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Any one else get mistaken for a Hobo?
Originally Posted by mr,grumpy
"I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution |
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On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks... |
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On Aug 18, 5:54*pm, Cully J wrote:
On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've been praying for that for a long time, but God seems to be on the side of the polluters. |
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Per KingOfTheApes:
"I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. -- PeteCresswell |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Aug 18, 9:40*pm, AMuzi wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote: Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. -- Andrew Muzi * www.yellowjersey.org/ * Open every day since 1 April, 1971 And it sucks! At best it works in combination with bikes: The bus is late? You take off on your bike! |
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Andrew Muzi wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote: Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. Agreed. It is time to make those who fly pay the true cost of airports and air traffic control, not to mention the environmental externalities. Similarly, fuel taxes should be raised to pay for "energy security" [1] and environmental effects of motorized vehicles. Time to stop these USians from freeloading on the backs of the common taxpayer. [1] I.e., bases and military forces in foreign hydrocarbon extraction areas, including the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 Celebrity culture is an opposite of community, informing us that these few nonsense-heads matter but that the rest of us do not. - Jay Griffiths |
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Cully J wrote:
On Aug 18, 3:03 pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks... That's what we thought the first time gas went from $2.50 to $4.50 |
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On Aug 18, 9:52*pm, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote: Andrew Muzi wrote: (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. Agreed. It is time to make those who fly pay the true cost of airports and air traffic control, not to mention the environmental externalities. Similarly, fuel taxes should be raised to pay for "energy security" [1] and environmental effects of motorized vehicles. Time to stop these USians from freeloading on the backs of the common taxpayer. [1] I.e., bases and military forces in foreign hydrocarbon extraction areas, including the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. I agree. ISTM that all forms of travel off your own property are subsidized to one extent or another, except perhaps trespassing off- road on foot or on mountain bike. After motorists and airline passengers pay full costs, and after trucking companies pay full costs (and pass those on to retailers), we can talk about what public transportation's worth. - Frank Krygowski |
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Any one else get mistaken for a Hobo?
countrywide, full dress is the rule not exception: mapei et al
what was unusual is now common thanks to Lancespace people 'think' to please their sense of position, to establish a delusion as reality - for a few minutes ... the bicycle tho is clearly in. everyone is riding on vacation and not walmart either. maybe ya'll have malaria ? |
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