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[besubversive]

To and from Elizabethtown:

Christ's Home Office. Jesus' HQ? No, I guess it's just the main office of Christ's Home for Children. Also, Transport for Christ. Mobile Chapels, a bunch of them. Churches on sixteen wheels. Heals on wheels? Kneels on wheels? Tills on wheels? Religious zeals on wheels? Ooh, really reaching now.

I want a pig and an alpaca and a sheep, and I want them to be best friends.

Saturday, I lunched with Megan, a friend I hadn't seen in a while. We gabbed for hours. She kindly taught me to play chess. That takes care of one item of the List of Things To Do Before I Die. When I got home, I did a whirlwind cleaning of my bedroom and a bit later, Megan came over with a bottle of wine. We watched Fur: The Diane Arbus Story (awesome) and then listened to records, mostly Heart.

Hey, when you find out that someone in their mid-20's (or beyond) does not know how to drive, does it change your opinion of them at all? (And I don't mean city people who choose to bike or use PT, or someone who has a condition like epilepsy that keeps them from being able to drive. I strictly mean folks who just chose not to learn or not to get a license at the culturally traditional age to do so.)

Comments

[angela-la-la.livejournal.com]

I've known a bunch of people in their 20s+ who don't/didn't drive. Two of my friends just never learned how, and I have to admit I think it's a little neurotic--they have partners to drive them around, but just being afraid to learn is an alien concept to me. Most of the people I know learned to some extent when they were teenagers and just never had a need to get a license because of living in the city. Eventually I think all of those people did; I think one person because he had shared custody and had to drive to another city regularly, and another because his partner thought it was dumb that he couldn't drive her to work when she had knee surgery. I still know some holdouts, though, although the lure of Philly CarShare is lowering that number.

[besubversive.livejournal.com]

I TOTALLY understand choosing not to drive if you live in a city, but it seems almost irresponsible not to make sure you know how to, you know? I guess it's the worrier in me? I can think of a bunch of scenarios in which not being able to drive would further complicate some kind of emergency situation. I'm all for preparedness. Plus, I'd feel bad if I had to rely on other people to get me place that were not in my vicinity, not reachable by bike or PT. Or if I could never take my turn as designated driver.