Jorg Lueke
December 12th 08, 07:46 PM
The weather is not the only problem in Minnesota
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/35900674.html?elr=KArksUUUU
On Dec 12, 10:56*am, "Jeff Grippe" > wrote:
> I'm going shopping for a place in Tucson, AZ during the week between xmas
> and new years.
>
> What does this have to do with biking you might ask.
>
> You should see the bike lanes in Tucson. This is a city that was designed
> for having cyclists and cars share the road.
>
> There are separate lanes (of course) with a divider. There are traffic
> signals for the cyclists. There are lanes on some of the highways. It is
> setup the way a city should be that wants people to cycle.
>
> New York City (which is not where I live) has embarked on an agressive
> campaign to put in real bike lane but 1. I don't live in NYC and 2. It is
> still a dangerous place to ride a bike.
>
> I think that Tucson is rated #3 in some lists of top cities for cyclist.
> Seattle, I believe, is #1 but I personally couldn't take the climate. With
> all my various broken and repaired parts, I need dry. I understand that
> Seattle is a fantastic place to live but its just not for me. Portland, I've
> heard is also quite good but I have the same climate problems. So when I'm
> ready to leave NY, I think I'll head to Tucson.
>
> Jeff"Edward Dolan" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Has it ever occurred to anyone but me that this earth is just barely
> > inhabitable by us humans? Now is the winter of my discontent. Minnesota is
> > colder than ever. I am cold all the time. Damn these northern climes!
>
> > My idea of paradise is a warm climate year around. Minnesota is miserable
> > in the winter and not much better in the spring and the fall. Only the
> > summers redeem this confounded state.
>
> > I dream of Panama. Oh, to *reside in a warm climate year around! Who could
> > ask for anything more. But I am cursed by my Irish ancestors who settled
> > in this inhospitable land of Minnesota. I have spent all of my life (over
> > 70 years) cursing this god forsaken land. I am sick to death of the cold.
> > God damn this ****ing state of Minnesota all the way to Hell and back!
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > aka
> > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/35900674.html?elr=KArksUUUU
On Dec 12, 10:56*am, "Jeff Grippe" > wrote:
> I'm going shopping for a place in Tucson, AZ during the week between xmas
> and new years.
>
> What does this have to do with biking you might ask.
>
> You should see the bike lanes in Tucson. This is a city that was designed
> for having cyclists and cars share the road.
>
> There are separate lanes (of course) with a divider. There are traffic
> signals for the cyclists. There are lanes on some of the highways. It is
> setup the way a city should be that wants people to cycle.
>
> New York City (which is not where I live) has embarked on an agressive
> campaign to put in real bike lane but 1. I don't live in NYC and 2. It is
> still a dangerous place to ride a bike.
>
> I think that Tucson is rated #3 in some lists of top cities for cyclist.
> Seattle, I believe, is #1 but I personally couldn't take the climate. With
> all my various broken and repaired parts, I need dry. I understand that
> Seattle is a fantastic place to live but its just not for me. Portland, I've
> heard is also quite good but I have the same climate problems. So when I'm
> ready to leave NY, I think I'll head to Tucson.
>
> Jeff"Edward Dolan" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Has it ever occurred to anyone but me that this earth is just barely
> > inhabitable by us humans? Now is the winter of my discontent. Minnesota is
> > colder than ever. I am cold all the time. Damn these northern climes!
>
> > My idea of paradise is a warm climate year around. Minnesota is miserable
> > in the winter and not much better in the spring and the fall. Only the
> > summers redeem this confounded state.
>
> > I dream of Panama. Oh, to *reside in a warm climate year around! Who could
> > ask for anything more. But I am cursed by my Irish ancestors who settled
> > in this inhospitable land of Minnesota. I have spent all of my life (over
> > 70 years) cursing this god forsaken land. I am sick to death of the cold.
> > God damn this ****ing state of Minnesota all the way to Hell and back!
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > aka
> > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota