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Ed Pawlowski

On 8/26/2017 10:19 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:41:34 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 8/26/2017 8:54 AM, graham wrote:
>>> On 2017-08-26 4:51 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think I would want a 'driver' like thatÂ* I don't drive now
>>>> as much as I should.Â* I drove for many years with no problems but
>>>> now?Â* DH prefers to take his car and since we just about always go
>>>> everywhere together since he retired ...Â* I took mine out this morning
>>>> for the first time in a few weeks, but I got him to drive back.Â* This
>>>> is really bad!Â* If, for any reason he is off his feet, I will need to
>>>> drive my carÂ* I really must start driving more
>>>>
>>> Dad was in hospital during the Suez Crisis and Mum had been learning to
>>> drive. Petrol was rationed and learners were able to drive without a
>>> driver accompanying them. She eventually got her licence but as soon as
>>> Dad recovered, she never drove again.
>>
>> If you go back to the 50's and even into the 60's, many women did not
>> drive. One car was sufficient and dad took it to work. Rarely did a
>> woman actually buy a car. Now, almost half the new car buyers are women.
>
> That's not true... far more than half the new cars are leased.
>

Duh, women lease them too.