Tag: car
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Car Insurance, Teens, And Just How Far Parental Responsibility Extends
Insurance is one of those dirty words that you only have to deal with once you grow up – kind of like calories and tax – and as a serial procrastinator, I always found that it was best left well alone until I needed it. But from my perspective as a parent, it is an…
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When Your Kids Think They Can Tell You How To Drive
The old man and I are going on a five-day mini break this week. He will drive, because he always drives when we are in the car together and I am having my lips surgically sewn together, temporarily, to avoid any mistimed comments about his driving. I gave up the driver’s seat a while ago…
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Driven Insane By Kurt Cobain.
So I got a new motor this week. kurt cobain (Photo credit: seattlewhat) I can’t say it was a purchase that the old man took lightly – as many of you know, there is very little manoeuvrability within the old man’s pockets – but after fifteen years of nagging and providing him with several very…
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The Impending Trials Of Being A One Car Family
A Batmobile replica on display at Six Flags Great America, in front of Batman: The Ride. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We sold the Batmobile this week. Parking in Gotham was just getting too hard, even though the old man did shed some unwanted Christmas kilos walking from whichever parking spot he could find in the next…
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The Secret To Getting Through Monday
Sir Bob’s words, “Tell me why, I don’t like Mondays’, were the first words to assault my mind yesterday. A sign. Not good. I rolled heavily out of bed and slithered into a mass of hormonal dourness on the floor. Music has that ability to capture those special moments. Some days just start badly, particularly…
Louisa Simmonds 