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Jane's epic journey raises £232k

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Days after her triumphant arrival in Leeds, terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson has revealed her Rome to Home bike ride has raised £232,000.
The mother-of-three arrived back in Leeds on Monday after a gruelling five-week tandem bike ride across Europe with her brother Luke Goward.

Mrs Tomlinson had hoped to raise £100,000 during the ride but an additional £135,000 has poured in.

In the last 26 months, she has raised £720,000 for cancer charities.

'Aching bones'

"The generosity of the public has touched me deeply," said Mrs Tomlinson.

"I feel weary, tired and sore after the ride but the monies raised make it all worthwhile, especially when you see it being used to such good effect.

"The thousands of letters and messages make me feel very humble."

Her husband Mike said: "As an appeal we don't hold mailing lists and there are no marketing letters.

"None of the money that has come in on the bike ride has been from commercial sponsorship, it's all been from the public having read about Jane in the media.

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"There are two recurring messages coming through in letters to her; that Jane is giving people hope and everyone wants her to get to a million.

"The sooner I can get to a million, the sooner Jane can stop and her aching bones can rest, surely she deserves that."

Mrs Tomlinson returned to work on Wednesday as a paediatric radiographer.

Mr Tomlinson said: "She is settling back into domestic life without a problem.

"On Monday night she sat on the couch and said, 'It's like I've never been away, a complete hiatus'."

My apologies ahead of time for diverting the topic, being ignorant and lazy to look this up - but what is the DC law regarding cell phone usage while driving?

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
My apologies ahead of time for diverting the topic, being ignorant and lazy to look this up - but what is the DC law regarding cell phone usage while driving?

The bill passed council and was signed into law by the mayor but hasn't gone into effect yet.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
My apologies ahead of time for diverting the topic, being ignorant and lazy to look this up - but what is the DC law regarding cell phone usage while driving?

The bill

Making it illegal to use a cell phone while driving that is? Reason I ask…I am not a cell phone driver/talker unless absolutely necessary…a friend called my cell as I pulled into 9:30's lot a few weeks ago. I knew it was important, so I picked up. I was about to tell him to hold on to put the phone down while I pulled in and the cop told me "hey, it's illegal to drive and talk on your cell phone in DC. yeah, if a cop sees you talking on your cell phone while driving he can give you a ticket."
Well, I don't abuse the cell phone to ear ratio and no, I really didn't know that there was a law intact as he seemed to imply. He went back to flirting with the attendent. I'm probably just being pissy & wincing b/c I don't use the phone that much in the car and he wasn't that nice about it.