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On Jun 30, 7:07=A0am, Phil W Lee  wrote: > Simon Brooke  considered Mon, 29 Jun 2009 > 11:15:49 -0700 (PDT) the perfect time to write: > > >On 29 June, 17:48, David Damerell  > >wrote: > >> Quoting =A0Simon Brooke =A0: > > >> >With the exception of one specific and well known loon, no regular > >> >poster could even remotely be described by any sane person as a 'car- > >> >hater'. > > >> I hope your "specific and well known loon" is Doug, not me, but either= way > >> you're missing one of us. > > >I certainly hadn't identified you as a car hater, but if you are one I > >apologise ;-) > > I'd call my feelings more along the lines of intense dislike rather > than active hate. =A0I drive (and have done for a living) but no longer > enjoy it in any meaningful way. > I reserve hate for the idiots who fail to drive them safely.

Well, you're more honest than most of the car-dislikers. You've just gone up, *very* slightly, in my estimation (i.e. you're no longer rock bottom), but I'm sure it won't last.