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Post by orvillethird on Oct 7, 2016 2:26:47 GMT
I'm still doing fine in my courses, and I have been passing my tests with A's! I'm not sure if I'll be doing anything with CAP in response to Hurricane Matthew. I do want to do something, but work my put a damper on things. (For those worried about me here or on AH.com, I'm a ways inland so I'm not in danger.) Good to hear you're out of harm's way! What's the CAP? I haven't heard of it before. CAP is Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the USAF. We do search and rescue, emergency services, aerospace education and similar stuff. We do have military ranks (I'm a captain) and have quasi-military uniforms, but we're still civilian. (For those from the UK, there is a similar group based on us (Skywatch Civil Air Patrol, and they were formed recently), but you could describe us as a cross between the RNLI and the Air Cadets.)
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Post by Krall on Oct 7, 2016 19:30:28 GMT
I had a driving test earlier today, which I unfortunately failed. Most of my driving was perfectly fine but there were a couple of occasions where I zoned out a bit and the examiner had to take action, which is an automatic fail. Oh well, it's good experience and I'm gonna try again in about a month. I should be fine if I can keep concentrated on my driving.
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Post by Jasen777 on Oct 7, 2016 19:48:01 GMT
I never had to take a driving test. Do they make you parallel park?
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Post by Krall on Oct 7, 2016 19:53:32 GMT
I never had to take a driving test. Do they make you parallel park? There are four maneuvers you have to learn, and they make you do two on any test. Parallel parking's one of them, the others are a turn in the road/a three-point turn, reversing around a corner, and reversing into a parking bay. I believe they have you do one of the first three during the test, then end the test with you reversing into a bay back at the test centre.
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Post by Jasen777 on Oct 7, 2016 19:58:11 GMT
I never had to take a driving test. Do they make you parallel park? There are four maneuvers you have to learn, and they make you do two on any test. Parallel parking's one of them, the others are a turn in the road/a three-point turn, reversing around a corner, and reversing into a parking bay. I believe they have you do one of the first three during the test, then end the test with you reversing into a bay back at the test centre. Except for versions of the 3 point turn, I don't do any of those ever.
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Post by Krall on Oct 7, 2016 21:11:18 GMT
Except for versions of the 3 point turn, I don't do any of those ever. Huh. What country are you from? Maybe you have different driving test standards.
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Post by Jasen777 on Oct 7, 2016 23:04:00 GMT
Except for versions of the 3 point turn, I don't do any of those ever. Huh. What country are you from? Maybe you have different driving test standards. Texas. At the time taking driver's ed in school allowed you to not take the driving part of the license test. There's no place I'd go where I'd need to parallel park or reverse park. "Reversing around a corner" is that like backing out of a driveway? I have done that... Fortunately I only ready knew how to drive before driver's ed, because for the driving part our instructor would fall asleep when we driving.
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Post by Krall on Oct 8, 2016 0:14:09 GMT
Texas. At the time taking driver's ed in school allowed you to not take the driving part of the license test. There's no place I'd go where I'd need to parallel park or reverse park. "Reversing around a corner" is that like backing out of a driveway? I have done that... Fortunately I only ready knew how to drive before driver's ed, because for the driving part our instructor would fall asleep when we driving. Reversing around a corner is, well, reversing around a corner. Like this: Driver's Ed isn't a thing in the UK, as far as I'm aware. Knowing how to drive is less vital over here.
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Post by Jasen777 on Oct 8, 2016 0:17:35 GMT
I could do that, but can't imagine needing to on a road. (It is rather like backing out of a driveway, though you don't normally back up that much).
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Oct 14, 2016 6:01:16 GMT
Well, in about 17 hours I'm heading off to Kansas City to help some of my grandparents move. Depending on how quickly we get done, I could be back either on Sunday or Friday of next week. I'll take my computer so hopefully I can get something done if I have time, but otherwise, good bye for now!
(and if I do get back on friday, expect me to be gone for another week, as I'll be bogged down in Civ VI, I'm sure)
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Post by Krall on Oct 14, 2016 9:04:43 GMT
Well, in about 17 hours I'm heading off to Kansas City to help some of my grandparents move. Depending on how quickly we get done, I could be back either on Sunday or Friday of next week. I'll take my computer so hopefully I can get something done if I have time, but otherwise, good bye for now! (and if I do get back on friday, expect me to be gone for another week, as I'll be bogged down in Civ VI, I'm sure) See you next week MN (or whenever you emerge from the pit of Civ VI)! I'm going to help my dad out at a trade show this Saturday, so I'll be gone until this Sunday too. See you all then!
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Oct 21, 2016 17:44:21 GMT
Tomorrow I leave the Purdiest place in Missouri and start the 12 hour journey back home
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Post by Krall on Oct 21, 2016 19:48:55 GMT
Tomorrow I leave the Purdiest place in Missouri and start the 12 hour journey back home I thought you were going to Kansas City, which I understand is in Kansas?
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Oct 21, 2016 21:21:12 GMT
Tomorrow I leave the Purdiest place in Missouri and start the 12 hour journey back home I thought you were going to Kansas City, which I understand is in Kansas? Kansas City is split between two states, Missouri and Kansas, with the majority living on the Missouri side. Besides that, I was wrong about going to Kansas City, I'm about two hours further south, not far from Missouri's border with Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas, in a town called Purdy
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Post by Krall on Oct 21, 2016 23:19:54 GMT
Kansas City is split between two states, Missouri and Kansas, with the majority living on the Missouri side. Besides that, I was wrong about going to Kansas City, I'm about two hours further south, not far from Missouri's border with Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas, in a town called Purdy Ah, named for a person I presume, rather than an accented pronunciation of "pretty"?
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Oct 22, 2016 0:18:20 GMT
Kansas City is split between two states, Missouri and Kansas, with the majority living on the Missouri side. Besides that, I was wrong about going to Kansas City, I'm about two hours further south, not far from Missouri's border with Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas, in a town called Purdy Ah, named for a person I presume, rather than an accented pronunciation of "pretty"? No idea, I just know that it's fun to say the town is "a Purdy town, full of Purdy people" *Quickly looks it up* Town's named after George A Purdy.
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Post by orvillethird on Oct 22, 2016 3:11:07 GMT
Today I was in the propwash of a B-17, twice. It's quite powerful.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Oct 23, 2016 4:40:17 GMT
Back home!
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Post by orvillethird on Oct 24, 2016 2:18:48 GMT
Well, my bank just sent me a note saying I had overdrawn my account (I have not used my card since last month), and I have a bill due soon for storage. Oh and my fitness tracker just popped off and went who-knows-where, since I can't find hide nor hair of it.
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Post by Krall on Oct 24, 2016 3:34:02 GMT
Well, my bank just sent me a note saying I had overdrawn my account (I have not used my card since last month), and I have a bill due soon for storage. Oh and my fitness tracker just popped off and went who-knows-where, since I can't find hide nor hair of it. Sounds like a real shitty series of events. Do you think the bank thing is fraud?
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