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How Nightmarion became an ADVRider .. or poor planing results in Adventures
That can't be true.
Supposed to start tomorrow. 7 days riding to where the road takes us, by bike. I didn't hurry too much preparing my stuff and taking care of new tires, so this morning, I rode in at the tire shop somewhen around 10 am and patiently waited for things to start, cappuccino in hand. So as I'm standing there, smoking, drinking, I discover a stain on my well-kept rear rim. That can't be, I don't spend almost as much time polishing as riding just to stand there as a sloven at the tire shop. So I wipe it off.
Just a moment, that's oil. Oil with street dust. Ergo, oil is oozing from somewhere on to the rim. My pulse rate is now at about 100. So I lay down beneath the bike and peek at the final drive, which has just (last June) had a leaking shaft seal changed and to my horror, discover the oil doesn't come from the final drive but from the kardan tunnel. Pulse rate: 150.
I tell the friendly tire guy, changing the tires is postponed, I have to see the dealer.
Felling some amount of resentment, I ride to the dealer that sold me the bike two years ago and bring forward my problem.
His answer was pretty steep. "You don't have your service done here, so that's your problem, I don't have time." Did I just hear right? Stone-cold, planned holiday doesn't matter a bit, pissed off that I'd rather ride 10 than 35 km for having my numerous services done, polished off. I Proceed to the BMW headquarters Munich.
Noon, BMW headquarters Munich, a service guy looks at the mishap, listens to my speech about this BMW, my previous BMW, the other dealer and the planned holiday, nods one or two times and asks for 5 minutes. I have a smoke (my pulse rate must have reached 180 in the mean time) and see the trip start on the KLR and fall through. The service guy is back. They will open the Kardan tunnel, have a look and then tell me what has to be done. Emergencies get squeezed in somehow, they will make it work out somehow.
On the ABS-sensor: shavings enough and to spare, roughly estimated, a pound of iron comes out. A magnet is attched to the drain screw, if so much sticks to the sensor, noone wants to know what else will be coming out. The oil in any case is old, black and viscous. Remember, some months ago, the shaft seal got changed, they should have put in fresh oil. What did they do? Just change the seal and I've been riding with only half of the needed oil for months? Or replaced "a bit"? So, the final drive is done for, doesn't have play but is probably not in a state you want to rely on for going on a trip.
The seal at the gear box exit is leaking, too, the swing arm has to be removed to replace it, that will take some time. My tires? I can either forget about it and ride with 2,5 mm thread left on the anakee or I can find a solution. Tom, a friend of mine, has time, it's got something to do with bikes, he likes that so he agrees to help me, and 20 minutes later, arrives at BMW.
"Ehm, Tom, I told you I have to change tires... You're here by bike."
"So what? My girls has the car, we'll manage that somehow."
No sooner said than done. The BMW mechanic lifts the R12GS, removes the front wheel as well, and we put the wheels to the Touratech pannier holders with straps and hit the road. This works astonishingly well and so we arrive at the tire shop 20 minutes later, and in no time the anakee2 are exchanged for TKC80. On the way back, we mount the tires the same way (it works even better with knobbies) and reach BMW without incident, I hand the tires to the mechanic and Tom leaves to go riding a bit more.
It takes another hour until the R12 is assembled again. The swing arm cover on the left side had to be destroyed in order to get it off but what's those 20 more? So, how much for the fun? Right now, nothing. A goodwill claim is being made to BMW, my usual dealer, who was too far to ride to this time, confirmed via phone that all services have been done and now all I can do is wait. They appease me by saying it "Won't be that bad", "Probably some of the working hours" and that's something I could live with. But if it reaches some threshold, I'll start arguing.
Whatever, the important thing is the trip can start as planned, thanks to Premio-Bernhard, BMW headquarter Munich and Tom.
.. to be continued
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I think I might add my point of view...
My day of preparations isn't as thrilling, I go through my checklist, that I started some years ago after I went camping without my sleeping bag, with some extensions:
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First Leg ... Germany - Austria - Slovenia
After I calmed down from yesterday, today we mount the panniers on the
bikes, pack the tent and off we go. On the motorway to Bad Reichenhall,
as we want to get away from what we're used to as fast as possible.
From Bad Reichenhall on, we avoid the motorway. On the one hand so the
trip doesn't get boring, on the other hand because we don't want to pay.
In Austria, we continue our ride through Hallein, Pass Lueg and Bischofshofen.
Radstaedter Tauernpass, Twenger Talpass and Katschberg, where I'm not
sure if the skiers that we see don't think we're a bit cuckoo, riding through
snow covered terrain, just as we think they are, swinging above us in their
chair lifts.
Boring. Until Villach it really wasn't very exciting, but when we cross the
border to slovenia on the Wurzenpass, great scenery and the riding gets
great. We proceed via the national park Travisio in Italy to the Predil, which
leads back to Slovenia. In Bovec, we stick to the soca and ride up to the
camping lot of the same name. In the town of the same name)
Abenteuermann (Adventure man) has arrived yesterday and surprises us
with the plan "Adriatic coast, I want to ride the whole adriatic coast"..
"Aha, till tuesday?" Yes, that's what he wants to do and he wants us
to come along.
Easy, easy, food and shower first and then we'll see. I see the planned
routes vanish, as it gets quite chilly up in the mountains and "coast roads
and the sound of the ocean" doesn't sound too bad.
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just a little addendum...
It's the morning of Good Friday, 7:30. The alarm clocks (I don't awake to just one) are making noises. Cruel, loud noises. Holiday and getting up early just don't belong together.
Oh, well. I have some tea, then a shower and put the panniers that I remembered to pack last night on the bike, and we leave at 10:00. Autobahn to Bad Reichenhall, crossing the border to Austria at Großgmain and first stop at the gas station. These prices hurt a lot less than those at home.
I'm starting to notice that with filled panniers the KLE is everything but stable on the side stand. It has a tendency to topple to the right when it feels I'm not watching. So I'll have to take care to park in a flat space or, even better, on a slight slope to the left.
On we go, over Pass Lueg, Tauern (ski-lifts opened, lots of snow), Katschberg and, with a shortened brake lever, to the Wurzenpass.
