Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:02:26 -0800
Reply-To:     t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bus smashin' wife
Comments: To: Steve <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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---Steve <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET> wrote:
>
> Mary Anne,
>
> There's no doubt in my mind that men have done far more damage to
vanagons than
> women, and much of it when they thought they were "fixing"
something.  :~).
> Don't let those bullies push you around!  In fact, men are far more
crash-prone
> drivers than women...just ask the insurance industry...they used to
offer lower
> rates for women for this reason.
> steve
>
USED TO is the key here.  USED to be that macho young men smashed up
more cars.  Now, last I checked, young 'I own the road' women have
taken a slight lead.  Times change.

TBill


> Steve Caslowitz wrote:
>
> > I am the wife who smashed the side of the blue '88 Westy.
> >
> > Please excuse me if this subject has been discussed before, but I
would
> > like to know if anyone has compiled stats on who is more likely to
smash
> > the bus: husband or wife? I refuse to believe that wives are more
likely to
> > get into accidents, but since this bus-smashing incident I've had
to endure
> > several stories about "The time my wife smashed <insert your vehicle
> > here>."
> >
> > Mary Anne Caslowitz
>

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