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(...) makes a "statement" about them - all it is to me is a tool. Partly agreed, but used cars are out when your employer finances 90% of it for you! Similarly depreciation is not so much of afcator when its not your money! I also must add that I (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) for (...) All this talk about £1 a mile has to be put in perspective - if you regularly carry passengers the alternatives are more expensive (tube, trains, buses, trams) in most domestic situations. I drive about 35,000 per year in a car and (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Again this depends on the total cost of the journey and taking into consideration the true pence per mile rate, not just petrol. Even ignoring the true pence per mile rate, my family of four can go into London at weekends much cheaper on the (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) and (...) Even so, Jonathan's 35000 miles adds up to a lot of time. If we assume an optimistic average speed of 60mph, 35000 miles will take him a mighty 583.3 hours - or 24 days and seven hours. How many books could he have read in that time? (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Or for people who are self-employed or work in jobs where you can do reading/computing type work at home - how much work could you have done in that time - and how much is that worth financially? (even after deducting time to walk or drive to (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) shows, 'learn a language' CDs, phone calls (hands and brains free), eating burgers (it can be done), typing (not recomended because the daylight reflects off the laptop screen), freely breaking wind and of course, picking ones nose. You also (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) argument - (...) For many people it is not a case of "rather" it is more a case of "have to". I work beside people who drive less than a mile of work, even on bright sunny days they'd rather drive than take a lazy walk through the countryside (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yes, but on the train you could take a lego set to build! Though I could imagine the reaction of travellers observing a business man in his pin-stripped suit sat in first class assembling a Lego castle. regards lawrence (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Similarly, I will never cease to be amazed at some of my neighbours who drive their kids 1/2 mile to the local school. The best excuse I heard is they havent got time to walk their kids to school as they have to get to the sports centre to do (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I read a survey on this - the real reason is that parents do not think it is safe to let their kids walk as there are too many cars on the road. Chicken or egg? I live near a private school, evey morning the congestion caused by mothers (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) to". I (...) sports (...) There is a time and a place for everything, and using the car for these really short journeys is just plain daft and unhealthy both for a child's confidence and of course their fat content. Personally, I chuck my kids (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) (radio (...) reflects (...) nose. (...) ozone. (...) The thought has crossed my mind but I've chickened out - it's also a bit awkward when you drop a 1 x 1 into the footwell at 85mph. (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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