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Unread 26-08-2004, 10:10
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Re: random people on segways

Well, I've seen Segways entirely to much. I live less than 2 miles away from the Segway company, so I'll be out riding my bike on the trails behind my apartment complex (they go for about 10 miles altogether) and either nearly crash into a Segway, or nearly get run over by one. I think I've seen one almost every day I've gone out. And of course, I see them in Manchester daily.

As for other sightings, I've seen them a few times in Annapolis, Maryland. I guess they use them for tours. My favorite sighting has to be a man dressed in colonial clothing riding a Segway, giving a tour. Wish I had had a camera.

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Re: random people on segways

I've seen them a few times in manhatten, most notably Chinatown. I also saw one in Washington D.C. in front of one of the Smithsonian museums.

Has anyone seen a regular segway in a suburban/rural area?
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Re: random people on segways

I've seen 2 segway mounted police on Hollywood Boulevard (the Walk of Fame).

I talked to them for a bit, and they were evaluating them to replace
the horses. Theirs were faster, approximately 25 miles per hour. They
also said they didn't like them as much as the horses, and that they
broke too easily (about 1 a month).
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Re: random people on segways

I saw some one on my college campus the other day. People I was with (3 or 4 music majors) knew what they were but kept calling them scooters.
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Re: random people on segways

there was this guy at the market who had one. it was so cute! he had the little side bags and what puttin all his stuff in there. i was behind him at the check out and really wanted to push him off and go riding away on it!
in the inovations thinger at disneyland u can ride it. did that. the lady thought i was a freek for being so excited. then the guy working there started spitting out random facts about dean. yea. i won that battle
theres also a place in santa monica where u can rent them by the hour. i havent gotten up the guts to do that one yet. im afraid of hurting one.
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Re: random people on segways

On the news (WTHR Indianapolis) I saw Stu Bloom riding around on his segway. They were doing a segment on the Indiana State Fair or something and I just happened to catch the end of the segment and he was riding across the screen.
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Re: random people on segways

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On the news (WTHR Indianapolis) I saw Stu Bloom riding around on his segway. They were doing a segment on the Indiana State Fair or something and I just happened to catch the end of the segment and he was riding across the screen.
Are you sure they werent doing a segment on when he got stuck in an elevator in Atlanta?

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Re: random people on segways

Saw an old dude on a Segway at a car show/swap meet today in Southbury CT.

First time I saw a Segway at a non-FIRST related event.
Just thought I would let ya'll know.. :-)
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Re: random people on segways

I was taking classes at FAU (Florida Atlantic University) this past summer. When i was hanging out with my friends by the library, i saw one of the securities riding a segway around... automatically one of my friend yelled out "SEGWAY"... the security guy stopped and started asking us how do we know about it and blahblahblah... it was funny... but after he found out that i am a FIRSTer he was like "Whoa! thats cool! Tell Dean thanks for making such a scooter." My answer was, "i will once i see him... by the way thats a segway not a scooter..."
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Two cops using them at Union Station downtown Los Angeles.
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