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- From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
- Subject: Re: Commuting! (was Punishment for the Driver!)
- Message-ID: <C1AMno.26x@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1993Jan21.015201.28851@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1jmi26INNt1a@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <30325@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:14:12 GMT
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- In article <30325@optima.cs.arizona.edu> sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed) writes:
- >In article <1jmi26INNt1a@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
- >
- >>I just don't
- >>ride my bike in heavy traffic areas; I get to the well-shouldered highway just
- >>as quickly as I can and do my training.
- >
- >That's just fine, if you're out for a joy-ride (pardon me, "training"); but
- >some of us use the bicycle as a means of transportation also. If I have to
- >go from point A to point B, I may not have this choice. I'm not trying to
- >make some bloody political point. Forget bike lanes; give us wider streets
- >and educated motorists.
-
- Good point. I was recently flamed on a local campus newsgroup about
- the fact that I "shouldn't waste money on bikes." This was in
- reference to my sig.
-
- I don't own a car!. I commute everywhere by bike. The cyclists who go
- out and joy-ride (oops, training) just can't understand why I go through
- parts so fast. Try riding everyday in all kinds of weather and you'll
- see some heavy wear that the joy-riders will never see.
-
- Flip
-
-
-
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