Where DO you find this stuff!?! stan
On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Bob W wrote: > Scroll down to the bottom of this for a video which shows how to do > your paper round more quickly, whatever the weather: > http://www.dirtmag.co.uk/ > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of John Mullan >> Sent: 01 December 2006 21:08 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: OT: Snow doesn't stop bikers >> >> Back in the dark ages, I delivered newspapers by bicycle in >> suburban Boston >> by bicycle, 12 months out of the year, rain or shine, or >> snow, or ice. >> Morning papers, before the sun was up. What's the problem >> with bicycles in >> the snow. That's how I funded my first two cameras. Not >> Pentax, but how I >> got my start. >> >> jm >> >> >>> From: Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: OT: Snow doesn't stop bikers >>> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:29:58 -0600 >>> >>> For Frank - from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's web news - >> 9 inches of >>> snow so far, and still falling. >>> >>> -P >>> ---------------- >>> *Bicycle messengers riding out the storm* >>> >>> The streets in downtown Milwaukee are a mess of snow, >> testing cars and >>> plows at each intersection. >>> >>> Not the bikers. >>> >>> Breakaway Bicycle Courier, a downtown messenger service, has >> five riders >>> on the streets this morning, plus one who is using a car. >> Neither rain, >>> nor snow, nor .... It goes for bicycle messengers, too. >>> >>> "We never stop here," said dispatcher Eric Von Munz, in >> between handling >>> a steady volume of calls. >>> >>> He said the riders, who carry items from office to office, >> don't have to >>> worry as much about cars, since the traffic is slowed. And they can >>> follow in the tread marks of cars, which press a path into the > snow. >>> >>> "It's a lot easier than you think," Von Munz said. >>> >>> But wouldn't the riders prefer a nice warm day, the sun shining and > a >>> gentle breeze blowing? Not necessarily. >>> >>> "We love it," Von Munz said. "This is great." >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
