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   Message 5,278 of 6,995   
   Don Homuth to All   
   Re: Question for Bicyclists   
   17 Aug 06 19:00:53   
   
   XPost: or.general, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On 17 Aug 2006 16:53:29 -0700, "lein"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Don Homuth wrote:   
   >> On 17 Aug 2006 08:00:11 -0700, "lein"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Don Homuth wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> Bike riders tend not to spend a lot of time on the amUsenet.   
   >> >   
   >> >Thats a whopper, maybe you should pound the podium as you say that.   
   >>   
   >> Hardly, else there'd be a Lot more defense of bicyclists on the   
   >> amUsenet than there is.  As it is, we have a lot more Annoyed Drivers   
   >> venting away at the CAPD caused by bicyclists, as though that were   
   >> somehow Truly Significant.   
   >   
   >Curt says he's a bike rider, given that the ratio between auto drivers   
   >and bike riders is probably well over 100:1, I'd say that alones   
   >disproves your nonsense.   
      
   Curt is not one of the Bike Riders we discuss in this vein.  He rides   
   occasionally, not every day.  His use is more recreational.   
      
   As for your invented "ratio" that's what's nonsense.   
      
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