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Also Brandt:
>Don't be so self righteous about bicycle riding. I'll bet when you
>are a bit older and wiser, you won't be raising a family using only a
>bicycle, although there may be people who do so. The neighborhood
>store for most of our needs vanished with the automobile. That's one
>of the expenses of affluent life. It's the same in Europe and Asia.
>Be realistic and face up to the facts. I live in California where
>much of this is far easier than in areas with variable weather (rain,
>sleet, hail, snow, strong winds, etc) and I use my car often. To make
>up for that, I ride to work daily taking a detour that makes the
>distance 20 miles instead of +-5miles. When it's shitty weather, I
>drive. Bicycling is not my religion and I don't believe in imposing
>it on others.
