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2011-08-27, 09:14 | Link #16124 | ||
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It's not for the lack of trying (Seven towns to have dedicated cycling paths by 2014; July 15, 2010). But there is a very distinct lack of enthusiasm to make cycling a viable form of transport here (Be a cyclist in Singapore? No chance at all; Jan 4, 2010). So, you get officials giving platitudes like, "Oh, but we got to consult all stakeholders to make this work." Yeah, right. Quote:
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2011-08-27, 10:51 | Link #16125 |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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LOL at Tan Hui Yee article. It's like they're making bicycles out to be a public menace...
The simlple solution is bicycle paths, and you can get a lot more throughput on a road with bicycles. And I'd say a fair number of singaporeans would appreciate how cheap and economical it is. And with the low crime levels bicycle theft would be no problem at all! |
2011-08-27, 12:50 | Link #16127 | |
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Al-Qaida second-in-command killed in Pakistan.
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2011-08-27, 15:41 | Link #16130 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Yeah, I should disclaim that.... an engineer friend of mine who was an elegant, thin, Hong Kong lass used to traipse into my cube saying "I feel like Chinese today, you're driving".
And then she'd eat an entire herd of anything they'd toss on the table.
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2011-08-27, 16:55 | Link #16131 | |
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Strange that with Japanese food it's the opposite... |
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2011-08-27, 18:24 | Link #16132 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: CH aka Chocaholic Heaven
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After the Chinese announcing their plans for a high speed railway network connecting China with Europe, Central and South-East Asia, it seems the Russians are also on the move.
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2011-08-27, 18:37 | Link #16133 |
YOU EEDIOT!!!
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I'm right behind you
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Oh yes, I've heard about that. Thing is, they need to build railroad or road links to both ends of this tunnel, over hellish arctic wasteland. On the Russian side, that's where they used to send their prisoners.
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2011-08-27, 19:05 | Link #16134 | |
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I can routinely get 2 or 3 meals out of the "one dinner" thrown at me...
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2011-08-27, 19:07 | Link #16135 | ||
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2011-08-27, 19:59 | Link #16136 | ||
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
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Nowadays I just walk at the side with my IPod plugged in...if they keep ringing, I show the middle finger. Bicycle thieves need to work harder - everybody is trying to take on the paths which are meant for walking, and they SUCK at controlling their bicycles. Bicycle paths don't work at all in a city as congested as Tokyo. And those "dismount and push" signs are stupid. How can the cyclists give a hoot when they can't read English?
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2011-08-27, 20:19 | Link #16137 | |
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2011-08-27, 23:00 | Link #16139 |
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What we’ve learned from 25 years of famine
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debat...ars-of-famine/
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2011-08-28, 02:27 | Link #16140 |
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Well Irene is unleashing her fury on the Northeast US.
Here in DC, we got a lot of rain but the Potomac isn't expected to explode with water. People in the mountains are fine. But the Chesapeake Bay is getting pounded. Philadelphia itself is under a hurricane warning along with pretty much most of New Jersey. The storm is so huge, that right now, half of Pennsylvania is covered in heavy rain. Everyone in New York City and Suburbs are really worried about Sunday. By Sunday afternoon, Montreal and the Canadian Maritimes will be dealing with this. |
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