still waiting for my 9k post congrats thread.
(it's so hard to get good minions these days. yeesh.)
Happy?
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Happy?
I haven't had one yet, but I haven't tried giving myself one.
I'll give you one in 59 posts and counting, if I am invited to the big Cheese Whiz when you pass Ouch.
Congrats, and I think this thread simultaneously generated about six new belated congrats threads.
I'll give you one in 59 posts and counting, if I am invited to the big Cheese Whiz when you pass Ouch.
I didn't even realise I was that close. And of course you're invited. We may even invite the pirates.
Maybe it's because I'm special?
Well you keep amassing so many posts in such a short time that it is difficult to keep up. I mean by the time we post a congratulatory thread upon you reaching the 8,000 mark, you'll have hit 9,000.
when do i get my sable hat??????????
when do i get my sable hat??????????
The paperwork has been notarized and put in. You'll have to ask Jesse (soapbox) if he got the forms yet.
okays
I swear those Neti pot things look weird, but I keep seeing people recommending the darn things on here. One of these day I may just have to give one of these a try.
My dad taught me to ride a motorcycle yesterday. I underestimated the difficulty involved. It amazed me that you have to coordinate functions with both feet and both hands at the same time while paying attention to everything else involved. My dad said he forgot how difficult is was to learn, himself. This wasn't his first bike he has owned it for over thirty three years.
I really started getting the hang of it. Dad had me ride over to a parking lot two houses down from his to teach me. I spent most of the evening in first gear, starting, looping around the lot and stopping on a yellow line. After a while, he took me up a country road and rode up to around 45 MPH. It isn't all that fast, but I felt like a little kid.
All in all, it was a blast and I am feeling fairly confident on it now. I should have done this years ago!
Well you may have felt like a little kid, but hey at least you're learning how to operate a motorcycle properly.
It was that opposite for me. My dad is quite possibly the worst passenger ever! Always nervous and always giving out driving 'advice'. Worst part about it is that when I learned to drive Michigan had just changed its licensing laws so that teenage drivers had to rack up 50 hours of driving with a parent or legal guardian in the vehicle before getting their graduated level 1 license. Needless to say, I racked up most of my hours with my mom by my side rather than my dad.
It was that opposite for me. My dad is quite possibly the worst passenger ever! Always nervous and always giving out driving 'advice'. Worst part about it is that when I learned to drive Michigan had just changed its licensing laws so that teenage drivers had to rack up 50 hours of driving with a parent or legal guardian in the vehicle before getting their graduated level 1 license. Needless to say, I racked up most of my hours with my mom by my side rather than my dad.
I hadn't ever heard of this. How do they monitor that, honour system?
Maybe it's because I'm special?
Well you keep amassing so many posts in such a short time that it is difficult to keep up. I mean by the time we post a congratulatory thread upon you reaching the 8,000 mark, you'll have hit 9,000.
Log book. Time, date, number of miles driven, type of roads used, etc. Plus there's something like a three or four month waiting period between obtaining your permit and then your license. The license you then receive is what they call a level 2 (I misspoke the first time, level 1 is your permit) license which restricts your driving. Specifically you can't drive from 12 midnight to 5 am until you get your level 3 or full license, which you receive in six months or when you reach your 18th birthday, whichever happens first if I'm remembering this all correctly.
That is a pretty good idea.
Yeah it's worked pretty well in the 10 years since it was first instituted. It's cut down some on car accidents and car-related deaths among teenage drivers, although they still definitely occur. Case in point, we had five teens that got killed over in Canton, west of Detroit, about three weeks ago trying to beat a train.
Anyway those fifty hours of instruction sure help, but it depends largely on how good your instructors are. So if your parents are lousy drivers, well then it probably isn't going to help much. Additionally, it doesn't counteract driver stupidity in any way shape or form.
(it's so hard to get good minions these days. yeesh.)
think hes out of town for the week, might be a bit of a wait.okays
You probably heard about the accident last week involving Mercy Me in their tour bus. There was a 17 and 19 year old plus the pregnant 18 year old that was driving. Two dead on scene, baby died later, and driver died this week. It really is a shame.
Well I'm not sure about that, but he did just move not too awful long ago. So even if he isn't out of town, he's probably still settling in.
Yeah I remember you mentioning that. And you're right, it is a shame, but then again any accidental loss of life is...
