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Re: Mass transit (nee Age) Limitations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 8 Jul 2000 07:47:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson writes:
> > And one day you'll (maybe) be grocery shopping for a family of 4, and you'll
> > think Wow, it would suck to have to carry all this on the trolley, every week.
> Perhaps you misunderstood my point; I'm asserting that trolleys and the like
> *do not* equal the convenience of a car, and they likely never will.
> In fact, every week I do the grocery shopping for my family of two,
Looks like we agree on that! I wasn't saying anything bad about cars. Mostly,
that life in a big city is a chore.
> Early in June I broke down and bought an air conditioner at the nearest
> vendor--Sears at the same shopping complex as my nearest grocery store. I
> assert (tongue-in-cheekly) that you haven't lived until you've brought home a
> 100 pound box (20x30x24 inches) on a crowded trolley and carried 400 yards to
> your apartment!
I gotta hand that one to you. The most I've schlepped on the T was a suitcase
and a computer and a monitor during rush hour in the winter. Then I got off
several stops too early, oops.
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| (...) Perhaps you misunderstood my point; I'm asserting that trolleys and the like *do not* equal the convenience of a car, and they likely never will. In fact, every week I do the grocery shopping for my family of two, lugging the bags the 1/4 mile (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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