Word: pons
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...understandably a little anxious recently when I climbed onto a three-wheel, electric-powered scooter capable of going 18 m.p.h. (almost 30 km/h). Trikke (pronounced trike) has been making odd-looking tricycles for two decades, but its new Tribred Pon-e (pronounced pony) has an electric motor that can help you get up hills or drag your tired butt home. Like all other Trikkes, it lets you generate momentum by simply shifting your weight on the thing's wishbone platform. The side-to-side motion, which feels similar to carving your way down a ski slope, is what propels...
Trikkes can easily fold up and fit in the trunk of a car, but unlike the company's strictly human-powered vehicles, which start at $250 for adults, the Pon-e is very pricey at $1,700. While some previous Trikke models had short-lived lead-acid batteries, this is the first with a lithium-ion battery that can power the Pon-e for up to 20 miles (32 km). And that's if you don't move your legs at all. Sam Jayme, a Trikke rep, points out that if you know what you're doing...
...moving under my own steam. From a fitness perspective, the Trikke is low impact and feels a bit like an elliptical machine in the gym. It works your legs and upper body. Once you get used to it, it's an enormous amount of fun. I brought the Pon-e home for a week and got confident enough to take it for some pretty good rides around town. My best moment was tailing a tiny electric car, presumably with a smug environmentalist behind the wheel, on a narrow road. I considered following him all the way home and leaving...
...Pon the night of November 21st There was an event where we heard bad verse. Seven people onstage read some poems— Most were outrageous, none were ho-hum. It was at the Blacksmith House, beside Hi-Rise Bakery. And the poems were awful; there was no fakery. It was called the Bad Poets’ Society And this was the eighth time for such impropriety. Once there was a show shortly after 9/11, They’d decided to hold it, although the humor is irreveren’. That show, a success, was the first time Gene Doucette...
...this song has mildly going for it, but they can’t overcome the central problem: regardless of how many syllables are added to the titular phrase, it’s boring. Rihanna has a decent voice and an enormous marketing machine, but zero personality. “Pon de Replay” channeled the Caribbean to some exciting results, but this one belongs on American Idol. Hopefully this song is just an aberration and the start of a Ja Rule-like career trajectory. Grade: C Sean Kingston – “Beautiful Girls” Moderate...