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hollydolly said:
do you mean a manual?

The vast majority of people in the Uk including myself.. drive a manual...:D
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I have always driven standard (manual) shift. One of the reasons I keep my Saturn is that it is a 5-speed and punks stealing cars canā€™t drive a car with a clutchšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Cars with clutches are becoming a rarity in the U.S. people are lazy and want the car to do everything for themšŸ¤ÆšŸ¤Æ
 
Imogene said:
I have always driven standard (manual) shift. One of the reasons I keep my Saturn is that it is a 5-speed and punks stealing cars canā€™t drive a car with a clutchšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Cars with clutches are becoming a rarity in the U.S. people are lazy and want the car to do everything for themšŸ¤ÆšŸ¤Æ
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here fortunately the majority of cars are manual.. I think because our roads are narrow generally speaking, hilly in many places , a lot of stop start in heavy traffic etc, and a manual is much easier to control in those situations

if like the US and canada we had hundreds of miles of open motorway I think auto's would be much more popular ..

Auto's are gaining ground tho ..my daughter.. and my ex husband both drive automatics.. his a Maserati.. and hers a RAV4...and the young who are driving big SUV's are choosing autos... ( I mean they need their free gear hand for their phones don't they ) ?:cautious:.. ..but they're not for me.. I like to have the power that a manual gives over an automatic,
 
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In 1988 I sat in the pilot seat and took the flight controls of an old rickety DC3 prop plane while flying over the Orinoco River in Venezuela. we were headed for Angel Falls from the airport in Barcelona on a one day excursion which was probably my favorite adventure to date. Never have seen geography anything like the Tablelands in the area of Angel Falls. Giant flat-top mountains jutting up from the thick jungle below. Awsome place; a shame about their politics. The people in Venezuela were so kind and outgoing in their treatment of visitors.
 
hollydolly said:
what's the wise owl club..lol:D
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Wise Owl Club members were wearing safety glasses which kept a foreign object from entering the eye.
In my case, machining Vibrac Steel on a lathe, the shavings were flying off the surface being cut. Blue hot, one hit my safety glasses and welded itself to said glasses. I would have lost that eye without the safety glasses.
 
Going back a mear 55 years ago. I swapped a case of C-rations to a cobra pilot for a ride. I sat in the front and when he lifted off, that nose tilted down so far, I thought I'd smash my face on the wind screen. Flying at tree top level at somewhere around 121 knots, (140 mph) was quite a thrill. That is until he decided to pull a 180 degree turn under power. This time, I whacked my helmet on the side window.
I was real happy to get back on the ground, (rubber legs and all) :) and I had a new found respect for those gunship pilots.


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In the 80's and 90's I was an amateur DJ. I never mixed in clubs but I made dance mixes for myself and for friends. One of my Hispanic friends said "Homeboy can mix". :ROFLMAO: I started with turntables putting mixes on tapes, then graduated to dual CD players burning mixes on CDs. I stopped in the early 2000's due to lack of time. It may sound easy but you have to have an ear for synching beats and adjusting BPMs to make it work. I still have all my mixes but have nothing to play them on now.
 
seadoug said:
In the 80's and 90's I was an amateur DJ. I never mixed in clubs but I made dance mixes for myself and for friends. One of my Hispanic friends said "Homeboy can mix". :ROFLMAO: I started with turntables putting mixes on tapes, then graduated to dual CD players burning mixes on CDs. I stopped in the early 2000's due to lack of time. It may sound easy but you have to have an ear for synching beats and adjusting BPMs to make it work. I still have all my mixes but have nothing to play them on now.
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I would have loved to see that!! :giggle:
 
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