Here’s a typical errand on a typical day, accomplished by bike:
We’re home from work, and it’s a hot day. "I’m going to get some milk and O.J. from the store," I tell my loving spouse. "Want anything else?"
Loving Spouse thinks for a moment. "How about KFC?"
"Sure! Anything in particular?" I was actually hoping he’d suggest something like this, as I really didn’t want to heat up the joint any more than it already was by cooking a hot meal.
"If you can get the six-piece meal deal, in the chipotle flavor, I’d really appreciate that. Otherwise, whatever’s available."
"Okay."
I grab the money from my wallet and a minute later I’m pedaling on my way.
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Both the KFC and the store aren’t very far away at all from my humble abode: Just about half a mile, and they’re just across the street from each other. I decide, since it’s a hot day, to go to KFC first, as I don’t want the milk curdling in the carton while I wait for my KFC order. I ride close to the curb yet visible to the other traffic going by; cars are able to pass me, and I can see them coming in my rear-view mirror that’s attached to my helmet’s visor. It helps that cars aren’t allowed to park on this particular busy road: I don’t have to worry about getting "doored" by somebody exiting on the driver’s side of a vehicle.
The KFC doesn’t have a bike rack, but it does have a roomy double-doored vestibule. My bike fits snugly and out of the way against an interior wall, where I can keep an eye on it while I wait for my order.
The person behind the counter starts to reach for one of the traditional round KFC buckets. "Can I have everything in boxes instead?" I ask. "They’ll fit better in my pannier that way." "No problem," says the counter person, who manages to get six pieces of chicken, three biscuits, and a whole mess of potato wedges into three small boxes that fit easily into my Banjo Brothers Grocery Pannier.
Now it’s back across the street to the local convenience store. They have a bike rack, so it’s easy for me to secure my bike. I could undo the pannier and take it inside with me, but I’m not worried about it or the chicken getting stolen — my neighborhood isn’t that rough — so I leave it on the bike rack.
I get the orange juice and milk, each in half-gallon containers. There’s enough room in the pannier to fit them in with the chicken and wedges and biscuits; I put my U-lock between the hot stuff and the cold stuff so that they aren’t touching each other during the three-minute ride back home.
That’s a typical use of my bike and my bike pannier. Think about the various little stores and restaurants near where you live. Think of all the short trips you often do by car that you could do by bike. (Check WalkScore to see what’s near you, bearing in mind that you can bike three times as fast as you can walk.) Think of the money you’d save, not to mention the carbon input.
And think of the fun you’ll have when you take home your first meal-by-bike and realize: "My own two legs did this. My own two legs, on this machine, did this." It feels really good.
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A side note: So far in our little series on bicycling we’ve discussed what kinds of bikes to ride, what sort of riding we do, and what we can do with our bikes. But what if, for health reasons, pedaling a bike is contraindicated? What are your options if you want to get around but don’t have or want to avoid using a car?
A lot depends on your level of mobility. Are you able to walk, but your doctor worries about heart stress? Have lots of steep hills in your area? An electric bike — or even better, an electric trike — may be right up your alley. These vehicles can be powered strictly on electric power, or with a pedal assist from you if you’re up to it. And you can even charge your bike — or electric/hybrid car, or even wheelchair for that matter — with power from a solar car port, as seen here and here. Yes, even if you can’t turn a pedal, you can still cut your transport-related carbon emissions.
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PW! Booyah!
Hi Barbara! How goes it this morning?
A lovely series of posts. Along with my walking shoes and my bus pass, my bicycle is one of the strongest holdings in my portfolio.
The Prius falls a little below those, but it’s still not bad.
Next challenge: develop the steely fortitude (or lack of wimpiness) to bike commute in Portland’s rainy season. Summer is a snap.
This is where snow is actually better than rain. My spouse rode to work once a week even during winter; though I’m too slow a rider for commuting to my job, I can always take the bus in — and I would still ride to the weekend Farmers’ Market in downtown Saint Paul. How? Studded snow tires. They’re perfectly legal on bikes and ice is just like regular dry pavement with them.
Hi PW.
I’ve shared here before how I live too far away from anything to bike it, but here’s my update. I took the train from LA to San Diego last weekend and the Metro from downtown back to my community. Along with your weekly Saturday Morning inspirations in combination with the hideously high price of gas has finally pushed me to check out the light rail system here in the San Fernando Valley. Also, now that it’s summer, I don’t have to include the trip of taking my son to school, so I have no excuse. I told my sister about this new plan and she said she’s Green With Envy. :)
Wow, becoming a Non-Affiliated Voter AND reducing my carbon pawprint in the same week.
