pstarr wrote:. And I hope that is a sheet of metal and not a mirror
FreakOil wrote: You folks in the developed world are missing out on some great entertainment.
Denny wrote:I recall seeing a bicycle pedlar (I guess that word has double entendre here) selling miscellaneous home supplies like toilet paper and light bulbs by use of a bicycle carrier in Santo Domingo some years ago.
Wow, just think of the synergies here. To the door delivery and no rental overhead for a store! No need to maintain a customer parking lot either.
Despite the poverty evidenced by the situation, his customers were better served than modern day affluent economies in which the customer walks endlessly though a giant Walmart of Zellers and then waits in line to check out and then drives less stuff than this guy carries on a bike likely 8 or more kilometres to the home.
syrac818 wrote:Just thought this may interest some people on here. If we ever see $10/gas, I imagine people will reaize you don't need an SUV to transport some eggs.
http://www.albanian.com/community/vbl/s ... php?t=9317
FreakOil wrote:I see this stuff all the time in Guangdong province, China. I once saw a guy transporting at least three dozen live chickens in cages on a motorcylce on a busy highway during rush hour. You wouldn't believe the crap I've seen on rural roads in India. You folks in the developed world are missing out on some great entertainment.
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