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Old 07-06-2011, 05:21 AM   #18751
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Drat! I really was hoping to set a record today with my driving test. Now I'm just another statistic...

On one of the turns I looked left before I looked right... I'll take the test again on Friday.

Sometime I think this whole rigidity thing is just a cover-up for a massive money-making scheme... Every time you take the test, you have to pay about $25 USD for the exam and another $18 to rent their car. You are NOT allowed to use your own car. Considering the national average for attempts before passing is 11, that means it costs the average driver more than $365 just for taking the test for the license...


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Old 07-06-2011, 05:37 AM   #18752
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I'll second that after a weekend visit from my brother-in-law.
brother-in-law being the biggest culprit - and I haven't seen him for him to annoy me intensely....

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Drat! I really was hoping to set a record today with my driving test. Now I'm just another statistic...

On one of the turns I looked left before I looked right... I'll take the test again on Friday.
Quick turnaround !

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Old 07-06-2011, 06:14 AM   #18753
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Drat! I really was hoping to set a record today with my driving test. Now I'm just another statistic...

On one of the turns I looked left before I looked right... I'll take the test again on Friday.

Sometime I think this whole rigidity thing is just a cover-up for a massive money-making scheme... Every time you take the test, you have to pay about $25 USD for the exam and another $18 to rent their car. You are NOT allowed to use your own car. Considering the national average for attempts before passing is 11, that means it costs the average driver more than $365 just for taking the test for the license...


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Old 07-06-2011, 07:58 AM   #18754
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Quick turnaround !

Good luck Friday
Thanks. Being able to take the test again so quickly surprised me. For the motorcycle test I had to wait a full week between tests.


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Old 07-06-2011, 08:27 AM   #18755
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ABBA !

down here where we live now, there is lots of fun music. I've heard the BeeGees, Madonna, and ABBA more in the past month than I had heard them in the past 2 decades. I love it!

Quick turnaround !

Good luck Friday
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:25 AM   #18756
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You sure couldn't tell by the rolling boom boxes on the freew ... uh ... parking lot on the daily afternoon commute. It's a real shame to have to close the windows and run the AC just to be able to hear my civilized music!
I think you can partially blame the folks who cut music programs from school budgets.

Frank Zappa has been credited with saying, "Most people wouldn't know good music if it walked up and bit them in the a$$."
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Old 07-06-2011, 07:22 PM   #18757
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Old 07-06-2011, 07:48 PM   #18758
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I think he said in the wallet.
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Old 07-06-2011, 11:49 PM   #18759
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Thanks. Being able to take the test again so quickly surprised me. For the motorcycle test I had to wait a full week between tests.


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When I took my PPL they required you to wait 30 days between tests, this I was told was to weed out the people who aren't serious? When you fail the written test, you are still endorsed to fly solo, so really the written test isn't going to stop anyone from their flying, they are limited by laws, but no one is watching or are likely to care and not going to catch them.

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I think he said in the wallet.
I'm pretty sure Frank Zappa said A$$, I'm not sure the man knew what a wallet was Welcome back ye olde rebellious poster!
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Old 07-07-2011, 12:12 AM   #18760
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Old 07-08-2011, 12:30 AM   #18761
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I CAN'T EVEN ENJOY MYSELF ON THE COMPUTER. EVERYTHING IS LAG CITY. MAN. I GET NO REPRIEVE SOMETIMES.
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Old 07-08-2011, 12:31 AM   #18762
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Zbigniew Wodecki (polish chansonnier) said in an interview when asked about the quality of contemporaray music: "In the past we had songs - now we have charts."
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Old 07-08-2011, 03:22 AM   #18763
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Decisions, decisions.
My desktop computer is really in need of a reinstall. When I boot it up it crashes a couple of minutes after loading Windows (blue screen), after the reboot it will all day. The problem is that in my infinite wisdom I have put away my Windows disk in a "safe place" a while ago and now I can't find it anymore. At first I was planning on buying Windows 7 but then realised that it might be a better idea to save for a new computer instead, since this one is getting a bit old.

Because I'm going house sitting in two weeks' time plus some other expenses I know that are coming I won't be able to save as fast as I normally would so I expect I have enough money to buy the computer I want at the end of August.

Now I have 3 options:
1. Give this computer to my father for the store and work on my notebook until I've got a new computer. Problem: he'll want the Windows disk.

2. Get Windows 7 and reinstall it next week. Problem: will take longer to save for my computer.

3. Discuss it with my father and hopefully he (the store) is willing to pay for Windows 7 plus a reinstall when I get my new computer. Problem: might not work.

Starting to hate computers again.
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My desktop computer is really in need of a reinstall. When I boot it up it crashes a couple of minutes after loading Windows (blue screen), after the reboot it will all day. The problem is that in my infinite wisdom I have put away my Windows disk in a "safe place" a while ago and now I can't find it anymore.
Do you have your serial number? If so, download a copy of Windows from a torrent site. If you've paid for your Windows already, your serial number is all you need to install any file of the same OS, and you can download them from many different torrent sites on the Internet.


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