Agree Bill with the others; on the healthy aspect & the song of two wheels ongoing…
Doug
> On Dec 20, 2017, at 2:29 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thanks John, Andrew, Patrick. I’ve got a bit of a ricked neck so don’t ride
> myself these days.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 at 7:46 pm, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> snaffling ! yes fun poem Bill thanks
>>
>> ps well I am still on a bike got rid of car in 1978 (i almost into 2nd
>> gear the other day
>>
>>
>> On 20/12/2017 02:42, Andrew Burke wrote:
>>> 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] <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
Douglas Barbour
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