Saturday Tweets: Bikes and Bees

Leave a comment

3 Comments

  1. In Birmingham the BJCC sits across from 459, a raised interstate. The Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center has parking underneath the raised 6 lane 459 with parking meters, even, I think. Every time I walk and park there, I am more concerned about brake dust descending on me than I am about dangerous people.

    I know homeless people have health problems, but I wonder how much of their health problems are caused by asbestos and other toxins floating down. Of course, I doubt there are many elderly homeless people since other illnesses take them out first.

    It would certainly be a bad plan to give children a basketball court in such a toxic environment.

    When I rode a bike, I never slung my leg over, I just stepped through. The penny in the skirt seemed like a bad idea unless you did not care about the wrinkles left after the penny came out. Curtain weights sewn in the hem would be a better solution.

    If a female or anyone has on a long, full skirt, just reach through the legs, grab the back hem, and tuck it into the waistband in front.

    • Hadn’t thought about the skirt wrinkles with the penny idea! Good point. But still, a good emergency hack.

  2. In looking at the side-by-side photos of the same, lit highway, I have to say that the LED side strikes me as the easier to navigate. Street lights have always bothered my eyes, even when I was younger and had better eyesight, so I’ve never liked driving at night.

    We have replaced nearly all of the light bulbs in the house with LEDs; the husband (an electrician) was quite keen to do this. Frankly, I haven’t noticed much difference except in the power bill, but we do live in the boonies where it’s totally black outside at night, so perhaps we don’t get the full melatonin-destroying effect of LEDs. That said, I won’t use LED Christmas lights on the tree, because they are so harsh – even the so-called ‘soft white’ LED light strings.

Comments are closed.