...because I have to be up in six hours and counting to drive the girlfriend to the airport - oh, yes, honey, me finally getting a driver's license is turning out to be such a convenience* - so watch the SiteMeter tick, tick, tick. We've already informally passed 100,000 - but what the heck, a milestone's a milestone.
Moe
*Worked in NYC, lived two blocks from a train station. What did I need a car for?
(pause)
Yes, yes, it's a necessary thing to have.
I've lived in Seattle since before I was 16. I'm over 30 now and I still don't even /know/ how to drive. The bus system is that good.
Posted by: Catsy | July 24, 2004 at 06:04 AM
Congratulations on the milestone. (and the drivers license)
Posted by: Jon Henke | July 24, 2004 at 08:54 AM
Cars are overrated. Well, except for taxis.
Does your girlfriend drive, Moe? If not, at least from my experience, you might must want to give in now and buy one of those small chauffeur hats...
Posted by: Edward | July 24, 2004 at 09:29 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Dave Schuler | July 24, 2004 at 10:08 AM
Congrats, Moe!.
If not, at least from my experience, you might must want to give in now and buy one of those small chauffeur hats...
I second Edward's suggestion.
Posted by: von | July 24, 2004 at 10:12 AM
I grew up in NYC, never got a license, lived in Seattle, never got a licence, currently live in Boulder (which also has an excellent bus system), still don't have a license (should get one sometime, though).
Of course, on the downside, I can't presently walk, only hop/hobble, and am now having trouble with that, with gout spreading to the second foot. :-(
Posted by: Gary Farber | July 24, 2004 at 10:24 AM
If not, at least from my experience, you might must want to give in now and buy one of those small chauffeur hats...
And you could always play "Rudolfo and the Contessa".
Posted by: Dave Schuler | July 24, 2004 at 10:52 AM
"Does your girlfriend drive, Moe?"
Yes. Oh, yes. That was the issue, you see. Something about how annoying a six hour drive to western PA can be when only one person has a driver's license, especially when the other person wants to put his nose in a book and not talk to the driver...
But I'm much better now.
Moe
PS: As for chauffeur hats and contessas, gee, thanks for reminding me that my girlfriend's spending the next week at a engineering conference. :)
Posted by: Moe Lane | July 24, 2004 at 11:13 AM
moe, as always you pleasantly surprise me. a walker and mass trans rider? a boy after my own heart.....next thing i know you'll be talking about your nifty birkenstock sandals :)
Posted by: wilfred | July 24, 2004 at 06:16 PM
especially when the other person wants to put his nose in a book and not talk to the driver...
Ah, but there's a solution to that one, Moe. Have you considered reading aloud? That's what my wife and I always do on long drives. We've read a lot of great books together that way.
Posted by: Dave Schuler | July 24, 2004 at 06:22 PM
"moe, as always you pleasantly surprise me. a walker and mass trans rider?"
Every little bit helps. Besides, we need the gas for the tanks. :)
Moe
PS: As to reading aloud in the car... I probably should have tried that, but it all work out in the end. I'll say this for multihour car rides every couple of months: we don't have an issue with lack of communication.
Posted by: Moe Lane | July 24, 2004 at 06:36 PM
I didn't move to NYC until I was 25 so I had a license by then, which I've continued to renew; but I never had a car until a month ago, after we'd resettled on the Bronx/Yonkers border (in the upper floor of a house with a driveway) and my job moved to New Rochelle (with parking paid for by my boss, who owns the building). I still love not needing a car when I go into The City, but it's pretty neat to finally have one as well.
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | July 25, 2004 at 08:27 AM