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-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Mullan > Sent: 01 December 2006 21:08 > To: pdml@pdml.net > 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 <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <PDML@pdml.net> > >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 > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
