It works too! Worked so well I started wondering why am I doing this?
Driving everywhere, taking huge chances with my life every day. Flirting
with death. Now I'm entering my third year without a car, total transport
costs out of pocket have never exceeded $2,000 a year. When I need a vehicle
I rent one and it's next to brand new. I don't worry about freeways or
commutes or idiot drivers at all. When I use a taxi it's an automatic $75
or less deduction courtesy of the IRS rules with no receipt required as long
asI do something business related (like buying new work clothes . . .a pair
of socks?) Got a job where I easily walk to work. Learned that owning a
car is not a necessity it's an inconvenience. I've discovered the true
meaning of the Tree of Life. Which is . . ....work and live on the water
and if you have to have a vehicle . .. buy a dinghy! Got this brand new, off
theshow room floor fully equipped Bombard Typhoon with with ported and
relieved lugbolt holes, 12 volt bellhousing and . . ...and . . . . . ..

M.

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
et...

This thead got me thinking about a stretch of Interstate 80
west of Salt Lake City.

The road is perfectly straight for probably 40 miles or more.
Off in the distance you see what looks like a huge tree. You
can't quite make out what it is. Each mile--still the same
thoughts. What the heck is it?

Finally after what seems like hours, you pull up alongside
this weird metal scupture 100 or so feet high that looks like
an tree with huge balls instead of leaves. I later learned it's
called "The Tree of Utah. [Metaphor] or The Tree of Life.

There is no parking. The idea is to keep bored drivers on
this stretch of highway from falling asleep at the wheel. The
scupture keeps dsrivers minds working and more alert.

Finally, you see this weird things and you spend the next
hunderd miles, wondering about it.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attra...Nmetaphor.html

http://utahpictures.com/Bonneville_Salt_Flats.php

Bart Senior

Flying Tadpole wrote

Joe wrote:

See for yourself. This is what 99% of Oz looks like.

http://www.cockatoo.ch/tag15/outback.jpg

Ah Joe, as one who lives and works a lot of the time on the
sweeping plainlands of the arid interior, I _do_ understand your
revulsion. It's one I commonly meet amongst tourists new to such
--
Flying Tadpole