I checked that I wouldn’t ride in one; but actually it would depend on where – through complicated traffic? on a marked routine route from one end of an airport to the other? that’s two different answers; and also on when – when the things have been around a while longer, if reports on their function seem generally good at the time then I expect I’d eventually become more willing.
It also would really depend on what the alternatives are. Waiting ten minutes longer for a human-driven taxi? Taking a fifteen minute walk in comfortable conditions when I’ve got the time? Fifteen mile hike at ten below zero F with a 40MPH wind?
Not an area I’m familiar with. Is traffic generally going slowly enough that accidents aren’t likely to do much damage to a passenger properly belted in?
Because if we’re talking about something like 390 around Rochester NY at rush hour: hell no. Not until they’ve had a lot more practice at this.
It never ceases to frustrate me how alot of people can’t seem to see the distinction that spacing makes, and the difference between one word and two (as in “cannot” vs “can not” per the latest Poll, or “everyday” vs “every day”).
Most egregious may be people who write that they want to be “apart of something” when they mean that they want to be a part of something, which is almost exactly the opposite.
I recall seeing somewhere that strangers on elevators tend to arrange themselves like the dots on a die, which maximizes the distance between people. So four people on an elevator would typically arrange themselves with one person in each corner, which would mean some people would be closer to the door than others.
ETA: And regarding the pronunciation of “buoy”, for the longest time I thought the Lifebuoy Soap featured in A Christmas Story was “Life Boy”.
I think this is true, but it also depends on where people go by the order they enter. If you are the first one on, do you move to the back, or stay by the buttons? When someone else comes in, do you move? But generally, people will put as much distance between themselves and strangers as possible, so scattering to the corner makes sense. It would be weird if you went to a corner and someone comes on after you and stands right next to you. The rules are similar in the men’s room with the urinals.
Woah, you’re right! Me and my dirty mind… well, it’s been decades since I’ve seen the original and when I pulled her up online I only saw a clipped version without hands. Naturally I just assumed…
My first husband and I visited England and Wales one time. In Caernarfon, we stayed at the Black Boy Inn. The signs showedba black boy on one side, and a black buoy on the other.
I vaguely getting a tiny allowance when I was young. I feel like it wasn’t that regular. By the time I was 12 I had a paper route and wasn’t looking for an allowance.
I had a small allowance. And I was expected to help out around the house. The two were not linked. I sort of remember the allowance petering out over time, and I just asked for money when the need arose.
At some points I had an allowance. And at some points I got paid for doing certain chores (routine chores I didn’t get paid for.) And I can’t remember for sure whether during some of my childhood both of those things happened, but I think that they did.
I can not lift a car under my own power
I cannot pick up an apple if I choose.
Merriam Webster says there is no difference, Sometimes one sounds a little better than the other, but that is about it. Just like cannot vs Can’t.
As for allowances- my Mom was a waitress so we spilt her tips- my Dad got the dimes, I got the nickles. She worked in a burger joint, so 10% was more common- but I was young. Later i got a dollar a week. But altho no specific chores were laid out that i had to do in return, if I didnt do what chores i was asked to do, the allowance could be withheld.
- yeah, traffic goes very slow.