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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: that_punk_guy on September 10, 2004, 06:50:44 PM
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...Punk sis just passed her driving test! :-P
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Congrats to her
I hear they're a lot harder than when I did mine 8 years ago
Unlike GCSEs and A-levels :lol: ;-)
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Quick! Everyone off the pavements!!!! :-o
:-P
Congrats to that_punk_sis (I think that's right) :-D
--Edit--
Good to see that Dale's a mosher too :-D
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Vincent wrote:
Good to see that Dale's a mosher too :-D
Old-school, too. Even too old-school for me! :-D
I'll pass on everybody's congratulations. And thank you on her behalf! :-)
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that_punk_guy wrote:
...Punk sis just passed her driving test! :-P
Cool. Congrats TPS!
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@Karlos
I don't know if it's just a glitch on my machine, but I can see DirectX overlays through your avatar! :-)
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congratulations!
:pint:
oh, hum, the latter not when driving..
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I think she's responsible enough not to do that.
A so-called "friend" of mine once left me with no choice but to ride my moped home after a couple of drinks, which was scary.
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I passed my test first time, so that proves that anyone with the intelligence of dog or higher can :lol:
If she does PassPlus she could get 50% off the premium :-o That's what I did, anyway.
Robert
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that_punk_guy wrote:
Old-school, too. Even too old-school for me! :-D
:lol:
/me impersonates Mr Burns...
Excellent
:-D
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that_punk_guy wrote:
@Karlos
I don't know if it's just a glitch on my machine, but I can see DirectX overlays through your avatar! :-)
:lol:
So does it look any good? (I wonder how it happened?)
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Robert17 wrote:
I passed my test first time, so that proves that anyone with the intelligence of dog or higher can :lol:
If she does PassPlus she could get 50% off the premium :-o That's what I did, anyway.
Robert
Speaking from someone in the car repair business the customer service from insurance is best with the Direct Line group of companies, try Tesco if she is young (10% off for online quotes). If she is involved in an accident and the car is written off then they will pay a very fair market value rather than some others (who shall remain nameless) who pay the worst price possible for the cars, and general claims are dealt with MUCH faster than other companies.
We deal with all of the major insurance companies and they are far and away the best.
Best of luck anyway.
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Karlos wrote:
:lol:
So does it look any good? (I wonder how it happened?)
Well, here it is running over the top of an AVI of 'Mental'. :-D
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.sheffield/push.jpg)
I've managed to create the same effect using the old PrtScrn to clipboard key. I have to say Windows colour allocation is a mystery to me... The GIF in your sig isn't affected. :-?
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So... Here's a run-down of my sister's road use to date:
A couple of months on the road, getting increasingly {bleep}y, she drove past a speed camera and flash flash! Three points! If she gets caught again, that's it, bye bye license. So she started driving particularly carefully and was offered the chance to go on a speed awareness course and IIRC thus avoid getting the points on her license.
All was well, until the last couple of weeks when all semblance of camera-weariness seemed to have vanished. Last night I was in the car with her and Mum, and Mum was complaining that Becky drives too fast. In response, Becky suddenly floored the accelerator and screamed, "Wheeeeeeeeee!"
A couple of times later during that drive I saw dry stone wall hurtling towards my face far too quickly on a couple of occasions. "Becky," we said, "it's no joke. You have to start being more careful."
This morning on the way to my house, Becky had a little accident involving the previously mentioned dry stone wall (rather, the wall on the opposite side of the road) and now needs to buy two new wheels for her car. I honestly couldn't help but laugh. I'm kinda glad something's happened that will hit her in the pocket and perhaps give her cause to mellow out a bit without injuring herself...
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Tut tut, I don't know... these girl racers eh? :-P
Glad she's ok tho :-)
Does sound like she needed a bit of calming down while driving.
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A couple of months on the road, getting increasingly {bleep}y, she drove past a speed camera and flash flash!
Your speed cameras have flashes??? Down here, you only know you've been caught when you recieve a whoping great fine in the mail, not that I, touch wood, have recieved such a fine, but I know a few people that have.
This morning on the way to my house, Becky had a little accident involving the previously mentioned dry stone wall (rather, the wall on the opposite side of the road) and now needs to buy two new wheels for her car. I honestly couldn't help but laugh. I'm kinda glad something's happened that will hit her in the pocket and perhaps give her cause to mellow out a bit without injuring herself...
From what your saying, it sounds as though she is physically ok, which is good to hear, the scare will have done here a world of good. The best speed deterant for young drivers, IMO, is to take them down to the damaged and recovered section of your local car auctions. That way they can see first hand what happens to a car in a crash, and if your really lucky, you'll find a bit of blood splatter as well.
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I'll go one better...take them down to the resuscitation room at the local trauma unit.
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X-ray wrote:
I'll go one better...take them down to the resuscitation room at the local trauma unit.
Too gory for me ;-)
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Shamefull that someone could use this thread to advertise an insurance company...
PS. Norwich Union Direct 0800 888 111
Biggest Insurance company in the UK, 2nd Biggest in Europe, 7th Biggest in the World - redefining Customer centricity.
:lol:
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Plus4 wrote:
Biggest Insurance company in the UK, 2nd Biggest in Europe, 7th Biggest in the World - redefining Customer centricity.
:lol:
Yes but only competitive if you are over 45, never had an accident and drive less than 2000 miles per year !!
:-)
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Note to IT security - How can this person know our business plan?!?!
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