December 11, 2001what is needed is not another gizmo---------------------
Today's image of Au Train, Michigan, shows the business district of our small village. The U. S. Post Office and Peoples State Bank share the same building on the left. The Au Train Grocery is the building to the right of the gasoline pumps and the ice machine. The A&L Grocery is located near the center of the picture at the end of Forest Lake Road. I can only squeeze in a certain amount of space into each image without losing too much detail. Not pictured in this photograph is the Au Train Sports Shop. --------------------
-------------------- Today's quote is about Dean Kamen's new invention, the Segway Human Transporter, unveiled Dec. 3, 2001: Kamen, the holder of more than 100 patents -- mostly lifesaving medical devices -- holds that walking is a remnant of the Dark Ages, an unpleasant time-waster that technology need eradicate. The irony is that Kamen, the inventor of Dick Cheney's heart stent, is also the creator of a device likely to increase the instances of heart disease. Whatever his beliefs, Kamen should have a big, fat market for his new invention. Americans, in general, are loath to walk, which may help to explain why 27 percent of us are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A nationwide Personal Transportation Survey reports that the number of trips taken on foot dropped by 42 percent in the last 20 years. The main reason for this is our suburban-commuter lifestyle, where virtually nothing is within walking distance. ...What is needed is not another gizmo that provides otherwise healthy men and women with another reason to remain sedentary, Christopher Orlet, Salon.
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