I've started riding my bike as much as possible instead of driving my car. Mostly so that I don't have to pay for gas. The only bad part of it is that in the suburbs there are hardly any bike racks. Wegmans on Alberta insists on putting a picnic table right infront of the rack, so you either have to be the only bike that gets the end of the rack or you have to move this heavy table to free up the rest of the spots. No bank has a rack, barnes and noble (actually that entire plaza lacks a bike rack) Bert's Bikes on NF BLVD doesn't even have a bike rack.
Contrast this with the city, where almost every shop has a bike rack or a parking meter you can lock your bike up to.
The suburbs are so pedestrian unfriendly its not funny.
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06/16/2006 08:42 #21014
Where the bike racks go?06/14/2006 19:58 #21013
Vespa & the ManThere is something sadly unmasculine about a guy riding a vespa. I went to the bank today and there was a guy in his 40s making a scene about his line of credit or something. Apparently the corporate office told him one thing and the woman at the bank was telling him something else. Anyway he left all pissed off. He storms out of the bank and I happened to be following him. He huffs his way to the parking lot and... gets on his vespa. he was so pissed off he didn't buckle his helmet. I almost peed myself laughing. He was really pissed off and I think that's what made it so funny. I looked back and the woman was standing in the doorway laughing too.
I think Buffalo needs a vespa dealer. I think we're a vespa town.
I think Buffalo needs a vespa dealer. I think we're a vespa town.
mrdt - 06/14/06 21:30
If it didn't get so god damn cold I would say a vespa would be a great investment to ride around Buffalo.
If it didn't get so god damn cold I would say a vespa would be a great investment to ride around Buffalo.
jenks - 06/14/06 21:24
my friend in high school had a scooter. Not as cool as a vespa, but I honda spree. I coveted that thing.... I did eventually get a used one, and it was so perfect for downtown in the summer when there's no parking... now it gathers dust in my parents garage, but I use it to go to the beach when I'm home. It's perfect. It's super slow, but so fun.
my friend in high school had a scooter. Not as cool as a vespa, but I honda spree. I coveted that thing.... I did eventually get a used one, and it was so perfect for downtown in the summer when there's no parking... now it gathers dust in my parents garage, but I use it to go to the beach when I'm home. It's perfect. It's super slow, but so fun.
mrmike - 06/14/06 21:22
You may have a point about the unmasculine side of things. Hell, the guy probably looked popeye stomping off like that, but I want a vespa too
You may have a point about the unmasculine side of things. Hell, the guy probably looked popeye stomping off like that, but I want a vespa too
lilho - 06/14/06 20:48
i would sell my soul for a vespa. well, i would just sell it for money...
i would sell my soul for a vespa. well, i would just sell it for money...
06/12/2006 20:38 #21012
Who is where?What ever happened to (e:drchlorine)?
06/11/2006 18:48 #21011
Ann CoulterI bought Ann Coulter's book Godless: The Church of Liberalism on Friday and have been unable to put it down.
The woman is insane. I mean absolutely out of body crazy. It's even taught me new words (i.e. niggardly) that I never knew existed let alone could be published and sold at Barnes & noble.
She isn't a particularly creative person; bitching about democrats/liberals and their inability to formulate coherent arguments. She's been repeating herself the entire book and now that I'm at the end, it is starting to wear on me.
It's sad that someone with such contempt for humanity is given airtime outside of Fox news.
The woman is insane. I mean absolutely out of body crazy. It's even taught me new words (i.e. niggardly) that I never knew existed let alone could be published and sold at Barnes & noble.
She isn't a particularly creative person; bitching about democrats/liberals and their inability to formulate coherent arguments. She's been repeating herself the entire book and now that I'm at the end, it is starting to wear on me.
It's sad that someone with such contempt for humanity is given airtime outside of Fox news.
06/04/2006 15:29 #21010
My Life on the D ListIf you hate Kathy Griffin as much as I did, I urge you to give "My Life on the D-List" a shot. She is actually really funny.
mike - 06/05/06 23:21
Kathy Griffin is my hero! Ok i hate her but i love her. She is crap on a red carpet but I do enjoy some of her standup. Particularly when she talks about when she did Hollywood Squares with Anna Nicole Smiht, Little Richard and Chaka Khan or maybe it was Patti Labelle. Either way it was the funniest thing I have ever heard!
Kathy Griffin is my hero! Ok i hate her but i love her. She is crap on a red carpet but I do enjoy some of her standup. Particularly when she talks about when she did Hollywood Squares with Anna Nicole Smiht, Little Richard and Chaka Khan or maybe it was Patti Labelle. Either way it was the funniest thing I have ever heard!
hodown - 06/05/06 08:47
So funny that you mention that. I watched the marathon My Life on the D -List. She is actually funny.
So funny that you mention that. I watched the marathon My Life on the D -List. She is actually funny.
Totally. I hate the pedestrian unfriendly nature of suburbs in general. Even for walking.
It's one of the things i do not miss about Knoxville. The whole place felt like a giant suburb, with bad public transportation, not very many sidewalks... and i don't recall much in the way of bike racks.