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Post 31 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 16:09
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On December 9, 2018 at 10:37, Hi-FiGuy said...
Remember when drivers ed used to be something that was taken very seriously?
Remember when there used to be PSA's on TV about safe driving practices?
Remember when they used to take wrecked cars from accidents and put them on street corners?

Not so much anymore, and it shows!

Its a right, not a privilege these days.

Here in Washington one would think they would be professionals at driving in the rain...….NOT!

Do you think that’s a coincidence? Do you think it’s a coincidence that most kids don’t know how to turn a screw driver or how interest works? Our public schools have been influenced by far more then politics.
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OP | Post 32 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 16:56
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I’m hurt that no one got my Ric Flair reference
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Post 33 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 17:17
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On December 9, 2018 at 16:56, Fins said...
I’m hurt that no one got my Ric Flair reference

Who?
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Post 34 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 17:51
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On December 8, 2018 at 21:20, roddymcg said...
We've had a ton of snow this season so far. I thought I read 100" so far but I can't find that link. X-mas season around here is usually stupid busy, now it is extra stupid busy.

Found the link, 105" so far:

[Link: vail.com]

For a brief time I was living in Colorado. I'm not a avid skier, but I've been to a couple slopes. The the running joke when comparing their slopes with others was: "How do you make a ski slope in Colorado? Cut the trees off at 36" and wait for snow."

On some of the Eastern slopes they essentially make a lawn and hope for snow.
OP | Post 35 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 18:22
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On December 9, 2018 at 17:51, buzz said...
On some of the Eastern slopes they essentially make a lawn and hope for snow.

That’s totally incorrect. They hope for cold. They can make it snow.
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Post 36 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 08:00
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On December 9, 2018 at 11:36, Hasbeen said...
I actually commend the drivers ed now....It takes 2 different sections to get their license, the kids need to have 50 hours of drive time, a portion of that being "night time" driving before they can advance to the second portion of the class.  We have to keep track of it on an app.

They also need to know how to parallel park, etc. or they simply don't pass. My kids school has a mangled car sitting right next to the American flag every year.

I drove myself to drivers ed at one of my school teachers house that as I recall took a few weeks after school...But I lived in the sticks.

My wife can't parallel park to this day.

I didn't pay any attention to any of this stuff when my oldest boy was going...now that my daughter is in the middle of it, I'm a nervous nelly.

What gets me is not the official instruction is the absolute lack of interest into "how this stuff works"

I know this was total sex bias but in my dads world there was no licence before.... I could chuck all fluids.... Change the oil.... Change a flat a restow the spare.

My sisters had only to check the fluids...because in dads world there were plenty of guys who could do the other stuff.

My kids totally zoned out as I tried to get them through half the stuff.

I wanted to know how it worked...they only want to know how to work it.
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Post 37 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 08:58
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Meanwhile in GSO after already getting over 12" of snow with a little ice on top, it snowing once again, and word is that it will stop sometime this afternoon.

We have set a record of sorts, since the yearly average is around 7.

Satellite dish was covered in snow, so we lost signal. Lucky for the bride I have an extension pole with a brush on the end, so I could reach up to the chimney and brush it off.

Power "blipped" a couple times, but never actually completely went out, but it did cause the modem and router to not really work as they should (speed went down to about nothing). Rebooted this morning and I'm back online.

Meanwhile it is still snowing, and the 150' driveway is a problem.
Post 38 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 10:21
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On December 9, 2018 at 16:56, Fins said...
I’m hurt that no one got my Ric Flair reference

Had to Google it, had no idea who he is.
OP | Post 39 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 10:37
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On December 10, 2018 at 10:21, Hi-FiGuy said...
Had to Google it, had no idea who he is.

You lost your man card
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OP | Post 40 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 11:42
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On December 9, 2018 at 17:17, 3PedalMINI said...
Who?

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Post 41 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 11:50
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Wrestling, the forerunner of reality TV.

I will give them some respect for their ability to take the hard hits though.
OP | Post 42 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 12:03
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30 for 30 has a great Ric Flair episode
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Post 43 made on Monday December 10, 2018 at 14:58
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On December 10, 2018 at 08:00, jrainey said...
My sisters had only to check the fluids...because in dads world there were plenty of guys who could do the other stuff.

As a small person I was curious about everything. I learned technology from my dad and home stuff from my mother. It never occurred to me that these were exclusively "his" and "her" things. As a result I knew how to cook a meal, wash clothes, iron for myself, and quite a bit about eddy currents while still in grade school.

It was amazing when I got to college and noticed that my classmates (all male) could do none of the "her" things and very few of the "his" things.

Forward in time, after my parents retired, my mother spent a few days in the hospital and I was visiting. When he and I came home from the hospital one evening, my father asked, "can you do laundry?" He had been shielded from "her" things for his whole life. He was clueless about how to operate a washing machine. (He had learned how to heat water on the stove and deal with frozen dinners in the Microwave Oven.)
Post 44 made on Tuesday December 11, 2018 at 11:36
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Buzz,

Most dads would starve if it weren't for take out food when the wife isn't around.
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