[Nick]

true the public transport for where i lived in MO was....well there wasnt any!!

However you guys dont get raped first on the price of learning to drive (we must now sit a minimum of 20 lessons usually priced around £17.50 ($35 each) so $700 to take lessons we then have to sit a theory test which i passed first time and cost me $40 for the pleaseure but if you fail you need to pay each time and keep sitting it till you pass. You then have to sit the practical test which will cost your around $160 and is the same that if you fail you pay each time you re sit.

Then you pass and you get raped on the price of buying a car you can get old cheap shit ones but if you want something half decent you pay out the ass for it. Then you need insurance which for young people in our country is a fucking nightmare. Some of my friends in america were driving 5l V8 trans am firebirds at the age of 17. Insurance here for that car for a 17 year old would cost about $2-3000 a year (yes your read that right).

Then you get raped on the price of petrol.

Rule Britania...

[s7eve]

Well you guys have described our public transport in major cities, where I live we have school bus, one taxi and a bus that leaves town once a day.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by garcia3441

Here you'd better have a gun. The neighborhoods that the outdoor courts are located aren't exactly the safest.

I played on many, and against a few dodgey looking characters but there was respect for the game and i never had any problems.

Also people didnt feel the need to destroy the baskets for the sake of it and they were always maintained.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

Welcome to almost every city in the US, Stitch. Our public transit, with a few exceptions (New York, DC, Boston... maybe Philly and Chicago) is abysmal. Utterly.

Yes, but my point is that this is negated by the relatively low cost of petrol, vehicles, learning to drive...

Over here BOTH are bloody expensive.

And what Nick said is totally right - the majority of state benefits go to people like the smackhead couple I followed walking home today - shouting and weaving , hitting each other and grinning their toothless smile. Creeps.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Stitch

And what Nick said is totally right - the majority of state benefits go to people like the smackhead couple I followed walking home today - shouting and weaving , hitting each other and grinning their toothless smile. Creeps.

lol so true

[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by Stitch

Yes, but my point is that this is negated by the relatively low cost of petrol, vehicles, learning to drive...

I wasn't disagreeing with you...

Just adding some commentary.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

I wasn't disagreeing with you...

Just adding some commentary.

I know, sweetheart.

I just didn't want some jumped 14 year old using it as a stepping stone to jump at me from. I know YOU weren't saying what you said to deflate my argument, but some others may have done.

[garcia3441]

Originally Posted by Nick

I played on many, and against a few dodgey looking characters but there was respect for the game and i never had any problems.

Also people didnt feel the need to destroy the baskets for the sake of it and they were always maintained.

That doesn't describe any of the courts here in Little Rock.

[garcia3441]

Originally Posted by Nick

you can get old cheap shit ones but if you want something half decent you pay out the ass for it.

[off-topic]A few years ago I bought a 1976 Reliant Scimitar on Ebay.

[garcia3441]

Originally Posted by Nick

true the public transport for where i lived in MO was....well there wasnt any!!

However you guys dont get raped first on the price of learning to drive (we must now sit a minimum of 20 lessons usually priced around £17.50 ($35 each) so $700 to take lessons we then have to sit a theory test which i passed first time and cost me $40 for the pleaseure but if you fail you need to pay each time and keep sitting it till you pass. You then have to sit the practical test which will cost your around $160 and is the same that if you fail you pay each time you re sit.

Then you pass and you get raped on the price of buying a car you can get old cheap shit ones but if you want something half decent you pay out the ass for it. Then you need insurance which for young people in our country is a fucking nightmare. Some of my friends in america were driving 5l V8 trans am firebirds at the age of 17. Insurance here for that car for a 17 year old would cost about $2-3000 a year (yes your read that right).

Then you get raped on the price of petrol.

Rule Britania...

Damn!!!