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Pitchwife · 04-11-2009, 04:26 PM

Fea, this sounds appallingly familiar... and reminded me of this joke by a person I studied with (who got his own driving license at 30-something):

General rule:
number of driving lessons required to pass the test = your age in years
Special rule for intellectuals:
number of driving lessons required to pass the test = your age in years + your IQ

As for myself, I finally passed the test at 42 - and if I did it, everybody can

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Mithalwen · 04-13-2009, 02:56 PM

I think it is just the manual transmission she is struggling with (which can also be very vehicle specific especially with older cars - though new ones can be so quiet that you don't hear the "bite" - I kept thinking I had stalled my hire car). But the idea of driving an auto scares me - what do you do if you have to go through flood water, how do you get more power for hills... I guess it is just what you are used to...

However I will but the intellectual theory since I passed third time...

But I wouldn't pass now since they have added reverse parking to the test ..

Oh and I assign finding out who your friends are the bad way...

Durelin · 04-13-2009, 05:19 PM

Historiography.

I'd assign being done with one (several weeks early, too!) to the Shire but for all the wasted time...not that Hobits are averse to wasing time, just tend to do it in a much^nth more enjoyable way...

04-11-2009, 04:26 PM	#1
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Fea, this sounds appallingly familiar... and reminded me of this joke by a person I studied with (who got his own driving license at 30-something): General rule: number of driving lessons required to pass the test = your age in years Special rule for intellectuals: number of driving lessons required to pass the test = your age in years + your IQ As for myself, I finally passed the test at 42 - and if I did it, everybody can! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

04-13-2009, 02:56 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I think it is just the manual transmission she is struggling with (which can also be very vehicle specific especially with older cars - though new ones can be so quiet that you don't hear the "bite" - I kept thinking I had stalled my hire car). But the idea of driving an auto scares me - what do you do if you have to go through flood water, how do you get more power for hills... I guess it is just what you are used to... However I will but the intellectual theory since I passed third time... But I wouldn't pass now since they have added reverse parking to the test .. Oh and I assign finding out who your friends are the bad way... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 04-13-2009 at 04:08 PM.

04-13-2009, 05:19 PM	#3
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	Historiography. I'd assign being done with one (several weeks early, too!) to the Shire but for all the wasted time...not that Hobits are averse to wasing time, just tend to do it in a much^nth more enjoyable way...