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poliphilo We backed out of our drive. There was a crunch of fibreglass on fibreglass. We stopped and pulled forward- and found we'd gored the flank of a car that was parked across the street.
It was the last straw. We've been bumping into rather too many things lately. We're dangerous. Next time it could be an animal or a child. So we decided to stop driving.
And having had the thought, we acted upon it. Motability- from whom we rent the car- will be taking it away on Monday. Ailz's driving licence has already gone in the post.
Bridges burned. No way back.
And now we have to accommodate ourselves to public transport. Taxis, buses, trains...
It's no hardship (we tell ourselves). We've lived without a car before. All we have to do is get ourselves back into the mindset. One of the reasons we moved to a town was because we saw this day coming...
By the way, the neighbour whose car we damaged was very understanding. We sorted out compensation. Then we had a get-to-know-you session which concluded with us offering to babysit her cat and she offering to babysit ours....
It was the last straw. We've been bumping into rather too many things lately. We're dangerous. Next time it could be an animal or a child. So we decided to stop driving.
And having had the thought, we acted upon it. Motability- from whom we rent the car- will be taking it away on Monday. Ailz's driving licence has already gone in the post.
Bridges burned. No way back.
And now we have to accommodate ourselves to public transport. Taxis, buses, trains...
It's no hardship (we tell ourselves). We've lived without a car before. All we have to do is get ourselves back into the mindset. One of the reasons we moved to a town was because we saw this day coming...
By the way, the neighbour whose car we damaged was very understanding. We sorted out compensation. Then we had a get-to-know-you session which concluded with us offering to babysit her cat and she offering to babysit ours....
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