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cmcgee
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response 93 of 230:
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Aug 9 14:30 UTC 2003 |
Well, if he has a job, why can't he buy his own car? And insurance, and gas,
and oil, and, and, and. When my boys were old enough to drive, I offered a
free monthly bus pass for transportation if I weren't available. Beyond that,
they were on their own. Being normal young American males, they cajoled their
friends into rides, walked, biked, and did everything else they could to avoid
the bus. The cost of a car was far more than they were willing to spend (cut
into the games and CD purchases, for sure). If it wasn't worth their
time/money, it sure wasn't worth mine.
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glenda
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response 94 of 230:
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Aug 9 16:43 UTC 2003 |
He doesn't have a driver's license, his choice. I do pick him up if it is
raining (usually if he calls rain or not) and I have the car. He normally
doesn't call for a ride unless it is raining or he gets done work after the
bus stops. He works Fri, Sat, and Sun and often doesn't get done until
between 6 and 7.
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jaklumen
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response 95 of 230:
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Aug 9 20:54 UTC 2003 |
I dunno. That just seems bizarre to me-- I'd like to hear the
reasons. I'd think most teens and young adults would want the freedom
that comes with a driver's license and a car. It would get old being
a leash, so to speak, asking everyone else for rides or waiting on the
slow bus system (yes, the bus takes longer).
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carson
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response 96 of 230:
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Aug 9 20:56 UTC 2003 |
(you'd think that Jack had never lived in a city with good public
transportation and poor traffic circulation.)
(not really a sighting, but former Grexer Brian Place [bdp] found me
over on Classmates.com, then found me again on Friendster. if I didn't
know him better, I'd think I was celery.)
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glenda
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response 97 of 230:
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Aug 9 21:03 UTC 2003 |
He feels that cars are too dangerous (I think the idea of being responsible
for the control of one), they pollute, and the fact that he is 6'8" and still
growing means that he doesn't fit behind the wheel of most cars. Especially
ours. The thought of having to control a car while hunched over sideways with
my knees near my chin would make me leary of driving.
He prefers walking, using the bus, or getting a ride with friends. That may
change with time and finding a car he can actualy fit in comfortably. He has
made periodic noises about it would be easier on us, at times, if he had a
license, usually when we are sick and there isn't any food or Coke in the
house.
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dcat
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response 98 of 230:
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Aug 9 21:11 UTC 2003 |
When I was in high school, we only had one car, and I went to a school that
had next to no parking, and worked at a place that had less. Therefore, there
was nothing for me to drive, nowhere to go, and nowhere to park when I got
there. Thus I delayed taking driver's ed --- part of a class required to
graduate in the Ann Arbor Public Schools --- until senior year; taking instead
things like Architectural Drafting and Graphic Communications that were
substantially more useful & interesting to me.
I think at the time, parking passes at Huron were around $5, senior passes
$25 additional, and student bus fare 35c; but having a late class meant i got
a bus pass that made all busses free until 7pm, by which time I was home,
anyway.
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slynne
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response 99 of 230:
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Aug 10 14:54 UTC 2003 |
resp:93 - sorry, I forgot to put the ";-)" in resp:92.
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jaklumen
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response 100 of 230:
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Aug 10 18:31 UTC 2003 |
resp:96 No. I'm not urban at all.
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mary
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response 101 of 230:
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Aug 10 19:32 UTC 2003 |
Our son is 27 and has never had a car. He's never wanted one.
He figured out from watching other people that cars require
a lot of care and feeding and he'd rather spend his (few)
dollars on other things.
I expect when he gets his doctorate and a real job that
this will change. Maybe.
But my point is not everyone even wants a car. And
life is still good. You can be an independent adult
without one.
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tod
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response 102 of 230:
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Aug 10 20:07 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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gelinas
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response 103 of 230:
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Aug 11 00:20 UTC 2003 |
True, but !(college = dependent)
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remmers
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response 104 of 230:
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Aug 11 01:24 UTC 2003 |
And anyway, he's in graduate school - not college - and receives
the bulk of his financial support from his university.
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polytarp
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response 105 of 230:
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Aug 11 01:39 UTC 2003 |
REMMERS AND MARY HAVE A SON? I THOUGHT MARY WAS AGAINST S*X
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anderyn
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response 106 of 230:
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Aug 11 15:01 UTC 2003 |
I have never driven a car, save in driver's ed. Never wanted my license, which
is a good thing, given how poorly I see. Rhiannon does not have a license
either.
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edina
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response 107 of 230:
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Aug 11 16:07 UTC 2003 |
But could you if you had to? I think that is what is important to me. I
don't care if you have a car, want a car, what have you. I think it's
important to know how to operate one if you need to.
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anderyn
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response 108 of 230:
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Aug 11 17:00 UTC 2003 |
Nope. I couldn't. And, again, that's safer for the whole world. :-) (I have
such bad eyes that I would not be able to do it without an accident, more than
likely.)
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lynne
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response 109 of 230:
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Aug 11 18:12 UTC 2003 |
Hmmm. My parents passive-aggressively discouraged me pretty strongly from
all thins driving-related while living at home. I finally have a car now
--bought it two years ago--and it made an incredibly large difference in my
general state of happiness. The sense of independence is well worth the
cost of insurance and occasional repair--even though I *could* live without
it, technically speaking.
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edina
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response 110 of 230:
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Aug 11 19:10 UTC 2003 |
So could I. But I too like the freedom. And Twila, I'm sorry. I'd hate to
be cut at the knees like that.
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scott
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response 111 of 230:
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Aug 11 20:37 UTC 2003 |
Spotted orinoco in Eastern Accents around lunchtime today, but somehow he
managed to buy his food and leave before I could say hello.
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jaklumen
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response 112 of 230:
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Aug 12 00:42 UTC 2003 |
resp:101 Maybe. Some jobs want you to have a car-- or at least
transportation they will believe to be dependable.
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jmsaul
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response 113 of 230:
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Aug 12 02:35 UTC 2003 |
Re #110: I understand what you're saying, but I respect Twila a lot for
realizing that her lack of peripheral vision would endanger
herself and others if she drove. In her case, from what she's
said, it's the only responsible choice.
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naftee
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response 114 of 230:
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Aug 12 05:13 UTC 2003 |
I CAN{T BELIEVE I WAS THE ONE WHO ENTERED THIS ITEM LOL.
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polytarp
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response 115 of 230:
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Aug 12 06:24 UTC 2003 |
LOL
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edina
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response 116 of 230:
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Aug 12 16:29 UTC 2003 |
Re 113 I respect it too. I'm just glad I have good eyes.
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polytarp
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response 117 of 230:
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Aug 12 22:01 UTC 2003 |
Lol.
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