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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:35 PM Original message |
Bikes and the bad-for-business rap |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've spent over four years biking in Toronto. It's a grid with few significant hills. nt |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. It seems moronic that someone would think it was bad for business |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My guess is that it comes from business people stuck in an old-school mindset. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Back in the old school most everyone rode bicycles |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Uh, it started before the '60s. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sure. The model T was first produced in 1908 |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You're forgetting a lot with that equation. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm going by auto production figures |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. And how about bike sales? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm still waiting for you to explain just exactly what mass transit has to do with it |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Can't carry a flat-screen TV home on a bike. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Wanna bet? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Shit the Vietnamese carried entire armies complete with supplies on them |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Pics to prove your point: |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes, but did they BUY anything? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Parking lots are expensive |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Indeed. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. My local health food store... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Bravo! |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yep, they're super... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. id just park round the block and walk my bike round and get my discount |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I did my weekly shopping on a bike for years |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. as i have a 30 mile trip to the store through mountains on dirt roads |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah, that's it; somebody else is always gonna take up the slack for |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. yup i figure since you got to use shit for years when i didnt, then i should feel no guilt using it |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. So you'd buy a bike, lock etc that you'd never use just to get a discount at a health food store |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. lol none, but i got a bike that i fart around on around my property |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. 10 percent of none can add up to a whole lot of nothing |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. yeah but i will still save 10% even if its 10% of nothing, its the principal :) |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What principal? That everyone has a right to screw health food stores out of a ten percent discount? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. hell yes if they are willing to give me a discount for showing them my bike |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The discount is for lowering their cost |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. yeah and by me parking in a neighbours lot and walking over with my bike |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. If you want to get overly principled about it, their patrons who drive and park elsewhere still cost |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. yep im sure they do but if they are offering a discount for having a bike then how dumb would you be |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Got it. Anyone who doesn't maximize profits by any means necessary is dumb |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I imagine variations of that phrase have been used |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. not denying honesty at all, just not prepared to deny my family luxuries |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I buy about 6 things at the health food store |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bad for WHOSE business?? Car dealers and repair shops? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They want their "FREE" parking! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Interesting that you should mention parking, I just saw this picture last night.. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. That picture borders on the awesome. Thank you. nt |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Primarily, gas stations. |
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billyclem (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. I would like a lot more bike lanes |
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