Shortened brake lever? Why that? Weeell.... We stopped at a gas station in Villach, and I couldn't find a flat space near a fuel dispenser. So I filled up carefully, kept the KLE from tipping over two or three times and waited for Philofax to come back from paying. Told him to watch out for the KLE not tipping over and went to pay. When I came back out, much to my surprise, I saw Philofax picking up the KLE, my helmet, gloves and the bit that broke off the brake lever.
Fortunately, the lever was still long enough to grab it with three fingers, so I didn't want to change it right now, let's go on. Over the Wurzenpass to Slovenia,
a short detour to Italy and back to Slovenia over the Predil, without having a break in the little sauna house directly behind the border.
50 km to go from here, my butt still doesn't hurt, so after a short break on it goes. Did I mention the landscape? Riding in the mountains ist just sooo great. Time after time, you ride around a corner and are stunned by another great scenery. Made even more spectacular by the yellow screen of the MX goggles. Then we enter the valley of the soca. Scheiß die Wand an, ist das schön hier! A river which looks like deep turquoise through the goggles in a bed of white stones winds through that valley besides the road. Just great.
At the camping lot we meet Abenteuermann, who arrived yesterday, and leads us to the local supermarket. Equipped with enough meat for the evening, he then tells us, all the roads we were planning on riding are still closed because of snow, and someone on the camping place told him the adriatic coast in Croatia is just great and he will go there tomorrow. Ah, okay, let's think about that a bit.
The day ends with some meat that we grill at the neighbours' fire, and we're in bed before 10 pm. Who knows when the merciless sun will boil us out of the tent tomorrow.
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Great report so far! You're giving me ideas
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Nightmarion became an ADV'er
Great photos and RR 2 of my freinds started a ride yesterday to wake up early 5am as the sprinkers went off to wet the grass where the put up the tents last night in the dark, soaking wet . So I guess they could br ADV'ers
roger slower
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;) thanks for your reply, but stay tuned till we get to the part when nightmarion
is going to be a bad bad adv grrrrl.
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And we woke up in Slovenia... the area is "julische alpen"
Ok. We ride with Abenteuermann, but no marathon legs just to cover ground.
Breaks for taking pics, eating, drinking are a must. We agree to ride one of
the gravel passes, so I don't have to forego all my planned tours.
First nightmation had to fix her broken lever ...
then we left this wonderful scenery...
Oh my, what a dream. A potpourri of loose gravel, rocks, rubble, dirt paradise
at its finest. Assorted with hairpin bends and debris, it keeps us in suspense.
Unfortunately, we come to an abrupt stop when we reach a landslide.
It originates three hairpin bends further up and didn't spare the road.
nightmarion has never before managed to ride her little KLE500 on loose
gravel and over stones, rocks and stuff. So i gave her, nearly on the top
of the hill, her very own "brave badass grrrl" sticker for her panniers.
Abenteuermann was not so lucky, took a "controlled but uncontrollable"
drift with the AfricaTwin, so we bend his panniers back in shape with
a little piece of wood.
To avoid damage on the bikes and us (the ride up here was trying enough),
we turn around and get ourselves safely back to the starting point. From
now on, Abenteuermann will take the lead to his adriatic coast. At the
departure, then after the gravel road, and at the first gas station we noted
that the arrival time that Abentuermann's GPS coughed up is far from
realistic. It gets chilly, then darker and with that even chillier and we only
just crossed the border to croatia. At an elevation of 840 m we see the sun
set but, allegedly, we are almost there.
"Almost there" meant we reached the coast around 20:45, and until we
stood at the camping place, it was close to half past nine, and the fact that
it was closed did derogate our mood some more. When we found the second
camping place closed, too, and the ride on the coast road resembled a
suicide mission, as we were unprotected game to the cagers, we issued the
ultimatum "Krk or guesthouse". Of course, the guesthouses in reach were
already closed, as well as the next camping place.
So, on to Krk, a toll bridge leads onto the island and we roll towards another
closed camping place, as it's nearing 11 pm. Abenteuermann's battery passes
away, and while we are wrenching on the Africa Twin by the light of a small
pocket light, the local policija stops by and makes inquiries what we are
doing. At least they can tell us where the next opened hotel is.
Thanks a lot, guys.
It's the Beli Kamik, they want 52€ per night for a double room.
Now, it's 1:30 am, I had a shower, am dead tired and Abenteuermann can
ride his suicide adriatic coast road all on his own, I'll go find me some gravel.
Oh yes. Croatia, here we are .. show us your beauty.
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philofax screwed with this post 09-25-2009 at 03:06 PM
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Hey,i know that campground,very nice place.Was there in june 07´.
I don´t like mondays...
...and winter
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It's morning. 8:00, and no heat is building up in the tent yet. The night wasn't really warm, but therefore quite moist, could be expected when camping next to a river, the moisture just creeps up from there. Allright, time to crawl out of the tent. The mountain tops all around us are sunny, just down here in the valley, it's still damp and chilly. Topography can be a bitch.
So, some tea first, waking up slowly and think a bit more about our plans. Croatia doesn't sound too bad, and once (after "Lake Garda", "no vacation at all" and again "Lake Garda") it was where we wanted to go, before "we" switched plans again to go to Slovenia. And I'm sure it's warmer down there. So Philofax and I suggest to first have a look at one of our planned offroad trips, which is only a small detour, and then head off to Croatia, somewhere near Rijeka. Abenteuermann is ok with it, so that's what we'll do. Before that, I have a look at the brake lever (still hasn't grown back, damn) and change it. In the mean time, the sun has reached us and it's comfortably warm.
The crash bar has a few scratches, but that's what it's there for and I have plenty of Hammerite back home. The right pannier is a bit dented, but all my stuff still fits in, so we pack and head off.
After a few km on nice little roads we get to the junction to the gravel road. Philofax first, then me and Abenteuermann behind me. Whew, that's different from the little dirt roads around Munich. Steep, stones, bumps, narrow bends. We stop after about 1 km. The boys obviously having fun, me soaked in sweat and doubting if it was really such a good idea. But chicken out and and spoil the fun for the two? No, it's only 16 more km to go (boohoo) and somehow it's fun. We (or I) can't go any faster than 30 km/h on that kind of "road" anyway, so what can happen, if I should go down? So, let's go. The road varies, gets better sometimes, then worse again. I hear the stones banging against the bash plate and decide I will get rid of the lowering links as soon as possible. After some time even the bends are fun, one or two times i succeed in a not quite out of control drift. And then we stop. A landslide blocks the road.
