A few years ago, a friend at work had a problem while driving. He heard a noise, probably from the front end of his vehicle. Since he was driving a 60-foot articulated passenger coach packed to the gills with commuters, this could have been a real problem. It was. Though he didn't notice anything at first, when he made a simple lane change he
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I think - and this is just my perception - that being able to drive one's own car and feel the freedom of owning a fast-moving vehicle that seriously frees up your schedule for other (more important?) things is one of the many American Dream ideas that have been sold to us since the boom of the automotive industry.
Nailed it! Actually, some thinkers have gone even further:
The wonderful thing about the American middle class concept is its malleability, because it is almost entirely symbolic. You could be middle class, own an ancestral mansion in an old brick and fieldstone suburb, drive a Mercedes and send your children to an Ivy League school. Or you could be middle class, live in a dolled-up trailer home, drive a souped-up pickup truck, and send your children to a community college that teaches them how to milk hogs. The least common denominator is that you have to drive a motor vehicle, otherwise you can no longer perform this charade ( ... )
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Every time they make such announcements, people go insane and demand a return to former service, so we'll see what happens this time. Who knows? This time, they might actually do it, which would be the first time since Eyeman's 695 debacle in '99.
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