Dave Head wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 12:11:47 GMT, wrote:


Dave Head wrote in message
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On 09 Aug 2003 17:40:05 -0500, Jordan Bettis
wrote:

writes:

Nope, but I was just pointing out the economics. People complain
that
cabs are too terribly expensive, but they don't consider the fixed
costs of the automobile if they use that automobile extremely
infrequently. If they still prefer the car that's their choice but
they can hardly say its because of money.


People who post drivel like this are impractical people who do
nothing
around the house. Can you imagine going to Home Depot in a taxi?

Home depot dosen't deliver large items? I'd go somewhere that does.

Yes they do, but they do it on Tuesdays an Saturdays. You either have
to
take
off work to meet the truck on Tuesday, or possibly put off a trip to
something
fun on Saturday, plus wait 'til Saturday. Its much more satisfying to
have
your 4' X 8' sheets of plywood on the roof of the Jeep the same night,
with no
waiting.

Dave Head


That was the problem with the old-fashioned urban delivery systems.
Women
would put on their white gloves, take the trolley downtown, and then have
to
be there on Tuesdays or Saturdays when delivery would take place. It
assumed an upper class lifestyle where women stayed home all day or the
maid
took delivery for you.

Plywood on the roof? Dangerous. I put it inside.

Not inside a Jeep Cherokee, I think.

Dave Head



That is one reaerson why my wife and I compromised on a Suburban: big
enough for plywood and not open to the elements, so the dogs can travel in
comfort. Otherwise, a sedan and a pickup would have been in order, both
4-wheel drive, however, due to the remote location of the place we live 6
months a year. Very remote.