Mary

From: "Kelly Lenhart" <mina@...>

<<On the other hand, I'll be really glad not to take three kids on the city
buses.>>


Funny how families are so different. Tara just turned 17 and was on a city
bus for the first time in her life last week. In my 45 years, I've only been
on once, and oddly enough, it was when I was 16.

Mary B

Kelly Lenhart

>Funny how families are so different. Tara just turned 17 and was on a city
>bus for the first time in her life last week. In my 45 years, I've only
been
>on once, and oddly enough, it was when I was 16.
>Mary B


It is funny. I've ridden buses of and on all my life. But my hubby never
really had to and really hates them. I don't mind them at all, just not
with all the little ones.

Kelly

Andrea

I said that people are defensive, not offended. Meaning they have to tell
me how they couldn't live without their cars and justify all the times they
use it and all the places they have to drive.

I don't care. I really don't. I'm not always sure why people do this. I
understand that most people need cars, really *need* them to get to work
and get around. Many cities are really hard to get around by bus or foot or
bike, and in a rural area you don't get around at all without a car. I
don't want one right now and have made choices that make not having a car
easier.

We belong to a carshare with (so far) only one car, and it is parked about
5 kilometres across the bridge from my house,so I don't use it much. Some
big cities like Toronto and Montreal have carshares with cars throughout
the city. The best thing about belonging to the carshare is we have a
corporate account with a car rental company that gives us reduced rates and
preferred service. We use that frequently when the weather is good. We go
camping, to my family's cottage, the zoo, my in-laws in Cape Breton, etc.

I'm almost sure we will buy another car in the near future, when the
benefits outweigh the costs.

Donna Andrea in Nova Scotia