White Bike of Amsterdam

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Wed Oct 23 11:09:53 CDT 1996


At 10:45 AM 10/23/96 -0400, Not Ethan, but Nicolas josef wrote:
>I was jus' foolin' about that.  I saw on one of the 60 
>Minutes/Dateline/other television programs about that kinda jazz.  It was 
>the same guy from Portland who brought bikes over to the Big Apple, 
>wasn't it?  It was.  People were wary of just taking a bike, thinking it 
>was some sort of setup.  Hell, I'd be a tad wary myself.  They even 
>captured, on film now, a couple of fellas peeling the stickers off of the 
>frames.  Voila, new bicycles for me.  You know how it is.
>
You bet.  I actually don't recall any such program in the land of
sewergators, where riderless bikes and unoccupied automobiles are generally
considered "up for grabs" anyway.

davemarc




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