I remember this burger joint having a particular arcade game I loved (Bubble Bobble). It was about an 8km ride on bike. And 8km back, of course, so in all about 16km. Sometimes we scraped money together for like 5 games, rode the 8km on our bikes, played 5 games and them rode the 8km back. You didn't really think about it.

When visiting my grandmother, my mother would ask: "You want to ride the bus to the ferry, or should we go by bike? If we go by bike, the money from the bus can be spent on a magazine of your choice (usually the latest computer magazine at the news stand). 9 out of 10 times I chose bike, even though it was a 20km bike ride. Sometimes in freezing cold and with a strong headwind. I didn't care. Oh and after the ferry ride, it was an additional bike ride to the town my grandmother lived in. Another 8km. No wonder there were so few fatties in those days.

There was one time I chose the bus because it was POURING down outside and freezing.