Working now on an old Honda Scooter that sat in my parents garage for 15 years. I’ll hopefully have it running soon, gets 80 MPG. Not low emission, but low consumption anyway.
Heh! The automatic eBay ad spot on this page shows electric-bicycle-related things.
Good for you, demi!
Every little bit helps! It’s why I mentioned how even mobility-impaired people can go green, or at least greener.
My wallet and conscience thank you Phoenix Woman for your faithful reminders, encouragement and challenges.
I figure I can ride to church, errands, etc. I’d ride to work except it is quite a ways away. But you never know!
you have actual money in your wallet?
wow
What’s that like?
lol
Oh, yeah: You can use WalkScore to help figure out if something’s in easy walking AND easy biking distance. Bear in mind that biking is generally at least three times faster than walking, so something that may not be walkable in a timely fashion — say, if it’s more than a half-mile away — may well be easily bikeable.
Start with the short trips first and find out what you and it can do. Even if it just turns out to be an errand vehicle, that still reduces the impact on the planet and your wallet.
Har de har har. Not much, fer sure. It’s a really good thing I actually enjoy buying all my clothes at the thrift store. The few times I walked through a retail store, I nearly had a heart attack! But, I can’t afford one of those either.
yep, that’s the story here too. Clothes from the thrift store are way kewl and talk about a “Save!”.
I’ve been moving to all organic (which is expensive, but not when you consider medical bills over poison food), and health food products (also expensive but is boosting metabolism and my blood pressure is in the normal range again). I actually lost weight. Which is a really good thing being a chunkly person.
So there’s no money in the wallet, but I feel better and it keeps me away from KFC’s and the like.
Of course Mr. siri can eat anything at any time and maintains his svelte self. I want a bike, but haven’t gotten one yet. no $.
Here’s a bike story. My 12 year old walks the dog on his bike. We live on a hill and they ride down, that way the big old hound gets his running in and then they walk back up the hill together.
More craziness:
See news box, feds put 2 year moratorium on new solar plants on public land. Thereby followed a long string of expletives from the usually mild mannered egregious.
ooh demi- we love the Metro ! our santa monica based college gurl has started taking it to the gym. and I see ridership is inching up.
siri – goodwill and other thrift stores often have decent bikes – and if you have a major college nearby check out the stores closest to them at the end of semesters – lots of goodies no one wants to ship home :D
Atrios blogs about carshare has anyone else tried it ?
I saw that yesterday and was incredulous. Can you just imagine what Europe and the rest of the world thinks reading that!?
Our government is such an international embarrassment on a galactic scale! How “neanderthal” can they go???
http://www.flickr.com/groups/776591@N20/
success – uploaded 16 pics. click on the one on the front page to view all.
When I click on the link, I don’t see any pictures…do I have to sign up to see them?
Thanks, I actually just went to the flicker page and since I knew that you were going to ecahn’s, I clicked on your page already. Great pics..
LS, I clicked on members and then had to open a yahoo acct but not a flicker acct.
The pics of the pups in NY are worth the hastle.
Do you see two on the Group Pool Page? one is mine and one is sanderO’s. if you click on members, do you see any names?
if no, then i guess you do have to sign up.
Try using slide show when viewing pics, they are larger that way.
I’ll try, and I’ll sign up…thanks!
i remembered to do pics only after everyone had eaten and were starting to leave. TexBetsy took pictures of the buffet table. Amazing food, and eCahn had wonderful beef, wine, corn on cob, and hospitality!
I just ran across an article that talks about Nancy Pelosi’s choice for VP.
Pelosi backing Edwards for vice president
Don’t get excited it’s not THAT Edwards.
http://weblogs.chicagotribune…….html#more
You can use WalkScore to help figure out if something’s in easy walking AND easy biking distance.
heh. My WalkScore is 94/100.
I’m self-contained. I pretty much walk or ride the bike *everywhere*.
Phoenix Woman you should add pictures on flicker of your bike rides..
oy. my walk score is 12.
I don’t know what utopia will be like exactly, but it will have bicycles.
