Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Cydrome Leader Newsgroups: chi.internet Subject: Re: Twitter Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:50:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <0bd9c80a-de16-48e6-bc32-c5f9116587b4@googlegroups.com> <7a8bfe79-23c1-4184-b5a9-1407188149a4@googlegroups.com> <8207cd6d-146f-43fd-8106-ac3b905b47f9@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1468857051 21304 166.84.1.2 (18 Jul 2016 15:50:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:50:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (NetBSD/6.1.5 (i386)) Xref: csiph.com chi.internet:3632 Crawford Sausage Company wrote: > On Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-5, Geoff Gass wrote: >> smr wrote: >> > On 7/16/2016 5:43 AM, Bruce Esquibel wrote: >> >> Crawford Sausage Company wrote: >> >> >> >>> You can't carry 3 15 gallon heavy crates filled with groceries on >> >>> a moped. I don't like bikes because you have to lock them up and >> >>> I would need a pedicab to carry what I carry on my hand cart. >> >> >> >> And what the fuck you going to do with 2 feet of snow on the ground or have >> >> a stretch of sub zero weather? >> >> >> >> I dunno why you gave up driving a car but shit mobiles like the Smart can >> >> be had used for under $6K (some at 5K) for a 3-4 year old model with >> >> under 50K of milage on them. >> >> >> >> Cheap to operate and cheap to insure. >> >> >> >> The passenger seat and floor must have enough room for your 3 milk crates. >> >> >> >> I mean what, it's like $200 a year for plates and city sticker, at your age >> >> minimum liability insurance can't be more than $400 a year, that's like $50 >> >> a month. >> >> >> >> I'd rather be ridiculed for owning a Smart than be pulling a cart with 3 >> >> milk crates for 2 miles. >> >> >> >> sheese. >> >> >> >> -bruce >> >> bje@ripco.com >> >> >> > >> > Or, I dunno, he could think "hmmm, if I want to live a car-less life, >> > maybe I shouldn't live 17 blocks from my preferred grocery store". But >> > that kind of logic seems to escape Anderson on the reg. >> >> he did live much closer to the Aldi on Milwaukee that got knocked down. >> there's going to be a new one in the new building, but in the meantime, he's >> walking to the one at Clybourn/Wrightwood. there are likely transit options, >> but anderson is probably too scared > > Scared? When was the last time you took a bus? There is no way I could > get a fully loaded cart onto a bus. My Aldis will return next Spring. > They just rehabbed that Aldis when I got rid of my car. Here's a wild idea. Buy less shit in each trip. There's no reason to hoard the stuff from aldis.