THE LAST DITCH
One might have thought that Lembit Öpik had a big enough image problem already. Certainly, of all the politicians who might have come out as users of the Segway Nerdmobile, I can hardly think of anyone more predictable. The Quaequam Blog has been running an amusing series called "Where’s Lemby?" for some days. I was most disappointed to find that James Graham, blogger-in-charge there, had beaten me to the delightful answer answer to his own question:
"Out on his Segway"
Yes there is something odd about using a device that doesn’t really improve on walking.
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I remember all the fuss before the Segway was first unveiled. Its inventor (Dean Kamen?) hyped it up so much, describing his invention as ‘IT’, something that would change the world.
There was a lot of disappointment on the tech message boards when the reality of ‘IT’ came through, I tell you!
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Have you tried the nermobile yet, Tom? You might be a little bulky for it. 🙂
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Yep it looks terrible, however secretly I think we’d all like a go as long as we don’t have to wear a silly hat a nobody we are ever going to meet again is near by.
They had these at “Future World” in Cornwall, where the old Goonhilly satellite earth station is, and it was sold out each day.
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My kids are very keen. Very silly.
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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