I'm also considering a Vespa -- at 100 mpg, they start looking attractive real quick. Also I could park it in my backyard, off the street.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - May 23, 2008 3:33:17 pm PDT #8763 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
msbelle - May 23, 2008 3:54:07 pm PDT #8764 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The thing about vespas, at least old ones, is they pollute awful. Now an electric scooter would be awesome. I could see plug in station cropping up everywhere.
§ ita § - May 23, 2008 3:54:11 pm PDT #8765 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To me Vespas look like things to get knocked off of. At least on a motorbike I might be able to outrun the things that would upend me.
sarameg - May 23, 2008 4:04:04 pm PDT #8766 of 10001
To me Vespas look like things to get knocked off of.
I cringe every time I see someone on one without a helmet, and here that seems the majority. My dad's been hit on his bicycle more times than I now know and at least twice, the helmet saved him from becoming an organ donor.
Actually, I see organ donors every time I see unhelmeted non-car cycles.
beth b - May 23, 2008 4:04:11 pm PDT #8767 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
now I am looking at the vespas. Nope, I don't succumb to peer pressure
sarameg - May 23, 2008 4:08:33 pm PDT #8768 of 10001
Oh & thanks for the translation!
Jesse - May 23, 2008 4:09:58 pm PDT #8769 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
To me Vespas look like something to steal. Couldn't you just pick one up and throw it in a pickup truck or something?
Hil R. - May 23, 2008 4:25:17 pm PDT #8770 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I saw a scooter the other day with a bumper sticker that said "I t heart Tel-Aviv," except it had an Adidas logo instead of the heart.
tommyrot - May 23, 2008 4:27:07 pm PDT #8771 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
To me, a Vespa looks like an innovative (for its time) unit-body (i.e. no frame - the body shell provides all the strength) scooter with an aesthetically pleasing shape.
What? I saw a documentary once.
Jesse - May 23, 2008 4:29:45 pm PDT #8772 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What does that even mean, Hil?