Lenore Frigo wrote:
> This reminds me of a book I read a long time ago. It was about a grandmother from 
> England who decided to ride a bicycle coast to coast across the United States. She 
> did this with a low-tech bike, with only the few things that she could pack. I still 
> think of her whenever I drive down a long steep hill--she wrote about burning out 
> her bike's brakes on such a descent.
>  
> It is possible that this is the book:
> Daisy, Daisy: A Grandmother's Journey across America on a Bicycle
> by Christian Miller

I wonder if North American TIPSters know the allusion in the title above,
"Daisy, Daisy�? It�s from a song from a long-gone era, the first verse of
which is below. I don�t know from which side of the Atlantic it
originated, though I always thought of it as a British song.

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
I�m half crazy over the love of you
It won�t be a stylish marriage
I can�t afford a  carriage
But you�ll look sweet
Upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.

Ah, they don�t write them like that any more.

Allen Esterson

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