Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

(and lack a set of nuts)

Well, you have them... they're just not attached.

*looks down* Not a man...

Probably a good thing (see below).

The only thing that would make today complete is if the bf was waiting for me at home (preferably with dinner ).

 

[Scarlet]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

So, you don't know how to drive a stick, and have no desire to learn, but you know what it's like to drive one?

No, I don't know what it's like to drive one. But I know myself and my state of mind when I drive and I know driving an automatic works for me as a driver, so for you to tell me that I would for a fact love it is incorrect.

The only time I'd rather have an automatic is in traffic. My assertion is that sitting in traffic is relatively rare for the average driver.

You should live with me and drive into Boston during rush hour every day. And then leave the city on a Friday night to go to a hockey game in Providence. Rare? It's the rule.

Setting that aside, I've still seen no good reason to not know how to drive a manual.

What is a good reason to know how to drive one?

 

[bigblue_dl]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

A Manhattan sounds very tasty. Perhaps that'll be on the menu in a bit... and that reminds me, I still have Makers for it.

Are you going downtown for the shirtless guy's and MEg's birthday thing tonight?

I am going and I'll be DD'ing. I already put a Monster in the fridge at work, planning on getting little sleep and needing extra caffeine.

 

[goldy_331]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

Well, you have them... they're just not attached.

Well, not to her...

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Are you going downtown for the shirtless guy's and MEg's birthday thing tonight?

I am going and I'll be DD'ing. I already put a Monster in the fridge at work, planning on getting little sleep and needing extra caffeine.

I think I will. Forgot to text him back about it, but I don't work tomorrow so I'm free to be out. Still might not stay all night, but that Manhattan really sounded good.

 

[legal_hit]

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What is a good reason to know how to drive one?

The only two reasons I can this of are: 1. cars with manual transmissions are generally less expensive and generally get better gas mileage.

2. what if it's an emergency and the only car available has a manual transmission?

This said, I still don't think that The Sun knows how to drive a car with a manual transmission. When I was still living up North, I didn't push the matter because it would mean that she couldn't drive my car. Yes, it's selfish, but it was a lot easier on me.

 

[Bakunin]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

The only two reasons I can this of are: 1. cars with manual transmissions are generally less expensive and generally get better gas mileage.

According to this, it's a minimal difference: http://www.wisegeek.com/are-stick-shifts-cheaper-than-cars-with-automatic-transmissions.htm

2. what if it's an emergency and the only car available has a manual transmission?

I'd say the odds of this are awfully low:
a) how often is there an emergency where you need a vehicle immediately?
b) out of those times that you need one, how often are there only manuals?

Plus if there really was an emergency involving only stick shifts, I'm going to venture a guess that someone would be there that owned one of those vehicles and could quickly explain how to drive it. It's not like you'd be learning how to drive - you'd just be learning how to handle the shifting. Given the number of yokels that drive in this country, it can't be that difficult to learn/figure out.

 

[Patman]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

how hard are manual cars to learn? I'm not getting a car any time soon, but i may as well ask. My father has always had a manual on his truck... to me it seems too complicated. I'd probably hit the wrong pedal at some point.

 

[Sloe Gin]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

I better be your new favorite waitress, fools!!

can't wait to not tip you.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

how hard are manual cars to learn? I'm not getting a car any time soon, but i may as well ask. My father has always had a manual on his truck... to me it seems too complicated. I'd probably hit the wrong pedal at some point.

Usually it's easier to learn on a truck, because they're less likely to stall, and the shifters tend to notch into gear much more solidly than on a front wheel drive car (solid linkage vs. shifting through a cable system). It's not too difficult to learn, either way.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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can't wait to not tip you.

Yes. For showing too much tattooed Fooper skin.

 

[walrus]

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You should live with me and drive into Boston during rush hour every day. And then leave the city on a Friday night to go to a hockey game in Providence. Rare? It's the rule?

Driving a manual transmission isn't rocket science, its just something folks do who have manual transmissions. If you are into driving there is something about the control of the gears that makes driving more fun at times. If driving is a chore you have to do I doubt you'd think driving a standard transmission was fun.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

I'd say the odds of this are awfully low:

So what? That's not a good reason not to know.

It's not like you'd be learning how to drive - you'd just be learning how to handle the shifting. Given the number of yokels that drive in this country, it can't be that difficult to learn/figure out.

So, it wouldn't be hard to learn, yet you still refuse. And they say New Englanders are stubborn!

 

[Twitch Boy]

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The only two reasons I can this of are: 1. cars with manual transmissions are generally less expensive and generally get better gas mileage.

2. what if it's an emergency and the only car available has a manual transmission?

The big draw is that it puts you in full control over what the car is doing at any given moment. You're not at the mercy of some computer that changes gears whenever it decides is best - you can put it in any gear and work the throttle to get whatever amount of power you need at any time. (You can also instantly cut off power to the wheels if you put it in neutral, something you can't do on an automatic.) All this makes it really handy on ice/snow, which is a big reason I'd want it.

 

[JF_Gophers]

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Going back to booze, one of my favorite topics.

I drink most of my whiskey straight, only occasionally over ice. If its a low end whiskey I'll just drink it as a shot, otherwise I like to sip n savor.

Of course the lowest end whiskey I will drink is Jameson which is generally not the rail.

$2.00 Jameson pours at happy hour have gotten me more than once.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

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You can also instantly cut off power to the wheels if you put it in neutral, something you can't do on an automatic.

That works in an automatic too. With a manual, you cut off power to the drive wheels by depressing the clutch.

 

[Bakunin]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #112: Son of "Filling in for the night shift"

how hard are manual cars to learn?

I think if you got a hold of one and had an empty parking lot to practice in, you could probably figure it out within a half hour.

CBG - it's not so much a refusal to learn as it is a lack of opportunity / need to learn. If I was thrown into a situation where I absolutely had to drive a stick shift, I could probably figure it out pretty quickly (isn't it basically letting off the gas / depressing the clutch pedal when you want to shift, and when you finish shifting into gear, you release the clutch?).

 

[crazytechfan]

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can't wait to not tip you.

Sooo likely that you'll be up here anytime soon.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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That works in an automatic too. With a manual, you cut off power to the drive wheels by depressing the clutch.

Fair enough - I was always told never shift an automatic while it's moving.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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CBG - it's not so much a refusal to learn as it is a lack of opportunity / need to learn. If I was thrown into a situation where I absolutely had to drive a stick shift, I could probably figure it out pretty quickly (isn't it basically letting off the gas / depressing the clutch pedal when you want to shift, and when you finish shifting into gear, you release the clutch?).

Little more to it than that. Drop the clutch too fast and you'll lurch/stall. It's one of those "happy medium" things that has to be practiced in person.