Grown Men who can't drive. Do you find them weird?

fr336 · 21-02-2014 01:28AM

Lou.m wrote: »

We are all sexy in our own little ways.

Yes and you have plenty of said 'little ways'

Lou.m · 21-02-2014 01:35AM

fr336 wrote: »

Yes and you have plenty of said 'little ways'

Okaaaaaay not gonna lie I'm a little creeped out

You know me ?

Nah you don't know me....I think

fr336 · 21-02-2014 01:36AM

Lou.m wrote: »

Okaaaaaay not gonna lie I'm a little creeped out

You know me ?

Nah you don't know me....I think

Sorry, I was just being absurd for my own vague amusement (borderline flirting with a username) Apologies!

Demonical · 21-02-2014 01:41AM

I'm female and can drive. I used to go out with a lad that couldn't drive and I didn't like it and I doubt I'd do it again. I hated having to be the one who drove everywhere. Sometimes it is nice to just be able to hand the keys over to someone else everynow and then. Personally I love just getting in the car (or bike) picking a destination and heading there. People who don't drive are missing out on so much in my opinion; It's great independence to be able to drive. I'm surprised at the amount of people who can't actually drive thesedays (for non valid medical reasons), both male and female. I think its something everyone should know how to do.

Femme_Fatale · 21-02-2014 01:45AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

In whcih case |I get a bus/metro..?

Yeh I know, but was just using it as an example of how driving is not laziness, just being practical.

Lou.m · 21-02-2014 02:08AM

fr336 wrote: »

Sorry, I was just being absurd for my own vague amusement (borderline flirting with a username) Apologies!

lol

vermin99 · 21-02-2014 02:15AM

Then you have the 16 year olds booting around the country drawing silage every june on massive tractors, remember one situation last summer not to be given myself praise or anything ,came up a main street in kilkenny and met this one half way up, I hopped off and asked would she back up , she said no, then went on to say I was to young to be driving a tractor of that size and all this.hopped back up and backed the whole way down the street again with a load full of silage , sickened the oul hag , ahhhhh the were the days bakin june heat

so moral of the story , not all young fellas are bad drivers

ronjo · 21-02-2014 09:24AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Meh, you object to people saying it's weird not to drive (and I agree with you) by making a passive-aggressive comment about drivers then yourself.

I understand defensiveness but not throwing insults back.

It's grand if a person doesn't drive and doesn't wish to drive and doesn't find it inconveniencing and doesn't need lifts from others a lot... but please don't tell people who do drive and would prefer it to not driving, how they don't need it.
If you want to travel a lot off your own bat and public transport isn't great, and the big one: if you have kids, it is necessary.

Whatever floats your boat/drives your car/cycles your bike.

That's a very wide fence you are sitting on

Tipsy McSwagger · 21-02-2014 09:27AM

Can anyone explain this €6000 a year figure to keep a car on the road?

jimgoose · 21-02-2014 09:29AM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Can anyone explain this €6000 a year figure to keep a car on the road?

Costings like that usually incorporates a fair whack of money - around four or five thousand Euro - for depreciation and parking charges, IIRC. Not everyone has that.

SFS 505 · 21-02-2014 09:37AM

There is probably something wrong with a person who goes through life never learning to drive. Maybe it's excessive fear or anxiety of some sort or a lack of courage.

jimgoose · 21-02-2014 09:43AM

SFS 505 wrote: »

There is probably something wrong with a person who goes through life never learning to drive. Maybe it's excessive fear or anxiety of some sort or a lack of courage.

Ah now, that's not fair. Some people just have no interest in it, and don't give a rat's patootie about cars.

enda1 · 21-02-2014 10:04AM

jimgoose wrote: »

Ah now, that's not fair. Some people just have no interest in it, and don't give a rat's patootie about cars.

Not many who drive have an interest in driving. It's a tool used to:
-bring you somewhere
-bring your family somewhere
-carry heavy things
-increase your time with your family
-avoid exercise
-etc.

jimgoose · 21-02-2014 10:06AM

enda1 wrote: »

Not many who drive have an interest in driving. It's a tool used to:
-bring you somewhere
-bring your family somewhere
-carry heavy things
-increase your time with your family
-avoid exercise
-etc.

Indeed so, but I should say they have more interest in it than people who don't drive at all!

enda1 · 21-02-2014 10:09AM

jimgoose wrote: »

Indeed so, but I should say they have more interest in it than people who don't drive at all!

