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- From: flatau@cs.utexas.edu (Arthur Flatau)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.soc
- Subject: Re: Bike paths (FROM Re: Cycling and Environmentalism)
- Message-ID: <1hnk4lINNalt@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:21:57 GMT
- References: <725257867.AA07440@urchin.fidonet.org>
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- In article <725257867.AA07440@urchin.fidonet.org> Howard.Gerber@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Howard Gerber) writes:
- >"Michael Smith" <p00004@psilink.com> writes:
- >
- > MS> what I hate is our *overreliance* on cars.
- >
- >I certainly can't disagree with you on that point. For most people in
- >the U.S., cycling and walking are not even considered as a possible
- >alternative to driving. A simple trip to the store, one block away, must
- >be done in a car. Store clerks automatically ask you such things as,
- >"Can I help you carry your groceries out to your car." When you tell
- >them that you arrived by bicycle, you might as well have said flying
- >saucer.
- >
-
- Reminds me of one time several years ago, when I lived about 1 block
- from a grocery store. I walked there, got my groceries. After paying
- and having the stuff put in the bag, the bag girl asked to carry out
- my groceries. I answered that I could manage. The girl insisted. I
- pointed out I was walking anyway. She said she would get in trouble
- if she did not carry out the groceries (this was a new policy). We
- walked out (she carried the bag). Once outside, she handed me the
- bag and I went on my way.
-
- This post has little to do with bicylces.
-
- Art
-