MellowYellow wrote: When I was a kid, my mom didn't drive! Any and all dentist or doc appts had to be taken by cab! Gosh, WHY didn't my mom learn to drive anyway? Woulda saved tons of money!
Maybe not.....when trying to convince my 94 yr old mom to give up her car, and driving, I showed her that she could take a lot of taxi cab rides before even approaching the cost to maintain a car, put gas in it, pay insurance, and prorate the cost of buying a car over 10 years. Figure it out sometime.
Of course, that won't work in the mountains where a taxi looks like an alien species.
navycpo7 wrote: I have to say though Naples Italy was the best as far as a thrill ride.
One of the few places around the world that I saw my life flash before my eyes while riding in a taxi! The Italians are almost as crazy as the Greeks when they get behind the wheel! The concept of lanes is lost on the Italians, they drive in every direction where ever their cars will fit in to the traffic pattern. The only rules seem to be that it's illegal to strike anyone with your vehicle and when the Carabinieri standing in the middle of the road hold up their lol ly pops you stop and pay the "fine."
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
lol At least they have paved roads. Try a taxi anywhere in South America to get to an outer region. Same speed whether paved or unpaved.
IN NOVEMBER 2014, WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ONE-THIRD OF THE SENATE! DONT BLOW IT!
“When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex. Only whit man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.” Indian Chief Two Eagles
The worse place is in Turkey. I learned to look out the side windows so I wouldn't get scared! I've heard from many others, that most Middle Eastern countries are scary.
Puerta Vallarta gets my vote for "close your eyes and hang on tight". We ended up taking the bus (which wasn't much of an improvement but at least we'd die with more people).
