Remember when I was hit by a car? Yeah… Since then, I’ve been seriously considering buying a car. I don’t make a lot of money and I’m terribly cheap but, there has to be a point in your life when you say “the money isn’t worth this hassle”. Like Daisy did years ago, I ran a pro/con list of whether or not I should have a car: Pros I would save soooo much time getting to work — over 30 minutes, each day, in each direction. Using very basic math, this means that I can save about 6h of my life each week Freedom! I would be able to go to the farmer’s market, the grocery store, Dollarama, the mall all without having to wait for the bus, transfer to the train, etc. There are so. many. pedestrians hit by cars in Calgary. To be honest, I’m quite nervous at certain intersections, solely because drivers here don’t seem to understand that pedestrians have the right of way. Also, right-on-red? What is this — target practice for pedestrians?! I wouldn’t have to wait for the bus. As an aside, if you’re going to run two different buses on a major throughway, […]
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