could you submit....

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eddieboyinla at 12.11.07 - 6:31 pm
... to driving a car? how and why?
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Thursdays, to work, because of street sweeping... But it gives me an opportunity to get groceries on the return trip.
Otherwise, when I'm going out of town/errands and riding a bike is out of the question (ie large loads, or big distances)...
 e-rock
e-rock12.11.07 - 9:16 pm
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this is a good question, though i must say it is phrased in a one-sided manner. 
cars aren't necessarily bad, they are just easily abused, like guns and drugs. 
huh?
 malo lado
malo lado12.11.07 - 10:40 pm
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Sometimes I think people get the impression I can bike infinitely, but every so often I do actually use my car. On average this comes out to be about two or three days a month not counting moving the car to the other side for street cleaning. If they ever actually make the metro line to the west side, then I might drive even less.
 GarySe7en
GarySe7en12.12.07 - 8:06 am
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If I bothered to replace my car after killing it, I would probably drive it. As it is, I haven't bothered.
 ephemerae
ephemerae12.12.07 - 8:34 am
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A vehicle only serves me for long trips.
Especially the ones where I could avoid the miles upon miles of nothingness.
 bentstrider
bentstrider12.12.07 - 7:21 pm
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Last time i drove someone else's car, I totaled the car, along with some other guy's car. 
Good thing i don't have my own car.
 Lizzard
Lizzard12.12.07 - 10:40 pm
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I thiink I haven't used it in 4 or 5 months. Sometimes i look at it and feel slightly sorry for abandoning it. I know it has feelings and all, but I just have way more fun on my bike. 
How can one resist having an unsurmountable load of FuN ?
Yaaadeee daddeee daa.
It gets cold out sometimes, that's why I like wearing hats and mittens.
 KataCyklsLA2NY
KataCyklsLA2NY12.13.07 - 1:10 am
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I park my car in the covered garage at work in El Segundo. Sometimes I go a week and a half between driving it... I take the redline blueline greenline mostly and ride one day a week via bicycle. 
I will be riding tomorrow, I should text up Moody and see if he'll ride with me. anyone else heading hollywood to ballona creek? I'm leaving at 8:00am sharp
I just bought a re-fillable airhorn.... 
I hope I dont have to use it. it's fucking loud.
and it looks like a penis pump in that photo.... but its LOUD!
 Roadblock
Roadblock12.13.07 - 1:29 am
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WOW
did you make that or is that something you can buy???
 Roadblock
Roadblock12.13.07 - 1:35 am
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oh shit you adapted the airhirn I have but with a fire extinguisher?? damn! I was thinking of using a large arrowhead bottle... wow you are the king!
 Roadblock
Roadblock12.13.07 - 1:37 am
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yes. I want one. please.
gimme gimme gimme
 Roadblock
Roadblock12.13.07 - 1:38 am
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yah... i made the label and painted a smart water bottle red... booyakasha!!
i also made some scuba tank and oxygen tank ones.
 boogalooSHRIMP
boogalooSHRIMP12.13.07 - 1:40 am
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will you be at the next crank mob ride?? i can give ya one then.
i used some small hose clamps and a black water cage to attach it to the back of the bike... everyone thinks its a fire extinguisher and holds i guess 3times the capacity of the regular airhorn
a friend of mine used two of the half gallon smart water tanks and clamped them underneath a front basket on his beach cruiser... he painted them flat black.. wow they look like huge bombs on a jet fighter
 boogalooSHRIMP
boogalooSHRIMP12.13.07 - 1:43 am
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I saw that at the critical mass ride. How the do you make one? 
 Lizzard
Lizzard12.13.07 - 3:16 pm
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So Boogaloo (just so I'm understanding correctly), did you use the standard airhorn pieces and just replace the bottle? Great idea!
 mr rollers
mr rollers12.13.07 - 3:28 pm
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I had to go to court one here in LB and there was this guy in a wheelchair selling papers there.  I saw he had a horn like I had, which is the Airzound above^^^, but he had his connected to a 2 liter bottle.  Light weight and lasted aaallllllllllllll day and then some.  I thought it was pretty cleaver really.
 User1
User112.13.07 - 3:34 pm
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