Oh I get that, but that applies to all winter and thought you meant something specific to November. But now that I think about, here (as there) Nov feels colder, wetter, and darker because there is the realization that warmth and sun are left behind.
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Is that like the bull run in Pamplona, but with pandas instead?
Or do you turn the clock back 5 minutes in the morning and then reset it again at midnight?
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Around here it's mainly children building paper lanterns in Kindergarden/elementary school and then having a procession when it's dark, with a candle burning in every single lantern.
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I think it's the English name for 'Mortensaften', or is that Skt Michael's Day (the guy who hit among the geese because he didn't want to be a bishop.)
And how did pandas get involved?
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Sounds interesting. Can you tell more about this?
...Or some useful link.
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Seems a pretty unlikely story to me—the domestic geese I know are WAY too ornery to let someone hide in their midst
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Basically some guy was assigned to be a Bishop, and feeling like he wasn't worthy - which got used to prove how totally worth he was, being so humble - he went and hid among some geese. Because geese are totally known for being quiet, and stealthy, and not making any noise...
So, he was obviously found, and became bishop.
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Seems he was smart too...
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So what's so special about that name? You may find Robert Robert or Thomas Thomas everywhere else.
The truth is that it's not even his full name. Many Javanese persons born before this century only have a single name, no surname, no middle name, just a name (including the first two presidents). So when it needs to fill Western name convention, they just do this
So much for this kind of names... The government has just issued the naming regulation (our first ever), only birth certificate application for names with at least two words will be accepted now - with some other mild restrictions.
Indonesians are very liberal with names, trends that change with every generation and the lack of family names make us hardly have any recognizable pattern or style in names, except for few ethnic groups. Some groups also take baby naming very seriously, they try to make each really unique, overwrought with meaning, and hard to memorize, while others just do it so they can fill some papers and come up with whatever readable sequence of few letters they can think of.
Colombian U23 David Beckham https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=183906
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I rarely pay attention to the second family names of Spanish riders.
But apparently, the Euskaltel rider Joan Bou has Company as the second last name.
Joan Bou Company
I wonder what his business is.
But apparently, the Euskaltel rider Joan Bou has Company as the second last name.
Joan Bou Company
I wonder what his business is.
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Not really a link to them on PCS but when I was in Angola visiting a friend I went and watched a local cycling race.
Thing is with Angolans, this was 4 years ago and 40 years back they discovered the English language and gave their kids fancy English names not knowing what I meant.
You might understand my surprise when a guy called Nova Pepsi won the race ahead of some dude called Delicious.
Other noteful contestants where a guy called Ikea. There was somebody called Benz (after the cars I presume) and most hilariously midpack finished a guy called Rudimentary.
Thing is with Angolans, this was 4 years ago and 40 years back they discovered the English language and gave their kids fancy English names not knowing what I meant.
You might understand my surprise when a guy called Nova Pepsi won the race ahead of some dude called Delicious.
Other noteful contestants where a guy called Ikea. There was somebody called Benz (after the cars I presume) and most hilariously midpack finished a guy called Rudimentary.
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In the vain of Bond - James Bond. You could call him Mentary - Rudi Mentary.
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My friend continues to live there 6 months a year and has married a local woman, now she has a brother called Cowboy and a nephew called Jewelry.
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Thanks for making me struggle to keep a straight face on the bus...
Imagine if that guy had ever gone up again Anacona! He wouldn't have stood a chance.
Imagine if that guy had ever gone up again Anacona! He wouldn't have stood a chance.
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Please don't start this, I might be tempted to come up with hundreds of beyond-cool names of people I met deep in upper Borneo, but none of them is cyclist
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Yes, please stick to people with a somehow cycling-related job. Don't have to be pros; maybe there's a team out there with a mechanic with a really cool name.
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