Parenting
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@NTA after watching 7 boys from the team I have coached for 8 years play under another coach, I felt a bit for my boy as i think this would have a huge opportunity to get a bit of confidence in his game now that he is a bit more savvy and bigger...and for me, despite thinking it'd he great not coaching, I felt a pang of disappointment watching the boys carve today...my boy then spent an hour telling me about wanting to do more exrecise and game less...first opportunity to do something, wanted to sit on his phone instead...
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I guess that all of you guys are going to teach your kids to drive?
See the "first cars" thread for some tips.
In the midst of it
Just remember to shout and belittle a lot. It helps with the kids self confidence as well as the driving skills.
The family friend who taught me all those years ago ( one lesson with my Dad didn’t help Our relationship so we canned that quickly ) passed away last year and turns out he had a massive list of former pupils many of whom were at the funeral sharing funny stories. His own son told how he put his hands over his ( the sons ) eyes to ‘simulate’ what it would be like if a bit of tarpaulin blew onto the windscreen ! Thankfully he never did that with me.
My oldest son is already pestering me for lessons. As long as he’s happy in an auto then I’ll think about it
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My oldest son is already pestering me for lessons. As long as he’s happy in an auto then I’ll think about it
So you're going to teach him to steer, not drive then?
Just kidding, far easier to learn in an auto. They actually work these days too. Maybe not quite so much of the shouting and anger, but you can do it if you try. You might even talk to your son afterwards.
"Don't ride the clutch!!!" was another favourite shout that I had forgotten. Probably blanked that one out really.
Hill starts without the anxiety about the car behind also a bonus, but you are taking a lot of the "fun" out of these lessons in an auto.
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My oldest son is already pestering me for lessons. As long as he’s happy in an auto then I’ll think about it
So you're going to teach him to steer, not drive then?
Just kidding, far easier to learn in an auto. They actually work these days too. Maybe not quite so much of the shouting and anger, but you can do it if you try. You might even talk to your son afterwards.
"Don't ride the clutch!!!" was another favourite shout that I had forgotten. Probably blanked that one out really.
Hill starts without the anxiety about the car behind also a bonus, but you are taking a lot of the "fun" out of these lessons in an auto.
I still have nightmares about hill starts and obviously being in Welly there’s no shortage of options for these.
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My oldest son is already pestering me for lessons. As long as he’s happy in an auto then I’ll think about it
So you're going to teach him to steer, not drive then?
Just kidding, far easier to learn in an auto. They actually work these days too. Maybe not quite so much of the shouting and anger, but you can do it if you try. You might even talk to your son afterwards.
"Don't ride the clutch!!!" was another favourite shout that I had forgotten. Probably blanked that one out really.
Hill starts without the anxiety about the car behind also a bonus, but you are taking a lot of the "fun" out of these lessons in an auto.
I still have nightmares about hill starts and obviously being in Welly there’s no shortage of options for these.
The options for me were:
Roll back and hit the car behind - and get shouted at.
Ride the clutch - and get shouted at,
Stall - and get shouted at.Get it right (occasionally) - and get shouted at for something else.
My wife thought it might be a good idea if I taught her to fly. Then she wanted me to teach her to drive a manual again...
We are still together.
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My oldest son is already pestering me for lessons. As long as he’s happy in an auto then I’ll think about it
So you're going to teach him to steer, not drive then?
Just kidding, far easier to learn in an auto. They actually work these days too. Maybe not quite so much of the shouting and anger, but you can do it if you try. You might even talk to your son afterwards.
"Don't ride the clutch!!!" was another favourite shout that I had forgotten. Probably blanked that one out really.
Hill starts without the anxiety about the car behind also a bonus, but you are taking a lot of the "fun" out of these lessons in an auto.
I still have nightmares about hill starts and obviously being in Welly there’s no shortage of options for these.
The options for me were:
Roll back and hit the car behind - and get shouted at.
Ride the clutch - and get shouted at,
Stall - and get shouted at.Get it right (occasionally) - and get shouted at for something else.
My wife thought it might be a good idea if I taught her to fly. Then she wanted me to teach her to drive a manual again...
