You're safe with cover renditions. It IS WHAMageddon, after all!
Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire
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I actually turned on Miracle on 34th street, It's a Wonderful Life, and White Christmas yesterday, movies I've never seen. Didn't watch any of them all the way through though. White Christmas just came out on 4K so I ordered it. It's a Wonderful Life is also on 4K.
I can’t even recall the song. So I’m positive I haven’t heard it since the only songs I heard were in church. Not a Christmas song person let alone listening to the radio to begin with.You're safe with cover renditions. It IS WHAMageddon, after all!
So a big red bellied woodpecker was hanging around our bird feeder almost non-stop for half a week before we went out of town. I made sure to fill the feeder before we left.
Do you think he'll still be around when we get back tomorrow?
Do you think he'll still be around when we get back tomorrow?
I know a lot of you RTT’ers are old farts and have been through this before and could provide sage-like wisdom. Oldest turned 14 and need to teach her drive. How does one do this and still keep their sanity? I’ll hang up and listen.
Do NOT start them on the family car if you can afford to buy a beater for them to learn on.. You'll be far less concerned about dents & dings if you do. Take them to the largest open parking lot (example - Hilton/JTS) and start them there. They can learn how to stay in lanes, ease into a parking spot, and make corners & stops smoothly without cars or trees or dogs or people in the way. Driver's Ed classes did the basic teaching; our practice sessions were the "homework".
Also, count your blessings that it's a girl. I was single when my older son got his license. I had one quasi-decent car that was a manual, and a second car, an ancient Skylark that I bought for $500 after I had surgery on my right elbow. After I was able to go back to my own car, that Skylark became his learning car. I was paying insurance for both cars before he got his license. Adding him to my car insurance doubled my premium, even though he was only insured on the one car.
The story goes that my wife's grandfather took the kids down to a boat ramp in their manual transmission car, backed it down, switched seats and said don't get me wet.
First has she driven anything before? My kids were first driving a lawnmower, then a golf cart and then kept getting bigger and faster. Gator and then vehicle. I took them to the farm and got in my chore pickup and cruised down the gravel roads. When meeting a vehicle we would slow down and I would basically steer until they got a feel for moving over and not ditching it. Then we went to pavement.
My kids got older cars for school. All theee at one time drove a 97 s10 blazer. The school parking lot is like a demo derby. Many send their kids with nice vehicles in a vanity/ego competition. Farm kids (not mine) with nice pickups that they don’t know how to park. I’ve seen kids slam into one vehicle and then just keep going like nothing happened. I paid for the vehicle and everything associated with it. I’m in the minority with that.
Left shoulder blade been hurting for several days. Seems to be getting worse.
New deductible hits in a few days so it’s manage through and get to that. I also set up an appointment an hour away on the second so maybe the third I can get it looked at. Hello ibuprofen and Tylenol.
New deductible hits in a few days so it’s manage through and get to that. I also set up an appointment an hour away on the second so maybe the third I can get it looked at. Hello ibuprofen and Tylenol.
Parking lots are your friend. Start with slow laps, and then increase her speed as she gets more comfortable. Practice left and right turns as well as parking coming from both directions. Also practice leaving parking spots puling out both directions. Get her in the habit of constantly checking mirrors. Kids get tunnel vision at first.
Cones are good if you have them. Anything that can help her get perspective on the size of the vehicle is helpful for confidence. I'd recommend 30 minutes to start with, but get her practicing multiple times a week. Repetition is key. Let her drive home after a good session and tell her she can pull off into a parking lot if she needs to, but more than likely, road driving will be the easier than you think.
There will be several quick stops and jerky turns, but they'll go away. Be patient and she'll feed off your demeanor. Freak out and she'll do the same. I let my daughter pick the music to relax her. She loved it and it helped her loosen up.
And, obviously, get some ice cream afterwards.
Maybe they thought you had a lot of issues you needed handled.
We covered car insurance until one of them got a high risk assessment. I still paid for his coverage with our overall plan, but he paid the difference in premiums. Gas was another story. There were very few after school jobs in our small town, so they tended to have to commute to jobs 10-15 miles away. We helped them with gas for routine driving to work & school, but riding around the countryside with friends was on their dime.
Try a heating pad - sometimes it helps. I swear by it for my back, and Lew recently started using one after his sciatic nerves decided to have a party...BOTH legs.
I think I have a disc knocked out. I do stand in the shower and crank the hot water on it.Try a heating pad - sometimes it helps. I swear by it for my back, and Lew recently started using one after his sciatic nerves decided to have a party...BOTH legs.
Got a Christmas card from my moms cousin. Now this song is stuck in my head.
Any idea what the return address said?
Btw, TIL there is one in Florida.
Any idea what the return address said?
Btw, TIL there is one in Florida.
CycloneErik
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Top of the shoulder for me. I'll be trying some heating pads and ibuprofen, and hoping that easy way takes care of it.
Otherwise, I guess I'll just stop looking to the left, or maybe call a doctor, but who needs to turn, anyway?
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