Inexpensive scooter

[cjsmith]

Oooooooooooooo.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. Maybe. If so, I bet it's in Berkeley. ("In Berkeley" is a generic term for "somewhere I can't reach using public transportation, farther than I want to drive, to a place I can't park.")

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

"In Berkeley" is a generic term for "somewhere I can't reach using public transportation, farther than I want to drive, to a place I can't park."

I like that. May have to borrow it from time to time, as I don't have a good semi-regional analogy. Can't say "In Chicago" even, as I've actually managed that fairly well most of the time. I did pull a fast one in Berkeley once, though - the last time I was out there I was heading down Telegraph, resigned to heading for the garage just off the Cal campus, when someone vacated a space right in front of the bookstore I wanted to hit. I was in the left lane. Felt like I should have been driving in Boston the way I pulled off getting into the space. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Maybe a crowded suburb on the far side of Chicago? Heh, I like the parking space story -- you will do FINE inside 128 :-)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

:-) My problem isn't so much the aspect of other drivers' behaviors alone - it's my map geekitude reflected in my desire always to know where I am, where I'm going, and exactly how I'm getting there, and I know Boston by foot pretty well but haven't mapped that to being behind the wheel since so many of the streets are one-way (and with said other drivers' behaviors, glancing at the map on the passenger seat isn't a comfortable thing to do there).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hear ya -- at least that's a thing you can learn.