Bill - I liked your use of the vernacular! And bikes are a healthy way to
travel, for sure, but the roads would be scary in Christmas traffic.
Andrew
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On 20 December 2017 at 05:07, [log in to unmask] <
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> like it Bill and fully agree with the sentiment
>
> John
>
> >----Original Message----
> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >Date: 19/12/2017 20:39
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subj: Bikes
> >
> >Shit me as a motorist
> >Fanning out, so slow.
> >Clogging up the bitumen
> >Where I want to go.
> >
> >But this afternoon in Castlemaine,
> >Snaffling up a park,
> >a revelation rocked me.
> >I won’t keep you in the dark.
> >
> >Kids still ride to school and back.
> >Now, that’s a thing to like.
> >By schoolyard wall in Urquhart St,
> >Stood 30, 40 bikes.
> >
> >And even though the day was hot,
> >Some 38 degrees,
> >The bikes were cool and shaded,
> >Under sails, if you’ll believe.
> >
> >Remembered riding home myself,
> >Time was all my own.
> >Not an SU bloody V in sight
> >Or a mobile bloody phone.
> >
> >So time to get my Orwell on.
> >Become a bike defender.
> >Four wheels may be very good
> >But two wheels even better.
> >
> >bw
> >
>
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