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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    Sometimes lack of participation in certain "Canadian" activities is deeply rooted in cultural attitudes. Parks Canada had a huge blitz...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    Are U's the B'y that B'ys the fish and brings it home to Liza?
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    We spent several months in Botswana living in a couple of cities for a month at a time. The Chinese government has really taken...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    I guess what I'm trying to get across is that when you talk about assimilating to a foreign culture, whose idea of culture are you...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    I think the whole idea of assimilation assumes that there is some kind of permanence of culture. Every conversation, every interaction...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    It's a generational thing. The first wave of immigrants come and they're essentially a beachhead generation. It's all about survival...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    Just to add to all this talk about the disparity between rich ex-pats and poor locals: social strata also exists, even within developing...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    No different than small logging towns in the Interior being invaded by kombucha-sipping, Ashtanga yoga moms from Vancouver and Calgary...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    Awhile ago, I helped a friend move to his new place. I loaded a bunch of large boxes into the moving truck. They were labelled 1997...
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    Yeah, it wasn't very good advice. Just another point of view. If you get a track bike, no reason why you couldn't plate it and run it...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread European Motorcycle Tour.
    Nice! Have a safe and fun ride!
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    LOL. Yeah, now I do. :rolleyes: You joke, but I often find myself wondering how and why I've fallen into old habits again. It's been 6...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Steps towards a simpler life.
    Yeah, that alpha drive is definitely a young person's game. When we sold up and lived on the road with nothing but whatever we could...
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    Lightcycle replied to the thread Best Ride Eva!!!.
    Nice! Weather was perfect that day as well! If you would have run that route in reverse, we could have have met you on the slab back...
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    Track days is like gambling. If you can't afford to lose it, don't come to the tables with it. Lots of high-value machines at DOCC...
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