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To: PMS Witch who wrote (869)	12/7/2000 2:03:01 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12669

just when you thought it was safe to go for a stroll, along comes 'pavement rage'.... London Fast Lane Proposed Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle Tuesday, December 5, 2000 The merchants of Oxford Street, London's main shopping thoroughfare, have proposed the institution of sidewalk fast lanes, in which pedestrians walking slower than three miles an hour would be fined about $14. Operation Tugboat would employ marshals to patrol the streets and cite violators. "In an ideal world there would not be any regulations," spokeswoman Rhona Harrison told the Daily Telegraph, in a story forwarded to Personals by Jonah Ahlberg. "But there are too many people and there is too little space." The plan to divide the sidewalk into a fast lane and a strollers lane would reduce "pavement rage," said Harrison.

To: PMS Witch who wrote (869)	12/7/2000 2:03:40 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12669

I enjoy reading Leah Garchik (SF Chronicle) since mr.mark posted of her. And was trying to find the picture to this blurb at a Sidney online newspaper: In Sydney, Australia, a billboard for Chivas Regal whiskey has angered feminists and the pious. A woman is pictured -- with her head cropped by the top of the image -- getting out of a car. She's in a tight miniskirt, wearing a low-cut blouse. The line on the ad: "Yes, God is a man." Advertising Age quotes some of the graffiti scrawled on the billboard: "Yes, but God is not a sexist pig"; "No, God is a lesbian"; "Man is a dog." Others have complained that the ad is blasphemous. "Good advertising is designed to make an impact," said Ian Strachan of Seagram Pacific, "and that is what we've done." (article reference) sfgate.com BUT what I did find was some new fashions and if the complimentary colors are used maybe 'in-style' for Christmas. What do you think? smh.com.au