tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post5041169743221951407..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: Let's face it, 'On the Road' is passeHENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-38689072715941658782008-07-02T17:43:00.000-05:002008-07-02T17:43:00.000-05:0027! Ah, don't I wish. Herself laid down the law ye...27! Ah, don't I wish. Herself laid down the law years ago: I am permitted only ONE example of whatever obsession claims me at any particular moment. (I am, however, permitted multiple obsessions, phew.) <BR/><BR/>You did hit the nail on the head re: my mechanical aptitude.<BR/><BR/>As for Vespa fuel: It angers me no end whenever I fill up the two-gallon tank and the bill, which used to be about $3 and change is now $7-something. My only consolation: I try to fill up at the pump with the highest previous sale -- so far $93 is the record. That does take the edge off...Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-758491403549477032008-07-01T04:06:00.000-05:002008-07-01T04:06:00.000-05:00Well, Robyn and Pete, I was thinking of road FICTI...Well, Robyn and Pete, I was thinking of road FICTION, not travel narrative. Shoulda made that clearer in the post.<BR/><BR/>Travel narrative -- nonfiction -- will last forever, and will continue to be written.<BR/><BR/>Now it should be mentioned that Pete, a fellow retired journo, is a Vespa freak. He has twenty-seven of them in his garage in varying stages of repair, and addresses himself to them whenever his barked knuckles (he is a little twee with the wrenches) heal enough.<BR/><BR/>He buys his gas at the corner station by the quart. I'm jealous.HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-46394243064720573212008-06-30T22:59:00.000-05:002008-06-30T22:59:00.000-05:00Robyn is exactly right ... and there are lots of o...Robyn is exactly right ... and there are lots of other great Vespa travelogues as well.<BR/><BR/>But even a Vespa snob like myself has to tip his helmet to "Further" and Kesey. What a great bus and a great tale)! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for nothing, Bush, for killing off the Great American Road Trip.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-1728070438229174852008-06-29T20:26:00.000-05:002008-06-29T20:26:00.000-05:00Oh - you're wrong. You're wrong...http://www.pete...Oh - you're wrong. You're wrong...<BR/><BR/>http://www.petermoore.net/books/vwav/vwav.html<BR/><BR/>check out Peter Moore's website and books - he's written two travel books from a vespa. I will do it one day too. Around America. I'll definitely pick you up and take you for a ride when I'm up your way :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>Robyn<BR/>PS - no whinging about the price of gas - it's $8.00 per gallon US down here in the 'podes'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com