Archive | August, 2007

Short post to test spacing issue with IE (please stand by)

3. August 2007

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Testing one, two. In Internet Explorer you will see a HUGE space then the comments and tags and remaining posts. Wassup with that? Test…

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Gizmag – Piaggio ready to release 170 mpg hybrid two and three wheel scooters

3. August 2007

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August 2, 2007Italian manufacturer Piaggio, the maker of Vespa, is set to become the first company to release a hybrid drive scooter following an announcement that it is developing hybrid versions of its Vespa LX, Piaggio X8 and Vespa MP3 (the carving three-wheeler) models. The new hybrid system, which has a working title of HyS […]

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Painful bug troubles IE users at TheScooterScoop

3. August 2007

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(Come’ear lemme see yer eyes. *scratches eyes out*) I hope you’ll hang in there while we try to fix this weird bug. It appears to be affecting IE users where they can see the first post, but the bottom of the post and subsequent posts don’t happen ’till after the grey sidebars are done which […]

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Alix B. is putting PEACE on the map!

2. August 2007

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(Alix & Audrey preparing for the Peace Ride) Well, right now Alix is passing the 117 mile point on her 9,000 mile journey. I’d say that’s about as Ironbutt as it gets, right there. On her trusty Genuine Buddy “Audrey”, she plans on riding from the White House (where ol’ Dubya works) and landing in […]

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The Scooter Scoop gets a makeover (and a good waxing)

2. August 2007

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For too long we’ve been using that old (but nice) standard Blogger template. It has served us well for more than two years, but it was time for a change and since some readers go with RSS feeds as opposed to actually visiting the site, I thought I would write this post so you would […]

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SMART must have a good agent!

1. August 2007

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Pete scooped me to a movie cars database called IMCDB.org and in it I found three pages of film and TV credits for the diminutive diesel… well, sometimes diesel. Pretty good fun to be had there. You can also find listings for Motobécane, Piaggio, Puch, Italjet, as well as MacGyver on his Honda Elite. The […]

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