We could bypass it, but the hikers we meet tell us about three more blockings on the way up and remind us that this is the southern side of the mountain. On the northern side, it is supposed to be even worse. So we decide to straighten Abenteuermann's pannier (He overdid the drifts a bit) and then return the way we came, 8,5 km so far. I discover that on gravel I'm just as much of a milquetoast when it comes to going downhill as I am on pavement, but I can't just stay up there and so ride down. Guess what, I survived it. So we go to the gas station at Kobarid, fill up and decide how to proceed.
Abenteuermann has the 2009 maps for the GPS which, in contrast to the 2008 version (that's on my and Philofax's GPS), cover croatia, so he takes the lead. His zumo allegedly says that after 180 km (hmm, it's almost 200 km beeline, how does that work? Not questioning this was the first big error.) we will arrive at Rijeka around 6:30 pm. Doesn't sound too bad, leaves some time to find a camping place and pitch the tent. Before we leave, I go to the toilet once more and there's no way I'm in the wrong room: it's pink.
The riding starts not bad, the usual twisty roads somewhen become a gravel road leading some kilometers to some sort of pass. Time for a little posing
We just don't really make progress like that and the arrival time of 6:30, that I never really believed, seems more and more fantastic. Around 5:45 we fill up at a gas station and we have 110 km to go. Abenteuer-"I want to go to the sea today!"mann's GPS says we'll be there by 8. Great. It will be dark by then and pitching a tent in the dark isn't fun.
Ok, let's go on (Not changing plans: second big error). Next break at 8 pm. I start getting tired of the hairpin bends, because a) I'm freezing and it's not fun like that and b) it's getting dark.
We're still 50 km away from our destination, and with just the headlights on these narrow, bendy roads which none of us knows we can't go very fast. My suggestion to look for a room and stay there for the night is dismissed with the words "We're almost at the sea, it's not far!" (Third big error: Not turning around to the last town we came through and just getting a room there.) A camping place that's a bit nearer is chosen from the GPS and allegedly we will be there by 8:30 pm. Haha. We get a lecture of how great the roads are (I would have preferred boring, ugly, but better lit roads by then) and what an adventure this is, and just before i start throttling anyone (Fourth mistake: not doing it?), we ride on. My left eye is starting to itch, I should take the contact lenses out as soon as possible.
Between 9 and 9:30 we go down to the coast. A great view. Probably, if you go by day. Now, it's just black and you can see some lights. By 10, we are at the camping place we were aimed at. Unfortunately, it's closed. So, a slight change of plans: We ride to Krk, there must be an open camping place on the island, and it's only 2 km to the toll bridge.
As a certain GPS had the option "avoid toll roads" activated, we first ride in the wrong direction for a whole 16 km on this oh so great coast road, where the cagers hunt you, driving up to 1m to your back before changing lanes, and after overtaking, force you to brake if you don't want to be pushed from the road, before Abenteuermann notices our signals (Fifth mistake: waiting for him to react and not just turning around?) we turn around at another -closed - camping place and after some shouting really ride to Krk. ("I thought maybe we already had crossed the bridge" - "uh-hu")
Abenteuermann asks the cashier for an open camping place and even gets an answer. On our way to a different - closed, of course- camping place, Abenteuermann's Africa Twin suddenly refuses to start again after a short stop for directions. After some tinkering, we find out that one of the battery connections has vibrated loose.
Just as it's being tightened again, the police stops by, asking what we're doing there and if they can help. We explain that we just found the problem and are fixing it this very moment (just past 11 pm), but they could really make us happy by telling us where there's a hotel (Abenteuermann from behind his bike: "Or a camping place")(No mistake: ignoring that) that's open.
And indeed, they tell us that the Hotel Beli Kamik in Nijvice (he had to spell that for us) is open. 25 km. We ride there, take rooms for 52 (double room) respectively 32 (single room) including breakfast, get our stuff to the room and after some bread and cheese on the bed and peeling the contact lenses from my eyes, I just fall asleep.
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The croatian island "krk" .. really, it's the name "krk".
45° northern latitude
which means halfway between the equator and the north pole. We cross this
line several times today. not so much because we're so enthusiastic about
it, even if it's a great degree of latitude, but rather because, after a rich
breakfast at the hotel beli Kamik, we went on our way to investigate the
island and, while we're at it, looking for a place to spend the night.
The camping place in the capital, Krk, was filled with mobile homes and
season campers, the ground rocky and the adequacy for tents was
disputable. So we move on to Punat to have a look at a slightly better, but
far from perfect, camping place after which we proceed to Stara Baska.
Here, we find a miniature camping place a bit outside of the town, which
looks a bit like a hippie camp. The overall condition of the place doesn't
promise positive surprises, so we go on to Baska and have a look at Camp
Mali and Camp Zablace. We settle down at the latter, after we had some
coffee and a look at the pedestrian zone/promenade of Baska.
We pitch our tents at the beach (20 m from the water line), there's running
water next to the tents, and it feels like 25°C at 6 pm.
We have dinner, drink some Spezi (mixture of cola and orange lemonade) and
cappucino at the Cafe Forza, not far from the camping place and look back
on the day.
As we have a lot of time left, we consider to stay in Croatia some more
instead of heading back to Soca on monday already. Sun, ocean, mountains,
that's just a lot of fun.
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philofax screwed with this post 09-27-2009 at 10:25 AM
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7:30, an alarm is going. After my polite request ("Stop that fucking thing!") it stops quite quickly. 8:30, another alarm is going. Now it's time to get up, after all, breakfast ends in an hour and I also want to take a shower.
After breakfast we pack the bikes and hit the road, looking for an accomodation for the next night. It's some minutes past 10, meaning we have all day and we know that, should all go bad, the camping place in Krk (the town, not the island) definitely is open. So the odds for a similar "adventure" as last night are rather slim.
