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 <
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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] <
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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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