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lynne - 2005-03-14 09:44:48 Lynne: I agree. What it boils down to is money as always--that's the reason Huron High School (in one of the wealthiest school districts in Michigan) has a giant cell phone tower poised right outside the school, despite the fact that the jury's still out on the health effects of soaking up huge bursts of microwaves.* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 13:14:11 All must bow before the Almighty Dollar!* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 18:53:29 In any culture that revered its ancestors, this would not even be suggested, much less even thought of.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 20:04:41 If I may say so, Dan, I hope you're feeling better.* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:01:39 Yes I am. Thanks. Kinda killed my weekend, though. C'est la vie... How about you?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 22:07:10 Good, I'm glad. Thanks for asking. I was down like a dog for a week with what must have been the flu. But it seems to have broken. Just a little sniffly now. Can't complain.* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:10:55 Did you still bike, feeling as you did?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 22:17:26 Did Shackleton bike, when his crew was facing starvation on Elephant Island? Did Scott bike, though he knew he'd never make it back to One Ton Depot in time to survive? Did Peary bike, though he risked losing his life in treacherous ice crevasses?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 22:21:52 Well, OK, fine, technically they didn't "bike." The closest thing to biking was Scott's ill-starred motor sledges, the clunky forerunners to today's snowmobiles. But I'm talking here about the resolute polar adventurer spirit, one reflected wanly in a wimpy would-be dog driver in a Godforsaken town in SE Mich whose mind is full of pemmican and tales of adventure as she makes her piddling two-mile "trek" to the bus stop. Yes. I biked.* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:23:54 Um, I don't think those guys had bikes... But, kudos for giving your all in the comparisons. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:25:36 You are two miles from the AATA stop? Where do you live, West Willow?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 22:36:05 None of those heroes of mine had bikes. Per se. But they had the winter biker's spirit. Anyways, I admire and try in my tiny way to emulate them, short of eating my dog, as did South Pole discoverer Amundsen. I am 2 miles from the *Ypsi* downtown bus station, a few blocks east of Depot Town. * * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:48:02 Yeah, I knew the Ypsi part, I just thought AATA ran further east than downtown...* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 22:51:57 It does. There's a connector, #10, that runs along Cross at the end of my street. In fact, when I bought the house I did so with an eye on the bus routes, just in case. The bus has proved reliable. I usually catch the 7:45 a.m. to hook up to the 8 a.m. #3 Huron River downtown. When it's a particularly pretty day I bike all the way downtown just to enjoy it. * * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-03-14 22:55:54 Ah. Well, happy biking. Spring will soon be here, and you will be rewarded for your artic perseverence. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-14 23:00:13 Spring is nigh. Note to forsythia growers: Now, or maybe a week from now, is the time to clip a sprig of that unruly forsythia bush in your front yard. Put it in a vase of water. Give it a week or so. Voila: fresh yellow forsythia blossoms to brighten your dining room table as you chaw your pemmican.* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2005-03-15 12:19:06 What, no comments about how cell microwaves will create armies of the living dead?!!* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-15 12:32:12 Just one thus far. :) I have to admit the thought did occur to me, though. Armies of old Civil War soldiers. It was just a fleeting mental image.* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2005-03-15 17:39:36 Good thing the Ypsi Pet Cemetery is not on a high hill.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-15 22:52:15 You're right. Have the cell phone companies really thought through all of the ramifications of this graveyard plan? Apparently not.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |