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Posted by tipper 2008-09-09 07:25|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Where do you put the groceries?

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2008-09-09 10:02|| 2008-09-09 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Neat, interesting. Practical or cost effective? Not there yet.

Everyone seems to want electric stuff but don't want to build power plants or power transmission infrastructure. Strange.

Posted by tipover 2008-09-09 12:10|| 2008-09-09 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Like that in Vietnam as well - yeah there aren't that many cars but millions of scooters, couldn't help but feel like I was following moses when crossing the street.

Had the same thought AlanC - saw scooters with the family of 4, one carrying 4 cases of beer, and one I'll never forget: he had a full length mirror placed between himself and the steering, reflection side to his face, smoking a cigerette.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-09-09 12:13|| 2008-09-09 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I can beat that- while waiting for a bus on a street in Seoul, ROK, I spotted a motorbike - with a full-sized refrigerator-freezer balanced upright on the back of it, behind the driver!
I thought - oh, geeze, there is a guy with confidence in his sense of balance! (and how the hell did he get that refrigerator up on the back of the bike anyway?)

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-09-09 12:55|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-09-09 12:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Like that in Vietnam as well - yeah there aren't that many cars but millions of scooters, couldn't help but feel like I was following moses when crossing the street.

Had the same thought AlanC - saw scooters with the family of 4, one carrying 4 cases of beer, and one I'll never forget: he had a full length mirror placed between himself and the steering, reflection side to his face, smoking a cigerette.

When you see how much they carry on tiny motor bikes you get some idea how they ran such a huge logistics train in Laos and Cambodia.

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2008-09-09 16:43|| 2008-09-09 16:43|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a Harley-Davidson Segway!

Posted by Mike 2008-09-09 16:47|| 2008-09-09 16:47|| Front Page Top

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