At 02:00 PM 7/18/2001 -0400, rosenblatt, joseph wrote:
>Tom Brandt wrote:
> > I can tell you that we Americans are much worse than the Brits (or the
>French) about driving everywhere rather than cycling walking.
>I don't know about the British or French but most Americans don't live
>within walking distance of anywhere. We have relegated our shopping areas to
>the edges of our cities. We also tend to buy in larger quantities, a weeks
>or months worth of food at a time. (If you ever see British films or TV
>notice that all the homes have little refrigerators like we use in the
>office.) This is not an excuse for not exercising but it is a reason for not
>cycling for any reason but pleasure/exercise.

True, but even so you always see cars cruising up and down the aisles in
parking lots looking for the closest spot to the door. Heaven forbid that
one should have to walk more than 50 feet to the car.

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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
313 N. 1st Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.northtech.com/

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