You just keep on trucking with that GMH status tank 'Statesman' of yours Foxy and tell others to make way for you.

Apart from the needless bulk, there are the inevitable oil leaks to worry cyclists when the rain returns. Exxon Valdez oil trails is a common problem of the General's large offerings.

otb,

Thank You for your concern about me and what I
will be driving in the future. My Birthday is
coming up in July and as I stated earlier my
husband wants to buy me a new car (my choice).
I haven't yet decided what it will be - but I'll
be sure to get your approval before I make the final
decision. I would hate to offend your sensibilities
in any way by making the wrong choice. Imagine
if I went for another "status symbol." Although I
personally would never have picked the Statesman as
a "status symbol," there's so many others on the market
to choose from if I really wanted to go down that route.
We bought the Statesman from a farmer friend who wanted
to sell it and it was too good a deal to pass up.
But each to their own. If you think the Statesman is a
"status symbol" - who am I to judge you.

See you on another thread

LOL, very foxy to twist it that way, but you have already admitted you own and drive the General's Statesman barge. Any wonder you hold up the traffic in shopping centre carparks. However it is those 'RVs', Suzukis and Hondas that are the problem and they must be controlled through special regulations you say. Typical Left - it is always someone else who must make the concessions. Do as you say not do as you do.

Ex-PM Julia Whatshername was similarly pretentious and hypocritical: one woman being toted around in GMH's showboat barge, and all the time claiming she was worried about the burning of fossil fuels and global warming.

Your husband is going to buy you a new car? Jolly good. Pleased to know that a man has finally become useful in some way for you, even if it is still his wallet that counts.

Foxy,

Thanks for an interesting thread, and my best wishes for your upcoming procedure. Take care, and keep well, dear lady.

OTB,

You are at times 'beyond the pale'.
Self-control has much to commend it.
You're 'playing of the man' would best be reserved for the Rugby field.
One word: Decorum.

Saltpetre,

You seem to do that yourself at times.

How anyone can possibly blame others for a minor hold up in a car park is beyond comprehension, but to seek more regulation of others while driving an enormous Yank tank that is only contributing to the problem is beyond the pale.

Insight doesn't come so easily to some and that includes 'White Knights' who come to rescue M'lady.

Dear Saltpetre,

Thank You for your well wishes.

As for otb's behaviour?

Shadow Minister once summed things up rather
aptly - words to the effect that having any
sort of a discussion with people of a certain
calibre was like playing chess with a pigeon.
They crap all over the board, and then delight in
wobbling around in it.

Although I must admit that the reference to my husband's
wallet was low and uncalled for, especially
when it's been my stable income that has seen us through some
rather difficult times for many years
during my husband's (he's an architect)
slack periods. We've a team - and always have been, and I
love and adore the man greatly. Totally inappropriate,
uncalled for, and low, by otb! (He seems to be taking a page
out of Clive Palmer's book here).

As for my car choice? - if I drove a Humvee - I could at
least understand the fuss.