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I know this is none of my business, but I have just got to ask. Saben, why dont you have a car? Curiosity is getting the better of me.
If you stand for Freedom, but you wont stand for war, then you dont stand for anything worth fighting for.
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saben
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Registered: May 2003
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Public transport in Melbourne is fine for a poor 22 year old student.
Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time [...] No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Oogway
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Ahhhhh, I remember being a poor student.
If you stand for Freedom, but you wont stand for war, then you dont stand for anything worth fighting for.
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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Way back in 1969, when I started into University I remember well having to walk everywhere. In some respects that was the best thing for me because i got to meet some of the people that gave me the direction I chose for my life.
It also caused me to get to the library a little late one afternoon and it was then that I met my Ricky.... If I had been there 5 minutes earlier our paths would never have crossed....
From then on my life was a fairy tale.... Well for a good long time at least....
All in all, cars are highly over rated.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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My own son is 22. At university a car was impossible because there was nowhere to park it.
Now he lives in a flat in central London. Not only no parking, but pointless to have one. He uses public transport, even to come home and see us. If he ever needs a car he'll hire one. It's far cheaper that way
He's not driven a yard since he passed his test when he was 17. I will stand far away when he does.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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If I had not had a car, I would not have been able to do any of the film industry work I've done over the last two years. It's a prerequisite if you work as a runner or in locations (though films with a proper budget may be willing to hire one for you), and it's highly desirable in any department (unit moves are always by road, as the technical vehicles require it).
That said, it's extremely expensive for a 22 year-old student to run a car -- I get away with it only because my elderly Citroen has not yet had any catastrophic failures.
Incidentally, I can't get home without a car, as even if I take the train to Taunton there's no way to get the last few miles to the house except by being picked up by a relative or taxi.
David
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I don't drive, and don't currently own a car (back in my youth, I co-owned one with a friend who drove). Living in London, I normally have no need for one: I live within five minutes walk of the Underground, and two different overground stations.
It was a bit of a hassle when I was commuting to Scotland every week, as my workplace was five miles from the station and I had to catch a cab - but I did manage to get a great deal of work done on the trains. As well as many interesting conversations ...
I have vaguely been considering learning to drive ... if/when I move out of London, I may find it useful. On the other hand, I'm never going to be able to drive long distances (according to my physiotherapist), and for short distances taxis are fine. And I'm enough of an aging hippy to fret about the environmental consequences of car ownership ...
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King
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saben
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On fire! |
Registered: May 2003
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I'm thinking of going for my license for this very reason- so I can rent a car whenever I need to. Not having that option is a pain is the ass, while public transport is great for day-to-day use both in Melbourne and when I was in Japan, having the option of driving to other locations would be great even if I don't own my own car for a while.
Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time [...] No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Oogway
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at uni, kinda pointless having a car... campus uni, everything is 15 mins on foot at max
now i'm coming to graduation, i'm starting to want one... not least of which, living in MK, i'm in the a city designed for the car! public transport outside of london, and the underground is pretty poor to say the least, certainly both in MK and Stoke it is. it takes 40 minutes to reach the city centre by bus, but only 10 minutes to drive.
i'm living a fair way from home, and with rail fares on the rise, its starting to reach the point where its actually cheaper to go by car than by rail.
in fact, last big rail trip i did, MK to Telford and back, on petrol costs, it would have been cheaper to drive...
been driving for almost 3 years now, drive one of my parents cars over the summer... the problem with renting a car is age...
in the UK, most car rental firms won't let you rent a car unless you're aged at least 21 (25 for some companies!) and/or got a clean licence 3 years old.
i can think of any number of one off occasions where a car would have been useful, but i only turned 21 in december, and will only have a 3yr licence from this may
Odi et amo: quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
Nescio, set fieri sentio et excrucior
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