Voting record for Chet Edwards
http://www.votesmart.org/votin…..n_id=27087
http://www.ontheissues.org/TX/Chet_Edwards.htm
I don’t know what utopia will be like exactly, but it will have bicycles.
And roller-skates.
And ponies….
The nearest “store” (i.e., farm stand) is 3-1/2 miles from my country house. I have no car. So bicycle errands de rigour. Also, making a virtue out of necessity, I do my grocery shopping every other month, package stuff into single servings for the freezer. Frozen vegies in the winter, bicyle pickup for produce in the other 3 seasons.
Our community has special rates for public transportation for 55 plus people (I qualify). You can buy a monthly pass good on buses and trains for $16 per month! You can take a bike with you when you travel so that you have a means of getting to and from stops.
Electric bikes work well- they come in two varieties- those that only respond to the rider’s pedaling- and those that work independently- with a throttle. Schwinn and Giant each make one of the former- the best example of the latter (and more popular) is the Heinzman electric motor. The 36 volt systems are the best. They cost $1,000 or so and can be mounted on any bike.
Want just a great bike? Two very good ones are the Schwinn Sierra GS for $300 (very comfortable) and the Scott Sub 30–very light and fast- for about $480.
Don’t know anything about THAT Edwards but would be very wary of taking Nancy’s advice about anything.
Don’t get excited it’s not THAT Edwards.
Oh yeah, that’s an exciting name – just *bound* to bring Democrats flocking to the polls.
At what point, exactly, did Nancy lose her mind?
But BLM doesn’t have a problem with drilling for oil, building roads, etc on public lands. These people are gonna do as much damage as they can before January. Luckily, new management at BLM can reverse this decision. Ya know, it’s shit like this that makes me wish sometimes that I’d never heard of Gandhi.
I also ride my bike for pleasure, around 700 miles per year, all on roads. I listen to books on tape while I pedal & enjoy the scenery. Perfect combo of exercise, esthetics & intellect. Right now I’m loading Three Musketeers on my Ipod in prep for this afternoon’s ride.
I just got back from biking to and from the University district Farmers’ Market in Seattle. How did I transport a half-flat of strawberries in my backpack? I put the berries in big tupperware bowls, and they never get squashed that way. My husband figured this out several years ago. Other shoppers have seen us doing this and tell us that they’ll be bringing tupperware, too, the next week.
Where I live, almost no public transport, hills, and drivers of very large SUVs. I went into a bike store last weekend, left after 15 seconds because of the wave of toxicity that assaulted me from the chemicals in the inventory.
I’ll try cbl2@19’s idea of checking thrift stores near the local college, see if there’s something there.
Meanwhile, I’m investigating the Honda Metropolitan scooter http://powersports.honda.com/s…..Id=CHF509. Talked recently to a women riding one; gets high mileage, not noisy, don’t know about emissions but it’s a four-stroke engine and has to be better than a car. Going to look at one this weekend.
What a good influence you are on your community, Emily!
GOOOOD on you.
;)
I’ve tried listening to tapes or radio while walking or biking but I can’t hear what’s going on around me. I find myself looking around all the time. Ain’t getting any younger and my hearing isn’t what it was at 19. All those concerts in the 60’s and 70’s didn’t help, either.
That’s putting it mildly.
Just checked it out. Thanks!
I just hang fresh produce from my handle bars in plastic bags. Works fine. Put strawberries on top. They don’t get crushed. Raw eggs survive fine too.
Invasion of the body snatchers…Nancy is now a pod person.
Thank you for your wonderful hospitality!
PS, eCahn, do you want me to email any pics?
I’ve been listening to books for nearly 20 years, so I’m used to it and can concentrate on both the book and the ambient noise. It’s an acquired skill. Listening to music on the other hand would drown out the road noises which are so important to hear for safety.
join my flickr group :D
Yeah, email ‘em all. I’ve been outdoors so much since the party I haven’t had a chance to consolidate the pics that people have posted.
If you are looking at Honda Scooters- check out the next level up- the 80 cc model—it’s a real horse. The 50 cc models are dangerous in my opinion because they are underpowered.
I moved, in 1998, to working at home in anticipation of the current oil fiasco. I don’t drive daily, maybe 3 times a week to the gym and do errands in those time slots. Other than that, it sits in the carport. Gotta say, I’m glad I did that when I did.
http://powersports.honda.com/s…..elId=CH807
Link to Honda Elite 80
GREAT idea, cbl2! Will do that this week.
