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Old 04-24-2008, 11:49 AM   #1
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Soccer moms, shuffling kids hither, thither and yon. Picking up the dry cleaning, grab something at the market and go to the Post Office... oh, and stop at the liquor store.
Too many peoples lives are hectic, ill planned, and car centric.
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Old 04-24-2008, 11:57 AM   #2
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I'm currently 6.5 miles away from the office and looking for another bike to commute with.

My goal for this summer is to not buy any gas until Sept 1. It now costs about 60 bucks to fill my car.

Wish me luck.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:03 PM   #3
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I'm currently 6.5 miles away from the office and looking for another bike to commute with.

My goal for this summer is to not buy any gas until Sept 1. It now costs about 60 bucks to fill my car.

Wish me luck.
You're in Indiana now?
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Old 04-25-2008, 05:38 AM   #4
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You're in Indiana now?

Yes. Rural Indiana.

Rural Indiana riding a bicycle.

Rural Indiana riding a bicycle to work and back.

Rural Indiana riding a bicycle to work and back enjoying the cold weather.
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Old 04-25-2008, 03:22 PM   #5
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I'm currently 6.5 miles away from the office and looking for another bike to commute with.

My goal for this summer is to not buy any gas until Sept 1. It now costs about 60 bucks to fill my car.

Wish me luck.
>$80 fill up last night.

owie.
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Old 04-26-2008, 08:15 PM   #6
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Soccer moms, shuffling kids hither, thither and yon. Picking up the dry cleaning, grab something at the market and go to the Post Office... oh, and stop at the liquor store.
Too many peoples lives are hectic, ill planned, and car centric.
How bizarre to use soccer moms as an example of ill-planned fuel consumers -especially while in the same breath giving an example of how they save fuel by combining journeys.

Execs who refuse to carpool because they all want to be in the driving seat would be a better example of car-centric poor planners with hectic lives. I've also noticed that single people with no kids are likely to waste gas through poor planning leading to multiple journies. Perhaps because they have nothing better to do with their time and money. Once they "settle down" with a partner and kids they're like reformed smokers, so you get to hear at length just how bad they were before.

Parents of kids with hectic schedules are generally excellent at carpooling -filling all available seats- and so making the most of the gas, and at planning journeys so they stop at the market and the liquor store as they pass them.
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