First, we have a look at aforementioned camping place in Krk. It's not exactly brilliant, and so we decide to use the time to look a bit around.
On we go to Punat. The camping place is a bit better than the one in Krk, but unadvantageously there's noone at the reception. Open until noon, a sign says. It's quarter past.
After having a look at a small and rather strange camping place near Stara Baska we ride a little more, enjoying the beautiful scenery.
We stop in the promenade of Baska for a little break. Coke, tea, coffee, and a tourist office where we can change Euro to Kunar. There, we also find out that Baska has two camping places, a normal one and a nudist one. As I didn't pack the right clothes for a nudist camping place, we go to the ordinary one, Camp Zablace. The reception is a bit hidden and a bit outside of the camping place , but in the end we find it. 27 for the first night with 3 bikes, 3 people and two tents, that's not too expensive, we're staying here. We find a nice place for the tents, about 20 m from the waterline and not too far from the showers. We pitch the tent, wash some clothes and hang them up to dry. A bike and a tent string make for a great clothesline.
Then we return to Baska, to the Cafe Forza, to eat something. Even if it looks a bit scary, I'm satisfied with a risotto frutti di mare.
Philofax takes surlice (a sort of homemade noodles with goulash)
And, as the poor guy almost starved to death yesterday, he also takes a dessert: a pizza funghi. :lol
We close wih a tea and a cappuccino and return to the camping place to look out to the sea from the tent a bit. As it's really warm and there seem to be no mosquitoes, we leave the tent open. Great. That's how a vacation should be.
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Abenteuermann returns to Munich today via Slovenia. We decide to enjoy one more day of sun, sea and mountains and see some more of Krk. The island isn't really big so we don't need to hurry. After all, we're on holiday, not on the run.
As shops are closed on easter monday, we go to the same place as yesterday and fill up a bit with eggs, bacon and the like. yummie :)
The decision wasn't easy, but in the end I chose the lesser insolence.
Then we're heading north (as there isn't much south left to head to), aiming for the northernmost point of the island, from where you can see the bridge to the mainland. The first stop is in Krk near the beach to take some photos of the bikes at the sea. sooo beautiful there...
Between Rudine and the northern end we come across a cute little gravel road with a sign saying "not allowed for vehicles > 7.5t". What does Philofax do? He rides by! Nooo! Your bike isn't that heavy! Horn, high beam, some gesturing and we turn round at the next opportunity to take the gravel road. Nice. very nice. Nothing special, almost boring compared to the mountainbike road we rode on Saturday, but relaxing and fun.
After that we continue our ride to the north end, to take some pictures of the bikes at the sea and of the bridge.
As that gravel road was so much fun, we decide not to ignore any further non-paved roads. Near Vrbnik we find another gravel road. Well, road. Not really what I would call a road. But it can't be so much worse that the way on Saturday, and this time, we don't have the panniers. So how bad can it be? Worse than I imagined.
The beginning is bad already, not only is it steep, but the gravel is deep and loose and there are big stones buried in it. And it doesn't get better after the first corner. Unfortunately, afraid of losing control and falling, I take the foot off the footpeg "just in case" I'd need to stabilize the bike. And that's when things start to go really bad. I sway wildly to the left and right, all I can do is keep the front wheel going in roughly the right direction and two things come to my mind: "Stay on the throttle, that's the only thing that has a chance of getting you out of this upright" and something some offroad rider told me long ago: "The feet leave the pegs when the handlebar touches ground and vice versa." Somehow I manage to get my feet back on the pegs and the KLE under something remotely resembling control, when I reach a piece thats a bit more level and where the stones are bit less big. Now, it's fun again. Until we reach a steep decline. Phil rides down first, in my head, I already see him flip over and roll down. His rear wheel locks up, slides, jumps, but he gets down safely.
There's no way I can do that. I've never ridden more than some harmless gravel roads around Munich, I'm just not capable of arriving down there on the bike and in one piece. I'm standing up there, clinging to the handlebars panically and the only movement I can manage is shake my head. But shaking my head works well and won't stop. I will not go down there, no fucking way!
Then I start to think. What can I do? I can't turn around, I can't go back, the way I'm standing there I can't even get off the bike and I can't stay here forever. Somewhen I will get thirsty, get hungry, have to pee. So if I don't want to die of thirst after having wet my riding pants (iiiiiih!), I will have to go down there, however I do it. Allright, there's a trail that looks a bit better on the right, I feel my way there and then try to just roll down in first gear without any throttle. Halfway down, it feels too unstable going so slow, so I open the throttle to get down faster. Puuuuh. Looked worse from up there than it was.
After 20 m more, we see another ascent. Not very steep, but looong, looks about the same at as the beginning of the "road", and we can't see the end, as it's hidden from sight by a bend. No way will I go up there with the Anakees, (Always good to have an excuse) so we turn around.
So the decline I just came down now becomes a ramp. But uphill is waaayyyy easier than downhill. So I choose the same track that I came down, stand up, get on the throttle, lean a little forward and up it goes. Hey, that worked fine. Was fun. Again? No, Phil comes behind me and seems quite set on reaching the pavement again. Oh well, we go back.
All standing up, I don't want to lose control like I did before. And even if a bit slow, it works quite well. At the last piece, Phil goes in front to make sure the crossing at the end of the gravel is clear when I arrive. So I go the last few meters
I reach the pavement, I brake.
Unfortunately, I grab the front brake. Hard.
Unfortunately, there is some gravel spilled on the road.
Scratches on the crash bar, turn signal and the tape around the pannier holders. And in my ego of course. Then we look at the sign at the "road" we just came from. Different from the GPS, which says it's just an unpaved raod, the sign says it's a hiking trail. That explains a lot.
So we ride on, past some donkeys that seem to have broken free
taking the nice little gravel road like earlier that day, back to Baska, have dinner and then sleep with an open tent again. Nice.
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Oh we definitely contributed to the economy, believe you me! Still have a couple of days of theme parking left (groan said the wallet). But to be honest we did have a blast! My next video will probably show me a few pounds heavier from all the food :/
Did get gouged by one taxi driver (gypsy?). That left a bad taste in the mouth.
