A few days ago, I was standing at the corner with a couple of neighbors waiting for the bus that takes us to the train station on workday mornings. One asked, "Why don't you ride your motorcycle to the station and leave it there during the day, because parking is free for motorcycles?" (but no hitching post, not that that would have changed my attitude). I tried to keep my laugh polite and ironic. I suppose there are those here who are comfortable leaving their bikes unattended for extended periods, but I have not reached that state of calm. The analogy did not occur to me at the time, and it is ceratinly a bit over-the-top, but I could have said, "no more than I would leave my daughter tied up and unattended outside a local bar."
Richard L.
