Thanks everyone!
I went to an all girl school. A boy in the house was, like, NEWS.
I went to an all girls school that went co-ed my junior year. Those poor boys.
My school had NO driver's ed. We did have home ec though.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 03, 2007 9:04:18 am PST #2722 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Zenkitty - Jan 03, 2007 9:16:29 am PST #2723 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My mom made me learn to drive on a stick shift. I think I still could, even though I've driven nothing but automatics for years. Mom also insisted that I learn how to change my own oil and tires and such like. She'd had too many mechanics try to rip her off because they didn't expect a woman to know anything about cars. Little did they know, Mom was a former race car driver.
Kat, double squeee! Twins, how cool.
Kat - Jan 03, 2007 9:20:11 am PST #2724 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Okay, Zenkitty. That's so cool! What kind of cars did your mom race?
juliana - Jan 03, 2007 9:20:45 am PST #2725 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
She'd had too many mechanics try to rip her off because they didn't expect a woman to know anything about cars.
My mom had the same thing, Zen. I even know how to wire up a dragging muffler now! (Very important skill when most of your driving is on gravel.)
When I was 16, one of my friends had to call me from the gas station because she didn't know how to fill the gas tank. I was, to say the least, boggled.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2007 9:24:18 am PST #2726 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Little did they know, Mom was a former race car driver.
That's awesome.
I took driver's ed on an automatic (so I could pass the test!) but my parents had standards, so that's what I really learned to drive on. I don't drive at all now.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:25:41 am PST #2727 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
she didn't know how to fill the gas tank
This happened to me and my sister in a rental car once. We were all excited 'cause Mom said she was gonna rent us a "Sports Car" to drive home from Iowa and when MK got back to the apartment and I asked, "What'd we get?!!" She replied, "I got a bitchin' Fiero." In a very-not-pleased-about-it tone. The thing didn't come with an owners manual! We were at the gas station for a half an hour before someone pulled in who knew where the fuel door button was. Anybody want to guess?
Tamara - Jan 03, 2007 9:29:02 am PST #2728 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
bon bon - Jan 03, 2007 9:29:49 am PST #2729 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I guess driver's side, near the door and floor. Is it a car from the late seventies/early eighties? There were some design elements given the gas crisis that made it harder to steal gas.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:37:23 am PST #2730 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think it was probably an '84
ETA: It was on the driver's side but not near the floor.
Zenkitty - Jan 03, 2007 9:55:19 am PST #2731 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Mom raced in rallies, I don't know what kind of car they drove. That's the kind where you're competing with other teams on a kind of scavenger hunt. She drove and her best friend Mac navigated. He was a cool English dude. I had a crush on him.
Here in New Jersey, it's illegal to pump your own gas. When I first moved here from the South, I couldn't believe there were grown people who didn't know how to pump gas.