In a message dated 12/7/2008 6:11:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: like i said, wrong country, wrong culture. nothing can be more mainstream and middle-class than motorcycles in India. no hell's angels or bad ass pretensions. just a convenient tool that can get you to work and back and get a lot of other work done conveniently and cheaply. and for a lot of us, the preferred mode of long distance travel. ========== Very good pt. Glad to know use there does not imply bad assness. Thanks for "taking me to task" for my cultural/national shortsightedness. ;-) Unfortunately I have not been out of the US, although I wish I had. (Just over the border to Mexico and Canada).
> But that's just me. However, seeing motorcycles in nature spots > doesn't appeal. places like these see at the most 5-10 motorcycles a year. small cubic capacity motocycles (200-350 cc) that are mostly very fuel efficient and whose emissions can be handled pretty well by the environment because the numbers are so few....objecting to motorcycles in nature spots also i feel conveniently pushes moral responsibility for pollution, for the environment, elsewhere. the US remains the largest emission of green house gases by a huge huge margin. like i said, that's just my take...or my justification, if you can call it that for motorcycling to places like the himalayas... apart from enjoying myself immensely :-) ========== Well, that's good to hear about very few visiting. Hey, I know. The US totally hoovers on the global warming situation. I do fervently hope that that will change and we will improve. Fingers crossed. thanks for looking, regards, subash ========== Thanks for being a nice guy. Marnie :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
