from the age of 13: driving tractors, prior to this: anything with an engine

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:40, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Tractors scared me when I was younger
their wheels are just so big.

Now that I'm older they just piss me off when I get stuck behind them on the road.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:47, Reply)

I've never had strong feelings about them!
Round here, farmers are usually pretty good at pulling over to let traffic past. It's the old biddies in their Micras who piss me off, pootling along at 40mph on a perfectly good road, with a queue of angry commuters behind.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:50, Reply)

It depended which farmer it was where I lived
the younger guys usually pulled over but the grumpy old twatbags never did, no matter how many people they were holding up. Dicks.

I hated Sunday drivers, I used to work a double shift in the pub and I'd have an hour to nip home and have a break between shifts, but I would always get stuck behind some stupid old couple who would drive at 20 and stop to point at bunnies, making a 5 minute journey take 20 minutes.

I love living in the city now.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Cities irritate me beyond measure, when trying to do a journey
It takes so long to get anywhere! Even tractors move at a faster average speed.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:55, Reply)

I walk everywhere in the city
or get the tram. I only rob Wiggy's car when we're leaving the city. I see so many angry commuters beeping at each other and driving like dicks in the mornings it makes public transport look slightly less horrific.

I walk to work accompanied by the magpies so it's a pretty stress-free journey.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:58, Reply)

If it's a short enough distance to walk
it's definitely the best way. I live nearly 30 miles from work but it's only about a 35 minute drive.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:59, Reply)

I just wish the trains were more reliable so that more people used them
it pisses me off how many people drive when they don't need to. I wanted the congestion charge to come into Manchester so that they would improve the transport links but all those people who drive the 5 mile journey to work voted against it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Was (still am) a petrolhead - tractors were the first thing I was allowed to drive
I did buy my first car when I was 14 though, although my parents sold it 4 months later when they finally found out I had bought it & was driving myself around (including to school).
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:51, Reply)

you're lucky you didn't get stopped by the police
or hit anyone.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:54, Reply)

I only drove locally on rural roads, the car was roadworthy and I didn't tear around like a boy racer.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:00, Reply)

doesn't make it ok
All the lads in the pub used to drink drive on the local roads because there weren't any coppers.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:04, Reply)

I didn't drink & drive. I'm not condoning what I did either.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:10, Reply)

sorry I shouldn't be so grumpy
I have to deal with people at work who break motoring laws all the time so it annoys me more than it should.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:15, Reply)

understandable

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:18, Reply)

I loved playing with Mecanos
specially if they had engines. It took a while for my parents to agree and buy me the first one, as they thought I (as a girl) wouldn't like it, and would be asking my father for help all the time. Bah.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:03, Reply)