I'm finding coordinating changing gears and indicating very difficult. Multitasking is not my forte.

That's why I drive an automatic! And I always will. Manuals are so futzy!

Joe, Joe, Joe. Are you seriously trying to make us believe that you can't come up with something to sign so disturbing and yet innocuous to sign on these cards that the recipients end up losing a few nights' sleep? And under any name you want since they won't know who it's from in the first place? It's like I don't even know you.

You know, that option never occurred to me. I guess I'm just not invested in these people.

But you've given me some food for thought for the next card. Something like "Another year survived, despite my best efforts. Signed, A Secret Admirer."

I figured you would be signing them "Clark Kent" or "Bruce Wayne". OH, or "Chuck Norris".

Joe, Joe, Joe. Are you seriously trying to make us believe that you can't come up with something to sign so disturbing and yet innocuous to sign on these cards

This was my EXACT thought. MM, good lord, you are the quickest wit in the world...come up with a signature 'thing' you sign and let the poor mundanes who have not one fraction of your internal life get on with their faux clever fun. Pity them. But don't punch them...that way lies restraining orders.

Go you Jars with the driving! And the not maiming.

AND, while I enjoy the occasional automatic transmission, I have this irrational fear of people not learning how to drive a manual. What happens if you are in an emergancy? And the only thing that will safely drive you out of the burning warehouse is a manual transmission forklift? Be prepared!!

I have this irrational fear of people not learning how to drive a manual. What happens if you are in an emergancy?

Or more importantly - what happens if you're on TAR and have to drive with a manual transmission??

Seriously. My mean & rotten parents forced me to learn on a manual and take my driver's test on the manual and I can't thank them enough for doing so.

In fact, I never drove an automatic until I had to move someone's car in college and I sat in the driver's seat completely perplexed for a few minutes.

In fact, I never drove an automatic until I had to move someone's car in college and I sat in the driver's seat completely perplexed for a few minutes.

I had the same experience! I was all, "what? you're supposed to start it in Park? not Neutral?"

In fact, I never drove an automatic until I had to move someone's car in college and I sat in the driver's seat completely perplexed for a few minutes.

Nodding. Me too.

I feel like such a bad mom that I haven't taught K-Bug how to drive a stick yet. I just don't know anyone other than my dad who has one to borrow.

Or more importantly - what happens if you're on TAR and have to drive with a manual transmission??

If I knew I was going on TAR I would TOTALLY learn how to drive a manual! I hate it when people on the show don't know how to drive one. I mean, you have at least a few weeks if not more to prepare, right? It's the one thing you can be almost positive you'll need to learn to do.

Teaching my DH to drive a manual was one of the more painful experiences I've had. (I worried about my poor little red car so much!) He's never reached my level of expertise, and he conceded as much when we had to shift with our opposite hand when driving in New Zealand.

eta: Neither of us ever mastered the switch of the indicator/wiper blades on the steering column in the antipodes.