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Started by mongers, November 07, 2012, 08:35:17 PM

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Josquius

Cars are so 20th century. They're for the poors and the rich.
Hope I never have to get one.
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Richard Hakluyt

Why can't you ride a bike Meri  :hmm: ?

merithyn

Quote from: Tyr on December 24, 2012, 10:56:37 AM
Cars are so 20th century. They're for the poors and the rich.
Hope I never have to get one.

:jaron:

You live on a tiny island - both in the UK and Japan - where having a car isn't nearly as essential. I live in a country where one can literally drive straight through 36 hours and still not make it from one side of the country to another, even without going over the mountains.  It isn't uncommon to take a weekend trip to visit the folks, driving five hours one-way.

Not only that, but our public transportation is limited to the city that you live in with few exceptions. Having a car is pretty much essential in the majority of the US, with the exception being very large cities like New York City and Chicago.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

merithyn

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 24, 2012, 11:13:38 AM
Why can't you ride a bike Meri  :hmm: ?

Back and hip issues. Not an option for me... ever.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Richard Hakluyt

Quote from: merithyn on December 24, 2012, 11:15:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 24, 2012, 11:13:38 AM
Why can't you ride a bike Meri  :hmm: ?

Back and hip issues. Not an option for me... ever.

Ah, ok  :(

I'd get a car if I lived in the States too (unless it was Manhattan), probably a gun too depending on the state.

Ed Anger

Not knowing your finances, the 99/mo lease of the smart car might be up your alley.

Tell max to stop being a hippie.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

mongers

I could see myself owning/driving a car again, thought the CBA in terms of time and convenience would have to be pretty persuasive.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

mongers

Out and about on the edge of the forest, mulling things over in my mind, I go through a ford and look up and there's this large buzzard 20 ft above me, sailing slowly left to right into the teeth of a Sou-Westerly; a pristine condition bird, all the under-wing detail clearly visible against a winter's soft blue white sky. 

I wonder if this was an omen as to what I should do, or was the bird just intent on bothering the nearby crow ?   :)
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

merithyn

Sounds like a lovely vision.

If it's an omen, what does a buzzard a harbinger of?
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

mongers

Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 09:24:26 PM
Sounds like a lovely vision.

If it's an omen, what does a buzzard a harbinger of?

All the archaic Greeks are dead, so I don't know all.  :D
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

merithyn

Quick Google search says: Spring. :blink:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

mongers

Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 10:37:44 PM
Quick Google search says: Spring. :blink:

That's good enough for me.  :)

I'm assuming that's for the vulture like buzzard, over here a buzzard is a rather different bird.   :bowler:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Tonitrus

Indeed, it seems what you call a buzzard, we call the generic "hawk".

merithyn

Quote from: Tonitrus on December 27, 2012, 11:27:47 PM
Indeed, it seems what you call a buzzard, we call the generic "hawk".

Seriously?? Well damn....

Okay, hawk means someone's out to cheat you in a clever way, according to a couple of websites, so be on your toes.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Eddie Teach

Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 11:39:36 PM
Okay, hawk means someone's out to cheat you in a clever way, according to a couple of websites, so be on your toes.

He should go to a fortune teller for a more precise answer.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?