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Minnesota pickup truck/cyclist altercation...
http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...Arks:DCiUocOaL
I went to college in River Falls, WI. Although it was a great place to cycle, there were a lot of pickup truck-driving hicks. For some reason, many of them held grudges against cyclist. But, not like the article above... Cullen |
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Minnesota pickup truck/cyclist altercation...
Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
On 2009-08-20, wrote: http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...Arks:DCiUocOaL I went to college in River Falls, WI. Although it was a great place to cycle, there were a lot of pickup truck-driving hicks. For some reason, many of them held grudges against cyclist. But, not like the article above... What I liked about the article is that the pickup driver allegedly called the cyclist "trailer trash", but when the police came they found the the pickup truck... ...in the trailer park. Irony win. Interesting. I bought a huge house on the North side of Minneapolis way back in 1992 and don't remember seeing any trailers in any of my travels around the Twin-cities area. I thought it was too cold for trailer park hicks up there since my house had four kinds of heat for the -20F days in the winter. Oil, Propane, Wood, and Electric, just in case you ran out and the truck could not deliver. It seems a trailer would be totally impractical. Even my garage had a wood burning stove. ?????? Bill Baka |
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Minnesota pickup truck/cyclist altercation...
On Aug 20, 2:45*pm, Bill Baka wrote:
Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2009-08-20, wrote: http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...Arks:DCiUocOaL I went to college in River Falls, WI. Although it was a great place to cycle, there were a lot of pickup truck-driving hicks. For some reason, many of them held grudges against cyclist. But, not like the article above... What I liked about the article is that the pickup driver allegedly called the cyclist "trailer trash", but when the police came they found the the pickup truck... ...in the trailer park. Irony win. Interesting. I bought a huge house on the North side of Minneapolis way back in 1992 and don't remember seeing any trailers in any of my travels around the Twin-cities area. I thought it was too cold for trailer park hicks up there since my house had four kinds of heat for the -20F days in the winter. Oil, Propane, Wood, and Electric, just in case you ran out and the truck could not deliver. It seems a trailer would be totally impractical. Even my garage had a wood burning stove. ?????? Bill Baka I attended college in nearby River Falls, and I also don't remember any trailor parks. Minneapolis is a pretty bike-friendly city, isn't it? Cullen |
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Minnesota pickup truck/cyclist altercation...
Cully J wrote:
On Aug 20, 2:45 pm, Bill Baka wrote: Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2009-08-20, wrote: http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...Arks:DCiUocOaL I went to college in River Falls, WI. Although it was a great place to cycle, there were a lot of pickup truck-driving hicks. For some reason, many of them held grudges against cyclist. But, not like the article above... What I liked about the article is that the pickup driver allegedly called the cyclist "trailer trash", but when the police came they found the the pickup truck... ...in the trailer park. Irony win. Interesting. I bought a huge house on the North side of Minneapolis way back in 1992 and don't remember seeing any trailers in any of my travels around the Twin-cities area. I thought it was too cold for trailer park hicks up there since my house had four kinds of heat for the -20F days in the winter. Oil, Propane, Wood, and Electric, just in case you ran out and the truck could not deliver. It seems a trailer would be totally impractical. Even my garage had a wood burning stove. ?????? Bill Baka I attended college in nearby River Falls, and I also don't remember any trailor parks. Minneapolis is a pretty bike-friendly city, isn't it? Cullen Yes, and I loved it but the job market for Electronics drove me to move to Chicago and then back to California. I lost a ton of money in about 2 years time. I loved my house in the Northern Chicago suburbs with a lake for a back yard. I could go out and power row after work or ride around the lake to burn off frustration with my work day and idiot company owner. My wife used to sit in my boat and feed raccoons at sundown and it was a great place to live. It was a one job or no job area and the situation at work motivated me to come back to California. When I went to work for H.P. people knew of the place I worked and asked me how I even made it one year without killing the owner. He was known to be his own worst enemy. Sigh. Bill Baka |
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Minnesota pickup truck/cyclist altercation...
Phil W Lee wrote:
Bill Baka considered Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:45:35 -0700 the perfect time to write: Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2009-08-20, wrote: http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...Arks:DCiUocOaL I went to college in River Falls, WI. Although it was a great place to cycle, there were a lot of pickup truck-driving hicks. For some reason, many of them held grudges against cyclist. But, not like the article above... What I liked about the article is that the pickup driver allegedly called the cyclist "trailer trash", but when the police came they found the the pickup truck... ...in the trailer park. Irony win. Interesting. I bought a huge house on the North side of Minneapolis way back in 1992 and don't remember seeing any trailers in any of my travels around the Twin-cities area. I thought it was too cold for trailer park hicks up there since my house had four kinds of heat for the -20F days in the winter. Oil, Propane, Wood, and Electric, just in case you ran out and the truck could not deliver. It seems a trailer would be totally impractical. Even my garage had a wood burning stove. ?????? Meanwhile, my bikeshed is air conditioned Yeah, that I believe. In Minnesnowta and Illinois we had basements to retreat to but it never got that hot anyway. Bill Baka |
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