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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:12 PM
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My youngest is out in the driveway practicing parallel parking.
Hold me!

:scared:
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:29 PM
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1. LOL
Just went through my oldest learning that... I know how you feel...

I just feel sorrier for the plants and grass!:rofl:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:35 PM
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2. Wrap the car in old rubber tires and let 'er rip!
:D

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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:37 PM
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3. 16 years on the road; 0 parallel parks. YESSSSSS! nt
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:50 PM
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4. I've never been able to bring myself to stop in traffic and then
Edited on Tue Jul-29-08 12:51 PM by hedgehog
back into the space like you're supposed to. I always go in nose first!





I also learned what is called in New York the 3 point turn, but I've always felt reluctant to use it lest I get ticket!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 03:23 PM
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5. My daughter just passed on the second try.
Here, they mark the spot with orange cones on one of the side streets. The first time she took it we passed the spot on the way to the test. I got out and moved all the cones three inches farther apart. The second time I moved each of them six inches farther apart and she passed.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 03:28 PM
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6. I bet by the end of the day, those cones are a block apart!
How can you park between cones, anyways? Do they have flags so you can see them?
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 04:03 PM
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7. They stick a plastic rod about four feet tall in the top of each of them..
She still knocked one over the first time. Said she didn't see it. :eyes:

Good luck with yours!
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 04:07 PM
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8. you're crazy
make them do it in the neighbor's driveway. :shrug:
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