> >I gave up my old gas guzzler for an economy fuel model 6 years ago. > > Yes, but... Here, you buy something that doesn't play merry hell with > gas consumption, you're buying a *foreign* car... You're not *just* > unpatriotic (by saving money on the basic price as well as > maintenance); you're contributing to the downward spiral of the economy > (car factories closed, people "let go", with their pension plans down > the corporate plumbing, etc)... You're *vermin*... and your car is > likely to be "keyed" -- the paintwork gouged by the honest-to-God > Chevrolet and Ford keys... by the true patriots... :) DH has had his > car re-sprayed twice; I don't bother (I don't bother to wash the car, > either; it moves *without* washing, doesn't it?)
Ouch. I had no idea people did this sort of thing... Amazing. > I don't, especially, like Kerry as "the opponent" but, by golly, his > idea that we ought to get ourselves independent on the energy front, > and do it, at least partly, by conservation (like: making > fuel-efficient cars *here*) is, definitely, *sound* (to my 2 remaining > brain-cells)... As with the taxes, I wouldn't mind paying the price, > if I knew, for certain-sure, that "greater good" would follow... Yep. Also, really, why aren't there any *small* cars in the US? My boyfriend just recently told me that all the sign "compact" on parking spaces essentially means "non-SUV". I remember seeing lots of good small cars in Europe (and I'm not talking about the Maluch, Tamara <g>), and I'm always amazed at the sight of all the Americans driving to work alone in their huge 5-person cars. And the society just seems to be *so* driving-oriented... In Poland there are small grocery stores scattered everywhere and we'd just go do some small shopping any time we needed anything (5-10 minutes walking from home and back, or just on the way from work or school, also walking, by the way), but in the US there aren't any small grocery stores - it seems like you just have to drive to a huge one. And some roads don't even have sidewalks! Weronika To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