No worries about the weather- I just wish I had packed more jackets in! Oh well more reason to shop
. Should I even try the other Nike outlet on 192? Or do they usually have the same stuff?
As stated earlier, the outlets are hit or miss. I typically have to visit the New Balance Outlet several times before the shoes I use are available. The last 5 times they were out so I had to buy some shoes elsewhere.
This cool snap is below average for this time of year. A few years ago, I played a tournament the 3rd week of October and it was 93 degrees that weekend which is also well above normal. Just depends on the year.
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I'll take any good news at this stage, but am slightly annoyed by the focus on 'imperfections', and quality problems they talk about as permeating the craft of film photography, while in fact pictures with comparable precision to digital can also be achieved, depending on equipment and, most of all, skill.
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Villa Rosmary, with spectacular views of the Gulf of Naples, the sea, and lovely Sorrentine gardens is an 2 Bedroom + 1 Convertible beds, 2 bathroom house that can sleep up to a maximum of 6 guests. Villa Rosmary located in the quiet area of Massalubrense, in the land of lemons, is just a short 5 minute walk to the beach on an old Roman footpath and a 10 minute drive by car or public bus to Sorrento. Centrally located, Villa Rosmary is the gateway to the Amalfi Coast, Ravello, Positano, and famous excavation sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum. From Sorrento, you can enjoy a short ferry ride to the famous island of Capri or travel to Naples and...Read more
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There was a thread on this last year as well. The Dev's commented that it was something they discussed but in the end it wasn't something deemed nesscesary since the power level is set off a power of 200. This makes it viable to change weapons power and allocate to other abilites. It would unbalance the game if someone could put a warp core in capable of say 400 and run 100 power to everything aganist people who cannot.


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Offering free Wi-Fi and breakfast plus well-equipped rooms, the Super 8 Motel - De Soto also has a convenient on-site laundry facility.
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The two-story Super 8 features 43 temperature-controlled rooms. All accommodations are functionally appointed with free Wi-Fi, cable TVs, microwaves, refrigerators, coffeemakers and hairdryers. Some accommodations may include jetted tubs, and non-smoking rooms are available. Wake up to a complimentary breakfast that includes an assortment of baked goods, cereals, coffee, tea, juice and milk. Catch up on some chores using the coin-operated laundry facilities or grab a pick-me-up from the on-site vending machines. Pets are permitted for an additional fee. Children 17 and younger stay free with an adult.
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Located off Highway 10, the Super 8 is a five-minute drive from the heart of De Soto and a 35-minute drive from Kansas City, Missouri. Stretch those legs at the Sunflower Nature Park, three miles away, and explore 60 acres of nature trails, fishing spots, picnic areas and more. Or drive 27 minutes to the Cricket Wireless Amphitheater and catch a concert. Kansas City International Airport is 49 miles away.
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The Super 8 enhances a budget stay with complimentary Wi-Fi and breakfast and rooms with microwaves and refrigerators.
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Status: Open through Sun Oct 11 2015 Season Dates
OverviewManzanita Lake Camping Cabins offer convenience and comfort in a scenic setting of the Lassen Volcanic National Park. They are within walking distance of Manzanita Lake, a popular fishing and family destination, and offer a view of 10,457-foot Lassen Peak, the largest volcano in the park.
The cabins are located one mile south of the park entrance, perched at an elevation of 5,890 feet and adjacent to a 179-site campground. The Loomis Museum, Loomis Ranger Station and popular hiking trails are nearby. Educational programs are presented at the museum and amphitheater within the campground.
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The national park is known for its volcanic history, as well as its diversity of plants and animals. It contains 300 active volcanic domes and many hydrothermal features, such as mud pots and steam vents. Lassen Peak is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascades, and the second most recent volcano to erupt in the lower-48 of the United States before Mount St. Helens.
Manzanita Lake is popular with fly fishermen for its trout, however, the area does maintain a catch-and-release policy and requires the use of artificial lures and single barb-less hooks only. Non-motorized boating is permitted and kayak rentals are nearby.
There are a variety of cabin types available, including a one-room cabin that sleeps two, a two-room cabin that sleeps six, and a one-room bunkhouse that sleeps up to eight people.
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The Loomis Museum is at the north end of the park and the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center is at the south end of the park. Both offer information, photos and videos of some of the most popular hikes in the park, along with a movie about the history of Lassen Peak eruptions.
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Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins are located approximately one hour east of Redding in Northern California. Redding is approximately three hours north of Sacramento on State Highway 5 and approximately 4.5 hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. From Redding drive 48 miles east on State Highway 44. Turn right into Lassen Volcanic National Park and continue one mile south to Manzanita Lake Campground, store and cabins.
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The position of interest-rate and credit derivatives is not unlike that of equities in the 1930s, Andrew Waxman writes. Joseph Kennedy, the first leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission, worked to establish transparency while simultaneously luring participants to return to the market, Waxman writes.
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Some of the biggest names in the global music market have released an open letter to internet-radio site Pandora, opposing the companys plan to cut artists' pay when music is streamed through the site.
Internet radio companies such as Pandora are pushing Congress to pass the "Internet Radio Fairness Act," H.R. 6480/S. 3609, which could slash by 85 percent royalties paid to musicians and artists when their songs are played over internet radio.
The 125 artists which include Billy Joel, The Doors, Pink Floyd and 40 Grammy award winners praised Pandora - "We are big fans" - and celebrated the company's commercial success. But with massive growth in revenues and a successful IPO under its belt, they asked why Pandora is pushing Congress to slash musicians' pay. "That's not fair and that's not how partners work together," the open letter explains.The open letter will be published as a double spread in this weekend's Billboard Magazine.


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Although the final budget wonâ??t be adopted until June, a resolution presenting the proposed spending plan needs to be approved by February if the district is to retain the option of increasing taxes.
â??By no means would this lock us into a tax increase,â?ť said Tom Melone, district business manager, â??but it would allow that option to remain open.â?ť
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University to incorporate the latest technologies in undergraduate curriculum
In another attempt to involve the industry in redesigning the undergraduate curriculum to include the latest technologies, Bharathiar University and Tata Consultancy Services have come up with a paper called "Finance and Accounting for Business Process" to be offered to commerce students studying in affiliated colleges of the university.
