83 year old Woman escapes the Tsunami by bike!

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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2...cnn?hpt=C2

[kap]

The will to live!

[davester]

While it is a shocker for most americans to think of a bike as anything other than a toy, I'd guess that this lady uses a bike as her regular method of getting around and wouldn't have any other logical way of heading out.

[bazookaman]

she looks damn good for 83.

[Mac1337]

Black lives in Japan?

[kap]

davester wrote:
While it is a shocker for most americans to think of a bike as anything other than a toy, I'd guess that this lady uses a bike as her regular method of getting around and wouldn't have any other logical way of heading out.

It's an affordable and convenience form of transportation throughout the world except here in North America. Well, heck, during in a situation like that I'b hoping on my bike for an escape. In car one would get stuck in the traffic jam!

Each of us has two bikes (Ok. We are selling the extra ones) and a baby trailer for our small dogs

[OWC Jamie]

Bikes are more popular here in villages for short distances than they are in the burbs, despite the hills.


There used to be two brothers who owned a strawberry farm down the street and they rode their bikes from their city apartment to the farm out in the "boonies " ( about 15 miles) every day until each of them dropped dead. Neither ever owned a car. It could be pouring rain and they wouldn't accept a ride.

Got to watch out for all ages of peoples riding bikes even in the snow around here. Especially with no lights of any sort at night.

[kap]

billb wrote:
Bikes are more popular here in villages for short distances than they are in the burbs, despite the hills.


There used to be two brothers who owned a strawberry farm down the street and they rode their bikes from their city apartment to the farm out in the "boonies " ( about 15 miles) every day until each of them dropped dead. Neither ever owned a car. It could be pouring rain and they wouldn't accept a ride.

Got to watch out for all ages of peoples riding bikes even in the snow around here. Especially with no lights of any sort at night.

Wait. They dropped dead from old age, right?

[OWC Jamie]

kap wrote:
[quote=billb]
Bikes are more popular here in villages for short distances than they are in the burbs, despite the hills.


There used to be two brothers who owned a strawberry farm down the street and they rode their bikes from their city apartment to the farm out in the "boonies " ( about 15 miles) every day until each of them dropped dead. Neither ever owned a car. It could be pouring rain and they wouldn't accept a ride.

Got to watch out for all ages of peoples riding bikes even in the snow around here. Especially with no lights of any sort at night.

Wait. They dropped dead from old age, right?


:-)
very old
not centenarians, but damn near close to it.