Old Gold Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Driving sucks. If I didn't live within walking/cycling distance of a shop, I'd live off the land. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Quick Q: did anyone else catch the mental old guy sitting on the bench outside Soul (about 6pm tonight) with a guinea pig on his chest? It literally blew my mind. I couldn't speak for about 10 minutes. Just this old Captain Birdseye looking guy merrily stroking a fluffy little guinea pig. Fuck "Guitar Wifey," Guinea Pig Man is the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Why don't you people drive?? If I didn't have a driving licence I would be completely stranded and, quite frankly, regard myself as a loser. What do you do if you need to go to B&Q or do a big Tesco shop?taxi, or sponge a lift and offer money which you hope will be rejected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Note to self: Always accept money should I ever meet Jake and he asks for a lift, just to piss him off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Quick Q: did anyone else catch the mental old guy sitting on the bench outside Soul (about 6pm tonight) with a guinea pig on his chest? It literally blew my mind. I couldn't speak for about 10 minutes. Just this old Captain Birdseye looking guy merrily stroking a fluffy little guinea pig. Fuck "Guitar Wifey," Guinea Pig Man is the future.He's been there for a year or two now, I think, but I hadn't seen him in a while so it's good to hear he's back! I hope it's still the same guinea pig. He had it on a lead in Union Terrace Gardens once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 What the hell?! Why haven't I seen this wondrous man until now? Life now feels suddenly enriched. White guinea pig with a light brown splodge in the middle, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Why don't you people drive?? If I didn't have a driving licence I would be completely stranded and, quite frankly, regard myself as a loser. What do you do if you need to go to B&Q or do a big Tesco shop?I honestly don't know how I would ever afford to pay for and run a car whilst I'm living in Aberdeen and paying more rent than my sister does, and she lives in LONDON. That's not even factoring in fluttering away 50 or 60 quid a week on lessons to be able to actually drive.I live in the city centre, a minute away from Morrisons and 2 minutes away from work. Fuck cars. If I'm going to succumb to owning any kind of transport, I'm going to buy a boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Why don't you people drive?? If I didn't have a driving licence I would be completely stranded and, quite frankly, regard myself as a loser. What do you do if you need to go to B&Q or do a big Tesco shop?I have a pink license but I don't own a car and don't plan to for lack of £££. Buses are the future. Or just walk, B&Q is only about 30 minutes from my house. And I don't buy heavy thingz.I honestly don't know how I would ever afford to pay for and run a car whilst I'm living in Aberdeen and paying more rent than my sister does, and she lives in LONDON. That's not even factoring in fluttering away 50 or 60 quid a week on lessons to be able to actually drive.I live in the city centre, a minute away from Morrisons and 2 minutes away from work. Fuck cars. If I'm going to succumb to owning any kind of transport, I'm going to buy a boat.If you're being quoted £60 for a driving lesson you're being well and truly fucked over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I've found that it's around £30 the hour. So £60 for 2 hours seems to be about right. If it's 2 hours he's going for. Hence why I've never bothered either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Yeah, I was basing it on the going rate being around £25/£30 p/h. Most folk seem to do a couple of hours a week, right? I don't really care. I live close to everything I need.Anyhow. My dad is 53 and never driven, and he's a fucking baller. I think I'll be alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I get the thought of "I should probably learn to drive" every couple of months, but then I snap out of it and think, "Fuck that, I'll just get a segway." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 A Segway would be so great. I could ride it to my boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 If you live in the centre of a city driving seems more trouble than it's worth.My Dad doesn't drive, I've never had a single lesson. Never been a problem for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I've found that it's around £30 the hour. So £60 for 2 hours seems to be about right. If it's 2 hours he's going for. Hence why I've never bothered either.Fair enough. I got lessons for £24 a week, since I only got one hour a week. All you need really. I was learning for fucking ages like, since I was/still am a shit driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I begrudge paying however much it costs for a provisional when the only benefit of it is that it would allow me to have a slightly smaller purse.Not strictly true...the other obvious benefit is that it will allow you to learn to drive, which in turn will mean I stop stalking you at bus stops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Not strictly true...the other obvious benefit is that it will allow you to learn to drive, which in turn will mean I stop stalking you at bus stops.You can't put a price on this benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 How the fuck is discussion on Jake's choice if ID, or not having a driving licence still going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 How the fuck is discussion on Jake's choice if ID, or not having a driving licence still going on?Because people who don't drive are losers - big. fat. losers. that need to be exposed to the rest of the world as the rubbish people that they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 If all these non-drivers drove, your driving would become alot more stop-start as the roads would be chaos. They are rammed enough as it is. You should be thankful us athletic and good-looking eco-warrior pedestrians and cyclists aren't clogging up the roads and pissing off the lazy polluters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 If all these non-drivers drove, your driving would become alot more stop-start as the roads would be chaos. They are rammed enough as it is. You should be thankful us athletic and good-looking eco-warrior pedestrians and cyclists aren't clogging up the roads and pissing off the lazy polluters You hippies and your cycling already interrupt my hydrocarbon-fueled rally to work - if you add in the number of pedenstrian crossings around town (why the council just can't scrap all crossings and operate a 'dash for life' motto in the vein of 'the survival of the fittest' is beyond me) the Aberdonian tree huggers already slow me down. I would gladly offer lifts to the car-less population of Aberdeen for compensation but given the fact that unhygienic passengers are allowed nowhere near my lovely leather interior and most followers of green peace reek of cheese and B.O it isn't a sustainable model....On a serious note, if the busses around town didn't cost so much and smell of said cheese and B.O then i might be inclined to use them more often. As it stands i'd rather be enclosed in my German-designed wonderland of a car and mock the poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Is the 'mark forum read' button gone completely or just hiding somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 It's underneath the 'Home' button in the top left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Bloody hell, I've clearly gone blind. THANKS WOODS BRO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I'm 29, don't drive and have never had a lesson. I grew up in the country and everyone learned to drive pretty much immediately. But not me, cos I'm too legit to quit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I'm not allowed to drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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