I don't quite understand you

Just because you have something as a necessity, doesn't mean you have some interest in it outside of it's necessity. I have a toothbrush because I was to keep my teeth clean. I have no interest in my toothbrush.

ronjo · 21-02-2014 10:11AM

enda1 wrote: »

I don't quite understand you

Just because you have something as a necessity, doesn't mean you have some interest in it outside of it's necessity. I have a toothbrush because I was to keep my teeth clean. I have no interest in my toothbrush.

I have absolutely no "interest" in driving but it gets me to work 30 mins quicker than the bus, I can bring my daughters places and dont have to rely on the wife or mates to take me to golf.
Its just a means to an end.

SFS 505 · 21-02-2014 10:12AM

jimgoose wrote: »

Ah now, that's not fair. Some people just have no interest in it, and don't give a rat's patootie about cars.

It's a logistical tool that can make life a lot easier. For most people it's crazy to never learn to drive.

Chazz Michael Michaels · 21-02-2014 10:13AM

HooohRaaah wrote: »

Personally I find it odd if a grown man can't drive. Would anybody else share that opinion? There just seems to something really strange if a man is over 24 years of age and can't drive.

I'm 33 and I can't drive. But I've lived in cities all my life. I don't need one.

Caliden · 21-02-2014 10:31AM

Aside from it being weird, people who don't know how to drive don't seem to understand the cost of motoring or the effort required in some cases.

They don't see anything wrong with asking for a lift into the city centre at 5pm on a Friday evening.

I'm not a scabby ****er but it's laughable when they think €5/10 euro would cover a trip to Galway and back.

If they actually made an effort and offered 20 I would probably refuse it and get them to get me a burger in Enfield just because at least then I know they're sincere and have a clue about the cost that comes with driving a car.

HooohRaaah · 21-02-2014 10:35AM

Would an attractive woman in her twenties who lives a good social life have zero reservations about a man who doesn't drive?

I don't think so.

enda1 · 21-02-2014 10:36AM

HooohRaaah wrote: »

Would an attractive woman in her twenties who lives a good social have zero reservations about a man who doesn't drive?

I don't think so.

What the hell does that mean?

HooohRaaah · 21-02-2014 10:38AM

enda1 wrote: »

What the hell does that mean?

Edited now. You knew what i meant. You're just trying to be smart.

Safe to assume you don't drive as you've 4 buses going into town close by?

maguic24 · 21-02-2014 10:38AM

No, I don't find it odd at all, especially for city slickers. I mean if you grow up in the middle of nowhere with no public transport then you'll learn to drive out of desperation but if you're born and reared in the city, you have less incentive to learn how to drive.

FollatonWood · 21-02-2014 10:39AM

No, not at all.

I'm a 27 yr old female and I never got around to learning because I never had to. I moved to Dublin at 17 and I've just never needed a car. I had a few lessons back in the day and I will learn properly at some stage, but in terms of the money and time investment it's just not a priority at all right now.

HooohRaaah · 21-02-2014 10:42AM

So the people who say "I live in a city so I don't have to" Are you people happy sitting on packed bus and having to stand waiting on it in occasional wind and rain?

enda1 · 21-02-2014 10:43AM

HooohRaaah wrote: »

Edited now. You knew what i meant. You're just trying to be smart.

Safe to assume you don't drive as you've 4 buses going into town close by?

I actually didn't, I thought it was a new phrase I hadn't heard before.

I do drive. What makes you think I don't?

Tipsy McSwagger · 21-02-2014 10:45AM

I'm 36 and studying for the theory test at the moment. I'm sick of asking for lifts to places or coming back from the supermarket with a heavy bag of groceries. I've always had a fear of learning to drive but its now time to overcome that fear.

FollatonWood · 21-02-2014 10:46AM

HooohRaaah wrote: »

So the people who say "I live in a city so I don't have to" Are you people happy sitting on packed bus and having to stand waiting on it in occasional wind and rain?

The only time I get the bus is to work and to be honest I quite like the journey - I just zone out with my earphones in. Other than that, I walk everywhere.

I'd go for either rather than being stuck in traffic!

HooohRaaah · 21-02-2014 10:56AM

enda1 wrote: »

I actually didn't, I thought it was a new phrase I hadn't heard before.

I do drive. What makes you think I don't?

Your name is Enda.

HooohRaaah · 21-02-2014 10:58AM

FollatonWood wrote: »

The only time I get the bus is to work and to be honest I quite like the journey - I just zone out with my earphones in. Other than that, I walk everywhere.

I'd go for either rather than being stuck in traffic!

Ah yes, every single time we get into the car there's traffic :rolleyes:

I say it's great walking everywhere in this beautiful Irish weather

Grown Men who can't drive. Do you find them weird?

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