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Circe
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"Mark ProbertDecember 24, 2002" <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> "Circe" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:GT2Gb.38915$BQ5.23535@fed1read03...
> > <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:08:36 -0800, "Circe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >Honestly, I can't imagine ANOTHER way of holding a cup of coffee
while
> > > >sitting in a car to remove the lid and add cream or sugar. What WOULD
> be
> > a
> > > >reasonable way of doing it, in your view?
> > >
> > > Placing it on the top of the dashboard of course - especially since in this case the car had
> > > been halted so she could do it to do it! (That is why the GS pulled into the space in the McD
> > > parking lot!
> >
> > The dashboard is not practical in many cars (certainly in none of mine).
> All
> > of them are too sloped or uneven and/or I could not reach a cup rested
on
> > the dashboard while sitting in my seat (IOW, I would have to take off my seatbelt and get
> > partway out of my seat to reach). I would NEVER have considered the dashboard as a reasonable
> > place to accomplish such a
feat.
>
> In a parked car, your point is irrelevant.
>
I'd sorry. I fail to understand in what way it's irrelevant. Whether the car is moving or not, the
dashboard isn't a reasonable place to set a cup of coffee for the purpose of adding cream or sugar
in any of my cars. Even when parked, I prefer to sit with my tush in the seat, not hovering six
inches above it so I can reach the dashboard (which is what I'd have to do in my minivan to be able
to reach the part of the dash that is flat enough to rest a cup on). And I really doubt most 79yo's
would be able to accomplish such a feat, whether the vehicle was moving or not. In my other
vehicles, the dashboard slopes, which was apparently the case in the car in this particular
incident. Again, whether the car was moving or not hold no relevance at all as to whether the
dashboard was a reasonable place to set the cup of coffee.
--
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in message news:[email protected]...
> "Circe" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:GT2Gb.38915$BQ5.23535@fed1read03...
> > <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:08:36 -0800, "Circe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >Honestly, I can't imagine ANOTHER way of holding a cup of coffee
while
> > > >sitting in a car to remove the lid and add cream or sugar. What WOULD
> be
> > a
> > > >reasonable way of doing it, in your view?
> > >
> > > Placing it on the top of the dashboard of course - especially since in this case the car had
> > > been halted so she could do it to do it! (That is why the GS pulled into the space in the McD
> > > parking lot!
> >
> > The dashboard is not practical in many cars (certainly in none of mine).
> All
> > of them are too sloped or uneven and/or I could not reach a cup rested
on
> > the dashboard while sitting in my seat (IOW, I would have to take off my seatbelt and get
> > partway out of my seat to reach). I would NEVER have considered the dashboard as a reasonable
> > place to accomplish such a
feat.
>
> In a parked car, your point is irrelevant.
>
I'd sorry. I fail to understand in what way it's irrelevant. Whether the car is moving or not, the
dashboard isn't a reasonable place to set a cup of coffee for the purpose of adding cream or sugar
in any of my cars. Even when parked, I prefer to sit with my tush in the seat, not hovering six
inches above it so I can reach the dashboard (which is what I'd have to do in my minivan to be able
to reach the part of the dash that is flat enough to rest a cup on). And I really doubt most 79yo's
would be able to accomplish such a feat, whether the vehicle was moving or not. In my other
vehicles, the dashboard slopes, which was apparently the case in the car in this particular
incident. Again, whether the car was moving or not hold no relevance at all as to whether the
dashboard was a reasonable place to set the cup of coffee.
--
Be well, Barbara
(Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [a quarter to 2] mom)
This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop:
"Custom fabracation" -- Auto body shop sign
Daddy: You're up with the chickens this morning.
Aurora: No, I'm up with my dolls!
All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful.
Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its
other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a
fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman