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[theducks]

Work was work. Driving lesson was ok, except I should apparently check over my shoulder and check my mirror before indicating, not after :P (in either case, it was before I actually changed lanes :P) Parallel parking sucks. Instructor went "ok, let me show you first" .. and ended up on the kerb. curb? which one is it? hmm.

Riding home was less good. Hit one of the barriers going out of the tunnel under stirling hwy. Ended up with my bike on top of me. Mmm fun. Straightened up handlebars, fixed brakes and front light, and it was ridable home. The front brake is still a little bent, as are the handlebars, but we'll see what I can do about that tomorrow. Got a slightly grazed knee, but nothing permanent :)

Angst Update: Changing the order to check before indicating is going to suck. I'm also worried because I will have only driven the car for 90 minutes total before the test. I'm also worried I'll make the wrong decisions about how to turn around, where to park, etc. Arg angst!

Comments

[theducks.livejournal.com]

I'mgoingforanautomaticlicensebecauseI'mlazy

[velithya]

OMGYOUHACK

[dannipenguin.livejournal.com]

Lazy is a really crap excuse.

[theducks.livejournal.com]

After 5 years, and at age 26, I really can't be bothered spending any more time to get a manual license. I don't have access to a manual car (no-one in my family has one), and quite frankly, I don't care that I am not getting one. None of my cousins have a manual license, in fact several of my aunts and uncles only have auto licenses too. It is not at all important to me to have a manual license. I have more important things to do with my time and money than learn to drive a manual car.

You are not right 100% of the time. You are wrong sometimes. Just because someone does something different to you does not mean they are crap, or the idea is crap. It's just different. The fact that you have a manual license does not make you better than me, or give you the right to give me a hard time about it. Please consider giving your holier-than-thou attitude a break.

[dannipenguin.livejournal.com]

Dude... I even offered to teach you to drive a manual car. However, I find your defeatist attitude typical. Being a natural defeatist is a much bigger problem than not being able to drive a manual car.

Evidently you do care, because otherwise you otherwise you wouldn't get so defensive about it.

Finally, "I'm lazy" is a really crap excuse, especially when you haven't seem to have given it a serious effort, and have had offers of help. Had you said "I don't want one" that would have been a different matter.

[theducks.livejournal.com]

Your offer was kind, but given when it was made, and when my learner's expires, I wouldn't have been able to make it useful.

Lazy is a fine excuse in my opinion - I get to decide how I spend my time, and in this, I'm not spending it to get a manual license.