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I haven't told you guys yet. But I got my Driver's Permit in January. I just kept forgetting to say something about it.
I actually failed the test three times before I got it. That is what I get for not studying. The only reason I passed it the fourth time was I looked up the right answers for the questions I knew I'd gotten wrong.
It was a bit of a disaster. When I was doing the eye-sight thing, I was looking into the viewer at an odd angle. The guy there told me to read the letters. So, I read the three rows I saw. Apparently there was another row of letters, I had to move over a little bit so I could see it.
And then he asked me on which side of me the lights were blinking. They were blinking on both sides, so I said both.
"Which side?"
"Both sides, sir."
"And which side is that?"
"The left and the right..."
"Good, ok you passed."
I guess he wanted to make sure I knew my left from my right? I don't know why my first answer didn't work.
But, anywho, be careful when you're talking a walk. Because I can legally drive now.
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Y'know? The Police Station is the only building that I know the exact location of over here in Saratoga Springs... It kinda scares some of my friends around here.
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quote:Originally posted by Stan the man: Y'know? The Police Station is the only building that I know the exact location of over here in Saratoga Springs... It kinda scares some of my friends around here.
1) I avoid Saratoga Springs like the plague. There is nothing for me over there that I can't get closer to my house. That and Traffic is all jacked up due to the way the roads are set up.
2) I have no idea why it's the only building that I know where it is. I've only had to go into a couple of jails to bail some old friends out, and that wasn't one of them.
3) I have no idea why it scares them. I have had very few interactions with the Police around here. The first was for speeding when it had just changed limits...warning. The second was for a swerve. It was about 10 below and the truck hadn't warmed up yet and my fingers were numb...warning.
BTW, I had nothing to drink for either of them. That's what taxis are for, but you don't have to worry about that for another 6 years or so.
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Heh, during my last eye test the entire left half of the viewer was broken. I made a fairly entertaining scene when I discovered this when I was renewing my license this past time. I blame the 4.5 hour wait I'd been through...
DMV Peon #582: "Please close your left eye and read row number three." Me: "A 4 V F R Q" DMV Peon #582: "Good. Please close your right eye and read row number three." Me: ".... OH NO, I'VE GONE BLIND" DMV Peon #582: "Good. Wait, wha..." Me: *looks up from the viewer* "HOORAY, I'M CURED!" DMV Peon #582: "..." Me: *looks back into viewer* "OH NO, NOT AGAIN! You know, on second thought I think the left half of your viewer thing is broken." DMV Peon #582: "Really? Alright, try the next one down."
Note: No offense to any Arizona or Maricopa Country DMV employees. You all have my sincerest condolences. I'm just still terribly bitter two years later. My assigned number was #582, and when I got out of the 45 minute line they were helping #560. I didn't think that was too bad, until I realized I had to wait for the number system to lap around once. 122 people and over three hours after that, I wound up a jaded AZ driver.
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May I be the first to wish you Mazel Tov! Learn how to read a map -- a map and a car are a great combination.
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MEN don't -- but WOMEN know how to read and use 'em . . . And it sure beats the heck out of circling the same block a half-dozen times while the MAN avoids looking at a map -- and god forbid, stopping and asking for directions!
Congrat's on the driver's license, dear -- get a friend who can read the map for you. *wink*
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We men trust our instincts for direction over any map.
Oh, I just couldn't hold a strait face while saying that. The first thing I was forced to learn is that in my city I had better keep a map or I'll get lost forever.
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Admittedly, I do use maps. On backpacking trips. I use them on my long road trip, but it's just for which highway to which highway. I look at it before I leave on trip, decide which highways I want to take, and never look at it again. Of course, for this reason I try to minimize the amount of highways I use.
Oh, an' I never did congratulate you for the permit. Congratulations, may your parents not go white knuckled when you are behind the wheel.
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Its not a license; its a permit. I CAN drive, but I can only drive if one of my parents are sitting in the passenger seat. You can't get your license until you are 16 here in Missouri.
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I still remember my first licence. The written exam was administered by Mike Wilson's Mom. When she corrected the pencil and paper test, She kept saying; "A?" "Are you sure you didn't mean C?" etc. After she proof-read the thing, I passed. I did parallel park by my self.
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Oh, I just couldn't hold a strait face while saying that. The first thing I was forced to learn is that in my city I had better keep a map or I'll get lost forever.
