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to think people who say they cant live without there car are stupid ?

345 replies

lins1uk · 31/05/2008 00:37

havent got a car yet, my dp is taking lessons and will be getting a car when he passes but people who say they cant live without there car are surely stupid ?
havent they heard of the bus or tram etc ?
i have two kids and one on the way and i will still use public transport when we have a car!
plus i walk 25 mins to school and 25 mins back twice a day i just think people who rely on there car for everything are just plain lazy,
i agree it is nice to have a car but its not everything!
sorry if you feel diffrent but thats how i feel!

OP posts:
stealthsquiggle · 02/06/2008 10:04

No buses at all (well, nearest stop is 3.5 miles away)

Nearest shops (other than 1 small farm shop) 7 miles

School 3.5 miles

Nursery 4 miles (in opposite direction)

Oh and I do have to earn a living.

So no, I couldn't live without my car, and I am not stupid, Thankyou very much.

bluefox · 02/06/2008 10:16

Would use public transport but it is crap where I live. Services have been cut and prices increased beyond belief. Last week dd and me decided to visit our nearest big shopping centre. Total travelling time there and back - over three hours, cost £13!!!!. All for a journey thats about 15mins each way in the car.

evenhope · 02/06/2008 10:45

I'm so pleased others can arrange their activities to not need a car. I walked to Tesco while I was on Maternity Leave and it took me an hour each way . Someone mentioned using our "local" pools. Our local pool is 3 miles away. The boys school is over 3 miles but because the LEA use distance as the crow flies and not any way you could actually walk or drive, including crossing a railway line at a point where there is no crossing, they say it is under 3 miles and they don't get transport.

DS2 can walk to work if he has to but it takes almost an hour each way, so mostly we get to drive him. No public transport and actually no pavements either for a lot of the journey.

If fuel continues to rise at this rate there will probably come a point where DH will have to quit his job because he won't be able to afford to travel. My office is currently 3 or so miles away but is closing so they can send us 20 miles away, but to a different town from DH work. We can't afford to move so we are stuffed.

rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 10:50

Depends where you live, if you live rurally all local community facilities have been closed down and so has public transport. I suppose running a horse would be cheaper though.

rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 10:52

The train is ludicrously priced as is fuel. My local market towns don't even sell shoes and clothes so we have to drive if we want anything. I don't want to most of the time but I don't want to live in a city either.

fryalot · 02/06/2008 12:27

and another thing...

personally, I think that people who don't know the difference between their, there and they're are stupid.

So there.

mumblechum · 02/06/2008 12:30

at Squonk. My feelings precisely.

Haven't read most of thread, but would be interested in how I could buy a pint of milk without using my car when the nearest shop is 7 miles round trip

fryalot · 02/06/2008 12:36

and there should be an apostrophe in the word "can't"

I do feel that if I am going to be called stupid because I happen to live in a fairly rural community, it would go down better if the person calling me stupid had some basic literacy skills.

But that's just me

stealthsquiggle · 02/06/2008 12:46

PMSL at the fact that Squonk shares my literacy-based judgmental tendencies.

fryalot · 02/06/2008 12:53

I was going to start on correcting the entire OP, but I made do with just the thread title, as I simply couldn't be faffed with the myriad mistakes in the post itself.

Tis not my job to educate.

Tis just my job to criticize

Poohbah · 02/06/2008 13:06

Cheaper to run a horse. Do you know how much a horse or livery costs? Where on earth would you park it in town?

What kinda townie fuckwit comment is that???

fryalot · 02/06/2008 13:25

(how would I fit myself and two toddlers on a horse?)

jumpingbeans · 02/06/2008 13:27

I would need an extra 30 hours in the week if i did'nt have a car

sarah293 · 02/06/2008 13:33

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fryalot · 02/06/2008 13:33

d'ye think they'd let me use a parent and child space though?

Blandmum · 02/06/2008 13:34

and would Tesco's then need to have 'Blue Badge' hitching posts near the entrance. and would people moan if there were no mothers and toddlers hitching posts?

sarah293 · 02/06/2008 13:35

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Blandmum · 02/06/2008 13:37

Farkin big ramp!

sarah293 · 02/06/2008 13:38

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rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 14:17

Squonk you could get a cart and well hey park the horse anywhere I don't think you can ticket a horse. Oh and we have a milkman so we don't have to drive to get milk. But that's about it, we get the Telegraph too.

stealthsquiggle · 02/06/2008 14:22

You will be needing this

..and lots of money to pay feed/vets/blacksmith/insurance/livery

I am intrigued as to how/where you attach your blue badge to your horse.

fryalot · 02/06/2008 14:28

rebelmum - we can't get a milkman. They say it is too far for them to come

nice horse, stealthy - I am particularly liking the cart that is attached to its back end - I could get a weeks worth of tesco shopping in there, couldn't I?

rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 14:33

Yes but you don't have to pay road tax or have an MOT, and you can scoop up the poop and put it on your home grown veg.

rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 14:34

Surely you have cows close by?

rebelmum1 · 02/06/2008 14:34

You could even get a goat for milk, keep the garden down.