Ancient Maya Predicted Bicycles and VCRs

As our "experts" tell us, the Earth was created for a billion people on bicycles, not 7 billion in SUVs. Wow, really? Good to know that biking to work was all part of why the Earth was created.

Read more from IO9's SciFi website:
http://io9.com/5116298/the-ancient-maya-predicted-bicycles-and-vcrs

Since tomorrow is Christmas eve, I likely won't have another chance to update this blog for a few days. Here are a few misc. items that may be of interest to cyclists.

I received an interesting message in a genealogy mailing list that I am subscribed to. It contained a link to an old photo of a man seated on on a big-wheeled bike. What was unusual about the photo was that it looked like the bike was backwards. Does anyone know anything about antique bikes? Here is the link to the photo:

http://www.iagenweb.org/plymouth/Bicycle.html

The sender of the original message believed the man to be the owner of a bicycle and typewriter store in Le Mars, Iowa around 1897.

On a slightly different subject, the Lincoln Journal Star reports that GPTN in cooperation with the Lower Platte South NRD plans to put in a drinking hydrant on the popular MoPac Trail at Walton. The hydrant would be installed adjacent to an existing billboard and bench just outside of Walton. Dan Schultz, the district's resources coordinator, said the hydrant would be available for use year-round. WOW! That's 6 more months than the water fountain at the 84th Street Trailhead! That is one of the most irritating things about the Trailhead. It can be 80 degrees out, and the water fountain is off and the restrooms are closed.