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Does my riding a bike make me a terrorist?
On 31 Dec 2009, 16:37, TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-
enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 31, 5:39*am, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 30, 5:42 pm, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 30, 11:23 am, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey wrote: On Dec 30, 10:36 am, Father Haskell wrote: On Dec 30, 1:26 pm, TheTibetanMonkey But I'm hoping that I can reach the sheep and tell them how I feel about their idiotic, consumeristic driving. That just gets you run over. Much easier to wait until gasoline hits $5.00 / gallon.- What god do I have to pray to for that to happen? 1.08 per litre (correct spelling) here in the UK. Do the math. Doesn't stop us driving cars. It just makes them smaller. And that's only a partial solution. Cars here have always been smaller than those in the USA. We don't have the space :-) I still welcome seeing Minis on the road and not Supersized Unnecessary Vehicles. As a matter of fact I even welcome seeing the Land Rovers with their narrow wheel track. Minis & Land Rovers. Both wonderful British designs. Did you know that 75% of all the Land Rovers built since 1948 are still in use? Now thats environmentally friendly :-) -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Wow! Yep, but the Rovers still inspired the Americans into the supersized adventure vehicle trend. The problem is there was no savanna or jungle to be found. Ironically the American SUVs became the top predator, rather than the symbol of adventure in the African savannas. So the BBC' wonderful nature documentaries may have had the wrong results. Well, maybe I'm wrong and whole project started in some office at GM's headquarters. Something funny. GM subsidiaries make wonderful, fun cars for Europe... as if they considered the European smarter. Not saying a word.... :-) -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit. |
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Does my riding a bike make me a terrorist?
On Jan 6, 2:09*am, delboy wrote:
On 31 Dec 2009, 16:37, TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of- enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 31, 5:39*am, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 30, 5:42 pm, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: On Dec 30, 11:23 am, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: TheTibetanMonkey wrote: On Dec 30, 10:36 am, Father Haskell wrote: On Dec 30, 1:26 pm, TheTibetanMonkey But I'm hoping that I can reach the sheep and tell them how I feel about their idiotic, consumeristic driving. That just gets you run over. Much easier to wait until gasoline hits $5.00 / gallon.- What god do I have to pray to for that to happen? 1.08 per litre (correct spelling) here in the UK. Do the math. Doesn't stop us driving cars. It just makes them smaller. And that's only a partial solution. Cars here have always been smaller than those in the USA. We don't have the space :-) I still welcome seeing Minis on the road and not Supersized Unnecessary Vehicles. As a matter of fact I even welcome seeing the Land Rovers with their narrow wheel track. Minis & Land Rovers. Both wonderful British designs. Did you know that 75% of all the Land Rovers built since 1948 are still in use? Now thats environmentally friendly :-) -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Wow! Yep, but the Rovers still inspired the Americans into the supersized adventure vehicle trend. The problem is there was no savanna or jungle to be found. Ironically the American SUVs became the top predator, rather than the symbol of adventure in the African savannas. So the BBC' wonderful nature documentaries may have had the wrong results. Well, maybe I'm wrong and whole project started in some office at GM's headquarters. Something funny. GM subsidiaries make wonderful, fun cars for Europe... as if they considered the European smarter. Not saying a word.... :-) -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit. You know, the sharp-looking Ford Focus was a welcome relief in 2000. Before you had to live with anonymous Japanese junk if you wanted a small car. Last one I bought was a sharp Toyota Tercel sporty edition that looked lie a BMW, but that was dangerous at any speed, and the Toyota dealer told me, "You get what you pay for." Suzuki did make some good little cars, but never caught on with Americans. And the Koreans started making some nice little cars, even if they lacked in style. Then the era of dinosaurs came, I mean the SUVs, and driving a small car amounted to being a loser. Most of the European cars are not allowed in America based on not meeting certain "standards," and yet the SUVs roll off without meeting any safety regulations. And they are deadly to others, due not only to their mass, but to their higher bumpers. Talk about a HUNGRY LION that wants NO competition.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Tests and statistics have shown that SUVs are far more likely to be involved in roll over type accidents than normal cars, and these often result in serious injury or death to the occupants. They are also more likely to injure other road users and pedestrians due their mass and high bumpers. So what safety standards? Strict American anti-emissions regulations strangle engine power, so you probably need an enormous gas-guzzler to go anywhere. These regs may be designed to keep small engined European cars out of the US market, and sod the carbon foorprint! DC Everything seems to be said in two paragraphs. And we sit back and do nothing --not even ride a bike-- while the whole world goes to the dumps. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. NOTE: I've changed my bicycle seat for my computer seat, which seems to be more effective in changing the world. |
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