Thursday, August 30, 2012

PIP - Week 14

Reflecting on the
Halfway point of park it pledge 
It's been pretty great

Rode my bike a lot
For no dollars and no gas
Saving that mula

I tried to bring soup
It spilled on my bicycle
Got a bike basket

No more motor car
I prefer people power
Really gets me there

Friday, August 24, 2012

PIP - Week 12


I didn’t use my car share this week at all.  Which is a good thing!  In fact, I didn’t get into any car with any person at any time.  What I DID do, is bike to work every day, walk to the Laundromat down the street with a big sack full of dirty laundry, and then back home with a big sack full of clean clothes, go grocery shopping downtown at City Market several times with small trips that I could easily carry back home after work, and go on a couple runs.  I, for one, am happy to be evaluated on what I have done rather than what I haven’t (especially when what I haven’t done is had to sit in traffic).  Another great couple weeks that have really seen me weaned off cars in general, in favor or local, or easily biked to alternatives. 

Friday, August 17, 2012

PIP Week 10

Once again, CarShare to the rescue, specifically Tammy, the blue pickup truck, which for some reason is always playing loud country music when I turn her on.  I was at Good Will with my little brother and we saw a perfectly working Foosball Table with really solid construction for only $59.99 (which is only 30 bucks each).  But we had no way of transporting it anywhere, killing our dreams of joining the Foosball-table-owning-club-of-America before they even began.  But 'WAIT', I declared, CarShare has a truck! Tammy is easily the most beneficial feature available / underrated asset in the CarShare fleet.  Most people have ready access to some form of motorized transportation, either through their own, a friend, or a bus in order to move THEMSELVES.  But much more rarely can people move THINGS.  We slapped a Paid sticker on the table and I came by later that afternoon in that blue buet to pickup our new recreational game table.  Without CarShare and/or the PIP to get me involved with Car Share VT, we probably would have passed on the great deal or it would have made itself significantly less great of a deal by having to rent a full truck from U-Haul just to move it across town for an hour.

P.S. Any fellow PIP'ers are welcome to PM me if they'd like to come over and play Foosball some time.

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