NationStates Jolt Archive

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I'm FINALLY taking the drivign exam part of driver's ed, two months after finishing the classroom part. So I may not be on for the next few days.

After this, I'm getting my permit. :D

uh-oh!

*flees* :p

Newspaper headline next month:

"Mailboxes flattened by high-speed Pancake" :eek:

Get ready for two weeks of "Wow I can drive!" followed by "I can only drive with my parents?!?!" until you get your license.

Happy day either way! :fluffle:

So, what's your ideal wheels Panny C?

Newspaper headline next month:

"Mailboxes flattened by high-speed Pancake" :eek:

Road-rage article:

"Pancake has Flipped!" :p

Road-rage article:

"Pancake has Flipped!" :p

You win. :)

You win. :)


WOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :) :cool: :D

Thankyou.....what's the prize?

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I'm FINALLY taking the drivign exam part of driver's ed, two months after finishing the classroom part. So I may not be on for the next few days.

After this, I'm getting my permit. :D

Yay!

Now repeat after me...

"if you don't like the way I'm driving, then get the hell off of the sidewalk!"

Two points:

1) Driving isn't really all it's cracked up to be - it's useful, yes, but not that important. Give it a year and you'll see.

2) Insurance is a pain. Expect your parents to make you get a part-time job in the near future to help with the costs.

Two points:

1) Driving isn't really all it's cracked up to be - it's useful, yes, but not that important. Give it a year and you'll see.

2) Insurance is a pain. Expect your parents to make you get a part-time job in the near future to help with the costs.

and to add on...

Driving is normally boring. if it's exciting, then you are doing something wrong.

and never, ever ignore the "check engine" light. :p

So, what's your ideal wheels Panny C?

Not sure right now. Though once I get my full liscence I'm probably gettign my dad's truck.

Which is a cool truck, though it doesn't have air conditioning right now :(

I hear that the driver's licence tests in the US are really easy. The theory part is supposed to be really short and the driving part ridiculously simple.

So, it shouldn't take so much from you.

You have to take classroom lessons and driving tests to get your learners permit? In Maryland we just take an insanely test and they hand us a permit. :p

Road-rage article:

"Pancake has Flipped!" :p

:p

I very much enjoy driving. There's not a huge amount of excitement most of the time or anything, I just enjoy doing it.

*Builds bomb shelter*

WOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :) :cool: :D

Thankyou.....what's the prize?

I'll save you for last. :)

*Builds bomb shelter*

Okay, I've driven with my dad before, I'm not THAT bad. :(

tis a shame y'all don't have roundabouts over there. they rock :)

good luck!

and to add on...

Driving is normally boring. if it's exciting, then you are doing something wrong.

and never, ever ignore the "check engine" light. :p

Heh. At the moment, our '91 Buick Regal is sitting in my parent's driveway, needing a $500 fuel pump transplant. So, we've been using their minivan since Christmas, 'cause we're poor. Around New Years, the 'check engine' light flashed on. Dad said, don't worry, it's fine, it's just a computer thing. I rolled my eyes, but let it ride. A few days later, the damn thing stalled out. In the middle of an intersection. At 6 in the morning. Blech. Dad said, fill the tank, it's fine. Three days later, on one of the coldest days of the winter, it stalled again. Three blocks from their house. They finally brought it in to a mechanic, and it needed $700 in work. Somehow, I womanfully restrained myself from shouting "I told you so!" at the top of my lungs, but it was a struggle.

tis a shame y'all don't have roundabouts over there. they rock :)

good luck!

We have roundabouts. Of course, they are in Washington DC which cancels out the fun.

...sort of...

I'm FINALLY taking the drivign exam part of driver's ed, two months after finishing the classroom part. So I may not be on for the next few days.

After this, I'm getting my permit. :D

Makes a mental note to never go anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon line ever again, for fear of being run over by pancakes on wheels.

I very much enjoy driving. There's not a huge amount of excitement most of the time or anything, I just enjoy doing it.

I do, too, but I'm still grateful that I don't have to drive all the way out to Ionia for the Althing. I have a job lead, and I'll be on my feet for eight hours starting sometime this week, and I think I'll want to rest my poor hip.

We have roundabouts. Of course, they are in Washington DC which cancels out the fun.

We have a roundabout! One, single roundabout. You'd think it was the most confusing damn thing people out here have seen, judging by the mail in the paper. And there's the nutbars who think that a cabal of witches in the basement of the Chronicle building are using the damn thing to raise Satanic power...

I hear that the driver's licence tests in the US are really easy. The theory part is supposed to be really short and the driving part ridiculously simple.

So, it shouldn't take so much from you.

I failed the test the first time I took it. :( That was mostly because everyone told me not to study for it because it was super easy...but I haven't been around hills before and so I really had no idea about all the questions they gave me about parking on hills. The signs test was really easy, and the second time I took the test it was really easy.


I'm FINALLY taking the drivign exam part of driver's ed, two months after finishing the classroom part. So I may not be on for the next few days.

After this, I'm getting my permit.

We don't have to do a driving test in order to get a permit though. How do people learn to drive without a permit? Driver's ed isn't offered here, at least not in school. I took it over the summer.

I was extremely nervous about it, to the point of nausea, since I had barely driven at all before and the course could have ruined my GPA. I was really bad at it at the beginning, and I failed at the practice driving test, and the first time I took one that counted, but then I passed it the third time pretty easily. I improved a lot, and I managed to get an A for the driver's ed grade (I did really well on the classroom part, and got maybe a low B in the driving section, so it averaged out to an A.:)) I even drove on an interstate! I got all the way up to the speed limit! That seems way too fast to me; it makes me nervous.:(

Pancake, you're not planning to move to Maine, are you? *runs away*

Good for you!

...you don't live in my area, right?

tis a shame y'all don't have roundabouts over there. they rock :)

good luck!

We do, in some places.

excellent news! how are you finding it?

Great! When I go to college, I'll hitch a ride with you, to avoid all that pesky 'insurance' stuff.

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I'm FINALLY taking the drivign exam part of driver's ed, two months after finishing the classroom part. So I may not be on for the next few days.

After this, I'm getting my permit. :D

Lucky you. :fluffle:
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The Johnny has had a stinky day.

They see me rollin'...

tis a shame y'all don't have roundabouts over there. they rock :)

good luck!

I have to deal with roundabouts. They == suck.

That's great news. I failed the driving test 3 times before passing. As for the 4th time, I actually thought I failed because I made so many mistakes. I was so angry that I considered just flooring the gas pedal all the way to the DMV. Good thing I didn't or I'd have to take it again.