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...
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John Snyder
jcsnyder2001
Feb 1, 2003 2:03 pm
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...
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John O. Andersen
unconvention...
Feb 1, 2003 4:34 pm
... 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,...
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John Snyder
jcsnyder2001
Feb 1, 2003 4:52 pm
Two more links to accompany the New York Times article about Reza Baluchi, the Iranian bicyclist: http://www.azpeace.org/FreeReza.html ...
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Simon Norton
simonphillip...
Feb 1, 2003 5:17 pm
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...
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De Clarke
de_anander
Feb 1, 2003 7:02 pm
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...
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RIIN GILL
riingill
Feb 1, 2003 9:13 pm
... 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...
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De Clarke
de_anander
Feb 2, 2003 1:39 am
... 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...
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RIIN GILL
riingill
Feb 2, 2003 3:29 am
... 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...
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Simon Baddeley
flanur
Feb 2, 2003 1:14 pm
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...
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Simon Baddeley
flanur
Feb 2, 2003 1:19 pm
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,...
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De Clarke
de_anander
Feb 2, 2003 6:05 pm
... 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...
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Simon Baddeley
flanur
Feb 2, 2003 6:17 pm
... 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...
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Simon Norton
simonphillip...
Feb 2, 2003 7:34 pm
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...
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Ken Kifer
kenkifer
Feb 2, 2003 9:04 pm
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...
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Jason W. Neiss
aestheticpisces
Feb 2, 2003 9:20 pm
... 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...
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Simon Baddeley
flanur
Feb 2, 2003 10:12 pm
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...
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RIIN GILL
riingill
Feb 3, 2003 1:03 am
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...
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Paul B. Cooley
pbcoole
Feb 3, 2003 1:08 am
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...
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De Clarke
de_anander
Feb 3, 2003 5:17 am
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...
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Michel Gagnon
mgagnonlv
Feb 3, 2003 5:44 am
... De : De Clarke [mailto:de@...] ... Just a quick humourous note on the subject. I work in the city, but not downtown per se (Saint-Laurent and...
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John O. Andersen
unconvention...
Feb 3, 2003 12:55 pm
... 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?...
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Ken Kifer
kenkifer
Feb 3, 2003 5:29 pm
... 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...
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John Snyder
jcsnyder2001
Feb 3, 2003 5:30 pm
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...
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RIIN GILL
riingill
Feb 3, 2003 5:55 pm
... 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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dubluth <dubluth@....
dubluth
Feb 3, 2003 7:18 pm
This from _Rail Travel News_ <www.railtravelnews.com/>
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A brief...
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Simon Norton
simonphillip...
Feb 3, 2003 8:48 pm
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 ...
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Paul B. Cooley
pbcoole
Feb 3, 2003 9:45 pm
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...
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Zach Kaplan
zakaplan
Feb 3, 2003 10:24 pm
From: "Marty Goodman" <martygoodman@...> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:16:52 -0800 To: "Zach Kaplan" <zakaplan@...> Subject: Re: The Space...
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Tom Keats
tom_keats
Feb 4, 2003 1:36 am
... 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...
