Too many Left-Coasters moving in

"Providing a welcoming and inclusive space to learn about your bike"

The Boise Bicycle Project is hosting their third annual emergency bike repair clinic with Idaho Women's Bikepacking. The event provides women and those who identify as female support and education around fixing their bike. Accepting people of all skill levels, BBP says it's a place for people to feel safe and comfortable around a hobby they might not normally feel welcomed in.

A "safe space" for bicycles? What? Lessons on how not to interfere with motor vehicles when driving in the middle of the road?

It's a bicycle. OK, a repair clinic is good - but why dump all the woke crap into it?
(because we're all inclusive and safe and welcoming and all that - and we want people to know that they're safe here)

"safe here" didn't used to be an issue - but I certainly wouldn't feel safe and welcome at such an event.

OK - I don't go into Boise city much anyway (but then I don't go into the nearby town here much either) - usually only because that's the center for medical specialties.

Boise used to be a nice city ... parking wasn't a hassle, traffic was light enough that "jay-walking" wasn't an issue - and didn't deserve a ticket, one could walk around without being bothered by "support-our-issues" people, shops were nice without being pretentious, the city hall wasn't full of rainbow flags and trimmings.

But that was then. "Then" wasn't long ago - it happened quick.

Just to counter my own bitching, this was also a headline in local news:

Eagle firefighters rescue cow after it falls inside an irrigation box

"The cow fell into an irrigation box at a nearby ranch when the fire department was called. Responding crews found the cow in the irrigation box and quickly constructed a mechanical advantage system, according to EFD. The firefighters managed to extricate the cow, showing the skill and capabilities of the firefighters who responded."
[They put straps under the cow and lifted]

Eagle is not Boise.

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