Out And About.

[Josquius]

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

[Richard Hakluyt]

Why can't you ride a bike Meri  ?

[merithyn]

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

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.

[merithyn]

Why can't you ride a bike Meri  ?

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

[Richard Hakluyt]

Why can't you ride a bike Meri  ?

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.

[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.

[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 ?   

[merithyn]

Sounds like a lovely vision.

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

[mongers]

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. 

[merithyn]

Quick Google search says: Spring.

[mongers]

Quick Google search says: Spring.

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.   

[Tonitrus]

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

[merithyn]

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.

[Eddie Teach]

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.