Speaking of which, British regulars marched along Forest Road during the invasion of New Haven in 1777. There are probably dead Redcoats IN MY YARD. Yes.
But back to fitness equipment. I had a treadmill phase for about two weeks...I thought it was totally great. Awesome, I thought. I get to burn calories while watching TV in an air-conditioned room! Then, slowly, I started to think about all those flashing buttons and stupid sitcoms and cooling fans. I realized I was sapping huge amounts of electricity just so that I could look cute in a dress.
Not cool. I felt kind of queasy. I went back to my traditional forms of physical activity, running my dogs and jumping up and down screaming.
I'm renouncing fitness machines until they can be used as power sources.
It's been done before. Pedal-powered generators turn the mechanical energy of cycling into electrical energy, which can power devices or be stored in battery packs. I think GOAT should wire up the hopkins fitness room. I want my greenhouse powered by bicycles.
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