Re: [lace-chat] RE: cars
G'day Jean & Lynne, Both my Father (86 next week) and MIL (81) have Renault Clio's. That's what I hired in the UK 2 years ago and it was great - far superior to the little one we hired in France (whose brand I've promptly forgotten. Unfortunately the Clio is not here in Oz. I drive a Mazda 626, which is exactly the same as a Ford Telstar and just love it. It dates from 1985 and is still driving beautifully. The smaller equivalent is the Mazda 323 (or Ford Lazer) which might suit your needs better. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: cars
Hi Jean, Both my Father (86 next week) and MIL (81) have Renault Clio's. They find them easy to get in and out of - MIL having had sciatic, back and sundry other mobility limiting probs, Dad being very fit for his age. Dad is over 6ft tall, MIL shrinking to 5ftish! I have driven Dad's and find it light and easy and comfy. I normally drive a Volvo estate. Worth considering the Renault as I have not come across any bad reports. Good MPG and it's a nippy enough little car round town as well as trundling along the motorways at a reasonable lick (so Dad tells me!!!). Good luck! Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: cars & memory loss
Many years ago, I lived in Dartmouth and took the ferry to Halifax to work every day. One day as I was half way up the ramp for the ferry back to Dartmouth, it struck me that a car I had passed in the carpark looked familiar. Of course it did, it was mine, I forgot that I had driven to work that day. As Margot Walker can attest, it is no small feat going the wrong way thru a crowd of 400 so that I could fetch the car. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: cars and etc
At 09:29 AM 2/25/2004, you wrote: Then just a few weeks ago here in Richards Bay I couldn't find my car when I came out of the supermarket I have trouble telling modern cars apart. When I had to get a new car, I ended up with one that had no special distinguishing marks. It took me a year to be able to recognize it in a parking lot. There were times I peeked in the back seat to see if it were mine. (There's a stuffed gorilla on the back seat--makes a good neck pillow on long trips. ) However, I remember leaving work one day, a bit late, and there was only one vehicle left in the parking lot -- a truck or van of some sort. I was rather stunned, but *sure* I had driven to work. Finally my brain kicked in, and I looked in front of that vehicle sure enough, there was my car. It's only times like this that I realize that I have a small car. It so much bigger than what I drove before that I don't think of it as small. At least that was much better than the time I left work late -- and there were NO cars left in the parking lot. That's when I remembered that DH had my car, and so I had to walk home since there was no one left at work to give me a ride. (As I remember it, it took over an hour to walk. Just before I got home, I passed a liquor store -- so stopped in and replaced my bottle of whiskey. The first bottle had lasted 10 years. I think this second bottle has been here about 10 years now, and is still half full. It should be getting very well aged. It was 20 year whiskey to start with.) After five years, I can now (usually) find my car in a parking lot. Of course, most of our parking lots are on the small size. Alice in Oregon -- where today's rain had thunder in it. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: cars & memory loss
Gidday Ruth and all, >>I have no known medical condition affecting my memory...but I regularly park my >>car and then have trouble finding it again!! About 35 years ago I came out of >>the supermarket and looked at the spot where I usually parked my car. It OMG I thought I was the only one who did that! I once did exactly the same thing at a local craft market in Melb, totally forgetting that I had brought my then-husband's car and not my own. I was about to call the police when I found it after 20 mins of panicking. And going to Aussie Rules football matches for years and years I have wandered around miles of parked cars in muddy paddocks, looking for my car. Then just a few weeks ago here in Richards Bay I couldn't find my car when I came out of the supermarket. It is white and of course so are half the other cars, and in South Africa car theft is rife, so you always only park where there are car guards to look after it for you (for a small fee). I totally mucked up which aisle it was in, and in the end had the car guards looking all over for me 'til the one who was standing near my car recognised me (I stand out being blonde and very fair skinned and with a shiny bald headed DH who deliberately shaves his head!). I'm sure the guys thought I was absolutely stupid. As for short term memory loss, I am fine but my DH is absolutely terrible. He cannot remember what he had for dinner the day before, has no memory of childhood birthday parties or outings or first day of school etc. which I think is really sad. His mum though is exactly the same - she rings and has a conversation, then rings you a few days later and repeats the exact same conversation. I thought it was age creeping up on her but apparently she has always been like that, so my DH must have inherited the trait I think. As someone said, its great for movies/tv shows because we can watch something over and over again and he has no memory of seeing it before, even if it was only a couple of weeks ago! Sometimes he gets all excited over a meal we have, and says oh you must make that again, and I say well duh darling we did have this 3 weeks ago you know!!! On the other hand, he can recite The Man From Snowy River from his head, and knows mathematical formula type things and chemical info etc. with 100% accuracy. Obviously has a brain that has huge capacity in scientific areas and zilch in other areas to compensate!!! Michelle Long an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa where I spent 6 hours working on Miss Channer's Mat yesterday, and can't believe how many pairs are on it already for such a small part having been done! Ian & Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