We are still together.
Fuck me days this post is hilarious Snowy.
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I learnt to drive from a guy in my class at school (simpler times!). I sat the test in his Corolla Station Wagon, which was an awesome little car. I could parallel park it because I could see exactly where the car ended. When I came out to the car with the traffic cop (back then cops gave you your driving test) my mate had graciously pulled the choke - something I'de never even noticed let alone used before - all the way out so when I started up the little sewing machine engine revved like a bastard while I panicked and tried to work out what was going wrong. Old mate was standing on the footpath pissing himself. The cop knew exactly what was going on and shook his head and said "Mates, eh?". I just sat there with my crimson face while the cop reached over and pushed the choke back in. I passed, but to be fair back then you had to basically kill someone to fail.
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I passed, but to be fair back then you had to basically kill someone to fail.
So true. I was 15 and bloody useless, didn't kill anyone so I was given a little green book to go and kill someone. Mostly myself, but others got lucky.
For my test the piss taking of me was something my father would have been proud of during my "lessons". Refer to the first car thread for ways to humiliate your child whilst not teaching them to drive.
I'm trying to remember, but I think I did my test with a cop. That would be 1983. When did they stop doing it?
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My guy had a condescending attitude and a uniform, so I remember him as a cop.
Jeez, can you imagine that job? Having to be driven around by 15-17yo's every day, with little to no control on the car, ability to survive, etc. My heart wouldn't take it, and I'd get fired for saying some honest truths to them. Fark that.
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My guy had a condescending attitude and a uniform, so I remember him as a cop.
Jeez, can you imagine that job? Having to be driven around by 15-17yo's every day, with little to no control on the car, ability to survive, etc. My heart wouldn't take it, and I'd get fired for saying some honest truths to them. Fark that.
Terrible job.
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I passed, but to be fair back then you had to basically kill someone to fail.
So true. I was 15 and bloody useless, didn't kill anyone so I was given a little green book to go and kill someone. Mostly myself, but others got lucky.
For my test the piss taking of me was something my father would have been proud of during my "lessons". Refer to the first car thread for ways to humiliate your child whilst not teaching them to drive.
I'm trying to remember, but I think I did my test with a cop. That would be 1983. When did they stop doing it?
Wikipedia tells me that traffic and police merged in 1992, so it would have been the traffic cops back when you did it. Most of the guys on here won't have experienced a time when the police didn't do any road policing. I mean technically they could have, they just didn't. The traffic cops drove around in their black and white Belmonts and scraped teenagers off the roads and unwrapped drunks from around power poles. We had a family friend who was a traffic cop in Whangarei and he had an opinion that the 5 year gap between driving age and drinking age were to blame for a lot of teenage deaths, as every 17 year old from town knew you could drive to a country pub and get a drink, then drive back towards town before stacking your EH Holden into a farmer's paddock.
Oh and @Hooroo you can feel free to suck my left one. My 80 year old left one.
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I passed, but to be fair back then you had to basically kill someone to fail.
So true. I was 15 and bloody useless, didn't kill anyone so I was given a little green book to go and kill someone. Mostly myself, but others got lucky.
For my test the piss taking of me was something my father would have been proud of during my "lessons". Refer to the first car thread for ways to humiliate your child whilst not teaching them to drive.
I'm trying to remember, but I think I did my test with a cop. That would be 1983. When did they stop doing it?
Wikipedia tells me that traffic and police merged in 1992, so it would have been the traffic cops back when you did it. Most of the guys on here won't have experienced a time when the police didn't do any road policing. I mean technically they could have, they just didn't. The traffic cops drove around in their black and white Belmonts and scraped teenagers off the roads and unwrapped drunks from around power poles. We had a family friend who was a traffic cop in Whangarei and he had an opinion that the 5 year gap between driving age and drinking age were to blame for a lot of teenage deaths, as every 17 year old from town knew you could drive to a country pub and get a drink, then drive back towards town before stacking your EH Holden into a farmer's paddock.
Oh and @Hooroo you can feel free to suck my left one. My 80 year old left one.
Love you man!!!
I remember when they were in black and white Mitsi V3000’s.
