N drops me off at my favorite coffee-shop and drives a way to work. What I love about N is that he is completely unpretentious. It would never occur to him, for example, to buy a new car for reasons of prestige. A car is supposed to take you places, so who cares what it looks like, what model it is, and how much it costs?
I’m not completely unpretentious myself, to put it mildly, and I really admire people who are devoid of all pretentiousness.
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I’m not unpretentious either (clothing, I’m dying to move to a nicer apartment), but I’m with N. regarding cars. My goal is to imitate a professor in my department who bought his car as a grad student and it died a month after he was promoted to Full.
By the way, one of the things B. and I are considering is moving downtown. The downtown of you city looks really nice. Is it feasible moving there if you learn to drive?
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I am on my 3d car in 31 years, having bought the first in 1981, so I am way behind that professor. I claim there are another 15 years in this one, though. New cars, and fancy cars, are one of the greatest wastes of money there are.
Good idea on learning to drive and moving to St. Louis, very good … or does winter ever make it impossible to get from there to IL?
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We don’t even get any snow here, so that wouldn’t be a problem. I do want to learn to drive and the idea of moving to the city is so attractive that I try not even to think of it too much. 🙂
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Well, I think Z and I just found the best incentive for you to learn how to drive. It is not that hard, once you get used to it ( and I learn at 32). Just make sure the only thing you focus on is the road (I have never used my cellphone while driving, even if it’s hands free).
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That will be the hardest part because I disconnect from reality and fly away into my inner world very easily.
But I believe I can still learn. Thank you for the support!!!
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