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- From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
- Subject: Re: Need to read : Are you an idiot?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.232311.39362@datamark.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:23:11 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.105216.4788@admin1.memst.edu>
- Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
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- In article <1992Dec30.105216.4788@admin1.memst.edu> jasmith@admin1.memst.edu (John) writes:
- > The facts are that a car's weigh over a ton and a bike weigh
- > less than 25 pounds. So, my question is who are these idiots that
- > get out on busy streets and ride in the street? I see these people
- > out around rush hour on the most travel roads in Memphis. The traffic
- > is almost bumper to bumper, and you have some idiot on his bike in the
- > right hand lane slowing traffic up. All I want to know is who are you
- > people? What is going on in your head? Your asking for trouble doing
- > stupid stuff like that.
-
- Well, buy me a car and I might consider it.
-
- On the other hand, I like being able to get from one side of town to
- the other in less than time than it takes to drive in peak hour
- traffic. (City of a few hundred thousand people.)
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