tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662825720404073899.post8139763503232569434..comments2023-09-11T02:58:56.542-07:00Comments on Biscuit City: The Quality of MercyDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12794467539386678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662825720404073899.post-43019347025211338402011-12-01T20:16:37.590-08:002011-12-01T20:16:37.590-08:00@ Mary Mac: So good to see you and the whole crew ...@ Mary Mac: So good to see you and the whole crew today at a sad occasion. We need to meet regularly as our lives permit!<br />A six-week driving course! O my Lord! What a punishment...for you. The improvement course I took was online and took four hours but it was obnoxious because they allotted far too much time to each page and you couldn't go on to the next page until the time was up. So I organized my desk (sort of) while I waited. Anyhow, I'm free and clear...this time...<br /><br />@Mary G: I like your idea. I think I would write about the recommended procedure for getting away from a car stuck on the tracks with a train approaching. Here's the start of my essay:<br /><br />"The instructions in the driver improvement course said that if your car is stuck on the tracks with a train rapidly approaching, you should get out of the car (duh)and run TOWARD the train while bearing off at an angle to the tracks.<br /><br />"This is pure stupidity. This boy ain't going to run TOWARD any oncoming train. I know the idea is that the debris from the collision is thrown forward and you're trying to get away from that, and I know there are some people who would run parallel to the train away from it. Maybe they think they can outrun an Acela at full gait. I ain't that dumb. And speaking of dumb, if I ever get stuck on a track with a train coming on I would first of all deserve to be hit and killed and secondly I would run as fast as I could in a perpendicular direction to the train and put a ton of daylight between me and it...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12794467539386678686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662825720404073899.post-1934545641090435032011-12-01T18:28:53.677-08:002011-12-01T18:28:53.677-08:00I am mulling over this idea of an Essay test for y...I am mulling over this idea of an Essay test for your driver's license. Mine would begin:<br />"Webster's dictionary defines 'driving' as....." Then I would write: "There are three reasons why I would make a good driver. First,..." <br /><br />heheheheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662825720404073899.post-47846060593301556632011-12-01T15:04:05.440-08:002011-12-01T15:04:05.440-08:00Good to know. Once upon a time, a teenager who I k...Good to know. Once upon a time, a teenager who I knew well got a well-deserved speeding ticket. I imposed no punishment myself, but did come forth with a pretty good lecture on how I didn't need to, that that blot would be on her record and she'd have to explain it if she ever wanted a job requiring driving, etc. I was pretty proud of myself. Then she went to court; they dismissed the charge as long as she and a parent attended a 6 week driving course. Saturday mornings at 8. So...who got punished here? Sigh.Alexandria Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682992633124790109noreply@blogger.com