:)
Love to!! Too funny!
I’ll have to work on that. I remember when PBS read books on air late on Sat nights and loved it. My hypervigilance is one thing I’ve not been able to overcome. Library is closed now (budget cuts) so I’ll have to wait until Monday to peep their selection.
will do. each one will arrive in a separate email.
Your library is completely closed? If so, that’s the worst. We have just built a new library in my community – not quite finished yet but am looking forward to it. It’s about 3 minutes from my house.
Well, if you’re hypervigilant, perhaps listening to books and pedalling are joint skills you won’t be able to acquire. Everyone can’t do everything *g*.
One of my biking pet peeves is when cars beep their horns at you. Sh_t, I’m riding on the road. Do they really think I’m unaware that there might be cars too? Can they imagine what it would be like to be me if every car beeped? The worst was Staten Island. There must be no bike riders there, as about every third car beeped on the two trips I made there.
They’re probably just scared of hitting you. Riders alarm me on city streets and I stay as far from them as I can.
What do you guys think about the visibility of scooters to drivers of cars? I find them just as tricky as bikes to see, and they are as silent. Not to sound nerdy, but I wish more bikes and scooters would use safety flags. I try to be careful, but sometimes you lose one in a blindspot. On my recumbent trike I have a tall, flexible pole that survives low hanging branches. On it I fly the standard high visibility orange triangle, a TN Vols car flag that I converted to my flagpole, and an Earth flag (our beautiful Gaia on a blue field). I may try to rig some bumper stickers to the pole, as well.
Of course they’re afraid of hitting me, but beeping increases that probability, in the sense that I might be startled and lose control.
Manhattan is a whole other world. I’ve seen a bike mounted restaurant delivery person, at night with no reflectors, going the wrong way on First Avenue, while talking on the phone. Vying for a Darwin Award, methinks, but unfortunately taking down the poor driver who hits him.
Got enuf book on my Ipod for this afternoon. So I’m off.
No, shorter hours. Used to be open all day on Sat, now closes at noon. Plus they don’t get to buy as many new books as they used to and often don’t replace worn out volumes. I’m working on changing their focus back to books rather than videos and DVD’s, which appears to be where they’re spending a lot of their money. I’d like kids to be exposed to books, not more eye candy. The main St Pete library closed on Saturdays but opened on Sundays instead. Never have figured out what that was all about. Got a lot to do tomorrow so I might not make it to the main library. They’re all part of a county cooperative.
ot-from last thread-wanted you all to see a few of my fire photos on new flickr page…..a kid with a new toy, oh boy!!
http://www.picnik.com/
little bird someone just gave me this site for further play with photos—looks really cool, can be used with flickr and other sites, and even your own browser……….taking a while for it to load, but the description sounds fun……and it’s free, and no registration……
and some of my other pics just loaded…….the fire ones are untouched, except for the one you can tell is ’wrapped’ in plastic by photoshop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28020777@N05/
i used an old video camera with a zoom, was right in the fire, almost burnt the lens up-didn’t, but had to stop a lot for it to cool off…..then transferred it to computer, then captured images….not blown up, original shots as is……it was hell getting those colors, from type of wood and constantly blowing on it to get the colors and burn i wanted….took an entire day and night…..
just a few of them posted.
well, it’s a sample anyway.
that fire video is why i have a computer and without it i wouldn’t have been back on the internet and found the lake, friend built it for me just to do those images…..was gonna do a coffee table book of them…..all different kinds and colors……i think they’re cool. jane’s new fdl flickr page got me to get out a camera someone gave me a long time ago, and then when i uploaded, i found my files of my other projects i had put away. so, thanks, jane and fdl!!!
here’s the fdl flickr page for those who are interested
http://www.flickr.com/groups/776591@N20/
This article brings home our new philosophy with regards to vehicles: Use the right tool for the job.
We have replaced one of our cars with 2 scooters. A small 125 cc Genuine Buddy that is great for the grocery store trips and anything around town really. It gets 90 miles to the gallon, is wicked fast, and just plain fun to ride. Plus I can easily get 4 bags of groceries on/in it.
The other scooter is a larger one the Piaggio MP3 500cc. I use it for commuting. It gets 60mpg.
