Took the scoot out for a few errands around the East Side, tail end feels a bit sloppy and will check it out later. It will probably be something I can’t figure out, so I’ll have to take it in to JavaSpeed and catch up with my slackass scooterati.

Brian Jepson’s Weblog : Providence Geek Dinner-Wednesday February 28:

The Providence Geek Dinner is back at AS220 (115 Empire Street, Providence, RI) on Wednesday, February 28, 2007. The fun starts at 5:30pm. I hope to see you there. See the Providence Geeks blog for details and RSVP.

Yeah, I should start going to these.

Reply to: pers-155369147@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-04-29, 1:13AM EDT

Woo hoo! Kudos to the community members who have decided to organize a rally to take on Providence Public Library Administrators who say the best way to deliver the most service to the public is to close 6 of their 10 branches. Its about time people started fighting back against a non-profit director that makes $142,000 (more than the Mayor and Governor) and any board silly enough to accept this plan.

Rally will be Monday, May 8 at 4pm at City Hall with people then marching to the downtown library. I hear they are looking for marching bands, children, speakers, and anyone who cares about being able to keep the libraries open!!!

this is in or around City Hall and Prov. Public Library

I gave a speech at the last rally. I will try to make it down for this one too, and I can’t believe we’ll be back there, again.

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View them in their normal state on flickr here complete with annotations.

Scooter commuter Emory Lundberg, of Providence, said he gases his ride about once a week. Lots of people buy gas once a week, but how many are satisfied with $4 of unleaded per fill-up? Lundberg’s scooter squeezes a gallon of gas for about 85 miles, he said.

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Great coverage for Javaspeed Scooters in the Providence Journal tonight/tomorrow.

Ever-so-slight mis-quote there; I get around 85 miles for 1.5 gallons, if I’m really gentle to my scoot. Truth is I usually really let ‘er have it most of the time and thus mileage goes down a bit. I do laugh every time I see an SUV pull up to get gas next to me though. Sometimes it is hard not to be smug when the poor guy is banging his head against the fuel door of his Ford Drinksalot.

After a quick bite at the coffee bar, Lundberg pulled his helmet on, then drove his scooter into North Main traffic, traveling alongside a full-sized pickup truck that gets around 16 miles per gallon.

Be careful out there.