child car seats - taxis

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

tried opening that and it did nothing, you tart

it works for everyone else that has it, must be you

[flashy]

Originally Posted by Neil

it works for everyone else that has it, must be you

probably, this pc is naffed

[jaysay]

Lets hang on a minute here, there is all this talk about child seats in cars, taxi's and the like what ever happened to walking ocassionally with kids in the pram, you don't see many Silver Cross's on the go these days. When I was a kid (I know it was a long time ago), there was no need for car seats, because nobody had a bloody car, and as for taxi's, they were unheard of in this neck of the woods, London maybe, Accrington no chance. There is a lot to be said about todays standard of living, everybody wants everything today, whether they can afford it or not, thats why we live in a plastic society, and there is so much debt. My mother always had a saying, which I'm sure she didn't realise it was coined by William Shakespeare "niether a borrower nor a lender be" that as always been my yardstick, because I hate owing anything to anybody

[cashman]

ya got it in one jaysay,whilst advancement n progress are great things, many old values i'e. responsibility being one -have eroded.

[keetah992000]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Lets hang on a minute here, there is all this talk about child seats in cars, taxi's and the like what ever happened to walking ocassionally with kids in the pram, you don't see many Silver Cross's on the go these days. When I was a kid (I know it was a long time ago), there was no need for car seats, because nobody had a bloody car, and as for taxi's, they were unheard of in this neck of the woods, London maybe, Accrington no chance. There is a lot to be said about todays standard of living, everybody wants everything today, whether they can afford it or not, thats why we live in a plastic society, and there is so much debt. My mother always had a saying, which I'm sure she didn't realise it was coined by William Shakespeare "niether a borrower nor a lender be" that as always been my yardstick, because I hate owing anything to anybody

it wasnt possible to walk home with the amount of shopping we had and a pram - her partner had left her - she had no money and i went with her on the prtence of getting a couple of things for myself but was actually planning on getting a months shop for her

i dont drive i dont have a car i only get buses if i really need to and trains are a treat
so what if i get the ocasional taxi because i cant carry the shopping home - how many people get in their car to go to the corner shop ?

i have never said in any of my posts that " taxi's should have carseats in them" i just asked

"what on earth are mums who dont drive but need to shop supposed to do

is there no law that states that taxis should have seats to accomodate young children ?"

it was a question not a statement - but then i thought oo wouldnt it be nice for a mum with a young child to be able to get in a taxi and feel as safe as she should in this day and age?
how many people put their child into a car to drive round and get them to sleep ?
i take my nephew in the pram round the block (anybody living on the grange in ossy may have seen me or my mum and thought we were casing the joint after the tenth time round the block lol)
i dont really care for myself - i dont have my own children - my sister now has a car with a carseat - just wondered how other people felt that is all
bitter, selfish,narrowinded and arrogant are the words that come to mind
yet again people judge and refuse to see the bigger picture.

so before you make a statement - why not ask a question first?

maybe i should have started this thread with the question

are there any mums/dads out there whose life might be improved if there were taxis available with child car seats in them ?

[lindsay ormerod]

Tell me about it keetah, you can tell those who haven't had to juggle small child, buggy and shopping can't you ?

[keetah992000]

cant you just - hey maybe we should ring them next time we want to go shopping without the young uns' lol