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Motorbikes as machines that facilitate important decisions

Not sure if this has happened to you , but if you do drive around in Indian cities it is highly likely that it has. Off late there is a remarkable increase of this phenomenon in the city I live and hence it has prompted me to crib about this (admittedly, I do not need much of a trigger) a) Scenario 1 : How to decide where to go ? This scenario seems to happen more on the narrow city by lanes (higher probability of this happening narrower the road). You would find two (usually two, more the merrier) bikes sort of idling near the middle of the lane with their riders actively engaged in discussing some topic of immense importance. You have no choice but to slow down and stop and honk and if you pay attention you can make out that the topic is usually about deciding on which restaurant to go to or which movie to watch or better/worse still which girl to ogle at !! b) Scenario 2 : Friends for life travel together Again best done on narrow lanes, you would find...

I want a Cycle ! Not a PhD titled "Features of Bi-cycles and their application to meet 'marketing' created consumer needs"

I have a feeling that if a study of content being introduced into the internet is done, new blogs explaining the nuances of some commonly used product (ranging from a seeming trivial thing as an umbrella to the latest mobile communication device), would emerge as the most active and prolific source of new content on to the www today.I guess the throne was earlier adorned by porn and has been taken away by products and their features. It is highly likely all the young people who were frequenting porn sites for freebies have figured ways to deal with their 'those' particular needs without the help of the www and have now earned enough money and free time to specialize in analysing niche products like bottle openers, shoe tongues and whatever else you cannot think of. Let me explain the woes I have had due to this take over.I have been planning to get myself a new TV and a cycle for the past few months and have almost given up as I type this, prima...