Not a TAR watcher, but I learned how to drive on a stick AND taught a couple of people how. It isn't difficult to learn. It takes an afternoon and a road with no traffic, which is how my father taught me. Or one night and an empty parking lot, which is how I taught Hubs.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Fred Pete - Mar 13, 2012 4:41:11 am PDT #18945 of 23273
Ann, that's a ferret.
Theodosia - Mar 13, 2012 7:24:21 am PDT #18946 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The other important thing about teaching stick-shifting is that it shouldn't be the instructors car. That way they can remain calmer.
lisah - Mar 13, 2012 8:59:53 am PDT #18947 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
everyone who tells me it wasnt hard to learn to drive stick learned as a young adult! I have been driving the easy way for 20+ years! It will not be easy for me to learn a whole weird way!
But i would if i were cast on TAR!
Theodosia - Mar 13, 2012 9:05:12 am PDT #18948 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
lisa, don't forget that you know how gears work on a bicycle AND you can play instrument(s)! All of which will help!
And FWIW I didn't learn stick until my late 20s w/o those advantages.
Toddson - Mar 13, 2012 9:19:19 am PDT #18949 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My mother once tried to teach me to drive a stick shift on her car (MGB, fyi). After a series of lurching around the parking lot, she cried "my baby!" (referring to the car) and cancelled the lessons.
In later years, when she asked me why I'd never learned to drive a stick, I told her I was just naturally shiftless.
Liese S. - Mar 13, 2012 10:01:54 am PDT #18950 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I would have to learn how to drive stick and I would need to learn to ride a bicycle. I would be fine jumping out of planes and whatnot, and then I would be standing next to my bike crying. Oh, and to scuba. I can't dive. I'm naturally buoyant.
Liese S. - Mar 13, 2012 10:06:20 am PDT #18951 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The other thing is we're pretty good these days about travel and navigating and everything, but that all depends on us having portable internet access everywhere we go. I was less calm in the travel days before that was available, and I would be less calm if it was taken away from me.
ALSO how insulting is it to have an Italy driving-centered episode which is the FORD product placement episode? Really?
Lee - Mar 13, 2012 10:33:24 am PDT #18952 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The Voice: I felt sorry for Sara (h?) and the curly haired baker guy last night. They might as well have had "cannon fodder" or "red shirt" stamped on their foreheads.
le nubian - Mar 13, 2012 10:43:14 am PDT #18953 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right?
I loved the sandwich guy. He was outgunned for real, but he seemed like a really cool dude and his singing "partner" seemed to love him to death.
Lee - Mar 13, 2012 11:26:14 am PDT #18954 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
He did seem very cool.