Things Every Man Should Know

[Allez Allez]

I'm going to add lifting the lid off a toilet's water tank and corrected an errant float to this list.

I did this on the first date of the woman I married. Not sure there is really a direct correlation there, but for purposes of this thread I am going with it.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

How to parallel park. Just bought a car after not owning one for the better part of 10 years and was quite pleased that this skill hadn't eroded with time.

 

[Leitmotif]

Never trust white people.

 

[Leitmotif]

Never trust anybody.

Specially a non jewish white lawyer.

 

[Grand Potentate]

How to parallel park. Just bought a car after not owning one for the better part of 10 years and was quite pleased that this skill hadn't eroded with time.

Its been more than a decade since I've had to do this. It would be a complete disaster if I had to go down to South Beach and park on the street.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

We stay in Bickell and everywhere we go that we drive has valet parking or garage parking. NY is a different matter of course.

 

[Grand Potentate]

We stay in Bickell and everywhere we go that we drive has valet parking or garage parking. NY is a different matter of course.

Where in Brickell? You live down here?

 

[stridentlyopposed]

No, no. Used to, from 2001-2004. Back fairly regularly though (7-8x) per year for business/pleasure. Been staying at the Epic mostly for the last couple of years.

 

[Grand Potentate]

No, no. Used to, from 2001-2004. Back fairly regularly though (7-8x) per year for business/pleasure. Been staying at the Epic mostly for the last couple of years.

Damn son you a baller. I didn't know you were a high roller like that!

I used to live in the One Miami.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

Damn son you a baller. I didn't know you were a high roller like that!

I used to live in the One Miami.

Hardly! It helps when someone else is paying. That and loyalty points. Are you a Miami basher or do you enjoy living there?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Hardly! It helps when someone else is paying. That and loyalty points. Are you a Miami basher or do you enjoy living there?

Used to live there. Wish I still did.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

Grand Potentate , can say the same. Hopefully business will pan out the way I hope and I'll at minimum be there as much as here.

 

[Grand Potentate]

But you retain one critical piece of information about parallel parking: Done properly, it requires backing in first. That being the case, when you see someone turn on their blinker, drive just beyond an open parking spot, and stop, you know not to pull up behind them and wait, thus blocking them from backing in properly.

So, even if you've lost the practical skill, the fact that you know how to do it creates positive externalities for your fellow drivers.

Yeah, until I'm so rusty that it takes me 25 stop and go turns and I end up holding up everyone in the road. I'm sure they'll love me then.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

You would hate trying to park my car.

 

[stridentlyopposed]

A fellow Jag U R owner JimmyRustler. xj8 l makes for fun parking