Been away to long, need to get back into sewing again. I have a long arm appointment on Wednesday, haven't decided what to sew. Need to figure that out by this afternoon, in case I need more fabric for the backing and batting.
So an oh what happened in the old days story:
Back in '77 we lived in Seabrook N.H. - dad worked at small gas station part time, he was in the Coast Guard full time. Well, I went to visit him there and while talking, dad put his foot a little to close to the car. Yes, just what your giggling about happened.
I ran his foot over, but the worst part was -- while he is rolling on the ground holding his foot, two police officers saw it happened. They wanted to know if dad wanted to press charges, while I was laughing so hard (triggered by stress) He was fine, no broken bones. So I went and got my ice cream! MMM it was the best little shop near that darn gas station.
How about the time tried to teach me to drive a standard stick shift... Again in Seabrook, we lived near the race track, while waiting to go, trying to balance the gas and clutch. Well it was my turn, I gunned the gas a little to much. All I remember is the cop ducking from he dirt and rocks shooting at him from my screeching tires. ( laughing here, with tears) I do know how to drive a standard now. Dad took me to a car dealership and we test drove a car, yup it was a standard, I drove it a little bit in "A" parking lot almost got the gear stuck in the 1--3 rd position stuck in the middle.
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Yes, I remember my dad teaching me that too. We did it in a big flat pasture--no other cards. I was probably 8 yo! The first thing I learned was how to push in the clutch and SHUT IT OFF!
LMAO!
My first truck I had, that 99 ranger, was a stick. I didn't even know how to drive it before I bought it. I had my co-worker test drive it for me, and I learned in a hurry how to drive it.
I hadn't driven a stick in years until the other day when my boss handed me his keys to his truck and had me drive. It came back like I never stopped driving one. I want another one.
They are fun to drive but crappy to park (and get out of parking) on large hills in the city.
Ask him about me learning to drive stick and the 45 mph turn I pulled because I couldn't switch gears ;)
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