Makes sense, but don't want to consider how much extra petrol would be for 20 days per month for this car as well...<smile> Anyway, have got 'til tomorrow morning to make up my mind/decide, so let's see... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: toni kruger To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:55 PM Subject: [blindza] Re: Transport stuff - possible arrangement Hi Jake, I have to say this sounds like an excellent offer to me. R2000 / month is not that much to pay for transport. I mean, its money, obviously, but my transport is around R1000 a month anyway. And lots of other people pay a lot more - e.g. if they drive to pta from jhb or whatever. It also sounds as though this might well be an arrangement that could be lasting and fairly reliable, assuming that it works for you. And I agree about it being a confidence builder for yr employer. ...smile. Anyway, that's my 2c. Toni Kruger freeflyflow.design Cell: +27 83 387 0815 www.freeflyflowdesign.co.za A member of: www.consultwomen.co.za "Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person." Rachel Naomi Remen "Sun is shining, weather is sweet, Makes you want to move your dancing feet..." Marley - "Sun is shining" On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Jacob Kruger <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ok, aside from a couple of possible, somewhat informal arrangements with friends where 2 people are offering to make adaptations to their routines a bit to try help with my transport requirements - not sure that either of these would be perfect since it would partly require them to work around parts of their own routines, which would maybe make it harder to make this last permanently/consistently as such - my employer actually phoned me this afternoon and told me their one driver has offered to use the informal taxi system to come to my place in the morning, and we'd then use my car to get to the office, and my car would stay parked there during day, and in evening/afternoon, we'd use it to come back here again, and the driver would then again use the taxi system to get home himself - so my car would still be here at night, in my own garage, etc. etc. Only real issues is the direct cost of this would be basically R2000 for the driver per month, as well as then, obviously, petrol costs, maintenance costs for the car, etc., and I'd first have to make sure it was mechanically sound enough to be used on a normal, daily, commuting basis, whereas it currently only really gets used occasionally for either going out, to the shops, or for longer trips down to coast etc. Thoughts/opinions on this option? I haven't heard back from soccerMom.co.za via email as of yet, and might still phone them, just in case, but I sort of need to make up my mind whether or not to at least try this arrangement for now, by tomorrow morning. Suppose, at least this would be a sort of confidence builder for my employer etc., if that makes sense, and would also definitely make the driver sign something like a responsibility agreement, in that I wouldn't hold him responsible if something went wrong, unless he'd specifically caused it, in which case, then definitely. Like said, thoughts? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'