Victoria: you can lose any vehicle in the blind spot, even one with a flag. I’ve been riding for well over 15 years and have never been hit by a car. Had many close calls tho. The trick to not hitting things in your blind spot, is to signal your intentions, physically turn your head to look into the blind spot, and make a smooth maneuver. Most of my close calls on the highway are from some jerk whipping into a lane with no signal. I’m always expecting it so I’ve been lucky.
Left ya one at 237 at PUAC.
Thanks – Freedom should be addictive but I love the jousting of politics. The every day work of it. The exchange of ideas. It’s meat and potatoes to me.
one of our little libraries in the little town up the road just had a huge fire.
kids tossed firecrackers into the book return…….4 are charged……
all kinds of clubs met there, and was always busy. had a drop off box at the door with free stuff for people, you could drop off or take…..neat stuff in that box.
our garden club meets there in the winter…..country curvy roads around here, a little snow can be a mess, so, we go there cuz we know we can get there and they clear the parking lot.
it was built a few years ago to replace the old one that was in an old building that couldn’t be renovated.
was really nice, not very big, but big enough……had a great reading area, a cubby hole with comfortable chairs and tons of magazines…..like being in a little solarium in someone’s house…….
everyone was really proud of our library, and the librarian that just retired……there is a hill behind it that many contributed trees, plants and labor to create a garden back there…i helped…it’s beautiful, HEY! i’ll take pictures of it and post on flickr, i guess i can get to it even if the building is roped off……
anyway, it’s temporary loss will affect a lot of people…….and kids.
A good “punishment” for those lads would be x amount of hours reading to younger children in the library they almost burned down. Same with their parents.
To great libraries and courageous librarians, the species owes more than it knows.
“The True University is a Collection of Books.”
I tried searching for Feurae but came up empty. Where does that name come from? Male or female?
My family all have three-wheeled cycles–they are tricycles in fact, but it’s a little misleading to call them that because they are recumbent, with two wheels in the front and one in the back. They have a lot of benefits. They are stable, for one thing. Because you don’t have to go fast enough to balance on two wheels you can gear down on hills and take your time. Also, you can’t fall off them. My husband found them on the internet because he didn’t want to give up biking but his back was hurting more and more on a two wheeler, let alone what it can do to wrists and crotch if you use it a lot. Recumbent trikes are perfect. They are comfortable and great for touring because you are not staring down at the ground and can look around more because of not being able to fall. We have done several long trips together–it’s a great way to see the country. Cars and trucks give us a wide berth, which may be because they think we are handicapped or something. Anyway, I recommend them highly.
Same with their parents? Seems a little harsh …Sometimes parents do everything they can and one turns out okay and another has issues. I agree that reading to young children is a good thing, and maybe since society has a collateral responsibility, we should all be reading to young children.
Do you have children, SD? Human children are just as challenging to raise as four legged ones. :)
Howie upstairs with another Progressive attempting to knock out another R Bush rubber stamp.
Come say howdy to Tom Perriello of Virginia in today’s Blue Am.
I still say pink ice looks like an exploding haid!!!
How heavy are they? I would need to be able to haul one up two flights of stairs into my apartment.
I’ve never had children. I wanted to explore the world, etc and children didn’t fit into that picture. Selfish young man.
I don’t think it’s as harsh as the parents being financially responsible for the damage their children did to the library. In today’s society money is the most important thing in life. Using a generalization, I think many parents would fight paying for the damage more than they would the reading to children. And it’s never too late to become a book lover, no matter the circumstances.
OH! KAKA! Anybody up for a blogswarm for Obama v. McCain!
http://news.aol.com/political-…..27-july-4/
This straw poll shows McCain at 61% of the vote. Please post this link around where Democrats can see it.
Feurae is a male, and a completely fantastic and constantly amazing lady who chooses to share life with me, has among her many talents, the ability to create wonderful names …
Both Feurae and I are very lucky.
Yeah I agree with you about about money and it’s importance.
Not disagreeing about the importance of books.
It might depend on How Young these children are…and I’m not saying the parents shouldn’t be responsible, and maybe you made the wise choice to not have children. They are a huge responsibility, that’s for darn sure. They are also a huge blessing, not to mention the ones who are going to inherit the challenges our generation has left for them to fix, hold, enjoy, fix…
OK, I won’t steal it. Like it a lot, though. *g*
Neither Feurae nor the name’s creator would mind, I am certain
In fact, Feurae, who thinks it a purrfect name, says that he would feel honored were you, especially, to pass that name along, SD.
