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09-30-2010, 08:41 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Son Just Left For Driving Test!!!
Pray for me!!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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09-30-2010, 09:05 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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as long as you don't go with him in the car he'll be fine. The real shocker is when you find out what it costs to insure him. Holy crap is it expensive. Good luck.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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09-30-2010, 09:06 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Brockton? I stand out in front of my house and laugh at him when he comes by to do the 3 point turn....  |
 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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09-30-2010, 09:07 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Tell him it is bonus points to text while doing the test...  |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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09-30-2010, 09:49 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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So when are you posting your own "Its Over" thread..... 
I shouldn't laugh.....my son will be going for his in March  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-30-2010, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: RI
Posts: 446
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
Tell him it is bonus points to text while doing the test... |
I was gonna ask if he texted you the results  |
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09-30-2010, 11:12 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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He got it....time for me to be terrified!!! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-30-2010, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
Posts: 2,414
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Good news now don't let him drive until 18 yrs old. This way he is his own man and you may not have to be liable for lawsuits.
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09-30-2010, 12:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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Originally Posted by BigFish
He got it....time for me to be terrified!!! |
Time for us all to be terrified.  |
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09-30-2010, 12:15 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Congrats to your son. Big step for him, and his parents, too.
Now you will feel your heart hesitate every time the phone rings when he is out, and lay awake at night waiting to hear the car pull in the driveway, and feel tremendous fear and sadness to learn you can no longer protect him forever, and hopefully find tremendous pride and relief in seeing your kid successfully learn to handle adult responsibility. Big step, indeed.
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09-30-2010, 12:48 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redsoxticket
Good news now don't let him drive until 18 yrs old. This way he is his own man and you may not have to be liable for lawsuits.
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He turns 18 the 26th of October! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-30-2010, 12:49 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Congrats to your son. Big step for him, and his parents, too.
Now you will feel your heart hesitate every time the phone rings when he is out, and lay awake at night waiting to hear the car pull in the driveway, and feel tremendous fear and sadness to learn you can no longer protect him forever, and hopefully find tremendous pride and relief in seeing your kid successfully learn to handle adult responsibility. Big step, indeed.
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I am already there George. Already there. |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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10-04-2010, 08:11 AM
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Scarecrow
Join Date: May 2003
Location: bedford ma
Posts: 637
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Remember, every kid gets to put at least one dent in the family car/truck without getting a beating.  |
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10-04-2010, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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ok FINE he Passed the registry of Motor Vehicles test...
NOW it's time for you to GIVE HIM the REAL
BIGFISH test of responsibly
He definitely needs to KNOW how many feet it takes to stop a car
when applying the brakes on dry days and rainy days
so thats two different visits to an empty parking lot right there
then explain the BRAKES perform a NEGATIVE function in that
they are wearing down the pads and the best brake or cheapest brake
is careful timing NOT stomping them at the last second...
and easing off of the gas pedal methodically....
they need to be utilized sparingly so that in the event of an emergency like
some drunk driver running a red light he can depend upon them in a
half second notice scenario.
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10-05-2010, 11:45 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 208
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LOL, Larry I've got a vovo $wagon$ with 189,000 miles on it. Not a fender unbelmished or a bumper uncracked. Perfect teenager car. It's been through 2 daughters and a wife.... you interested? |
72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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10-05-2010, 06:38 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Go for the vovo, it a good starter and can carry yaks.
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10-05-2010, 07:04 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,454
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Go for the vovo, it a good starter and can carry yaks.
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and that's a good thing cause the kid has his eye on your truck. |
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10-05-2010, 07:33 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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He wants a car not a truck.....he is gonna have to save some money!! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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10-06-2010, 11:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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set some ground rules like if he breaks it, he fixes it, Or that he is responsible for his own gas when out driving. Or when he is EXPECTED to have the vehicle home, barring any normal delays.
Oh, and most importantly, drill it into his head that NO drinking, NO texting, and NO fooling around behind the wheel or ALL priviledges will be revoked!
Most kids/teens haven't realized that they can't live forever, and some unfortunate ones learn the hard PERMANENT way.
Good luck, we're all behind you!
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10-06-2010, 11:26 AM
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time to go
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,318
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Hope he does well!
Does anyone know when it's ok to make a left turn on red? (solid red not blinking)
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10-06-2010, 11:46 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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When a police officer directing traffic tells you to....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-06-2010, 11:58 AM
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time to go
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,318
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When going from a one way street onto another one way street. Many folks don't know that when making a left turn out of a one way street you are required to be on the left side of the one way street.
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10-06-2010, 01:00 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ecduzitgood
When going from a one way street onto another one way street. Many folks don't know that when making a left turn out of a one way street you are required to be on the left side of the one way street.
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If you were Downunder you wouldn't think twice about this maneuver!
Left is OK when one way onto one way so that you are going left! |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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10-06-2010, 02:25 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
set some ground rules like if he breaks it, he fixes it, Or that he is responsible for his own gas when out driving. Or when he is EXPECTED to have the vehicle home, barring any normal delays.
Oh, and most importantly, drill it into his head that NO drinking, NO texting, and NO fooling around behind the wheel or ALL priviledges will be revoked!
Most kids/teens haven't realized that they can't live forever, and some unfortunate ones learn the hard PERMANENT way.
Good luck, we're all behind you!
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Way, waaaayyyyyy ahead of you there Tim! Covered all those bases multiple times!!! He knows the dilio!!! Its his game to lose and he knows it!!! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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10-06-2010, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
Posts: 2,414
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One passed one to go
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