Heartland

James Blast wrote:and the insurance... and the road tax... and...

and the repair... and the washing...
You're much better off without a car, unless you really need one. I'm getting scared just thinking how much this funking driving license cost me. I wasn't very good at it tbh and so had to take the exam 4 funking times.

Still haven't killed anybody though.

got a fulltime job
had money and needed stuff
never wanted to drive till I was 23
passed first time
now...
getting to work and back would be a nightmare, I'd need to move to HellTown!

libraries gave us power
cars give us freedom

Quiff Boy wrote:i was the 2nd year to do GCSEs

Me too - ahh, the class of '89...

Norman Hunter wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:i was the 2nd year to do GCSEs

Me too - ahh, the class of '89...

I was in the first year to do the "CSE" grade in Scotland in 1982 , when I left School in '86 they were scrapped.................what a fuckin' waste of that was then

Delilah wrote:

Norman Hunter wrote:Jesus - I remember mine back in the summer of '89...

C

1989? Were you even born then?Sorry Norman, I still remember my shock when I met you in Leeds and you turned up to be older than 17 years!


BTW, congrats, mr Zombie!

I did real O Levels too, in 1984. Guess what one of the set texts was in English Literature?


Get pissed in a field now Mr Zombie and don't move till September.

It's done. Gone. Over. FINISHED.

markfiend wrote:I did 'O' levels, not GCSEs. Fetch my pipe and slippers.

Hope your results are what you hope they are mr. zombie

i did o levels too.
mark , you dont look old enough .

nick the stripper wrote:

timsinister wrote:Good luck with your A-Levels, then.

You cruel bastard.

and after a levels you can go to uni and get pissed for another 3 years

Nice one Mr Zombie, go get yerself a vat of cheap beer, a park, and a few mates, and off you go....

O-levels. Yep. Or was it 16plus? Both in fact, 1985. Seems like yesterday.

nigel d wrote:mark , you dont look old enough .

Flattery will get you anywhere

Oh, I didn't congrat yet?

Here goes: Congrats!

EDIT RE the drivers licence thingy: I really don't get why you wouldn't want to take lessons, especially not if your parents are giving them to you. It's a very expensive thing to take those lessons yourself (around here they are at least - and mine were only partly sponsored), and it's something extra you have in life. Having a licence doesn't oblige you to get yourself a car, nor does it forbid you from being on public transport. I haven't had a car for years (actually I only had one for a couple of months, but that was because I wanted to have one), but it's always easy to be able to jump behind the wheel and get where you want to get quite quickly - though mostly I just use my faithful feet or a tram. Just do it, and forget it afterwards if you like to, but keep the paper