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To: Bilow who wrote (39735)	8/25/2002 4:43:53 AM
From: NightOwl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Some time ago I suggested to NightOwl (in a PM) that he start a business specializing in suing over Segway injuries. But he said no, and now he's too late, ... Ahhhhh! But CB!? As all who so proudly pay - and will no doubt continue to pay - the "necessary and reasonable" costs of the loco parenti and the officiously injudicious, ...to say nothing of the high maintenance "Short Yellow Bus" expense... must surely know: It is *NEVER* "too late," ...for those who carry The License! <Hoo> 0\|0

To: Bilow who wrote (39735)	8/25/2002 5:23:15 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Registers view of the Segway... theregister.co.uk So, will it revolutionize urban life as the press-hype surrounding its initial disclosure dared predict? Probably not. First off, it's expensive. On top of that, it weighs 65 lbs, making it a real monster to drag home on an empty battery. But then again, it's not so heavy that it can't easily be grabbed and tossed into the back of someone else's pickup truck. And anyway, they'll be banned from municipal sidewalks the split second some 18-month-old toddler gets crushed and paralyzed for life. Teenagers will re-jigger them, make them go very fast, and break their necks in Extreme Ginger exhibitions in front of admiring babes, leading to further restrictions by official killjoys. Small children will ride them down stairs, to very bad outcomes. And dogs will chase them relentlessly. For dogs, surely, Ginger is proof of God's infinite love and generosity. For the rest of us, it's an amusing novelty, possibly a fad, but we don't quite see, as Steve Jobs reportedly did, cities being designed around it.