MargieH 6,185 Report post Posted June 14, 2019 Michael, Is it still a bit wet up in Nottingham? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,358 Report post Posted June 14, 2019 Yes it is, Margie. I nipped out about an hour ago and it was raining. Thankfully, It's ok now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 3,552 Report post Posted June 14, 2019 4 hours ago, MargieH said: Michael, Is it still a bit wet up in Nottingham? Dunno Margie the wipers won't go fast enough for me to see... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,261 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Mmmmmm! How has this happened? I can’t believe I’ve been driving for 50 years and still avoid ‘parallel parking’ if I can help it 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,043 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Try car parking Lizzie, leave the parallels to the others. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,678 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 You have to show that you are of sound mind. Don’t worry though - you can self certify! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 850 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 You mean that flash car of yours hasn’t got “park assist”, Lizzie? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carni 9,455 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Me too Lizzie. We weren't taught it, and I have managed to keep it a secret.........................................Until Now.! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,657 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Been years since I had to parallel park, I'd have a job doing that now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,261 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Rob.L said: You mean that flash car of yours hasn’t got “park assist”, Lizzie? It might have Rob, I just drive it and only touch knobs I understand Don’t even know if I’ve got a CD player in the car and I’ve had it nearly 3 years! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Oh Lord, I presume you haven't found the instruction book yet then Lizzie ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 850 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Some of us learned how to do parallel parking by watching how Reginald Molehusband did it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,308 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 I now am going back to the 70s leaving the UK to live in South Africa i was learning to drive, if you had passed your test in the UK your licence was OK to use. If not you had to take a S.A. test. Well my next door neighbour gave me a few lesson in the SA test you first had to do theory (remember this was way before we did it in the UK) then in your test reverse parking all so parallel parking which i think both are very much the same, any way i had to drive a Toyota truck with the gears on the steering wheel column change if i remember, after the lesson Quizzey name of my neighbour his shirt was wet though, as to practice the move he would always take me to lots of parked car,s with little space between them. He must have dreaded taken me for lessons. Any way i never did pass my test in SA but came back and passed in UK. PS---- South Africa would accept your British licence but the UK would not accept the SA licence, so it would have been a waste of time me passing my test in SA. as for Quizzey well i think i must have taken 10 years off his life. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,678 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 I test drove a Mercedes yesterday with automatic self parking. It’s very clever but an extremely scary experience with your hands off! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 Fathers Day cards from my three girls. Garden Centre vouchers, Merlot, and choccy. Superb. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,254 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 Just now, FLY2 said: Fathers Day cards from my three girls. Garden Centre vouchers, Merlot, and choccy. Superb. One spoilt dad 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 Well ! I deserve it ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,043 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 NOT SOUR GRAPES BUT, spare a thought for those of us who would've loved a card but for tragic circumstances. Anybody want to adopt a grandad. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,254 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 And for those of us who would like to send a card. 4 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,043 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 You can have my address anytime SG. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 5,029 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 Both daughters, son in law and grandkids, took me and mrs Col out for a meal yesterday. Joint celebration for Mrs Col's Birthday and Father's Day. And this morning... cards, and Merlot. Very nice! 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 7,904 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 Father's Day is something we never observed in my family. Can't be sure but I don't think it was a custom in the UK when I was a child. Mothering Sunday was always observed and always referred to as just that, never Mother's Day. My father didn't appear to think he'd been deprived. He knew how much he was loved, although being an undemonstrative chap, he never mentioned it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,034 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 As per my Dad's requested he has having some new brakes for Fathers Day. I'll be buying them and my highly skilled mechanic partner will fit them for free. Going to see him this afternoon and my lovely Mum is doing us a Sunday lunch. Doesn't get better! 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,254 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 My dad was extremely difficult to buy for and if asked what he wanted he would say not to bother. Best thing we got him for Father’s Day was a computer which he said he would never use. He was in his seventies at the time. We set it up for him, wrote out his instructions on how to use it and unleashed him on the internet. It opened up a whole new world for him and he loved it. He also discovered adventure games and spent many happy hours with my older brother getting stuck in boats and unable to find their way out of rooms! If he wasn’t in his shed he would be in the “computer room” set up in the small bedroom, gave my mum a chance to watch what she wanted on telly. Happy memories 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,558 Report post Posted June 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, MelissaJKelly said: As per my Dad's requested he has having some new brakes for Fathers Day. Send my regards to your dad....but as I'm sure I've mentioned before it makes me feel very old because I remember your dad as a very young boy (baby even) who lived in the house at the back of us on Clifton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
