I tend to go along with the view that cycling, instead of driving a car, entails pleasure rather than sacrifice, but that is perhaps because I still have a...
This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by jcsnyder.studio@.... Peace jcsnyder.studio@... A Wanderer for Peace Has Run Out of Road February...
... Good point, but if seen from a car-centric point of view, bicycling will always come up short. People simly have to make a paradigm shift. ... Once again,...
I probably used the wrong words to express my general attitude, so let me go into it in greater detail. First of all, I am certainly not accusing anyone who...
I think there are things to be said on both sides of the question: should one present a carfree lifestyle as advantageous, or as sacrificial? I've found this...
... This is a wonderful post, De, and you've got me musing as well now... ... For me, this is it exactly. I quit driving a car because I could no longer...
... well that wasn't quite what I meant -- more that the carfree person is constantly surrounded by car-dependence. can't go out to lunch with the gang from...
... I realized that wasn't what you meant; I just realized the two had more than one thing in common, but I should have worded my segue more clearly. I hope...
Here are some musings on being one's brothers keeper without speaking from an irritatingly elevated moral ground: I arrive at all my work meetings around the...
Who is most dangerous? Hannibal Lecter on a bicycle or Mary Poppins in an SUV? Simon (:-)) ... From: De Clarke To: CarFree@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
... depends :-) if they both keep moving, Mary Poppins is more dangerous. but as soon as they stop and get off (out of) their vehicles, Hannibal wins hands...
... but don't you also have in your favour that Hannibal detests (and visits terrible fates upon) what he calls "rudies" - people who let their mobiles ring...
First of all, may I repeat that I had no intention of criticising anyone when I started this thread -- it was as much to analyse my own feelings and see to...
I guess this is getting off topic, but this is a group for discussing wasteful and dangerous transportation. It has been my belief since the dawn of the space...
... Hee, hee, hee...why do I suspect that this delicious pun was entirely unintended? (if you don't get it, look up the etimology of the word "lunacy") Jason...
This isn't off topic. There's a dimension of human desire here that cuts across sensible visions of sustainability. Whenever I've seen a shuttle take-off on...
Every since Challenger blew up, I figured it was inevitable that there would be another Shuttle disaster someday. I'm really surprised there hasn't been one...
I will contact the newspaper if talke with the Parks and Recreation department don't pan out. I should have a valid argument since the gates are in violation...
Hmmm, well I was a Sputnik kid and loved the space program when I was young. Had a model of the Soyuz capsule and another of the Lunar Lander. Ah, those...
... scientists to be able to do experiments in zero gravity. Ok. So why don't they plan ahead and stay up there for 6 months at a time instead of 10 days?...
... Jason W. Neiss replied: Hee, hee, hee...why do I suspect that this delicious pun was entirely unintended? Ken Kifer comments: It was deliberate, but I...
I recommend taking a long look at NASA's primary website: http://www.nasa.gov/ They are perhaps one of the finest and most alturistic organizations ever in the...
... I can understand that. I often need to verbalize my feelings in order to analyze them. ... I'm not quite sure what you mean here. Are you just talking...
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1. I don't think one should write off the future of space travel. There are techniques known which could in principle push the cost right down (the space ...
Hello Everyone, I have not had time to weigh in on this discussion, but I've been following it as best I can. As I recall, Simon originally wanted to make a...
... Congrats on your new job. I'm currently unemployed myself, and using my bike in my job search. Since I live in an urban centre, it's quite easy for me to...
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