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    @mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.

    I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.

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    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    @mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.

    I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.

    Considering that in any drive you have you will notice plenty of critical failures by drivers around you it should almost be a requirement to fit in.

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    @crucial well was one young guy in a Skyline GTR that took off from the lights beside us, wheels screeching...

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    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    @mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.

    I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.

    Good stuff to know for a couple of years time.

    I reckon if I got a surprise restricted test with no preparation I’d fail. I’m 100% sure of this.

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    @mn5 said in Parenting:

    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    @mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.

    I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.

    Good stuff to know for a couple of years time.

    I reckon if I got a surprise restricted test with no preparation I’d fail. I’m 100% sure of this.

    It would be funny though.
    'Why did you overtake that white car on the inside?"
    "Because the fluffybunny was too slow"

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    @crucial said in Parenting:

    @mn5 said in Parenting:

    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    @mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.

    I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.

    Good stuff to know for a couple of years time.

    I reckon if I got a surprise restricted test with no preparation I’d fail. I’m 100% sure of this.

    It would be funny though.
    'Why did you overtake that white car on the inside?"
    "Because the fluffybunny was too slow"

    Perving at chicks running is definitely a potential hazard to point out as well.

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    Dusting this one off.

    The Boy is 18 now, has been with the girlfriend* for just over a year, got a summer job at Dan Murphy's (warehouse liquor retail for those outside the great brown land), and got early entry into the course he wanted at the University he wanted.

    He got first in course for his favourite subject at school, and did relatively well in his next-favourite, as well as getting the school award for being a good fluffybunny. Or something like that, anyway. "Demonstrating school values"? which is odd at a Catholic School for a decidedly un-religious kid. Ain't no Jebus here.

    So, despite Mrs TA wringing her hands at everything that could go wrong, or at least everything she thinks he should have done, he's OK. Didn't try very hard in his exams I might add, with the pressure of a Uni entry score off the table.

    Like me, the lazy little fluffybunny will just continue to cruise, doing enough to get by on his strengths, and mostly ignoring his weaknesses. My concern is he's overweight and unfit.... also like me, I guess. But at least I can speak from a position of life experience in how fucked that is.

    Mrs TA was making noises about using our hard-earned to help pay for his Uni course, and I drew the line. He can go with HECS and pay that back just like we did; likely the Bank of Mum & Dad will be underwriting his house purchase or other big financials at some point, anyway.

    *Girlfriend is lovely, but skinny little waif who barely eats anything. She just finished high school after attending the local College with a religious bent (Adventists?). Apparently she's "asexual" but judging by how much time they spend in his room with the door closed (much to Mrs TA's chagrin), it ain't all watching YouTube.

    I've reminded him a few times that he's not just fucking up his life if he gets her pregnant, but also mine. And that will not stand.

    Throw in the fact her Mum is pro-life, and therefore an abortion is no-go, and you've got a tightrope to walk on there my boy. Plus, given our genetically enormous cranial history from my father's side of the family, natural birth is also a slim prospect (the girl is Asian - via NZ actually - and won't come out of that without severe damage).

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