On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:17:09 -0000, "Mal"
wrote:

Every winter that I have had to use public transport to get to work, I have
had 3 or 4 bad colds, and at least 2 days off work. Every year I had to
drive, I had no colds at all.

Both Capitol and you seem to think it is a bad thing to get a cold and
challenge the immune system. Britain has the highest rate of childhood
asthma in the world! We need to stop using crap like antibacterial
washing up liquid and eat a peck of dirt a day. (Actually, a peck
might be a bit too much, but you know what I mean.)

Not only does public transport strengthen your immune system for later
life when, faced with things like cancer or other horrid diseases,
we're all going to need a healthy immune system, but also you get to
mix with other members of society and have to adapt to their funny
little ways, just as they adapt to yours. This is another healthy
aspect which Britain is missing more and more. And we all know what
huge problems we have in Britain trying to establish a cohesive
society, when that daft old bat Thatcher tried to pretend there was no
such thing.

Moreover, on public transport, especially trains, you can read a book
or the newspaper (and get up to date on current affairs), you can do
some work, perhaps write a novel. Cooped up in private cars we are
continually faced with danger, it is unhealthy, antisocial, dangerous
to kids and the elderly and costs the NHS millions to patch up all the
injuries cars cause. Sure, lorries also cause accidents, but most
lorry drivers have had to have extra training to drive their lorries
and are more responsible drivers by and large (excluding white van
man, of course - they should all be dragged to the side of the road
and bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe).

MM