This will be a value-addition to the papers offered under the regular curriculum of the colleges and will be included in the academic stream from this academic year. The Centre for Excellence for Accounting and Finance of TCS prepared the 'Information Technology-based commerce curriculum' incorporating the latest practical inputs prevalent in commerce-based industries.
The colleges, which choose to offer this paper to the students who wish to take it up, can do so in the manner that is best suited to them. As a pilot launch, eight autonomous and five non-autonomous colleges have been identified to implement the paper. It is meant for B.Com., B.Com (CA), BBM, and BBM (CA) students.
According to M. Jayakumar, Director, Department of Extension and Career Guidance, Bharathiar University, there are 10 units in the paper that the college will offer in a staggered manner, over two or three semesters.
"Three workshops were held with representatives from TCS and faculty from the departments of commerce of various colleges, attending them. Industry and institutions deliberated upon and drew up a final set of curricula that can be delivered in 75 hours. However, each college can choose the mode and time of delivery because the content is practical in nature and of a standard that is above that of the normal undergraduate curriculum," he said.
TCS would train teachers of the selected colleges in delivering the content. The trained teachers would take classes for the interested students after college hours. A separate examination for these students would be held.
Karunai Athal A., Head, Department of Commerce, PKR Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam, who attended the curriculum wrap-up meeting in the university on Tuesday, said all 10 topics were unique and practical in nature.
"They have incorporated the emerging trends that will be very useful to students because the normal curriculum text books are mostly theory-based. As a beginning, we plan to offer the paper to selective students. May be from the next year, we can suggest it for all the commerce students. Depending on the students' ability to grasp the concepts, the hours of class will be made flexible," she said.
Explaining the uniqueness of the paper, S. Poornima, Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, said the content was IT-oriented, systems-based and did not involve hand-written entries.
"It is updated, very in-depth and covers every business aspect. To begin with, the college is planning to offer it from September for the third year students and also the second years. After a trial period, we will decide on the delivery modalities," she said.
The 10-module paper was the first in a series of papers that the university and the corporate plan to include as value-additions to the existing commerce curriculum at the UG level.
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Add a fun DIY Halloween prop with the Drunken Farmer Halloween Scarecrow. Grab a burlap sack recycle an old plaid shirt and pair of jeans, and you're ready to make your farmer. When you're done, prop him up in a corner on your porch or side of your house, add a few empty beer bottles, and you're ready to spook some trick-or-treaters. Don't forget his straw hat and bandana, because a farmer just isn't a farmer without his hat and bandana.
- Coffee burlap sac – get it for FREE from your local coffee roaster. Or you can use a flour sac. Worse comes to worst, you can sew the bottom of the shirt and just stuff it.
- Man's Jeans or overalls
- Plaid shirt
- Straw Hat
- Bandana
- Stuffing material for the upper body – I used a saved stuffing from an old blanket. I save everything.
- Magazine or old newspaper for stuffing the legs
- Empty beer bottles or glass soda bottles
You will need old jeans and shirt that you are willing to part with. Older and more frayed, the better. I had an old blanket that I was throwing out so I took out the stuffing, thinking, I could use that "some day" and voilà! I was right. It was perfect for stuffing the body. Again, if you don't have a burlap sac, you can use any sac or just stuff the shirt. It's just nice to have a sac so you can save it easily for next year…as I have for this year.
Stuff the legs with old newspaper or stiff magazine pages. Stuff it loosely since it'll be sitting on the floor. Don't need to stuff it all the way. Add a straw hat on the top of the shirt. Tilt it downward so the stuffed chest area doesn't show. Cover the chest area with a bandana and now it really looks like he's just passed out with his head tilted downward.
- There he is. Drunk and content, passed out cold on my front porch! If you don't want him lying around on your porch, you can prop him up on a chair. Or place him on your porch furniture with the arm spread out to the side. I have a small porch and I don't have a porch furniture so I just let him hang out, on the floor, in the corner, with the cobwebs, bugs, spiders…ok, those are just added graphics. My porch is not that infested with bugs. Eeeek….
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From giant video sites like YouTube to Wikipedia, everyone it seems wants to get their video out of Flash and into native web formats. With Microsoft recently announcing it will support the HTML5 video tag in the coming Internet Explorer 9, expect even more sites to abandon Flash for native video.
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Cut each onion into 4 wedges, leaving roots and skin intact.
Combine the onion wedges and the next 11 ingredients in a large Dutch oven or stockpot, and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 1/2 hours or until chicken is done and vegetables are tender.
Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth-lined colander into a large bowl; discard the parsley sprigs and garlic.
Remove chicken from bones, and discard bones.
Peel the onions; discard peel.
Place chicken-vegetable mixture in a bowl; cover and chill.
Cover broth, and chill at least 24 hours.
Skim the solidified fat from surface of broth, and discard.
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Combine broth and chicken-vegetable mixture in Dutch oven, and cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated.
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Mokbee Maps is an interactive mapping app
Did you know that... there are other mapping services apart from the one that comes out Mountain view? Yes, there are some alternative mapping apps with reliable features trying to carve out a niche within the sector.
Mokbee Maps is one of those alternatives, with an inclusive approach. It features worlwide map coverage from different sources including Bing Maps (Hybrid and Street), Google Maps (Hybrid, Satellite, Street), Open Street Map and TerraPages Street. You can create an account of the latter directly from the app in order to make the most of the service.
You can create and update point-of-interest (POI) yourself as well as rate, review and add photos/content for any POI. You can search places by address or by keywords if it's a facility. Need to get an exact address? Long-press the map and it will pop-up instantly. Tap the scope to get to the current location. Getting directions is a feature which is only available in Australia so far.
In order to complete the experience you should also download GeoPersons and GeoSafe. With those apps you can locate friends on a map and map your routes.
Mokbee Maps features a user-friendly interface. However, it doesn't run as smoothly as expected. Likewise, the zoom in/out is quite unresponsive. The app should be enhanced overall regarding performance.
Regardless, an alternative for those who don't want one mapping service to rule us all.Developer's original description available here
With Mokbee Maps you can do just that!