;~D
PS, since we don’t have the fact of the situation, there’s no reason to assume the parents are bad ones or that they want to shirk their responsibility. Maybe they are also huge book lovers, progressives and academics and intellectuals. We don’t know. There could be huge amounts of sorrow, mortification, guilt, anger, sadness. Since we don’t know, that’s why I used the word “harsh”.
Peace and Tolerance
In most states, if not all, parents of minor children are financially responsible for damages caused by their children. If the damages to the library run into the tens, or hundreds, of thousands of dollars, so be it. Since it was a library that they damaged I would think that by trying to instill a sense of what a library means to the community into both the parents and children it would be a overall plus for the community. Had it been a pizza joint, for instance, I wouldn’t advocate delivering pizzas as a punishment. Just trying to get the most beneficial resolution out of a senseless act.
I graciously thank you. My soon to be new tiger will have a new name when she comes to share our abode. Her present name, Kitty, just ain’t cuttin’ it. Sheesh.
Again, I’m not disagreeing about the parents responsibility. And, I’m kind of aware of what the state says.
I’m glad you are looking for the most beneficial resolution.
That’s good for everyone.
Didn’t mean to push a button, SD. Sorry. I’ll go to the garden now.
bonger at 81–maybe it is!!!!!
southern at 74–very small community, i wouldn’t doubt they grew up there……
haven’t gotten names yet, haven’t talked with my friends out there, one of them on the volunteer fire dept, so, don’t know……they charged them heavy, can’t remember what the charges are, but it’s big.
and WARNING anyone who registers with flickr–just found out email, name and city are public unless you disable it–i am peeved…..you can’t disable your name, mine is partyly made-up, and the city you can only limit to flickr members or public……so, beware……might be creating another page……with a whole new persona.
Another Feurae?
Feurae says, “That’s purrfectly fantastic and thank you for helping put my name meowt in the world, SD.”
and the kids were teens. old enough to know what a firecracker does. old enough to know better.
when my brother was in the 4th/5th grade, he lit a washer/dryer box and threw it down the back stairs of a business, so it could burn there..concete and steel door down 10or so steps…just playin’ around, wasn’t trying to be malicious……went to court and got sent to live with my dad….
these kids were in thier teens….and only a few people i know of out there has much money…….so, don’t know which ones they are……
they’re goin’ away for a while, that’s for sure……
bbl
My pleasure. I think it’s a beautiful name and it’s gender neutral. Plus it saves me the time of going through numerous Egyptian, Chinese, Japanese, and Native American names looking for one that grabs me and suits the tiger. Feurae certainly fills that bill. The only reason Gabby has a “conventional” name is cuz he won’t shut up.
;~D
And Feurae, you can rest assured that your name is going to be known far and wide.
forgot–my former inlaws had electric/manual bikes, they are really cool……pedal normally then let the electric kick-in when needed…..they take them along when they travel in their rv/bus/mansion on wheels.
around here, quite a few who cycle everywhere, some have a little trailer behind their bike……even see some in town with the kid trailer, don’t know if i would put a kid in one……too many stupid people.
even though it’s hill country, many cycle, i think they’re nuts, there’s somehills around here, my house is on one. you can’t go anywhere without a hill, cellphone signals are only in certain places…..people just laugh when they see someone pull out a cell, trying to get a signal……
saw a few silver motorbikes/cycles recently, on the other side of the state and here, sharp….my dad wants one, he’s always wanted a motorcycle, mom finally gave in……
a few scooters around here, too.
remember, we’re small and rural, except for the college, so, new trends don’t usually happen right away, but these seem to be latching on.
The biking part is awesome, but the patronizing of KFC kind of negates the whole equation. KFC and most chain fast ‘food’ places are all republican controlled. Don’t feed the beast. Support locally owned and operated businesses. And we need to be encouraging our eating establishments to procure their vegetables and other food items from local area suppliers (preferably organic/pesticide-free farms, free range meats & eggs), as opposed to huge industrial farms that use genetically modified seeds (Monsanto, ADM).
I hear you, but, when you get to be a headliner than you can not talk about KFC, okay?
It takes more than critiscising to change the world is what I’m saying.
Yeah, I know that word is misspelled. It’s not the end of the world. :)
They are heavier than most two-wheelers, about 35 pounds, and they are also a little awkward for dragging, although we got them into hotel rooms, and sometimes up stairs day after day on the road.