I do have a good teacher lined up (boyfriend refuses to teach me himself and that's probably a good thing).
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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 11:18:06 am PDT #318 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
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.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 22, 2009 11:37:03 am PDT #325 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Really? I've never seen a manual rental car.
Manual transmission rentals are the norm in the UK, that's for sure. Rocking a stick shift and clutch on the left is wild!
Toddson - Jul 22, 2009 11:37:08 am PDT #326 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Vortex, the milkman was from a dairy in Maryland. Had milk and assorted dairy products and eggs. But a MILKMAN!
And I've never managed to learn how to drive a stick shift - my mother tried to teach me once on her MGB ... after about 15 minutes of grinding gears, she cried, "my baby!" (NOT referring to me) and never tried again. When she brought up the fact I've never learned to drive a manual transmission and asked me why, I said, "just naturally shiftless, I guess" ... and left her wimpering.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:37:34 am PDT #327 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I liked driving a Beetle in high school. I didn't have one, but one of my friends did and I drove it when he was drunk.