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Re: Having a life without a car

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From: Graeme Smith
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 17:44
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bsmith@serverx.osf.org (Bruce Smith) writes:

|>In article <1992Apr8.144601.3854@eff.org|> rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis) writes:
|>|>	Actually, Kenny, it *is* possible to have a life without a
|>|>car.

|>I have a car (a truck, actually). I also have a bicycle. I use both of them,
|>and sometimes I walk. Occasionally, I put my canoe on top of the truck and
|>take it somewhere to go fishing. At such times, I very happy I'm not
|>car-less. Sometimes I put the bicycle in the truck and drive somewhere to
|>ride it -- somewhere less congested than here.

..So far I've managed to survive without the acoustic motorbike..

|>If one can get around without a car, fine -- do it, then. Some of us need or
|>want the things, even though we're aware of their drawbacks. The ownership
|>or lack of ownership of an internal-combustion-beast does not intrinsically
|>make one a better or worse person, anyway. Now, can we get back to
|>slamming the Registry and any other deserving state agencies?

I second that..

|>Bruce Smith
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