Mokbee Maps is a feature rich geospatial mapping application that allows you to view and pin-point your exact location, all with the tip of your finger!
With real-time tracking and map coordinates, no longer will you have to search around for the nearest check point. Using our extensive, fully interactive points of interest (POI) database you can easily find your closest POI.
Can't find what you're looking for? That's fine! Use our keyword search engine or upload a photo of your own. You can save and share your POI with other Mokbee Map users. Not only will they be able to view it, but we even have directions to get them there! (Australia Only).
- Worldwide map coverage
-Extensive Australian map coverage
- Multiple map sources
- Save maps to application cache
- Rate, review and create POI's
- Google street view navigation
- Link Android apps to a POI
- Search Map for POI's using keywords
- Search for global address
- Instant address result by long click on map
- Allows multiple 3rd party POI directories to be used
- See friends on the map using the GeoPersons application
- See your Traces on the map using the GeoSafe application
- Ability to edit POI names
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Internationally renowned designer Alexander McQueen will be honoured in an exhibition, here next year.
The late British designer, famed for being Givenchy's creative director before launching his own successful label, is due to be celebrated with the revival of popular US retrospective, "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty", which is heading to the V&A Museum from March 14 to July 19 2015, reports contactmusic.com.
Martin Roth, director of the V&A, said: "I am thrilled to announce that the V&A will bring this wonderful exhibition to London to celebrate the extraordinary creative talent of one of the most innovative designers of recent times."
"Lee Alexander McQueen was brought up in London, studied here and based his globally successful McQueen fashion brand here - by staging the exhibition at the V&A it feels like we are bringing his work home," added Roth.
"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" was originally displayed at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011.
It showcased the key milestones in his career, from his 1992 MA graduate collection to more recent pieces.


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Since there is yet no comment on this tutorial, I just wanted to say thanks for it! My result wasn't that good at all, but for my first real Blender Object I am pretty satisfied:
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Really nice presentation 😀
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Amazing Tutorial Thank you
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I'm new to blender, but have been running through days of tutorials and find yours to be one of the best. Not only the content but your presentation was one I was able to clearly follow, needing extra time to understand what gets clicked and how/where to find it.
I was disappointed to find the 'Inset-Extrude' link is dead. With a bit of effort, I found the old Modeling page shown in your tutorial, but the file linked to by that page is gone. Do you know if there is another approach in the latest blender which gives that functionality? It certainly sped up your effort.
Since I'm still getting my feet wet, totally unrelated to the tutorial itself, do you know how I'd follow up on this? Can the addon scripts be legally traded between users? i.e, can you post it with proper credit given?
I write CAD scripts for a living, but always like to be a credit to any group I join, not a burden.
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Not long after the leak appeared, Microsoft itself gave us the official release date for Windows 10. Look for it July 29.
Unlike Spotify, the new incarnation of the streaming music service under Apple won't have a way to listen to anything on demand for free, according to a report.
As the company trumpets Google Photos' new abilities for archiving and sharing photos, it also quietly drops a sophisticated tool for editing them.
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3035 S. Elba-Almo Road
Castle Rocks State Park is a place where solitude, natural beauty, and ranching heritage combine to enrich the visitor's experience. Most of the 1,440-acre park was a privately owned ranch until 1999, when the property was purchased for public ownership. A $540,972 grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund allowed the park to create Smoky Mountain Campground, a fully equipped campground with an access road and horse trail. Visitors enjoy a wide variety of activities including hiking, rock climbing, picnicking, wildlife viewing, and bird watching. The park protects historic ranching structures, striking scenery, and pristine archeological sites.
Photo: Visitors enjoy a geology program at Smoky Mountain Campground.
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My guess about the Thanksgiving trip is that his handlers wanted the press along because it was an upbeat, emotional occasion and good for the president's approval rating. In other words, it wasn't a funeral.
When other countries with troops there, such as Spain or Italy, lose soldiers or diplomats or intelligence officers in explosions or suicide bombings or ambushes, the bodies go home to state funerals attended by monarchs and prime ministers. But then it's not really Italy's or Spain's war. And the rise or fall of their regimes is not likely to pivot on casualties in Iraq.
But in the United States of America, no matter from what vantage you examine the Iraq war, you are drawn inexorably back to the casualties. The numbers don't compare to the tolls in Vietnam or Korea, but clearly, the Bush White House did not expect fatalities in the hundreds after "major combat" was declared over on May 1. The "planners" simply did not anticipate an insurgency this fierce. They did not prepare. In fact, it's worth recalling that some of them said things before the war that made the aftermath of the invasion and military victory sound almost like a walk in the park. Now Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledges it will be "a long, hard slog."
As the slog continues, so will the combat deaths and the wounds that maim, changing lives and families forever. And though the statistics don't rival those from earlier wars, technology and globalization have sucked us into a 24-hour news cycle. So the spilled blood in each incident will be repeated over and over during a single cycle. And then comes the next day and another cycle with a new session of rocket-propelled grenades or remote-controlled IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices)and more casualties. It's news, because it's happening to real people, and, regardless of President Bush's religious sincerity or the merit of his war arguments, these deaths and maimings should not be relegated to the back pages of our newspapers.
The president should try to keep in mind that a year ago, when he was selling this war, he and his coterie, in their certitude about the necessity of invading Iraq, felt they had to do a lot of fact-spinning and distortion to persuade Congress and the voters to get behind it. Now those who answered their commander in chief's call to war are dying. He should go to the funerals.
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The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol: 1st B-flat Clarinet
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol: 1st B-flat Clarinet (1st B-flat Clarinet). Composed by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961). Arranged by Larry Clark. For Concert Band. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0002034_C1).
While Percy Grainger was known for creating a variety of ensemble settings for many of his folk songs, he never scored this work for wind band. Arranger Larry Clark here emulates Grainger's style to bring this lush carol alive with musical passion. Rhythmic notation has been elongated to allow more flexibility in interpreting each musical phrase. A vital and important addition to the library of every serious musician and conductor. (duration 4:12).
