Am I getting old?

[nonegreen]

Car zee your optimism is brilliant but the workers revolutionary party all became greens when the Berlin wall came down and WW" was over (we lost).

Seriously though, surely there will never be a public transport sytem again because we already have one. The private car.

[CarZee]

quote:Seriously though, surely there will never be a public transport sytem again because we already have one. The private car.

You'd think so wouldn't you. I am being largely pragmatic when I say that the reason it'll stay that way is because of the phenomenal amount of money required to get any trains to run reliably ever again.

If you've read such books as The Silent Takeover (Noreena Hertz), you'll appreciate my view that the whole pro-anti-motoring argument is one part of a much larger and highly intractable problem.

That said, the thrust of that book reasons that the way forward is to protest as loudly and publicly as possible for our cause, lobbying not only government but the media themselves and corporations who could be used to back our cause in their own interests...

Bah.. looking at the big picture hurts my brain..

[hertsbiker]

chortle!
When the weather gets better, I'm sure everything will return to "normal" when I get the bike out (ok, I wussed out this year and haven't ridden since it turned crappy).

It's funny, but it is only by talking to other fast road users, that it makes you realise how much faster we actually are, compared to the average.

I gave up talking to some Max mates, as their brains can't comprehend sub 4 second 0-60's, or that you don't actually need a stereo that drains 3bhp from the alternator !!

And hey, I haven't stopped being fast - just stepped back from the edge a bit (category "a" !!)

C