2strokeBuzz News, December 2000
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Monday, January 22, 2001 Vina found this Nickelodeon scooter game while she was supposed to be working the other day, and minutes later, my friend Susan came across the Ghetto Scooter. OK, neither is about motorscooters, but they're both neat-o. If you must look at real scooters, how about Matt and Trish's DeathScoot 2000 photo album? Ed Rhine of the Vespa Club of Seattle wrote an insightful email in response to the Green Magazine articles we re-published back in July:
Yep, Ed We're all a little embarrassed. I asked (admittedly a bit rudely) to be placed on their media information list, and I got a polite note back from Peter Laitmon, but even while local mass media has run stories about the opening of the Chicago boutique, I've yet to hear about it from Piaggio. It's easy for me to get on a soapbox with my stupid little web page, but I just can't see how they think they're going to do well here with such a half-assed, one-sided marketing strategy. to be fair, they're probably working with a small budget and it sure looks like they're having a hard time keeping up with demand, so maybe it's not worth it to make a bigger splash. It's funny that the sad state of journalism in America has allowed them to get so much mileage out of public relations: every story I've readother than the fabulous Green storyis copied word-for-word from their press releases without any research or investigation. A story I read last week (January 2001) even said the new scooters would arrive in Summer, 2000. It makes me want to buy a Lambretta. Wednesday, January 17, 2001 Rob Hodge posted a pretty comprehensive list of 2001 events on Two Stroke Smoke. Nice, now I don't gotta do it. It also includes MASS racedays. Note: Rob's rally schedule is now on 2SB
Have you been out in the garage? It's cold out there! Old News: November 2000 December 2000
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