[Bezerk]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

It does look like Chris Farley. What's this guy's name? I'll check him out.

The characters name is Bob de Rooij, played by Paul de Leeuw.

Not my kind of humor per se, but he did have quite the fanbase here.

[Bezerk]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

That image you posted is interesting. I lived in Amsterdam while on a multi-year project back in the 90s. I found the women to be refreshingly straight forward and uncomplicated. Maybe I was wrong about them.

Ah cool, what did you think of the country?

About the women, it is certainly true. In fact, it is what we Dutch people are 'famous' for, at least with our surrounding countries: straight forward, uncomplicated and maybe a bit arrogant.

[TiMSport]

I love the Netherlands! I hope to be able to travel there again soon.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Bas_Met_Wielen

Ah cool, what did you think of the country?

About the women, it is certainly true. In fact, it is what we Dutch people are 'famous' for, at least with our surrounding countries: straight forward, uncomplicated and maybe a bit arrogant.

I love The Netherlands. My client put me up in a house on Nassaukade (Amsterdam) after living in a hotel for a year. Only after living in a neighborhood did I really get to know Amsterdam and the surrounding areas. My kids went to the International School in Amstelveen. What a great experience for all of us.

The Dutch are hard-working people who literally made something out of nothing. I don't see you as arrogant. I see you as rightfully proud.

[TiMSport]

Exactly.

[shoei]

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[TiMSport]

Exactly part II

[Bezerk]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I love The Netherlands. My client put me up in a house on Nassaukade (Amsterdam) after living in a hotel for a year. Only after living in a neighborhood did I really get to know Amsterdam and the surrounding areas. My kids went to the International School in Amstelveen. What a great experience for all of us.

The Dutch are hard-working people who literally made something out of nothing. I don't see you as arrogant. I see you as rightfully proud.

Thanks, nice to hear your thoughts about us Dutchies!

I live in the south, near the city of Eindhoven. Fifth biggest city of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is cool too, so much to see and do around there.

[Bezerk]

Originally Posted by shoei

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Haha, so true!

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Bas_Met_Wielen

Thanks, nice to hear your thoughts about us Dutchies!

I live in the south, near the city of Eindhoven. Fifth biggest city of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is cool too, so much to see and do around there.

I rode to Amsterdam and stayed at the Hotel Apollo. I was kind of taking aback when the Bell Boys were almost fighting to see who was going to take my dirty saddlebags to my room. Then I had to surrender my passport with the desk clerk. Canadian?? Well, I certainly didn't look like royalty in my riding gear. Anyway, they made me feel like a princess and even sent a small bottle of champagne and flowers. It's only afterward that I realized that they had noticed my Canadian military plate. I did participate twice to the " Internationale Vierdaagse Afstandsmarsen Nijmegen" while residing in Germany.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by shoei

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In The Netherlands, there are no hills in most of the country, but they make up for it with wind. That matters when you are riding a bike out in the country. While being a guest at a Dutch colleague's house, I went on a bicycle ride with he and his wife and kids. The way out was fine and I thought I was doing pretty well. Then, we turned around to go back into the wind. I've never worked so hard! The kids were sort of laughing at me. I'm certain it was some kind of test. Gotta love the Dutch.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Exactly part II

Both my kids drive stick and my grand kids will learn too. It will be the last generation I suppose. Oh well.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

Both my kids drive stick and my grand kids will learn too. It will be the last generation I suppose. Oh well.

I think that last generation has already come and gone. Do they even teach parallel parking anymore? Lol.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Bas_Met_Wielen

Thanks, nice to hear your thoughts about us Dutchies!

I live in the south, near the city of Eindhoven. Fifth biggest city of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is cool too, so much to see and do around there.

I had a Dutch colleague who lived in Eindhoven. Big Philips town. He invited my family over for dinner one Saturday. I asked him the address and he only gave me the street name. I asked him for the number and he said, "You'll know the house when you get here." Well, we got to the street and 1/2 way down the block was a house with an American flag flying from the flagpole. He was right, we didn't need the number. As soon as we got inside he took the flag down. My wife and I visited them again in 2019 and we got a good laugh recalling that moment.

[iminhell1]

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[Bezerk]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

In The Netherlands, there are no hills in most of the country, but they make up for it with wind. That matters when you are riding a bike out in the country. While being a guest at a Dutch colleague's house, I went on a bicycle ride with he and his wife and kids. The way out was fine and I thought I was doing pretty well. Then, we turned around to go back. I've never worked so hard! The kids were sort of laughing at me. I'm certain it was some kind of test. Gotta love the Dutch.

Yup, hence the Dutch saying: 'De wind van voren krijgen'.

Literally it means 'getting the wind from the front', and it means that you are in for some serious trouble because someone is going to give it to you because you did or said something wrong.

And, to avoid being accused of highjacking this thread, a nice contribution:

[TiMSport]

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[TiMSport]

Hmmm

[shoei]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

In The Netherlands, there are no hills in most of the country, but they make up for it with wind. That matters when you are riding a bike out in the country. While being a guest at a Dutch colleague's house, I went on a bicycle ride with he and his wife and kids. The way out was fine and I thought I was doing pretty well. Then, we turned around to go back into the wind. I've never worked so hard! The kids were sort of laughing at me. I'm certain it was some kind of test. Gotta love the Dutch.

Oh the Dutch don't f'around with bicycles lol, which explains the second meme below. First meme is for you lol

[TiMSport]

I can vouch for that. They certainly don't mess around with their bicycles. I took this random photo when I was there the last time.

[TiMSport]

I also got a kick out of seeing guys like this DHL delivery man. Never saw that before.

[M5Rick]

The bikes over there and in Germany seem to be of the heavy easy step in frame variety, not many racers or MTB's there from what I saw.