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Could have gone golfing today, but decided to visit the pond nearby instead, while we still had leaves and some sunshine. Cranked the XZ1 over to Vivid mode and would be lying if I didn't admit to punching up the saturation in PP.
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In support of our commitment to quality customer service, Atlanta Gas Light is in the process of installing automated meter reading (AMR) devices on our 1.2 million customers' natural gas meters. This project will be completed over the next few years.
Automated meter reading is convenient and reliable. To read your natural gas meter, we will no longer need to go into your yard unless maintenance is required. It reduces the need for estimated bills – you are charged for the exact amount of natural gas your home or business consumes. There is no direct charge for installation and does not require the interruption of service. AMR cuts down on the number of vehicles on the road, reducing our company's carbon footprint.
The AMR technology will allow Atlanta Gas Light to read meters remotely; however, we may need access to your property occasionally for maintenance.
Most customers will not have to be home when an Atlanta Gas Light employee or contractor comes to install the AMR device. If your natural gas meter is not easily accessible, we will contact you or leave a door hanger at your residence with a number to call at your convenience to make an appointment for installation.
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Zubeda Hamid, through her story, talks of how apartment living and life in today's metros have distanced people from their neighbours
It was one of those moments when the world seemed preternaturally clear. Just as I realised I had locked myself out of the house, cellphone in one hand and the other frantically jiggling the door handle, everything around me seemed brighter. The sound of laughter as the neighbour's children went on with their game of cricket, the newly-painted corridor outside my apartment and the screech of the pigeons as they made their way across the roof seemed more enhanced, vivid somehow. It had begun as an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend. My water filter had broken down and I'd spent most of the morning googling companies that could fix it. After deciding on one that sounded fancy but not too fancy, and calling them, I settled down to the happy prospect of a meal.
In an event that is as rare as sighting a comet, the water filter company not only responded to my call within fifteen minutes, but also sent someone along in the next half hour. Amazed at their efficiency, I stood and gawked while the man fixed the filter, gave me a patient and concise explanation of the problem, and counselled me to call him immediately should something go wrong. And then, I realised I did not have money to pay him. Thus began a chain of events that would eventually end with spending the night at a friend's and being lectured by an autorickshaw driver. In my frantic dash to the ATM across the road, I forgot to take the house key. And having one of those front doors that lock automatically when shut, all my efforts at jiggling the handle were in vain. As I stood there, my mobile phone sputtering for breath as it slowly died, and the realization that the only spare key was over 400 km away at my parents', it occurred to me that despite living in a building with about 15 other families in residence, I would have to spend the rest of the day at a friend's home across the city.
Don't get me wrong — I know many of my neighbours and they are lovely people. But with work and a somewhat straitened social life, most of my interactions were confined to waving at them across the corridor, a chit-chat in the lift, and an occasional conversation about parking woes. Most people living alone in a big city navigate a series of hitches in establishing a routine. How to have couriers delivered when you're not at home contends with larger issues such as gas cylinders disappearing after the delivery man finds the house locked, and angry piles of ironed clothes waiting on your doormat when you return after a night shift.
A decade or more ago, problems such as these would have been mere irritants. In all probability, a neighbour would have taken charge, managed your deliveries, and occasionally advised you that it was high time you watered your dying potted plant. Reciprocation was the key — you helped out in any little way you could. Connections were formed more easily then, established and retained for years together. When I was growing up, running over to the neighbours' house for a bar of a chocolate or to play holi was routine. In many parts of the city, it still is. But with big, indifferent buildings mushrooming across towns, busy lives and hectic schedules, the time-honoured neighbourly relationship — the looking-out for each another's homes and families and the friendships that sometimes last for generations — seems to be slowly eroding. How many of us know our neighbours? Well enough to take a shower, nap and maybe watch some television there?
In the autorickshaw on the way to my friend's, I poured out my woes to the driver. "Next time," the auto driver chided, "make sure you leave a spare key at the neighbour's."
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Actions do speak louder than words. Rahul Dravid is one person who gives the impression that he plans his utterances. He never supplemented his cricketing brilliance with mindless comments about the game.
His technique for enjoying the game is simple. When the cricketer's personality blends with the culture of the game, gratification automatically ensues. And this is how Dravid has moulded himself all these years making him the Rahul Dravid we know today.
In an interview to a television channel, he modestly but clearly spelt out things which he was comfortable with. When he said he was open to coach the Indian team, he perhaps meant the role of a mentor which is very important in the pressure-laden modern sports.
In all other countries, a qualified coach with international experience is preferred with the assumption that he points out mistakes and offers workable solutions. But in India, the principle of coaching seems to be 'I coach the way I played'.
Dravid must have interacted with qualified and unqualified international coaches during his international career. It's not that the non-qualified haven't had impact on the game but some of the Australian cricketers such as Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer acquired the certificate of coaching when they were playing for the country itself. Langer now is the batting coach of Australia.
The players who played under Dravid's captaincy for Rajasthan Royals vouch that he handled them much better than their respective State coaches. This is where experience counts.
Man-management skills
Dravid gauged the potential in each player and didn't make the mistake of raising their bar unrealistically. Instead, he used man-management skills to get them to reach optimum level of skills.
This is very important for an Indian cricketer whether he is an international or a State player. Virat Kohli would be the first to admit that when the Indian Premier League was launched, being with Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid at Royal Challengers Bangalore helped him change his outlook towards the game.
But not many youngsters have been smart enough to use the guidance of seniors to their advantage except Ajinkya Rahane.
Ideally, Dravid should be entrusted with the responsibility of a High Performance Manager (HPM) of the India 'A' team which should have 25 players training together at the NCA with specialised and experienced coaches as the support staff.
Dravid's presence as a HPM will change the outlook of the numerous Indian youngsters who are guided solely by money and a fancy life.
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Indian youngsters need tough handling. In Australia, promising fast bowler Mitchell Marsh, son of Geoff Marsh, was sent home from the CA academy for being out at night. This should send a message to our youngsters being brought up on IPL culture. Marsh too is a product of the IPL. Dravid is capable of handling such mindsets.
If Dravid is appointed a HPM, it will definitely result in the propagation of healthy competition creating many options for selectors. We all know that international cricket isn't a child's play and yet we continue to carry forward our archaic ways of player management.
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