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margaretclare

NAR wrote: »

Margaret, I don't doubt his driving skills, but unfortunately that might not stop some idiot pulling out on him unexpectedly. I'm sure we have all seen drivers that do daft things on the road!

We don't even have to go 5 minutes from home before we see that, but what I meant to say was that he anticipates, and that has avoided trouble on numerous occasions. Driving within the legal speed limits, we are always the slowest thing on the road. Just a couple of days ago, there were 4 lanes with very little traffic, and a taxi (supposedly 'professional' driver) decided to undertake - why when he had all the rest of the road?

Anyway, it's 4 weeks this week, so should be OK now.

pollypenny

Glad to hear your OH is on the mend, MC.

Kittie - so glad for you that your family are moving to the other side of the world! The US is bad enough!

donny-gal

margaretclare wrote: »

We don't even have to go 5 minutes from home before we see that, but what I meant to say was that he anticipates, and that has avoided trouble on numerous occasions. Driving within the legal speed limits, we are always the slowest thing on the road. Just a couple of days ago, there were 4 lanes with very little traffic, and a taxi (supposedly 'professional' driver) decided to undertake - why when he had all the rest of the road?

Anyway, it's 4 weeks this week, so should be OK now.

Why if you were the "slowest thing on the road", were you not in the inside lane? DG

seven-day-weekend

SKI-ed to Whitby today with a lady fromYorkshire who I met playing Online Scrabble. A bit ambitious from the Midlands for the day on the train - only had a couple of hours there, but still enjoyable.

It is the second time this lady and I have met, the first time we went to York.

Next time she is coming here on the train and we are going to show her the sights of Shropshire.

Still, had a lovely time even though we were not there long.

lilac_lady

MC - did your husband have a spinal fusion? Ihad one and had a plastercast from my chest to mythighs for 10 weeks. I'm surprised that your OH is able to drive already.

BTW, my spinal operation was a complete success and I wish the same for your husband.

NAR

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

SKI-ed to Whitby today with a lady fromYorkshire who I met playing Online Scrabble. A bit ambitious from the Midlands for the day on the train - only had a couple of hours there, but still enjoyable.

It is the second time this lady and I have met, the first time we went to York.

Next time she is coming here on the train and we are going to show her the sights of Shropshire.

Still, had a lovely time even though we were not there long.

Sounds like a very promising start to a relationship. Hope you both continue to enjoy each other's company and here's to many more lovely days out together. :beer:

DiggerUK

In my family, all of the first cousins are the senior generation.
No aunts, uncles, or grandparents left alive.

Had news that my cousin died yesterday, as she is not much older than me it has registered deeply; and she is the first of the senior members of the family to go.
..._

NAR

Quite right DiggerUK, get out there and enjoy yourself while you can. The saying is sooooo true - life is too short! :beer:

Errata

lilac_lady wrote: »

MC - did your husband have a spinal fusion? Ihad one and had a plastercast from my chest to mythighs for 10 weeks. I'm surprised that your OH is able to drive already.

BTW, my spinal operation was a complete success and I wish the same for your husband.

I remember my cousin being in a cast like that, although it didn't prevent her from getting pregnant
I've just been forbidden to drive for four weeks due to thoracic keyhole surgery, and I was very happy to comply as the medics took time, skill and effort to sort me out and not driving was my responsibility.

margaretclare

No, not spinal fusion. Decompression of spinal cord. It's 4 weeks ago.

Where we were exactly when the taxi-man undertook, was in the second lane from the left, at a part of the road where there are 4 lanes. We didn't want to take off on the next junction. We were driving at exactly the legal speed limit, that's why I said we were the 'slowest thing on the road', that meant that everyone else was exceeding the legal speed.