I made a passing remark yesterday about how "people driving to the park to walk in circles is an indicator of how messed up our society is" and I got seriously flamed by a friend of my wife's. She swore up and down that it was fine, and that she had to drive everywhere. She lives less than 3 miles from Wal-Mart. Well, I mentioned that, and it didn't go over too well.

Apparently, being a "utility" cyclist doesn't hold much weight, because people will swear up and down that "you could do it, but I never could."