What's the latest in people's lives?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:27 pm

Congrats, mwhittington.

And good luck Graham. Don't worry, If you put as much effort in to the test as that you have for the site you'll fly by.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:39 pm

Rochey wrote:Good luck, Graham.

14:32? Are they usualy that specific? I mean, could they not just say half two?

You'd think, but that's what they said.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:46 pm

GrahamKennedy wrote:
Rochey wrote:Good luck, Graham.

14:32? Are they usualy that specific? I mean, could they not just say half two?
You'd think, but that's what they said.

No license currently?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:10 pm

Was that to me, or Graham?

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:44 pm

Bryan Moore wrote:
GrahamKennedy wrote:
Rochey wrote:Good luck, Graham.

14:32? Are they usualy that specific? I mean, could they not just say half two?
You'd think, but that's what they said.
No license currently?

Nope. Never had one, I just used to bum rides off of Ian.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:59 pm

I've been to San Fransisco once before, Whittington. That sounds about right...

Good luck, Graham.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:06 pm

The closest I've been to San Fran was LA - more grime than Liverpool, and an oggin that looked about as inviting as the Irish Sea in winter. Not what you see on the postcards.

Good luck with the test Graham.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:23 pm

What percentage of people drive out there? In America obviously its much higher.

Blackstar the Chakat · Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:31 pm

I do. I have to drive to a school an hour away. How do you get around without a license? Take a taxi everyplace?

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:36 am

Bryan Moore wrote:What percentage of people drive out there? In America obviously its much higher.

Why obviously? Most everybody drives here. It's certainly rare to meet an adult who doesn't.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:38 am

ChakatBlackstar wrote:I do. I have to drive to a school an hour away. How do you get around without a license? Take a taxi everyplace?

Up to a mile or two, I mostly walk. From a couple of miles up to maybe 10, I would get a bus. Beyond that, a train.

Blackstar the Chakat · Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:52 am

GrahamKennedy wrote:
ChakatBlackstar wrote:I do. I have to drive to a school an hour away. How do you get around without a license? Take a taxi everyplace?
Up to a mile or two, I mostly walk. From a couple of miles up to maybe 10, I would get a bus. Beyond that, a train.

oh, that's right. England has the whole efficient train thing. The only passenger train I can think of in my area is that Amtrak to Chicago. I think it starts in Milwaukee, an hour south.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:43 am

I used to walk to my first job for the first year and two months. One hour to and one hour home. It was... fun during the Winter of 1997-98, when NH had bad ice storms. I could see icicles forming as I walked by them.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:16 am

GrahamKennedy wrote:
Bryan Moore wrote:What percentage of people drive out there? In America obviously its much higher.
Why obviously? Most everybody drives here. It's certainly rare to meet an adult who doesn't.

Well perhaps I was wrong about England, but most of my friends in Europe tend not to own cars, or if they do, share them in the flat they're living between 3 or 4 people. Mind you they are all urban areas, so I suppose thats no different than living in the city (my best friend in boston just bought a car after 3 years). But I also know my friend living in London (who is quite well off) for law school now, has yet to buy a car after a year, nor have the 2 girls she's living with (who have been there for 3). She indicated most of her friends tend to use public transportation as well. But again, I suppose that's just metro area. I suppose I made an incorrect assumption.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:40 am

Bryan Moore wrote:Well perhaps I was wrong about England, but most of my friends in Europe tend not to own cars, or if they do, share them in the flat they're living between 3 or 4 people.

I've never heard of anything like that in the UK; I can certainly imagine car ownership in the US is higher than here, but there are 33 million road vehicles in the UK, for around 40 million people. Car ownership is far from unusual.