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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:15 PM Original message |
Tomorrow is World Car Free Day |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dont care, no driving no work, no work no eat |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. It just so happens my car will have to be in the shop tomorrow anyway. Perfect! n/t |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Better take it to the shop tonight |
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Travis_0004 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Dumb idea |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What's this "we" stuff? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. You got a mouse in your pocket? I use mass transit most of the time now, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. (shrug) Every day is car-free day for me. |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Me, too! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Does that mean I can stay home from work? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You live where it's flat and the weather hasn't gotten bad yet |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Eastern Kansas is very hilly |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:22 PM Original message |
#1 excuse didn't know about it and we have appt in |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. What dirty word only has two letters in it? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. They having a get together I can drive to? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. i've got a doctor's appointment in the morning... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Dogs really enjoy running next to you while you bike |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. did i mention that i'm disabled? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have to drive to the bookstore*; buy three copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" and nothing else... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have no choice but to participate, as my car was stolen a couple of weeks ago |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. do they deliver? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. I telecommute. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Cool |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Count me in ... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Push your car from the road" |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. OK, where do I go for my free car? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Just walk down this trail and your car will be waiting for you |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. that looks like my driveway |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. My pathetic excuse... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'll participate as soon as they bring mass transit to rural areas |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Funny thing about mass transit, it only works where there's masses of people |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. lol, i gotta drive to work man, or it all goes to shit.... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Seriously, Why? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. yeah well i gotta 50 miles plus one way commute, i aint walkin that |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Surely you've always wondered what it would be like to ride a bicycle 100 miles in one day |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Here in Orlando that would be a death sentence. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. lol i get enough adventure as it is, i dont need to ride a bike through the mountains and in DC |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Ask the poor bastards who survived Dien Bien Phu how many weapons you can carry on a bicycle |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm outsourcing |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. I drive a pickup |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. I hope that means traffic will be lighter tomorrow. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's troubling how many people feel trapped in their homes without access to a car |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You ARE trapped |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Try to wrap your mind around what it's like living out in the country. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You're presuming that I have something against biking on a road with people who drive like maniacs |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I see people do it. There is a bike lane for the brave ones. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. hour commute - no public trans |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. Oh shit, it's raining |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I just drove to burger king, raining here too |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. BK? Don't they have Biscuitvilles where you live? |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
41. meh, I ride the bus every day |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
42. I don't get to stay home from work because it's "car free day." |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. No public transportation and it's raining today |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. My pathetic excuse is that I have to drive to my office to get to work, AND |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yet another poster that's allergic to bicycles |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. where the hell does "taterguy" live? Idaho? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Is it too much effort to click on someone's profile to see where they're from? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Take a Valium before getting on a bike? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. How many lives would be saved if we had a less Car-centric society? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. Cause I live 25 miles from the office and my job is in the ex-urbs? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have to do laundry tomorrow |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
57. I drive only about 10-20 miles per week. If I go out at all it will be a 3-mile round trip. n/t |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. And we've degenerated to the point where 3 miles can't be done on bike or on foot |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. I can get a free car? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'll drive to the Metro |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. Hey, any excuse to telecommute! |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. My car is free. Just paid it off in Aug! |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
64. etto, I don't own a car... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. There's also City Car Share. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. Wow! Car free sounds much better than cash for clunkers! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
66. I have to go to work. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Enough with the damn whining about no mass transit |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's supposed to hit 100F+ tommorow. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. Just when I thought I'd run out of excuses for calling in "sick" |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
72. I would |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Can't you just attach a bunch of helium balloons to the palm trees? |
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