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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 24 May 2010 06:33 On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:34:55 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have" >>to drive, So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress! -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on 24 May 2010 06:45 "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:7clkv5189n8hfmsticc441tk3emkj0pef7(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:34:55 +0100, ChelseaTractorMan > <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >>>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have" >>>to drive, > > So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress! > -- Not true. It depends on where the person doing the job lives. They might live within walking distance.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 24 May 2010 06:51 On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:45:30 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have" >>>>to drive, >> >> So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress! >> -- >Not true. It depends on where the person doing the job lives. They might >live within walking distance. this was a specific instance, his wife would "have" to drive. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on 24 May 2010 07:17 "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:3gmkv5ph90c6nagheusfpieptdrqn5ktah(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:45:30 +0100, "Brimstone" > <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have" >>>>>to drive, >>> >>> So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress! >>> -- >>Not true. It depends on where the person doing the job lives. They might >>live within walking distance. > > this was a specific instance, his wife would "have" to drive. > -- If they were living in a different place she might have been able to walk to them.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 24 May 2010 07:30
On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:17:49 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have" >>>>>>to drive, >>>> >>>> So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress! >>>> -- >>>Not true. It depends on where the person doing the job lives. They might >>>live within walking distance. >> >> this was a specific instance, his wife would "have" to drive. >> -- >If they were living in a different place she might have been able to walk to >them. Don't know about you, but when somebody says "will I need to drive there?" one of the answers isn't "not if you relocate there instead". While it's true that is technically a possible solution, it falls outside the intended range of the question and is rather similar to the alleged Irish response to requests for directions of "I wouldn't have started from here!". -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |