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My girlfriend and I were in Munich just a few months ago.  We were amazed how many people bike and the age range as well.  Most of the areas along busy roads had as you just mentioned "cycle tracks" were the cycleists when the same direction as the cars. No barriers, just the fact that walking areas were concrete and cycle track was asphalt.  Now when you think that this city was pretty much rebuilt after WW2 it shows how forward thinking europe is.  On the opp. view, it's hard to start from Ground Zero

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Most of this has been about poems. A few folks have pointed out how memorizing helps so much. This might have been brought up all ready but what about people with Dislexia (spelling) Memorizing helped me so much through school.

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As your caller just stated, It difficult to change a culture when the goverment wont acknowledge it. After Al Gore finally bustered the 'W' bubble he changed his story which I find trully funny that the "decider" changed his views so fast. It goes to show how the US is gear for profit and ease.. I personaly am a bit scared with just the few things I've seen change since I was a kid growing up here in the Pacific NW. It's sad to say but the public has to be forced to change with extra gas taxes and other measures to force a change from our current way of life. On the other hand the goverment needs to make things easier for everyone. It'll create a snowball effect for sure.

I keep trying to stop using plastic bags when I shop. I own about 4 reusable bags but I always forget them. Maybe the store should stop supplying plastic bags?

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