One is without an automobile

[Deleted member 1258]

For over thirty years I had no motor car, I relied on my Safety Bicycle and the local omnibuses to travel around this locality, now I have silver in both my hair and my beard and I'm allowed on the local omnibuses without charge and I find myself owning two motor cars, having recently purchased a nice old motor I find my old motor not attracting much attention.

 

[fossyant]

How on earth have I coped all these years? Never owned a car, my parents haven't owned a car since about 5 years before I was born. Was never allowed a horse either although was frequently told to visit Mr Shanks and borrow his pony if I wanted to go anywhere.

Hehe do I say about that sign ? hee hee Sorry mate !!

 

[fossyant]

Anyway, it's the last time I try to log into one of the Stage Coach bus WIFI systems when using a bus. Forgot to delete the rubbish network but my battery got zapped when I cycled past them on city centre runs as the phone tried to connect. LOTS...

 

[marknotgeorge]

One's automobile has just required the spending of many sovereigns because it has been leaking distillations of ancient creatures on the Queen's Highway. Today I instructed Pater to give it a sound thrashing along the Bodmin to Mansfield Road, and he reports no leakage or noxious vapours. We shall see. It seems the designer of the internal combustion engine fitted to my vehicle is both a blackguard and a scoundrel.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Tell Mrs Crax to cycle to work and nick her car. Those fine fellows in CAD will tell you to move nearer the hospital

 

[Pat "5mph"]

gave up the car in Feb............ok - except i have to plan grocery trips based on the weather forecast

Asda delivers

 

[MossCommuter]

Asda delivers

And chickens and fish

 

[theclaud]

When his party had to choose between Lord Curzon and Stanley Baldwin in 1923, the noble lord took advice from a colleague to get closer to the people by taking a ride on a London omnibus. But the intrepid Curzon, former viceroy of India, fluffed the mission. When asked by the conductor, "Where to, guv?", he replied "42 Berkeley Square, please".

 

[John the Canuck]

Asda delivers

and charges for it too
Tesco is a 10 mile round trip so i get exercise AND food........win

BTW - did you ever get some MTB pedals..?--- just found 2 new ones in my ;store;
PM me.?

 

[stephec]

Don't they have bedrooms?

Bedrooms are the main storage warehouse, but vehicles are often used as smaller satellite depots.

 

[stephec]

Crackle,
I have fond, rose tinted mammaries of traveling on the C4 stage coach to the town of Deva. I was up in the luggage rack.
If I kept my mouth open at the bottom of Backford dip, I could catch a few flies as we crossed the canal.

Spell checker, or Freudian slip?

 

[Julia9054]

As of this week, I too am no longer a cyclist out of choice. My 13 year old Yaris having suffered catastrophic and terminal engine failure.
It's a good job I cycle as home to work is not on any kind of useable omnibus route.

On the plus side I can now add towing a car to my list of first time experiences!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Bedrooms are the main storage warehouse, but vehicles are often used as smaller satellite depots.

Ah, thanks, I'd never seen it that way .... Explains a lot :-)

 

[stephec]

[QUOTE 3020211, member: 259"]That's impressive! I've towed a cycle trailer but never a car. [/QUOTE]

Damn, beat me to it.

 

[Julia9054]

[QUOTE 3020211, member: 259"]That's impressive! I've towed a cycle trailer but never a car. [/QUOTE]
Suspected as soon as I pressed reply that this comment would not be long in coming!