Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-24 Thread Tony Weeg
i do the same thing, and my friends have always asked why, and to me i can just think a whole lot better when not being eardrummed to death. tw On 6/24/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually to this day when I'm learning to drive a new or larger car, i > turn off the radio. If I am in un

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-24 Thread Vivec
Actually to this day when I'm learning to drive a new or larger car, i turn off the radio. If I am in unfamiliar location and looking for somewhere...I turn off the radio. I find , at least for me, that it is a distraction at times like those. ~

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Adam Churvis
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Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Adam Haskell
an that. > > M!ke > > -Original Message- > From: Jason Lemahieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Her First Fender Bender > > I'm going to argue that a CD player is not actually a distractio

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Dawson, Michael
ing from behind to hold you tight to her, but without the large-breated babe. M!ke -Original Message- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Her First Fender Bender It's a terrible story, but I'm glad people (incl

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Dawson, Michael
onday, June 20, 2005 10:53 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Her First Fender Bender I'm going to argue that a CD player is not actually a distraction, but is actually the opposite of one. Assuming your daughter listens to music and knows what she wants to listen to, she can just put in a CD an

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Ben Doom
It's a terrible story, but I'm glad people (including your daughter) are learning from it. I hope they also learn about wearing seat belts. Personally, riding without one gives me the absolute creeps -- I just know that the one time I'm in a car with a broken belt, that's when I'll be in an accide

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Dawson, Michael
On a related topic, just two months ago, one of my daughter's friends was killed when he was speeding on a chip-and-seal-surface road. The driver lost control at around 75mph and flew across the road, over-corrected and went back across to his side of the road. He continued through a ditch and ca

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Dawson, Michael
na Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:06 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Her First Fender Bender Hm. Weird. I got my license on my 16th birthday and drove myself to school the next day. But, I grew up in the country - we all got our license's ASAP and driving wa

Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Jason Lemahieu
I'm going to argue that a CD player is not actually a distraction, but is actually the opposite of one. Assuming your daughter listens to music and knows what she wants to listen to, she can just put in a CD and there, it's done. The other option is the radio - where she will be constantly fli

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Ben Doom
I learned to drive first in a Dodge Caravan, around age 10, on the college campus where my dad taught, then in an '84 Renault Encore with no emergency/parking brake (our driveway was steep, so we put a block of wood behind the front tire). To put the high beams on, you had to turn the low beams of

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Deanna Schneider
Yep, I learned on "Ol Blue" - a beater blue Ford Pickup. The floor was rotted out, and you had to be careful in case bees had nested in there (again). I had to stand up to get the clutch pushed down, and when I popped it, I really popped it. When I was too little to do the clutch (like 9 or so), my

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
Yeah - I'm right with you Deanna. I learned to drive when I was 9 - of course it was all farm machinery and a dump truck or two. :) By the time I went to take my test I could drive an old 1980 F150 manual trans truck around the back roads of PA with no problems at all. I think the gear shift was 3

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
Glad everything is ok though! And it happened in the driveway! Get some cones and visit that empty parking lot ;) Practice driving backwards :D ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Bill Wheatley
This time > > > she has a used car to drive since we both have SUVs and she is not > > > driving those. One is a Durango and the other is a Trailblazer. > > > > > > She can driver her small a$$ car.. > > > > > > So as you can see.. I understand

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
> she has a used car to drive since we both have SUVs and she is not > > driving those. One is a Durango and the other is a Trailblazer. > > > > She can driver her small a$$ car.. > > > > So as you can see.. I understand your frustrations as well. > > > >

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Deanna Schneider
t; > -Original Message- > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Her First Fender Bender > > Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially this early, but my > 16-year-old, who just g

RE: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-20 Thread Adkins, Randy
r her small a$$ car.. So as you can see.. I understand your frustrations as well. -Original Message- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Her First Fender Bender Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially

Re: Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-19 Thread Adam Churvis
and SQL Server 2000 - Original Message - From: "Dawson, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: Her First Fender Bender > Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially this early, but my > 16-year

Her First Fender Bender

2005-06-19 Thread Dawson, Michael
Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially this early, but my 16-year-old, who just got her license recently, was backing the Durango out of the driveway. We have a double-wide drive that is shared with the neighbor's vacant house, so there was plenty of room for two, maybe even three, vehicles

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-04 Thread Dana
; > From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Fender Bender > > oh yeah. They aren't even trying to figure out how my Jeep got stolen. > Not even remotely lol

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-04 Thread dave
11:35 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Fender Bender oh yeah. They aren't even trying to figure out how my Jeep got stolen. Not even remotely lol. Next time I am just going to look for it myself. I would have been about $600 better off doing it that way, I figure... Dana On Fri, 4 M

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-04 Thread Dana
en do a thing about it cause hes not > 18. talk about bullshit! > > > From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Fender Bender > > LOL > > I agree.

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-04 Thread dave
cause hes not 18. talk about bullshit! From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Fender Bender LOL I agree. I had someone put a nice dent in my Jeep a few months back, just enough so th

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-04 Thread Dana
LOL I agree. I had someone put a nice dent in my Jeep a few months back, just enough so that the door wont *quite* open all the way. I figure they had no insurance. But it still bothered me that they bailed. Dana On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:21:45 -0500, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judith D

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-03 Thread Ben Doom
Judith Dinowitz wrote: > You did a good thing, Paul. Believe me. > > Once someone half took off my bumper -- They bailed. I wish that > person had been like you. : ) It boggles me that people would just run off. Sometime in Jan, I hit one of those big plastic indescructable mailboxes (windshiel

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-03 Thread Judith Dinowitz
You did a good thing, Paul. Believe me. Once someone half took off my bumper -- They bailed. I wish that person had been like you. : ) Judith - Original Message - > yeh. > i just got off the phone with the lady this mornning. > she was just suprised & happy i left my info. > > she said

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-03 Thread Paul Ihrig
yeh. i just got off the phone with the lady this mornning. she was just suprised & happy i left my info. she said most people would have bailed. so she is going to have it looked at by her saab guy & then take it to my mechanics body work guy & see which one is cheaper for me. just makes me feel

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-03 Thread Deanna Schneider
Yah, you're not a jerk. You left a note. There's not a whole lot else you can do. My husband did something similar a week ago today. He was stopped at a stop light, and reached back to pick up our son's dropped water cup, and his foot slipped off the brake. He rolled into the bumper of the car in f

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-02 Thread Ben Doom
+1 Charlie Griefer wrote: > a jerk wouldn't have left a note. > > the situation sucks :( ...but you definitely did the right thing. ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http

Re: Fender Bender....

2005-03-02 Thread Charlie Griefer
a jerk wouldn't have left a note. the situation sucks :( ...but you definitely did the right thing. On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:20:01 -0500, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i am driving from my new old house to my apartment last night. > 9pm, snow has finally let up. > > i decide we need

Fender Bender....

2005-03-02 Thread Paul Ihrig
So i am driving from my new old house to my apartment last night. 9pm, snow has finally let up. i decide we need cat litter & more vinegar for the wallpaper. so i make a detour to our grocery. i am at a dead stop at the light. green i go to make the left, and to my horror i am not turning. i tap