Jinx wrote: >> 1) Bicycling >> 2) Walking >> 3) Train >> 4) Bus >> 5) Flying >> >> I love to ride my bicycle and as soon as my light system is >> repaired it's commuter time! I'm building a new light system > > I like cycling too. Apart from the exercise, you get to gawp and > investigate all kinds of things that you wouldn't otherwise even I've had a good year last year, saw many Red Hawks, no with a snake in his mouth, three male American Bald Eagles and a couple of female (I think). Plenty of Turkey Vultures. I find it a bit disturbing that they aren't afraid of me being 5 ft from them as I ride by. Plenty of other animals and other oddities. > see or have the opportunity to poke around in. Car driving is > more of a point-to-point kind of travel, not an adventure like > cycling can be. When needs be, the bike goes in the back of the > car, which is parked a little way out of congestion areas. I'm > always careful to be well-lit in town. Can't believe the people > who ride down the middle of Queen St (a very busy central > Auckland street) at night with no helmet or lights. And on skate > boards too. Don't think my nerves were ever *that* good I tend to ride the middle of the road when I need to but I have to be lit up. Nobody can see what doesn't reflect light. > Trains - good. 'cos you can take a bike with you. Which came > in extra handy last weekend as I needed to take a whole load of > power tools into town. Didn't fancy a 10 mile cycle in hot humid > weather with a ton of baggage. No sir Not allowed to bring bikes in until before or after rush hours (before 6AM and after 9PM I think). I have a nice trailer for carrying extras. I've ported about 50 extra lbs. so far. Then again my Camelbak weighs in at 40 lbs when I've really tossed everything in (it's for training). I've got showers at work so sweat isn't a problem and I need the work out anyway. I think I'll skip that disturbing lunch. ;-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist