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Thank you Justi
for your compliments.
posted by
Greenfields
on October 7, 2006 at 2:34 AM
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Greenfields
I really enjoyed this post. It was so colorful. Your writing is so visual. I love it.
posted by
Justi
on October 6, 2006 at 7:03 PM
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Good post
and you set a good example. I enjoy driving the back roads which offer a bit of a challenge especially in the rainy season when one had to have 4x4 permanently engaged
posted by
Tanga
on October 6, 2006 at 5:31 AM
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Good post
and you set a good example. I enjoy driving the back roads which offer a bit of a challenge especially in the rainy season when one had to have 4x4 permanently engaged
posted by
Tanga
on October 6, 2006 at 5:31 AM
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Noisy traffic
I don't like the noise of traffic, or the pollution that fouls the air. I understand that, for some, a car is a necessity but I prefer to walk, or to take public transport if my destination is more than a few miles away.
posted by
AbsolutelyPositive
on October 5, 2006 at 12:31 PM
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I love driving fast..and I have a nice little sporty fast car (photo posted
on Mr Tanga's post). Here in Zambia I get frustrated though. The normal rule is stay left slow drivers and pass on the right. Well, here in Zambia everybody stays on the right and you have to pass on the left. This is very confusing at times. Especially when we just came from SA, I was used to it because these rules were adhered to in South Africa but not here in Zambia. Sometimes they move over to the left but otherwise you have to wait and see what they are going to do and if they do not move you pass on the left. Then we get the blue taxi busses that just drives in front of you or decided to turn somewhere without an indication. Really frustrating. 
I wish I can be like you and just calm down and not letting it get to me! Well done!
Mrs Tanga
posted by
Tanga
on October 5, 2006 at 10:53 AM
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Writers Journey
thanks for sharing. Yes, a rosary sounds a little dangerous. Since you enjoy classcial music, that also helps. I listen a lot to Sufi music while driving (Abida Parveen from Pakistan). Deep breathing sometimes keeps me calm (when I remember to deep breathe). I picked up a great tape years ago whiel taveling. Its called the A-Z of spirituality. Wonderful stuff to lisen to!
posted by
Greenfields
on October 4, 2006 at 11:47 PM
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I enjoyed your post
Sometimes I pray the Rosary while I drive (which is a repetitive prayer involving the use of a string of beads) -- I do this not so much for my state of mind while I am driving, so much as for the sake of my state of mind once I get out of the car. But I have found that this does have a calming effect on my driving. One problem though, sometimes the rosary beads get wrapped around the steering wheel or caught on stick for the turn signal or windsheild wipers. I think it is a good idea to pray while I drive, overall, but I also don't want my prayers to make me in need of more prayers after I wreck.
posted by
writersjourney
on October 4, 2006 at 8:58 AM
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robdon67
Well done!
posted by
Greenfields
on October 4, 2006 at 3:44 AM
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i love driving too..
though over the past 5 years I've lived in the inner city and haven't owned a car (have hired one when needed). In terms of doing something about matters I take seriously - I nominated to pay some extra so my electricity is derived from ecologically friendly resources which I'm proud of though it's just a drop in the ocean.
posted by
robdon67
on October 4, 2006 at 3:21 AM
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