tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4660621165764568259..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91030989325630130712019-01-20T19:35:46.770+00:002019-01-20T19:35:46.770+00:00Another believer in seat belts here. When my daugh...Another believer in seat belts here. When my daughter was 17, while driving my car, she was hit nearly head-on by a driver trying to get past a stopped schoolbus. If she hadn't had the belt on, she would have died. Yes, she had incredible bruising from the belt (and her nickname became "Seatbelt,") but she survived. My car didn't, though.Anne C. in Bethesda, MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-15468913029134878172019-01-20T19:24:58.799+00:002019-01-20T19:24:58.799+00:00I grew up riding in and driving cars that never ha...I grew up riding in and driving cars that never had seatbelts installed. When my brother first told me about seatbelts, he indicated that only a few race car drivers used them, and the other drivers thought they were sissies. As soon as I had access to a car that had seatbelts, I began using them faithfully. Perhaps the Duke is of a similar age and experience but never got the lesson before.<br /><br />I have decided that my books are my property and if I dislike something in a book that can be eliminated without ruining the rest (and if not, why do I still own it?), I can use plain white labelling stickers to cover it. If it's a full page, I can tape a piece of typing paper over it, or even a Xerox copy of a picture I prefer. If it's a few lines of type, there is typewriter correction tape - do they still make that? I found some at a thrift shop and used it recently to cover some tiny drawings that annoyed me in a book I otherwise enjoyed.<br />It hadn't occurred to me to do that with the Mary Thomas book since I hadn't gone through it recently, but I might. By the way, I've heard that her publisher wouldn't let her do the scholarly thing and include the sources of her information, which she had wanted to include. He said it would never sell if it seemed scholarly. I can easily imagine that the cartoons were entirely his idea.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-48274636337891087362019-01-20T17:03:50.045+00:002019-01-20T17:03:50.045+00:00having had to see how someone looks after flying t...having had to see how someone looks after flying through a windscreen, I can only wonder at people not wearing seat belts at all times:( you can die without one, even if you have an accident at very low speed... or you can survive, but kill someone else in your car! and for the Duke - I think he should show more responsibility and ask someone else to drive - shouldn't be too difficult to find someone:( Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10795448803072467472019-01-20T14:43:59.306+00:002019-01-20T14:43:59.306+00:00I have become so accustomed to wearing a seat belt...I have become so accustomed to wearing a seat belt that if I even drive across a parking lot without one I feel untethered, as though I might fly out the door. The cartoons in Mary Thomas, while of the time, are horrible, and I didn’t intend for her to be my book. Just rambling. I know we have discussed Odham’s before, another early one for me, but not for the island!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10831149824445100322019-01-20T11:57:18.992+00:002019-01-20T11:57:18.992+00:00My seatbelt wasn't securely fastened one time ...My seatbelt wasn't securely fastened one time when I was in the backseat of a large van. Moments after getting on the road the driver had to make a very sudden stop which sent me flying across to the other side of the car while the other van occupants were barely ruffled. That's when I started being serious about a seatbelt. ChloeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-33819712563371256612019-01-19T22:21:55.225+00:002019-01-19T22:21:55.225+00:00I think i’ve read somewhere today — but I can’t fi...I think i’ve read somewhere today — but I can’t find it — that the police had to speak to him about not using a seat belt. That could mean that he was indeed deeply bruised, like your sister. Or that he doesn’t always wear one, like me.<br />IJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-43894280434843047752019-01-19T22:14:29.019+00:002019-01-19T22:14:29.019+00:00What I don't understand about the Duke's a...What I don't understand about the Duke's accident is how he was able to emerge unscathed, by his seatbelt, if by nothing else. My sister was involved in a collision some years ago and the deep bruising left by the seatbelt was very painful. How was he able to get back behind the wheel so quickly?shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.com