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On Aug 19, 2:11 am, [email protected] (Tom Keats) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > On Aug 18, 6:34 pm, "Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> ... Apartheid bicyclist farcilities (sic).
>
> > NEWSFLASH!!! Cyclists have more freedom than any other class of road
> > user. NEWSFLASH!!!
>
> That's because we're under the radar.
> Nobody looks for cyclists.
>
> Some riders gripe about it, but it
> really is something of which we can
> take advantage.
>
> And I love that freedom.
>
> Some car drivers hate it. Tough tittie
> for them, as they rag-on and bullshittingly
> characterize us about blowing stop signs
> and other death-wish razzmataz as if we
> wanna get clobbered, whilst those drivers
> portray themselves as innocent.
>
> Yeah, I enjoy and embrace the freedom of
> being a cyclist.
>
> And if the City deems it fit to give me
> Farcilities, I just might find ways to
> occasionally use 'em.
>
> I'll tell ya this much, though: LAB can
> shove their railroad-track idealoguery
> up where the moon don't shine, AFAIC.
> It seems they wanna turn bike riders into
> two-wheeled car drivers.
>
> That guy to whom Jeffrey Hiles mentioned
> in his "Listening to Bike Lanes" paper,
> who referred to bicycles as "folk
> transportation", was right.
>
> We can do anything. All we gotta do is
> keep our skin on, and keep from getting
> clobbered, and respect other road/street
> users' rights of way. It's so simple,
> and it works. It always has, and it
> always will.
Pretty much sums it up, imo. Thanks Tom.
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > On Aug 18, 6:34 pm, "Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> ... Apartheid bicyclist farcilities (sic).
>
> > NEWSFLASH!!! Cyclists have more freedom than any other class of road
> > user. NEWSFLASH!!!
>
> That's because we're under the radar.
> Nobody looks for cyclists.
>
> Some riders gripe about it, but it
> really is something of which we can
> take advantage.
>
> And I love that freedom.
>
> Some car drivers hate it. Tough tittie
> for them, as they rag-on and bullshittingly
> characterize us about blowing stop signs
> and other death-wish razzmataz as if we
> wanna get clobbered, whilst those drivers
> portray themselves as innocent.
>
> Yeah, I enjoy and embrace the freedom of
> being a cyclist.
>
> And if the City deems it fit to give me
> Farcilities, I just might find ways to
> occasionally use 'em.
>
> I'll tell ya this much, though: LAB can
> shove their railroad-track idealoguery
> up where the moon don't shine, AFAIC.
> It seems they wanna turn bike riders into
> two-wheeled car drivers.
>
> That guy to whom Jeffrey Hiles mentioned
> in his "Listening to Bike Lanes" paper,
> who referred to bicycles as "folk
> transportation", was right.
>
> We can do anything. All we gotta do is
> keep our skin on, and keep from getting
> clobbered, and respect other road/street
> users' rights of way. It's so simple,
> and it works. It always has, and it
> always will.
Pretty much sums it up, imo. Thanks Tom.