"I first visited the country more than three decades ago, when my dad was America's representative in Beijing," he said. "Poverty was rampant, and the streets...
I agree! "Covered in skyscrapers and filled with cars" sounds like a nightmare to me. In my experience, I have found much greater happiness in traveling at a...
Hello, INTRODUCTORY PROFILE 1. Which of the following best describes you? Please check one. XX_ I own a car but use other forms of transport frequently 2. How...
Welcome Karen. As someone from a "granola" area of northern California, I found your comments ironic. People here have the same crazy attitudes toward busses...
... It is a reasonably common attitude in many/most parts of the English speaking world. I also have my reservations about the fluffy animal brigade, many of ...
David Hansen
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Aug 12, 2008 7:09 am
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http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10203282 ... =v= For years we've been promised that PHEVs (and EVs before them) would be recharged at night, off-peak, from...
(tired, cynical sigh...) I could see this kind of thing coming as soon as electrocars were hit on as the next "Green!!! (TM)" panacea for saving the Sacred Car...
A while back on this list, urbanite/suburbanite, bus-stop-on-every- corner la-la-land elitist Robert Matter capped off a typical one of ... immigrant ... TF:...
... or ... Matter ... for ... Pennsylvania. ... CF ... thing ... None of this has anything to do with car-free, but may I ask what on earth you mean about you...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06highway.html Federal Highway Fund Running Out of Money By DAVID STOUT New York Times | 05-Sep-2008 WASHINGTON -- An...
... TF: Readers of the whole thread know that it had plenty to do with car-free and that it was Robert Matter who injected the partisan politics into it. He...
... fire to a list. The archives from early 2003 will reveal that I, like Obama, opposed the Iraq war from the start. What in green hell does party affiliation...
... what ... TF: I "clung to" Carter too! There's nothing "non-lucid" about that, except to the most narrow-minded people. But since this list is full of them,...
... Geez, that's great, Tom - it means one of two things. Either: (a) You knew before anyone else on earth that Obama would be the nominee; or (b) You voted in...
... support. TF: Wrong on both counts. On (a), yes I'm a succussful time traveler; I've visited the 20th century twice (arriving once in the forward-in-time...
I too, supported Obama because he was better than Clinton, traveling to Iowa to door-knock and phone bank. He was against the Iraq War prior to the rest of...
I was once very involved in the Reform Party, so I understand where you're coming from. I'm somewhat disappointed in Obama's rhetoric, which has been somewhat...
Kevin and Steven, please continue this off-topic discussion off-list. And especially, please do not quote entire message strings when replying to messages on...
Hi everyone - This is my first post to the list, so I'm doing the introduction thing below. It's nice to "meet" you all. -Angela 1. Which of the following best...
Theo Schmidt wrote: "Cindy and Tom: Please continue your discussion off-list." TF: Please have something to contribute when piping up in a Tom Frost thread. ...
A belated welcome to the list, Angela (and Dorea?), and thanks for the link to your blog. It's been fun reading. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Never found out about him. But There had been so many bad accidents around that time involving bicyclist. I don't think they just let him go. Hopefully, at...
=v= The Trust for Public Land put up a flickr photostream of Park(ing) Day activities worldwide: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2008parkingday/pool/ If you've...
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