Reply #15: I live in what was once a "farm town' but... [View All]

[Breeze54]

now has been built up by the yuppies....
They widened Main St and cut down tree's and now all the cars go 60 mph in a 30 mph zone!
Argh!!!
We don't have bus service here but there are buses and trains in the next towns over
to my left and right. I have to have a car if I want to go to a movie or a mall.
Edited to add: We do have a senior/disabled van for free rides to the store and doctor though.
And the driver's are volunteer's! Works pretty good!
We don't have malls like that here but our schools are small and friendly!
The teens use the town hall basement as a teen clubhouse!

My son, 17, hasn't had to cut the grass because the owner has a gardener to do that.
But my son shovels snow, takes out the trash, does the dishes, does his own laundry,
works about ten to fifteen hours a week in a grocery store we can walk to and he helps
out cleaning the house and with other chores, as needed!
It hasn't hurt him one bit and I do not feel guilty!! :)

He wanted to get his license and of course, wants a car but he soon realized
that in order to achieve those goals, he needed to save some money.
He ignored me on that for awhile.
Then when he realized that I wasn't making the arrangements for the driver training school
or paying for it , that he finally took action! (stopped buying video games!)
He has paid for the school and he's in his 3rd week of classes right now.
He's learning responsibility!
He just got promoted and a raise at his job too!
He's been employed there for three years this August!
I'm very proud of him!
He doesn't "feel like a slave"...he feels like a member of this family!

We ALL pitch in....together!

And to the OP..."a tiny 98 mercury tracer"...What? Tiny??
I owned one of those, mine was a wagon.
They are mid-size, 6 cylander and comfortable and are not gas hogs!
At least mine wasn't but I wouldn't call them tiny! :P

My newest car is TINY!!! A '97 Honda Civic Del Sol!
Looks like a roller skate!
:rofl:
I need to get a car a little bigger...this one may go to my son! ;)

Nice post!!!
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