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Saturday, 22 October 2005
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ACLU Applauds Unanimous Kansas Supreme Court Decision Reversing
Conviction of Gay Teen Unfairly Punished under "Romeo and
Juliet" Law...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 21, 2005
TOPEKA, KS - The Kansas Supreme Court today unanimously struck
down part of a law that sent a gay teenager to prison for over
17 years, when a heterosexual teen would have served only 15
months for...
Why jail at all for any of them?
Give them some condoms, and tell them to be careful and have fun, I say.
[morons.org headlines]
2:46:43 PM 
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I've
worked at Salisbury TAFE since 1994, part time until 1997, full time
since then, with a break of a few months at the beginning of 1998. The
TAFE is 30 km or so from my home, depending which route you take.
At first I always drove, because I was usually leaving from another job
of some kind or other. When I went full time I started to play around
with public transport.
The Grange train goes to Adelaide, and a change of train goes to Salisbury. The connection is not always convenient, and Grange Station is 2 km from my house.
So sometimes I took the bus to the city. The stop is seconds from my front door, and there is a stop just outside the Adelaide Railway Station. This was a convenient compromise, although the connections are often more frustrating.
Buses are a bit of a pain compared to trains. Trains are more spacious,
stop less frequently, almost never turn at all, much less take corners,
and are generally much faster. The cost is the same.
Then I put the bicycle into the mix.
For a concession ticket (and at non-peak times for free) you can put a bicycle on a train. So I could ride to Grange, train to Salisbury, ride to work.
I began to ride home from Adelaide, or, if the train was not an
express, from North Adelaide, a distance of 11-16km depending again on
the route. I found this the best way to travel to and from work, but,
because of times and items I may have to carry, I could only do it two
or three times a week at best.
I began to think I might be able to ride all the way home from Salisbury.
I was a little afraid to try for a long time. I was fairly sure I could
make the distance, but how wrecked would I be? Would I be stiff and
useless the next day? I thought I would be all right. But then there
was the traffic.
Home from Adelaide was pretty straightforward. One route was a dedicated bike and walking track. To ride from Salisbury
would involve a very busy highway. I had to be confident I was fit
enough to be attentive the whole way or it would not be safe. I used my
recent holidays to get used to the distance.
Tonight I finally did it. I rode home all the way. Piece of cake. It
took me a little over twice as long as in the car, about twenty minutes
longer than the train/bike combination, about fifteen minutes less than
the bus/train combination, and much less than two trains.
12:43:12 AM
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