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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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My mom didn't get hers until her late 20s. I have friends in their 40s-60s who have never gotten one.
I think 20s are a better time to get a license than teens, for the most part. When I look back on some of the things I and my friends did/tried at 19, it's a wonder I'm alive.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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Congrats Terry! Being able to just get up and drive somewhere is a liberating feeling.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Congrats, doll! I myself am 44 years old & have never had a driver's license nor have I ever owned a car or any other type of internal combustion vehicle. Nothing beats the NYC public transit system!!!
From: elizabeth,nj | Registered: Jul 2003
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I've had a license since I was a teenager, but I didn't own a car from 1991 to 2001. I moved to Boston from Florida at the end of 1990 and sold the car when I got there. I didn't own a car again till about 2 1/2 years after I moved to Houston, where having a car is pretty much a necessity.
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From: The Pyngwyn Colonies of Planet Hyustyn | Registered: Aug 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Congrats Terry! Being able to just get up and drive somewhere is a liberating feeling.
Ohh, I don't really do that, I just drive to school and work, I just don't like taking the bus!
Cheers all for the cheers!!!
Just being able to go to school and work on your schedule is liberating.
My aunt gave up her license when she was around 89. She had not been driving while she was recovering from some surgery. When she felt better she asked me to go with her. She was doing OK, although she kept pulling towards the side of the road. The kicker came when she was pulling out of a parking lot. There was a guy coming towards us, but he was far enough away that you could have pulled out in front of him. However, my aunt was a little slow and the other driver had to put on his brakes and honked at her. When we got back home, she handed me the keys and said that she is not driving any more. She had my dad sell her car.
Even though she gave up the car herself, she would at times miss her ability to just run to the store when she needed something.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Congrats Terry! Being able to just get up and drive somewhere is a liberating feeling.
Ohh, I don't really do that, I just drive to school and work, I just don't like taking the bus!
Cheers all for the cheers!!!
Just being able to go to school and work on your schedule is liberating.
My aunt gave up her license when she was around 89. She had not been driving while she was recovering from some surgery. When she felt better she asked me to go with her. She was doing OK, although she kept pulling towards the side of the road. The kicker came when she was pulling out of a parking lot. There was a guy coming towards us, but he was far enough away that you could have pulled out in front of him. However, my aunt was a little slow and the other driver had to put on his brakes and honked at her. When we got back home, she handed me the keys and said that she is not driving any more. She had my dad sell her car.
Even though she gave up the car herself, she would at times miss her ability to just run to the store when she needed something.
This story makes me sad...
quote:Originally posted by Caliente: Haha! Good job. Now you can get your first speeding ticket. (Or maybe that was just me. >.>)
That better not have jinx me!
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: You do realize that I actually didn't need to know that. But congrats anyway.
Now if I could just shake this nameless feeling of dread that's suddenly come over me...
NO!
quote:Originally posted by lil'rhino: Congrats, doll! I myself am 44 years old & have never had a driver's license nor have I ever owned a car or any other type of internal combustion vehicle. Nothing beats the NYC public transit system!!!
He called me "doll."
Hee hee
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From: The Mansion | Registered: Mar 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Just being able to go to school and work on your schedule is liberating.
My aunt gave up her license when she was around 89. She had not been driving while she was recovering from some surgery. When she felt better she asked me to go with her. She was doing OK, although she kept pulling towards the side of the road. The kicker came when she was pulling out of a parking lot. There was a guy coming towards us, but he was far enough away that you could have pulled out in front of him. However, my aunt was a little slow and the other driver had to put on his brakes and honked at her. When we got back home, she handed me the keys and said that she is not driving any more. She had my dad sell her car.
Even though she gave up the car herself, she would at times miss her ability to just run to the store when she needed something.
This story makes me sad...
Yes, it is a little sad. But I am quite proud of my aunt for knowing that it was time to stop.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Now you can get your first speeding ticket. (Or maybe that was just me. >.>)
