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February 11, 2009

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Abby Performs a Xylophone Piece for Uncle Russell

Response to Helen Dobson of Island Bay, Dominion Post, Letter to the Editor 31 October 2014

In response to Helen Dobson's letter to the editor, Dominion Post, 31 October 2014 (link and text below) where she ended by saying "It's about time that cyclists had to pay to use the road like I do, stick to the rules and stop blaming the motorists for their unfair lot". It appears from Helens suggestion, that she assumes that cyclists don't pay for the roads? Helen says "I saved for a number of years to get the money for my car. I pay for road user charges, insurance, warrant of fitness, registration and petrol. I obey the road code." So her assertion here is that cyclists don't do these things? I do not know what percentage of cyclists also own cars, but I would guess the number is fairly high, and while cyclists are actually cycling they are not using their cars, but are still paying for costs associated with owning a car. So maybe in a very high percentage of cases cyclists are actually already paying for their use of the roads? In my ...

Abby's Monarch Larvae - Sharing Resources

There are tons of leaves but they insisted on eating together... And there was a near disaster....

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