There was a couple in the public park this morning with new electic bikes . they said for about one thousand dollars purchase price of a bike  they can go 60 kilometers at about a top speed of 32 kilometers an hour about an hours operating time and then a 2 hour plug-in recharge of its two 24 volt batteries. The thing requires no drivers licence and is silent. Great functioning turn signals and  a small cargo container on the rear and its a great summers ride in the park or to a close destination.

Today in history, August 8th,1963

2.6 million taken in the Great Train Robbery in England, by a gang of 15 robbers.