Commuting - Necessities

Things in life you can't live without:

1) Job...

2) Rent/Mortgage.

3) Electricity.

4) Heat/Cool.

5) Food.

6) Automobile.

7) Insurance.

8) Cigarettes.

9) Beer.

10) Movies.

11) Bicycle.

12) Sex.


Maybe I've got these backwards...

(help!)

13. love :love:

14. boyfriends!!

The following from the above list are things that Chris L successfully lives without:

6. Automobile

8. Cigarettes

9. Beer

2. Heat/Cool (well, at least the cool part. There's more than enough heat where Chris L lives at the moment. :cry: )

14. Boyfriends (sorry, Chris L is not that way inclined)

15. Posting in first-person.

Oh yeah, 12 right now, too. Although Chris L is hoping to rectify that at some point.

Okay, I thought this was like the necessities for winter commuting by bike. Like:
Tyres
Inner tubes
pump
skid lid
chamios shorts
gloves
tights
Wind jacket
polypro (wicking) clothing
layers
panniers
glasses
balakava
boots
socks
turtle necks
keeping the bike upright
chapstick
vaseline
arm warmers
just to name a few necessities that come to mind...

As far as what you mention as necessities well I can live without:
a job. I have one, doesn't mean I need one
nope electricity I've managed without too, every year I go off for a couple days to weeks and manage just fine with taking my home on my back or my bike.
Food's a necessity
I own a car again, but I ride more then I drive, when the weather's nice I put the car away and ride, there by elemenating the need for either car or insurance.
Cigs and beer I've given up, quit, whatever, I use to think/live for those two too, not any more.
Movies, well there aren't a lot that thrill me any more, it's one of those dark winter activities, summer I'm riding, I don't have time for TV, movies, (heck I don't have the money).
Bikes, yep necessity, they're my antidepressant.
I would like to say I'm working on this one too. I'm not.

Food

Shelter

Employment

Bicycle

Books

Internet porn


I'm covered. :D

-Rob

If we're talking about commuting necessities, the :

Tools to change tires

pump or if ur lazy like me a co 2 inflator

co 2 cartridges

extra tubes

patch kit

bag for above mentioned gear

lights flashing rear light bright front light

cell phone

water bottle

energy bar or snack of some sort. Jerky is good

1 food
2 air
3 home
4 family
5 freedom
6 books, music, love, bike...

1. bike

2.a bike

3.a bike

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99. a bike
100. a bike

did I mention that a bike is a neccesity?

1) a sturdy ship
2) stars that reveal True North
3) a clear dawn

i mean this figuratively, of course. the true meaning of "sturdy ship," "stars," "true north," and a "clear dawn" are open to interpretation and have nothing to do with the sea.

Originally posted by Bandit
1) a sturdy ship
2) stars that reveal True North
3) a clear dawn

i mean this figuratively, of course. the true meaning of "sturdy ship," "stars," "true north," and a "clear dawn" are open to interpretation and have nothing to do with the sea.

All I ask is a tall ship and star to steer her by?