This is just the process of elimination. All the ones without squeaky brakes have already been mowed down by taxis and blue trucks.
And the ones with the saddle put on the lowest stand can’t fall from too high up.
Thank God there’s some warning before they smash into you.
Ehhh so you know I am American?
Also, I think it’s wack because the squeaking is so loud at times it is deafening to everyone that shares the street corner. Pretty linear rationale my friend
I just saw a student at my uni wearing a MAGA cap.
Did you ask what it stood for?
I dunno, and don’t much care if you are American, but before I was banned and stopped looking in, I noted there was a lot of concern on BITOG website, (which is as American as Chevron Oil), about squeaky brakes, and it was noted by Americans as a particularly American concern. It would have been churlish of me to disbelieve them simply because they were American.
I dunno, and don’t much care, if a rationale can be linear (?), but I seriously doubt that passer-by hearing loss is a possibility from bicycle brakes. Car horns are also loud, and as noted above, squeaky brakes can fill a similar function.
I dunno that we are friends either. I have few friends, so I would probably have remembered.
It actually had the full words.
Ha. I wonder where they even got it.
A forumosan was walking across a crosswalk. He was on his way to adopt a cat. The driver did not yield so he threw his MAGA cap at him. The cap caught on the windshield but then fell of not long after. The forumosan went on to get his booster shot, wondering when or if the fully vaxxed rate would reach 90%. A local was on his way to adopt a cat in Taipei, saw the cap and put it on, and went to his school, the one with a work load that is destroying his family life. He put the cap on and laughed about how failed the state of California is.
It’s a head-scratcher. If I bump into him again I’ll ask.
My guess is he’s an ABT.
Spent a weekend in Kaohsiung and realized all of the things we complain about in Taipei with small children really started to look better in comparison.
For one, family restrooms - what is it with old people using the family restrooms in Kaohsiung? You’ve got kids that can’t hold it or need to change a diaper and you’re confronted with a long line of Abei/Ama waiting for the family restroom. Fully capable not in wheelchairs or anything. Or what’s worse, they don’t know how to lock the door and unintentionally expose themselves for all to see when you open the door.
Second - not a damn person on the MRT gives up their seat for small kids whereas in Taipei (except at rush hour) it’s pretty common.
Third - There is no use for a stroller in all of Kaohsiung. Sidewalks exist for maybe half a block and then you’re back to a 4 wheel drive off road experience or diverting to the middle of the road in even the city center.
Good job, @marasan !
Dogs, dogs and more dogs. In the countryside on my usual ten minute drive home this morning from a park I encountered:
-dog with owner in the park
-dog chased my car passing by first house near park
-dog chased my car passing the second house near park
-dog walking down road to the park
-dog sleeping on right side of main road (where are his two pals?)
-dog sleeping on left side of main road
-dog at corner of small lane (where are his numerous friends?)
-dog at school car park (normally is pack of five)
-two dogs sleeping in middle of small lane (cat at side watching them)
-dog watching us go by
-dog watching the other dog
-dog barking at my car as I pass (normally he chases but maybe tired today)
-dog crossed the road near my house
14 dogs. And not even a record.
Even on the qilou/curb you aren’t safe. Grandpa while driving turns around to attend to grandson who fell out of his safety seat and accidentally pressed on the accelerator, slamming into and killing a lady selling vegetables and injuring others as the car jumps the curb.
Fell out of his safety seat? Just after he had dropped his wife off and wanted to do a u turn. Very unlucky.
Probably just seated in one but not buckled in.
And still the thing worked and the kid was not hurt.
I would say it is actually an improvement as most kids are either held on the lap or left to roam around “as they dislike the seat belts”. Yet, this accident will probably convince people NOT to use safety seats -kids fall off!- and you have to put them in the back, meaning you cannot “hold and protect them from falling”.
Sigh.
I’m just flabbergasted at the thought that he was driving and thought it would be a good idea to completely ignore the road, regardless of whether or not he pressed on the accelerator rather than finding some place to stop and put his car into park. However, I suppose that’s the problem, he didn’t really think and just reacted and it killed someone and injured a few more.
“Zheng was preparing to execute a U-turn …”
I always wonder why people want to do U-turns, so many times you can just go around the block.