Rant

Brian said:

From: "Brian" <[email hidden]>
Subject: Rant...
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:39 AM

I feel like Noah...saw what was coming and prepared for it. Well...that's
the way it worked out, anyways...

I get some mild amusement from all the media hype about gas prices.

Well most of what's in the mainstream media is just 'spin' either
democrat or republican or green.

Quoted message said:

See, I'm just a fat guy who got into the habit of biking to work a few times
a week...a few years ago. Now, I have a harem of two wheelers...and my 10
mile commute can take as little as 40 minutes. I am fully prepared to bike
to the job daily, in all weather ('cept snow...I don't DO snow). Whether or
not I'll HAVE a job if fuel prices keep rising is a question best discussed
in another post...

I am also mildly amused by all the "newly concious" drivers out there who
have determined to "do something" to defray the high cost$ of operating an
automobile. Common refrain: "maybe I'll start biking to work..."

but most who use that "maybe" quote, wont.

Quoted message said:

Uh-huh. Suuuuurrrre you will.

We human beans can be very short-sighted, no? My point is that if you are
really SERIOUS about the bike-to-work-every-day thing...you would have
started on it three years ago. I'd love to claim superiority of
insight...but I actually started this gig to get more exercise; besides, it
doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to figure out where gas prices are going.

Well they, the media and others have been saying $5.00 gas isn't too far
but they keep pushing the arrival date back.

Quoted message said:

I hope to see many more of us out there. I did see a few get in the saddle
during the last Transit Strike...but after the strike was over the number of
our two-wheeled brothers and sisters diminished again. A very few of the
hardy souls who started on the cycle-path actually stuck with it. Perhaps
this current crisis with fuel prices will convince more people to stick with
it. Guess we'll see in three years.

End of Rant.

In my opinion it will take a massive jump in price to get many more
people on human powered vehicles for the purpose of real transportation.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Brian said:

I am also mildly amused by all the "newly concious" drivers out there who
have determined to "do something" to defray the high cost$ of operating an
automobile. Common refrain: "maybe I'll start biking to work..."

Uh-huh. Suuuuurrrre you will.

I often feel the same way as you, Brian. Then I remember that I used to
say the same things as the "newly conscious" drivers are saying now.

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

Brian said:

I am also mildly amused by all the "newly concious" drivers out there who
have determined to "do something" to defray the high cost$ of operating an
automobile. Common refrain: "maybe I'll start biking to work..."

Uh-huh. Suuuuurrrre you will.

When you hear that... do you give them the local link(s) to path or
traffic routes?

I've been commuting by bike for most of THIRTY three years. Starting in
Jr. high. I didn't even own a car for 25 of those years.

Wish I cold find a job close enough o my new home to make that feasable
again.

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