Last night I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the History Channel about the incredible construction project to "widen" the Panama Canal accomodate the larger super container ships. It wasn't until they were showing how the 100 ft-high steel lock gates were constructed and moved (from Italy!) that I realized that earlier in the day I had been walking along a 180-year-old canal which had thick wood gates and was operated by men and mules. It was a bit of a moment, maybe you had to be there!
Riv content: I was checking out the condition of the towpath from Vioette's Lock northward for a ride (hopefully) later this week; and getting some exercise. I will ride my Bleriot. Also, near the end of the show, someone was talking about how the larger canal will change worldwide commerce. Meaning I suppose, that more goods from Asia will be shipped directly to our East Coast, rather than shipping to the West and traveling overland to the East. (And vice versa for European goods.) Since some of Riv's goods come from Taiwan, and a great deal of other bicycles and bicycle components also come from Taiwan and other Asian countries, I wonder how this may affect the industry that we are all concerned with here. Cheers, Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
