 and 50.
I’m pleased she’s back producing videos, and three times a week is OK......after all it’s going to be riding season soon?right?
On a side note, I changed my first ever tubeless tires just using tire irons.....if Noraly can change a tire on the side of the road....certainly I should be able to too!
I’m pleased she’s back producing videos, and three times a week is OK......after all it’s going to be riding season soon?right?
On a side note, I changed my first ever tubeless tires just using tire irons.....if Noraly can change a tire on the side of the road....certainly I should be able to too!
Who knows what the expectations where for those that left a thumbs down, however unrealistic they weren’t fulfilled. In the way YouTube’s analytics works it is viewer engagement that is important so a negative reaction is almost as good for her channel.
That (bullying statement) piqued my curiosity a bit, so went back - she mentions nothing in 49, but in 50 she goes on about being exhausted, which is understandable, considering what she's doing.
I don't see any bullying ... however....
She's not only riding in very harsh weather and road conditions, she's spending a lot of time posting to various social media, not just YouTube - editing her footage for YouTube is very time consuming.
If you pay close attention to the last few minutes of 50, she's talking about her break and "it's probably not going to be here". Then I find this comment, posted four days ago
[ EDIT ] the above is NOT true - she was not in Holland.
[ /EDIT ]
So she went home to decompress - understood!
Then I read this
... and then I read this
So, I think her "vacation" was two-fold
a) decompress
b) safety concerns
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I only see her on YouTube, but if these safety issues prompted by some low lifes on 'social media' are valid, it's a sad and pathetic state of affairs, and validates why I do no social media other than here.
By the way, I love how she edits her video in coordination with natural breaks in the music. It just flows so well as each scene changes.
By the way, I love how she edits her video in coordination with natural breaks in the music. It just flows so well as each scene changes.
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I went back as well to look at episode 50.....so yes I exaggerated on the bully thing. what she did say at 13:09 was " Being exposed to anyone having an opinion about you" I took that as to being problematic, my interpretation to a bit of harassment.
I'm pleased she is back on, I enjoy the content of her videos. I wish her a safe journey and looking forward to Wednesday for another installment.
I'm pleased she is back on, I enjoy the content of her videos. I wish her a safe journey and looking forward to Wednesday for another installment.
That's good sig material right there.
Over a lifetime I've worked with a few who made that claim. In reality they were a sandwich or two short of a picinic basket / smart as bait. Unable to add anything substantive they resort to disrupt. And they think they're smarter than the next guy.MaxPete said:
Sometimes I think people get a Google/YT account merely so they can leave rude comments or give thumbs down. Sometimes I'm down with the People Suck bumper sticker philosophy.
JPrieST
Don't squat with your spurs on
Here is what she posted on Facebook:
My main concern for her safety is not being taken advantage of or robbed by a stranger. It is the stalkers, people who actually think of her as a goddess or something beyond reality. And she has kind of alluded to these concerns before in at least on of her live video's, I think on facebook. At least whatever she said made ME think that was what she was alluding to.
At any rate, I'm glad she's back and she really seems stoked to be on the road again. I hope she tricked us all and she is really about 1000 kilometers away from where we think she is!
My main concern for her safety is not being taken advantage of or robbed by a stranger. It is the stalkers, people who actually think of her as a goddess or something beyond reality. And she has kind of alluded to these concerns before in at least on of her live video's, I think on facebook. At least whatever she said made ME think that was what she was alluding to.
At any rate, I'm glad she's back and she really seems stoked to be on the road again. I hope she tricked us all and she is really about 1000 kilometers away from where we think she is!
Indeed. Back in the 1970's when I was touring on a bicycle, I had to give a couple of dogs a crack over the nose with my pump on two or three occasions.
That usually settled their hash.
That usually settled their hash.
I'm curious to know what the "blue rectangles" are in the salt flats - is that the result of salt mining, or lithium mining? And why blue - is that water?
I've only seen a few episodes, none recently... is she in the States now, at the salt flats?
Salt flats at the Argentina-Chile border
She did mention tension along the cracks in the crystallization plane to develop the hexagons.
Yeah, I figured there was another one.
Upon further review...good question!
She has a BS in GeoBiology and a Master of Science in System Earth Modeling, with recent experience as a Project Superintendent for dredging operations (3+ years), and as an Engineering Geologist (2.5 years), which explains her knowledge.
I'm still wondering about the blue rectangles which I assume aren't made by aliens unlike crop circles. There are some salt flats out his way and they aren't anywhere near blue last time I looked.
Lithium salt flats
Lithium containing brine is pumped above ground into evaporation pools.
Lithium containing brine is pumped above ground into evaporation pools.