tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post4417886655107679476..comments2024-02-16T06:59:59.062-06:00Comments on Quarry Garden Stained Glass: Middle Aged Women Don't Bounce: Part DeuxKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368318730124533690noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-48043973458803256802011-12-16T08:27:15.177-06:002011-12-16T08:27:15.177-06:00I was going to wait to comment until the final ins...I was going to wait to comment until the final installment of the story, lest I make some snarky comment only to discover in the next part that you're seriously hurt. Bummer to hear about the bruised coccyx, but very glad that it isn't something more serious. Hopefully you heal up quickly. <br /><br />Your story on the old family vehicles just makes me laugh. I think it's an American rite of passage to have an emotionally traumatizing story of learning to drive or getting your license for the first time. Can't wait for the next installment.El Gauchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123486882754116176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-35288661614850637722011-12-16T01:59:28.689-06:002011-12-16T01:59:28.689-06:00Oh, my goodness, Karen, you had me laughing out lo...Oh, my goodness, Karen, you had me laughing out loud!!! You had me in suspense, then relieved, then laughing!! This has the makings of a great book...or movie :-) I flunked my first driving test because I could not parallel park, and you got out of it, you lucky dog (well, I also flunked because I did not treat the parking lot as an intersection -- didn't look enough as I was driving in the parking lot) Picky, picky! I cared, but not a lot because we could not use our parents' vehicle anyway, and I did not have one of my own at the time. Finally got it on the second try a year or so later, and then got my own car. A 1977 Cutlass that had a carburetor problem, and I'd have to pop the hood and stick something in the carburetor to hold the it open, then it would crank. Remove the thingy, close the hood, and drive off. Good as new :-) And I learned to drive a standard on the hills of the streets of Denver, no less! It was awful!! Talk about clutch and gas at the same time :-) We also had an old farm truck that stuck in 3rd gear! How funny!! Anyway, love reading your tales of farm girl goes city :-) I can so relate! Like listening to Paul Harvey, I cannot wait to hear....THE REST OF THE STORY!!! I'm so sorry to hear about your bottom end. Yeeeouch!Toni - Signature Gardenshttp://signaturegardens.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-39815159648458009332011-12-16T01:42:47.286-06:002011-12-16T01:42:47.286-06:00Hope your feeling a little better today Hun.
Sueb...Hope your feeling a little better today Hun. <br />Sueb xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-10719382888726552292011-12-16T00:32:23.666-06:002011-12-16T00:32:23.666-06:00So sorry to hear about your injury...wait...you ha...So sorry to hear about your injury...wait...you haven't really told us, yet. I'm waiting in suspense with everyone else. You should seriously write a book. Btw, we must have had different DMV people. Mine flunked me before it was half over. :)DutchBakerGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091257905259403189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-64455297927142986912011-12-15T22:09:17.177-06:002011-12-15T22:09:17.177-06:00Oh No, a bruised coccyx! Ouch! What a great tale o...Oh No, a bruised coccyx! Ouch! What a great tale of your driving test. I didn't learn on a standard, but I used to drive one, actually we had a couple over the years. When I first met my husband, he had an old standard Chevy Nova that was a PITA to drive. It always stalled when you stopped. So in order to prevent it from stalling at every single stop sign or stop light, you had to put your left foot on the clutch, and your right kind of sideways on both the brake and the gas (to keep the gas revving so it wouldn't stall -- really, you needed three feet). A total horror show. <br /><br />You know what Nova means in Spanish, right? Hehe -- "Doesn't go." Which describes it perfectly.<br /><br />OK, now that I know you didn't break a hip or anything, I think I can wait patiently for Part Three.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942892890615806086.post-54074603570986351282011-12-15T21:13:11.159-06:002011-12-15T21:13:11.159-06:00I read part one and two and it is like settling do...I read part one and two and it is like settling down with a good novel. Awaiting the next chapter. You need to put these in audio books. Love your tales, Karen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com