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On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > *> I read through this post, bemused by it, but I didn't notice > until > I'd gotten almost all the way to the end of it that part > of my mind was > still saying, "What's a car?" :-)>* > You probably don't even need a car over there - in fact, it would be a > problem. Over, here a car is just another tool for most people. Without > one, I'd be dead in the water. Some people who are rich probably drive cars > just for fun and pleasure, like my neighbor, who doesn't drive these cars > much - there just for shows. > > > I inherited the Eldorado from Mom. She bought it new off the show room > floor and it's been garaged it's whole life. She still had a driver's > license at age 86, but hadn't driven in about ten years. So, one day I just > took it - I'm using it for highway driving. I put some new tires on it and > a new disc brakes. > > > You can't get anything these days for a car like that - maybe $1500. The > AC still works and it has cruise control. Also, it has a kick-ass Delco > Bose sound system with CD player inside. Sweet! > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:54 AM, TurquoiseB <turquoi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: >> > >> > noozguru et al, small country, flat land. And no snow or ice on the >> roads and bike paths! >> >> >> *Ahem. Only pussies leave their bikes at home when it snows. * >> * >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6XHvQ>*<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6XHvQ>*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6XHvQ >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6XHvQ>* >> >> > On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:11 AM, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: >> > >> > Small country, flat land. >> > >> > On 12/29/2013 07:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: >> > >> > >Uh oh. I think I've achieved one of those milestones along the path to >> "You know you're in danger of becoming Dutch when..." consciousness. >> > > >> > >I read through this post, bemused by it, but I >> > didn't notice until I'd gotten almost all the way to >> > the end of it that part of my mind was still saying, >> > "What's a car?" :-) >> > > >> > > >> http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/04/09/learning-from-the-netherlands-about-bikes/ >> >> > > >> > >> >> >> > >
