East Beers - Wednesdays - The Chesham Arms E9 6DU

Isn't it enough to just be a part of something, without having to let everybody else know that you're a part of it?

I feel the same way--what still continually baffles me is the ready availability of huge numbers of pictures and/or videos of pretty much any event, this desire to record everything. Perhaps I'm just getting too old--obviously, pre-digital everything, floods of audio-visual material weren't really an option--, but I always wonder what's wrong with memories.

I think spokecards are a similar kind of trophy, a token of belonging, and I think there is a real risk of cheapening them if they're used indiscriminately. For the occasional ride, yes, especially if it's an extraordinary ride (I personally don't see that using them for non-Alleycat rides as a particular affront to messenger culture, but then that's probably because I'm certainly not in touch with that nor trying to pretend to be), but not for everything, although I have to say I quite like the idea of giving them to new people on their first forum night out.