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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
Wish me luck. If I don't survive, please know I loved you all. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | ||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
???????????? Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
My condolences to the clutch. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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I feel your pain. Just went thru this with my oldest daughter, and son prior to that. Good luck! | |||
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I had a simple rule when my girls were old enough t o drive. You must learn on a stick. They did. Their boyfriends couldn't and never drove their cars  _________________________ | |||
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| Avoiding slam fires  |
you will be fine,hill with a red light will test you though  | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
They are NOT going to like manual trans once they figure out that driving and fiddling with their smartphone is NOT going to happen! | |||
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The 2nd guarantees the 1st |
I used to teach it when I taught Driver's Ed. One word...PATIENCE "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom |
Practicing start and stops in an empty church parking lot. He starts down a slight grade then brings it around stops. Rinse and repeat. We'll probably go into mass soon and thank God for surviving. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I got off to a rough start at first learning clutch engagement, but eventually got through it. Later in life I drove nothing but "straight drive" for almost 15 years, and it is also necessary on occasion for my work. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
In my world, everyone would have to pass his driving test with a manual before he could get his license. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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lol i learned stick on a black fiat 124 spider 1978 it was my moms car. "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin, 1759-- Special Edition - Reverse TT 229ST.Sig Logo'd CTC Grips., Bedair guide rod | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Sometimes its good to have learned how to ride a motorcycle before being old enough for a driver's license. Stick was still a bit of a PITA initially, though. | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
I learned to drives tick the day I bought the vehicle in 1980. About four years prior, teaching was attempted on an over 20 year old Willy's Jeep. Lot's of cursing from my father/instructor. __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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I learned in 1985 on my father's '55 Chevy. I can still recall the smell of burnt clutch.  I had worked on a dairy farm for two years at this point, so I knew how to drive tractors. That made the learning curve slightly less steep. Today, stick shifts are "Millenial Anti-Theft Devices." Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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| probably a good thing I don't have a cut |
I learned how to drive stick in a deuce and half when I was in the Air Force. Never really received in depth instruction on the finer points so I'm probably not the best driver with a stick shift but at least I can drive one. | |||
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Sounds like you're counting on a little bit of Divine intervention! | |||
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This. Dad told me I was driving stick or not driving. His reasoning: If you have to drive someone to the hospital, are you gonna let them die because you can't drive stick? Plus its more fun & gives you more control. The only reason I'm getting an auto later this year is I'm getting my clutch knee replaced. As soon as it is back in business, I'm back to driving stick. He's turning 76 in 2 weeks & still has never owned an automatic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Empty parking lot or a dirt field will help. The bigger the vehicle and engine the easier it is for the person to learn on. The larger vehicles and larger engines are less prone to have the engine stall-out on a bad clutch engagement. Also the larger vehicles are much less prone to jack-rabbit jerky starts. Old pick-up trucks or old sedans work very well but are getting harder and harder to find and borrow. They well do fine. Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it! - John Steinbeck | |||
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Teach him well. I have a BIL who grew up on a farm. I would not have believed you if you told me he didn't know how to operate a standard transmission. He asked me to show him how to ride my Triumph Bonneville. Imagine my amazement when he stood it straight up on the back wheel and it died! ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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