And I can't think of a beter one . . .

Post #436,133 by Andrew Grygus 9/9/20 1:30:52 PM 9/9/20 1:30:52 PM Reply	And I can't think of a beter one . . . . . for a person like me, with no regular schedule, being on-call for emergencies all over the county, and needing to carry significant loads of equipment, building and maintenance materials, and a 6 foot laddar, to and from locations that are not known more than a couple hours in advance. Helps a whole lot with loads of groceries from a half dozen scattered ethnic markets too. Both my business and my clovegarden.com Web site would be impossible without a car. I'm sure there are a great many others who are not cubical dwelling "salarymen" (to use the Japanese term) with a routine job and a wife at home to spend her day fetching groceries, from the one store she can get to with public transport.
Post #436,136 by mmoffitt 9/9/20 2:17:50 PM 9/9/20 2:17:50 PM Reply	What is it with Californians and their stupid cars? :0) bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #436,138 by boxley 9/9/20 2:51:32 PM 9/9/20 2:51:32 PM Reply	same here, for me to use public transport I would have to walk or bicycle 10 miles to the coastal rd to catch a bus then walk, cycle another 10 miles to my destination. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #436,145 by Andrew Grygus 9/9/20 8:56:51 PM 9/9/20 9:27:58 PM Reply	We all know that in your "workers paradise" . . . . . everybody lives in tiny apartments in huge Soviet style rectangular buildings so they can be trucked en-mass to their "jobs for life" at the factory or cubical. Life consists of being trucked to the job, eating a Soviet style lunch at the factory cafeteria, being trucked back to the apartment buildings, eating a Soviet style dinner at the local cafeteria, watching state sponsored TV until falling asleep. Then, at the exact same time as everyone else, the alarm goes off, giving just enough time to have a Soviet style breakfast of weak coffee and greasy pancakes at the local cafeteria, before being trucked back to the "job for life". Here in California, we find that a perfect illustration of Hell. PS Sorry to take so long to respond, but I was called away by a client with a printing problem (POS front end to their system, so printing is veeeery important). Quickly responded due to having a car, while public transport would have taken at least an hour more each way. Edited by Andrew Grygus Sept. 9, 2020, 09:27:58 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #436,163 by mmoffitt 9/10/20 10:47:18 AM 9/10/20 10:47:18 AM Reply	The best thing that ever happened to me in California was when my car broke down. I lived in Long Beach in an apartment across the street from Long Beach City College. My full-time job was in San Pedro. Traffic made that commute about an hour each way. Then, the transmission blew up and I didn't have the money to fix it. So I got bus schedules. I took a Long Beach bus to downtown Long Beach where I made the the free transfer to LA's bus system to complete the journey to work. When I got off of work, I repeated the process backwards. Total trip time was less than 30 minutes longer than "driving" and I was saving about $6.00 per day on gas alone (which back then was real money). In short order I'd saved enough to fix the transmission, but chose not to until just before I left California for good. Why? Because I'd purchased a Sunday Only LA Times subscription which I read cover-to-cover during my commute to work (the paper back then was thick). Without a car, I was able to educate myself during the commute instead of wasting my young life behind the wheel of a car most often sitting almost parked on the freeway. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #436,151 by pwhysall 9/10/20 1:39:11 AM 9/10/20 1:39:11 AM Reply	A vehicle for you is a tool of work.

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