Scooters

The only reason this came to mind is because at the bottom of this posting form, one has the option to attach labels to a blog entry. The precise wording of the form fill is

Labels for this post:

e.g. scooters, vacation, fall 

Now, in the context of a blog, I can wrap my mind around a vacation as an exemplary label. I can even understand the suggestion to label posts seasonally. The reason for which scooters were included in this list, however, is beyond my realm of comprehension. It may be than my so-called realm of comprehension is somewhat narrower than necessary to fully grasp the addition of scooter to this list, but more likely than not, I'm guessing that no one, particularly not the creators of Blogger, ever really expected me (or anyone) to take issue with these examples.

But I did. So obviously, I went and distracted myself from writing my thesis to research scooters and, in doing so, I discovered a number of interesting things

1. Upon googling 'scooter wiki', i found not the listing for scooter in wikipedia, but rather an actual website: www.scooterwiki.com. This is your one-stop resource for all things scooter and scooter-like. There is a scooter encyclopedia, editable by registered users, much like the real wikipedia. There are blogs and forums. There are scooter dealer resources through which dealers can list their products in a directory, or moderate recall logistics in a forum. scooterwiki.com. Who knew.

2. There is a scooterwiki competitor called, wouldn't you know, the scooterwiki. I did  not explore this but you can. And to top all off, there is also a wiki for kick scooters. The website describes itself as "A newly created but growing wiki devoted to human-powered kick scooters." FYI: a 'kick scooter' is essentially a razor-- that goofy thing that was really cool back in the 7th grade.

3. A Vespa will run you anywhere from $3-7k and can reach speed of 80 mph. 80. Also, they get between 65-90 mpg. So legit. 

4.  According to the real Wikipedia, besides the aforementioned motorized and kick scooters, These are among the things to which "scooter" can also refer:

• Knee scooter, a mobility device for patients with leg injuries
  
• Personal water craft, jetski a type of recreational watercraft
  
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle, an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase their range while underwater
  
• Phil 'the Scooter' Rizzuto, famous baseball player, 
  
• Scooter Libby Jr.
  
• Scooter the Muppet
  
• Scooter the SpongeBob SquarePants character
  
• Scooter the Talking Baseball, an animated baseball appearing during Fox Sports coverage of Major League Baseball
  
• The Scooter, a giant, fast-moving storm on the planet Neptune
  
• A corruption of the word Scoter; a large black diving duck
  
• A German techno band
  
• A short skirt with attached shorts underneath, also known as a Skort

5. Mopeds are not scooters.

Wow.

dmd.