Once you get used to it, it just becomes second nature.
That's what everyone tells me. But they all learned when they were young people! I am old and unable to easily learn new things.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Jul 22, 2009 11:14:56 am PDT #315 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:15:56 am PDT #316 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I am old and unable to easily learn new things.
It might actually be easier since the whole driving thing isn't new. Just learn someplace where there is plenty of space in front of you (behind you in reverse), especially in a car with a lot of power.
-t - Jul 22, 2009 11:16:59 am PDT #317 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't remember what the deposit is, but I bring the empties back so it's moot at this point.
lisah - Jul 22, 2009 11:18:06 am PDT #318 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I do have a good teacher lined up (boyfriend refuses to teach me himself and that's probably a good thing).
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:20:44 am PDT #319 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I told this story - my parents met back around 1960-ish when my dad was teaching driving and my mom was a student of his. She just could not master the stick shift on my dad's car so he bought his very first car with an automatic transmission so he could teach her to drive.
I found stick shift on cars very easy to learn, as I had much previous experience driving tractors.
Amy - Jul 22, 2009 11:23:35 am PDT #320 of 30001
Because books.
Speaking of things you never see any more, just recently I saw a MILKMAN delivering milk. In glass bottles. wow
Aw! We had one when I was a kid!
We also had a Charles Chips guy for a while.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:24:38 am PDT #321 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
When I was in high school I taught a girl how to drive stick. I learned to drive stick shift, well driving as well, in a Honda Civic Si. It really wasn't the ideal car for learning a stick shift in when you're also learning how to drive.
It was very handy to know when I did highway work and had to drive tractors and 10-ton trucks.
juliana - Jul 22, 2009 11:28:28 am PDT #322 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I taught 3 boyfriends how to drive stick. I learned how on a '79 Volvo - that thing was a fucking tank. Steel body, cast-iron engine.
I miss driving stick - it's part of the reason I love riding my motorcycle so much.
Vortex - Jul 22, 2009 11:32:53 am PDT #323 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
. It can be a pain in stop and go traffic though.
which is largely the reason why I never learned, I live in a city. Even driving on the highway is stop and go around here.
Amy - Jul 22, 2009 11:35:41 am PDT #324 of 30001
Because books.
I would still like to learn to drive a stick. I'm sort of amazed I never did, since at least three of my friends had old Beetles when we were in high school.