I know some of you perverts are thinking about something else but I’m talking about the DVD vending machines at McDonalds. It is just 1.08 including tax for a new release till 7pm the following day. Not sure about everywhere else but in Longmont they are outside the place where the nasty food is sold and one of them is even a drive up. Don;t get  it back in time no worries. Its just a dollar a day up to 25 days then you own it.  Plus you can return them to any redbox location in the US which means you could rent it and watch on the airplane or in a hotel then return it the next day. I wish they had this back when Chuck and I were driving all over the country watching DVDs on the laptop.

We can all agree 3 bucks a gallon is high by US standards for sure and like you when I fill my tank and watch the dial click over 40 dollars I shake my head. I was thinking though. Over four dollars for a beer, six bucks for a margarita, ten dollars for a glass of scotch, and fifteen for a glass of wine? I guess another thing we could look at is what else goes in our belly. FOOD; how much is too much? Notice the guy in the picture. He could easily stand to keep some of the money in his wallet out of his belly which in turn would leave a little extra for his tank. A step further is if he must continue chowing in the same fashion he could leave his car in the driveway and walk or ride a bike to get his fix. Now we are almost all happy. He would be healthier which in the long run eases pressure on our medical systems, he isn’t paying as much for fuel because he isn’t using as much, and he can still eat like a good ol American.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Approved March 8, on International Women’s Day, in a bid to curb sexual harassment, the law was only partially observed when it was taken for a test drive on Monday.

Many men boarded the reserved cars — identified by a pink sticker on the subway cars, or by an icon depicting a woman on other trains — either by accident, to escape more crowded train cars or simply to break the rules, MetroRio noted Tuesday.

Some 500,000 passengers — 49 percent of them women and 51 percent men — ride the Rio subway each day, according to MetroRio.

On Monday, each time a man entered the reserved cars, the women would rail against the intrusion. But some, undeterred, held their ground, despite shouts and boos from other passengers.

Reaction was divided largely along gender lines.

“If they don’t respect women, how can you expect them to respect the laws?” 22-year-old student Debora Bianco told the daily O Globo.

“It’s quite simply discrimination,” a nurse fumed on television Tuesday, after a security guard asked him to leave a women-only car on a suburban route. The man claimed to have been “forcibly removed” from the train car.

“Separation (of the sexes) is a throwback to my grandmother’s era. It’s a big step backward in the fight for women’s equality,” complained Rogeria Peixoto, head of a Brazilian women’s group.

Date: May 17, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: At over 120 U.S. locations and eight other countries

Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/19.3 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.

Why does this site exist?

To HONOR those who have been injured or killed

To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here

To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD

THE RIDE OF SILENCE WILL NOT BE QUIET
On May 17 at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn’t aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.

In 2003, Chris Phelan organized the first Ride Of Silence in Dallas after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was hit by the mirror of a passing bus and was killed.

The Ride Of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph and remain silent during the ride. There is no brochure, no sponsors, no registration fees and no t-shirt. The ride, which is being held during Bike Safety month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who have been killed or injured.

Please check the resources on this site. If there is a Ride of Silence in your area, we encourage you to join them. If there is not a ride planned in your area, please consider adding your city to the ever-growing list of sites. To get information on how to organize and host a Ride of Silence, please click HERE.