timo
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Wed Sep-23-09 06:21 AM
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I would go car free, but I have a real hard time attaching the delivery trailer for my business to my neck, and hauling thousands of pounds of palm trees puts a strain on my back that really is getting hard to deal with............
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| -Tomorrow is World Car Free Day |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:15 PM |
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Dont care, no driving no work, no work no eat |
DJ13 |
Sep-21-09 04:17 PM |
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It just so happens my car will have to be in the shop tomorrow anyway. Perfect! n/t |
Ian David |
Sep-21-09 04:18 PM |
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Better take it to the shop tonight |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:20 PM |
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Dumb idea |
Travis_0004 |
Sep-21-09 04:20 PM |
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What's this "we" stuff? |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:21 PM |
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You got a mouse in your pocket? I use mass transit most of the time now, |
kestrel91316 |
Sep-21-09 04:55 PM |
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(shrug) Every day is car-free day for me. |
BlooInBloo |
Sep-21-09 04:19 PM |
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Me, too! |
Louisiana1976 |
Sep-21-09 04:50 PM |
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Does that mean I can stay home from work? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Sep-21-09 04:20 PM |
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You live where it's flat and the weather hasn't gotten bad yet |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:23 PM |
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Eastern Kansas is very hilly |
proud2BlibKansan |
Sep-21-09 04:40 PM |
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#1 excuse didn't know about it and we have appt in |
marlakay |
Sep-21-09 04:22 PM |
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What dirty word only has two letters in it? |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:25 PM |
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They having a get together I can drive to? |
The Straight Story |
Sep-21-09 04:22 PM |
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i've got a doctor's appointment in the morning... |
dysfunctional press |
Sep-21-09 04:27 PM |
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Dogs really enjoy running next to you while you bike |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 04:32 PM |
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did i mention that i'm disabled? |
dysfunctional press |
Sep-21-09 04:49 PM |
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I have to drive to the bookstore*; buy three copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" and nothing else... |
Deja Q |
Sep-21-09 04:50 PM |
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I have no choice but to participate, as my car was stolen a couple of weeks ago |
kestrel91316 |
Sep-21-09 04:52 PM |
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do they deliver? |
Aragorn |
Sep-22-09 08:11 AM |
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I telecommute. |
flvegan |
Sep-21-09 05:01 PM |
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Cool |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 05:39 PM |
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Count me in ... |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-21-09 05:03 PM |
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"Push your car from the road" |
Berry Cool |
Sep-21-09 05:30 PM |
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OK, where do I go for my free car? |
damntexdem |
Sep-21-09 05:34 PM |
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Just walk down this trail and your car will be waiting for you |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 04:14 PM |
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that looks like my driveway |
backwoodsbob |
Sep-22-09 04:27 PM |
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My pathetic excuse... |
pipi_k |
Sep-21-09 05:55 PM |
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I'll participate as soon as they bring mass transit to rural areas |
MadHound |
Sep-21-09 06:12 PM |
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Funny thing about mass transit, it only works where there's masses of people |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 06:46 PM |
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lol, i gotta drive to work man, or it all goes to shit.... |
vadawg |
Sep-21-09 06:51 PM |
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Seriously, Why? |
taterguy |
Sep-21-09 06:54 PM |
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yeah well i gotta 50 miles plus one way commute, i aint walkin that |
vadawg |
Sep-21-09 09:04 PM |
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Surely you've always wondered what it would be like to ride a bicycle 100 miles in one day |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 06:03 AM |
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Here in Orlando that would be a death sentence. |
ddeclue |
Sep-22-09 04:31 PM |
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lol i get enough adventure as it is, i dont need to ride a bike through the mountains and in DC |
vadawg |
Sep-22-09 06:52 PM |
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Ask the poor bastards who survived Dien Bien Phu how many weapons you can carry on a bicycle |
taterguy |
Sep-23-09 06:49 PM |
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I'm outsourcing |
NoPasaran |
Sep-21-09 06:53 PM |
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I drive a pickup |
Fla_Democrat |
Sep-22-09 06:14 AM |
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I hope that means traffic will be lighter tomorrow. |
Quantess |
Sep-22-09 06:16 AM |
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It's troubling how many people feel trapped in their homes without access to a car |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 06:34 AM |
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You ARE trapped |
TorchTheWitch |
Sep-22-09 06:53 AM |
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Try to wrap your mind around what it's like living out in the country. |
Quantess |
Sep-22-09 06:59 AM |
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You're presuming that I have something against biking on a road with people who drive like maniacs |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 02:59 PM |
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I see people do it. There is a bike lane for the brave ones. |
Quantess |
Sep-22-09 04:29 PM |
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hour commute - no public trans |
TorchTheWitch |
Sep-22-09 06:19 AM |
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Oh shit, it's raining |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 06:47 AM |
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I just drove to burger king, raining here too |
The Straight Story |
Sep-22-09 06:50 AM |
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BK? Don't they have Biscuitvilles where you live? |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 07:46 AM |
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meh, I ride the bus every day |
dropkickpa |
Sep-22-09 08:04 AM |
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I don't get to stay home from work because it's "car free day." |
LWolf |
Sep-22-09 08:10 AM |
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No public transportation and it's raining today |
tammywammy |
Sep-22-09 03:45 PM |
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My pathetic excuse is that I have to drive to my office to get to work, AND |
SeattleGirl |
Sep-22-09 03:47 PM |
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Yet another poster that's allergic to bicycles |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 04:20 PM |
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where the hell does "taterguy" live? Idaho? |
ddeclue |
Sep-22-09 04:33 PM |
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Is it too much effort to click on someone's profile to see where they're from? |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 05:16 PM |
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Take a Valium before getting on a bike? |
Occulus |
Sep-22-09 05:20 PM |
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How many lives would be saved if we had a less Car-centric society? |
taterguy |
Sep-23-09 05:48 AM |
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Cause I live 25 miles from the office and my job is in the ex-urbs? |
ddeclue |
Sep-22-09 04:30 PM |
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I have to do laundry tomorrow |
Occulus |
Sep-22-09 05:19 PM |
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I drive only about 10-20 miles per week. If I go out at all it will be a 3-mile round trip. n/t |
Subdivisions |
Sep-22-09 05:22 PM |
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And we've degenerated to the point where 3 miles can't be done on bike or on foot |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 06:55 PM |
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I can get a free car? |
JVS |
Sep-22-09 05:25 PM |
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I'll drive to the Metro |
seemunkee |
Sep-22-09 05:32 PM |
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Hey, any excuse to telecommute! |
Ignis |
Sep-22-09 06:15 PM |
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My car is free. Just paid it off in Aug! |
Touchdown |
Sep-22-09 06:56 PM |
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etto, I don't own a car... |
AsahinaKimi |
Sep-22-09 06:58 PM |
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There's also City Car Share. |
Luminous Animal |
Sep-22-09 08:45 PM |
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Wow! Car free sounds much better than cash for clunkers! |
deaniac21 |
Sep-22-09 07:31 PM |
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I have to go to work. |
alarimer |
Sep-22-09 07:48 PM |
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Enough with the damn whining about no mass transit |
taterguy |
Sep-22-09 08:25 PM |
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It's supposed to hit 100F+ tommorow. |
Creena |
Sep-22-09 09:31 PM |
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Just when I thought I'd run out of excuses for calling in "sick" |
varelse |
Sep-22-09 09:43 PM |
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I would |
timo |
Sep-23-09 06:21 AM |
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Can't you just attach a bunch of helium balloons to the palm trees? |
taterguy |
Sep-23-09 06:31 AM |
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