> On 29 Aug, 07:45, Doug riseup.net> wrote:

>> On 28 Aug, 09:54, Fod googlemail.com> wrote:
>>

>>> On Aug 28, 7:40 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:

>>

>>>> I am sorry you appear to be suffering from the credit crunch and
>>>> high fuel costs but surely that is a very good reason to modify
>>>> your lifestyle, particularly the car dependency aspect.

>>

>>> the next day Doug wondered why tesco only had empty shelves and no
>>> lentils from far off places....

>>

>>> Whats going on he cried out, where is the food.

>>

>>> Seems the truckers have all quit he was told. And without trucks...

>>

>>> Gulp said Doug... suddenly wishing people had gone on ignoring him
>>> rather than listen to his simplistic and foolish views.

>>
>> There is no requirement for truckers to also be motorists

> You seem to have a different definition of the word motorists from the
> rest of the world.
> Trucks do have engines you know...
>
> and I

>> suspect that many are not since they spend so much time in their
>> cabs, or at most they are very infrequent motorists.

>
> Someone once claimed they could show how a trucker could avoid having
> to drive to work ( which most of them do).
> Sadly that someone failed to put up and had to instead shut up...
>

>> Just because Vince has made himself utterly car dependent doesn't
>> meant that others have too nor does it mean that I am dependent on
>> motorists for my food. Long before the car was ever dreamed of food
>> was transported.

>
> Oh wait. He's no longer shutting up. Does that mean we're going to
> see that report?
> Or are you hoping that we'll stop pointing out the major flaw in your
> stated plan?
>
> Rember that food transport by horse caused a lot of deaths...
>