I'm quite impressed by the latest new toy/gadget in town - the hoverboard. Or is it hovverbord? That latter spelling would make it less mainstream, more off the board (probably). There must be a whole lot of electronics and gyroscopes at play underneath the shiny plastic trim to make it ridable (by the way, that's not a word according to my PC dictionary when I'm sure it should be). Anyway, I probably won't be getting one, not because they are too expensive (are they about 100+ quids?) but I'm sure I would not be able to handle one. My skating skills (on ice or tarmac) are pretty dismal and surely no amount of anti-tilt mechanism would be able to keep me balanced.
However, someone has mastered how to manoeuvre them, and went off with a crate of lemonade from the Co-Op to prove it. Luckily he was caught and will be brought to justice for his audacious act. To rub salt into it, he is also charged with riding his hovveryboard on the pavement. They are strictly for use on private property it seems.
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