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hunter

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21. No freedom for me.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:44 AM

Jul 16

As soon as I got my driver's license it was my job to run family errands and chauffeur my younger siblings around. Worse, my grandma started hounding me and bribing me to buy her cigarettes and bourbon, and she had the connections to do that, treating me like a kid smuggling alcohol during Prohibition.

It wasn't all bad. When my dad would send me out to buy fertilizer and other supplies for our small orchard I'd buy some extra on a separate receipt for my experiments with rockets and explosives.

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When I was 16 I aced my driving test in Pennsylvania [View all] PCIntern Jul 16 OP

Ha, the trooper said, "go the stop sign and turn left," yellowcanine Jul 16 #1

LOL - when I was 16 my driving instructor had a heart attack. Seriously. My parallel parking was that bad. Vinca Jul 16 #2

Mine, also in PA... OneGrassRoot Jul 16 #3

Also in PA. Failed the first time because the livetohike Jul 16 #4

I failed my first PA driver's test too. Borogove Jul 16 #5

I passed my PA test first time but rickford66 Jul 16 #6

Same PCIntern Jul 16 #12

Actually, I aced it PJMcK Jul 16 #7

No freedom for me. hunter Jul 16 #21

I scared the sh4 out of the Examiner Djuiceman Jul 16 #8

Welcome to DU Marthe48 Jul 16 #18

Also in Pa. I knew a kid whose mother took the test in a Jeep. Went around a turn too fast. twodogsbarking Jul 16 #9

My Dad DownriverDem Jul 16 #10

The man doing my test did not want to be there. cate94 Jul 16 #11

I passed the driving test with ease. OldBaldy1701E Jul 16 #13

Failed parallel parking the first time too lonely bird Jul 16 #14

Sir , sir, sir.... Historic NY Jul 16 #15

Teaching my son to drive, I made sure he had good parallel parking skills. Here in the city, guerrilla parking is a NBachers Jul 16 #16

My grandmother in her late 60's and into her 70's ALWAYS took a fresh baked coffee cake to NoMoreRepugs Jul 16 #17

Reading this orangecrush Jul 16 #19

Enjoying the post Marthe48 Jul 16 #20

Has our fuckwit king ever passed a driving test? hunter Jul 16 #22

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