Death blow for Segway

[Dave Salovesh]

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If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?

 

[George]

Sorry, I believe the average American is WAY smarter than "he" is on his best day.

Dave Salovesh wrote:
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> If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?

 

[W K]

"Dave Salovesh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?

LOL! (genuine and repeated)

You mean ... the rest of you are worse than him?

Ah, maybe, if theres enough of you that cannot handle hot coffee or nice food without having to sue
someone when you get it wrong.

I thought a better title would be "New foolproof Segway fails initial testing".

 

[Dave Salovesh]

In <[email protected]>, "W K" <[email protected]> opined:

> You mean ... the rest of you are worse than him?

In other news, despite decades of educational reform efforts, recent testing has revealed that more
than half of America's children have tested at or below the 50th percentile.

> I thought a better title would be "New foolproof Segway fails initial testing".

That's a good one too. Feel free to use it when you share the link (and do share - the world could
use a laugh at Segway's expense since the joke will be entirely on us if this thing becomes
common...)

 

[Jym Dyer]

> In other news, despite decades of educational reform efforts, recent testing has revealed that
> more than half of America's children have tested at or below the 50th percentile.

=v= That's impossible. 99% of American children are above average. (Though only 37% are aware that
78.8% of all statistics are just made up.) <_Jym_

 

[Mark Freedman]

Dave Salovesh <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?

Gosh, you people are naive.

This particular SEGWAY has OBVIOUSLY been sabotaged by (pick one or
more) Iraqi / El Queda / North Korean / Hammas / Democratic agents.

Looks like GWB Junior was RIGHT about weapons of "mah ass" destruction ...

 

[Schikerbiker]

Well I don't understand the hatred for Segway's but anyhow, it appears that it isn't going to be
anything viable to worry about in public, it just isn't being embraced. It probably has a legit use
in industry, like getting around a warehouse faster, but even that, I bet their liability insurance
would go up if a company decided to give their employees a Segway.

I haven't heard of a single major company that has been using Segway's.

 

[Alex Colvin]

>> In other news, despite decades of educational reform efforts, recent testing has revealed that
>> more than half of America's children have tested at or below the 50th percentile.

>=v= That's impossible. 99% of American children are above average. (Though only 37% are aware that
>78.8% of all statistics are just made up.)

Right. And the average number of ears per capita is slightly less than two (thanks to Mike Tyson),
giving 99% of the population more ears than average.

--
mac the naïf

 

[S. Anderson]

"schikerbiker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well I don't understand the hatred for Segway's but anyhow, it appears that it isn't going to be
> anything viable to worry about in public, it just isn't being embraced. It probably has a legit
> use in industry, like getting around a warehouse faster, but even that, I bet their liability
> insurance would go up if a company decided to give their employees a
Segway.
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> I haven't heard of a single major company that has been using Segway's.
>

I don't think it's necessarily hatred of the product as much as the hatred of the hype. Some very
wealthy individuals bet a lot on this product and the incredible amount of hype and lobbying that's
gone on might be irksome to people. Not only that, maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I don't think
there are many customers that will buy this thing for $5k. It just doesn't make sense. In my
purchase priority list, a Segway would rank just above a mechanical ass-wiper and just below a 155mm
howitzer. Most people's priorities may be different, but on the whole, I think we're in the same
ball park.

Cheers,

Scott..

 

[Luigi De Guzman]

"S. Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In my purchase priority list, a Segway would rank just above a mechanical ass-wiper and just below
> a 155mm howitzer. Most people's priorities may be different, but on the whole, I think we're in
> the same ball park.

the howitzer is considerably higher than the segway on my purchase priority list. I'd settle for an
old French 75mm anti-tank gun, though. I doubt even a Hummer could withstand a direct hit from a
HEAT round fired out of one of those.

Sure, the fires would be a bit of a hassle, but think: the burning hulks are automatic
traffic-calming barriers. And their absence would immeasurably improve suburban cycling.....

-Luigi

 

[Steve McDonald]

Bush may have leaned too far to the right-----it has always resulted in a hard fall.

Steve McDonald

 

[Sojourner]

Steve McDonald wrote:
> Bush may have leaned too far to the right-----it has always resulted in a hard fall.
>
> Steve McDonald
>

OK - of all the "good ones" - that has got to be the best so far ... >

 

[J. Bruce Fields]

In article <[email protected]>, Dave Salovesh
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?
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You'd think they'd have better things to do, but the BBC has an article now too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2989000.stm

--b.

 

[Harris]

"Dave Salovesh" wrote:

> If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?

Is that HIS bicycle in the background? ;->

Art

 

[Schikerbiker]

S. Anderson wrote:
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> I don't think it's necessarily hatred of the product as much as the hatred of the hype. Some very
> wealthy individuals bet a lot on this product and the incredible amount of hype and lobbying
> that's gone on might be irksome to people. Not only that, maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I don't
> think there are many customers that will buy this thing for $5k.

Agreed. It just isn't getting the buyers, not even in places they were hoping it would do well like
in San Francisco or Miami. Yea, them trying to change laws to allow them on the sidewalks was a side
show to say the least. If anything, you can buy 4 mopeds for that price if you want cheap
transportation (of course a bike is even cheaper and better!) No vehcile moving even at 7mph belongs
on the sidewalk.

Regards

 

[Resident George]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:07:37 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
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> If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?
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dont blame me

saddam snuck up on me and pushed my scooter over and i fell off

he is a bad man who hates our freedom i will get him someday

--
From the Office of the Resident of the United States The Honorable George W. Bush The White House,
Washington, D.C. http://www.whitehouse.org/ http://templeofgwbush.blogspot.com

 

[FâHç]

"Resident George W. Bush" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:07:37 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
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> > If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?
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> dont blame me
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> saddam snuck up on me and pushed my scooter over and i fell off
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> he is a bad man who hates our freedom i will get him someday

I heard from neo-con central command that it was Clinton's penis that knocked Bush off his Segway.

 

[Michael]

Now any clown can drive one. :_)

Now you see why he did not land that jet on the carrier.

"Resident George W. Bush" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:07:37 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
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cid=708>
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> > If he can't keep one upright, what hope do other average Americans have?
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>
> dont blame me
>
> saddam snuck up on me and pushed my scooter over and i fell off
>
> he is a bad man who hates our freedom i will get him someday
>
> --
> From the Office of the Resident of the United States The Honorable George W. Bush The White House,
> Washington, D.C. http://www.whitehouse.org/ http://templeofgwbush.blogspot.com

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:48:25 -0700, " fâhç" <%e%f%i%s@%f%d.tw> wrote:

>neo-con

I like that phrase - as if they were somehow pushing something other than the same old con...

Guy
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[David L. Johnso]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:16:12 +0000, Dave Salovesh wrote:

> In other news, despite decades of educational reform efforts, recent testing has revealed that
> more than half of America's children have tested at or below the 50th percentile.

I always preferred the retort to the typical stories about how poorly American kids do in comparison
with other nations on tests. "So what if we're behind everyone else in science and math. We came in
third in English."

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David L. Johnson

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