http://ohgizmo.disqus.com/enWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:39:49 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/07/21/the-shweeb-a-pedal-powered-monorail/#comment-13119698<p>First of all I dont write stories about 'Africa' but if I did I would know the difference between an egregious racial slur such as the one you infer when you speak of the multi-colored continent of Africa and the worldwide common use [ even in New Zealand ] of the term Kiwi to describe a person from New Zealand.</p><p>Theres nothing 'racist' or derogatory about the term at all, no more than calling an Australian an "Aussie" or someone from the USA a "Yank". So youre either trying to stir controversy where none is needed [ read as eTroll ] or you lack the cultured education to know the difference.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_(people)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_(people)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a> </p>blairf_felgenheimerWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:39:49 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/07/21/the-shweeb-a-pedal-powered-monorail/#comment-13007959<p>Kiwi? nice rascist comment. When you write stories about Africa, do you refer to them as __gers?</p>yewsuckTue, 21 Jul 2009 14:25:16 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/07/21/the-shweeb-a-pedal-powered-monorail/#comment-12998123<p>Does a toothless kiwi carny help you into the ride too? $30 to go nowhere .. sounds like the typical taxi ride in Detroit.</p><p>Seeing how you cant pass anyone on the same track I imagine the first time you get stuck behind a sleeping homeless person and have to push them to your destination you'de lose interest really fast.</p>blairf_felgenheimerTue, 21 Jul 2009 10:51:16 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/07/21/the-shweeb-a-pedal-powered-monorail/#comment-12995291<p>Years ago (decades?) Popular Mechanics or Popular Science had an article about someone proposing a similar pedal powered, tube based human trains in Winnipeg no less...</p>ehud42Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:38:01 -0000