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Re: Busy Bee goodies
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Fri, 19 May 2000 09:39:23 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:

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 (I
workon a "greenfield" site). I suppose those people would rather drive.

Scott A

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 a keep fit class.

regards
lawrence



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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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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