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RE: Introduction In Stages - My Environment part 1.
I was referring to handle bars and neither pubs nor prisons, but I love your response!! Thank you very much for taking the time to write down your thoughts; very much appreciated!
Yes, I did gather as much, but I can't help being a TEFL teacher... You must tell me if this is a new, slang biker expression. You made me realise that you can say "behind the wheel" (for car)but is there a snazzy, commonly used equivalent for a motorbike that doesn't make you sound like you are doing time? I'm now going to rack my brains on that.
For the moment I must put my ignorance down to the fact I only ever rode on the back of a motorcycle once. Apparently it was a nice one (Honda), but I'm afraid that detail was wasted on me (and I never got asked to go on another ride): they all seem great to me for getting a fresh breath of air!
Ah, not biker slang, but humour partially driven by common (miss) perception. It really is unfortunate that truth carries such a high price tag.
Yes, Honda makes some exquisite Bikes (in the video I was behind 2 of them) as well as Cars, but I prefer Bikes as they are way more practical in my world of limited space. Where I live the question is: How far do I have to walk to drive a Car?
Would you like to go on another ride?
Not while it's icy! How do you manage in the winter? Or with shopping. Ah don't tell me, you're a modern man with a supermarket internet store which delivers...and with no kids and no dog and not afraid of incessant rain....oops, did I just list a lot of negatives about bikes?
Are you offering?!
Yes, please do think about continuing such videos that aren't quite vlogs. There is another guy who does something similar - if softer and with more of a specific message - and generally on mountain bike, also Dutch(ish) @thenamadicway, who, I think, also has an authentic formula. I am hoping to find more filmic/documentary style vlogs/videos in future (more arty, which I hope doesn't insult yours).
I ride year round but stay off the roads when covered in snow or ice, but have been surprised by unexpected snow on a few occasions. Grocery shopping is no problem nor is rain but the Dog and Kids, ..well you got me there; don't have any.
Am I offering? Sure, but it may depend on your Head; small, medium or large? You know, Helmet laws and such.
I stopped making these videos years ago because there was little interest. I then switched to Tractor Pulls and Motocross, but got tired of coming home with a bucket of sand in my hair and a pound of dust in my nose. Next challenge was shooting music videos in small venues. A challenge because almost everything you can imagine will go wrong. Not enough light, bad sound, people talking/yelling, and oblivion walking/standing in front of the Camera, etc.
I've also done some videos on old Water Mills, the area is littered with them and we have one that dates back to at least 1169, this was discovered in church records as a Bishop in another city financed a war for that particular mill in that year. Bishop? Church? Yep, those guys.
That watermill project sounds interesting. Less enthusiastic about all that mud and sand! My son is currently driving me up the wall with Monster Jam.
Oh, and my head is too big by far.
Lol, unfortunately I don't have any large Brain Buckets. I have a video up on YT that I will re-shoot, basically this was test footage that all came back blue and had to be reworked to look somewhat normal, but it gives a reasonable impression of what the old watermills are like. See next comment.
This is BRILLIANT. You brought my heart rate down for 6 minutes to a wonderfully peaceful beat (currently a sewage truck outside relieving me of 8 months stench - under the neighbour's 2-doors down- house.... we don't want to know the details.... But it did the trick. You could make a CD with relaxing music alone from this watermill film!
I am dying to know what camera you used.
I loved the minimal narration and short intro that caters perfectly to the genuinely interested. The rest speaks for itself. So well, that I was inspired to re-read The Miller's Tale (Chaucer) now that I have such a vivid idea of the dynamics of such a man's life and nature (heavy work, close to the elements, raw materials, everything churning, quite a lot of noise really for a non-industrial time, but also a sense of power could be derived from operating such an intricate construction, ingenious invention, ultimately feeding the population).
Post and rake in the steem, I'd say.... then again, it might just be too subtle..