XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/2/2023 8:12 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   > Ed P wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/2/2023 7:45 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> We also had to parallel park between two cones to pass the test.   
   >>> These days parallel parking is not required, at least in Virginia.   
   >>> When we arrived at the testing station after the road test, the   
   >>> test instructor told me to pull over rather than park between the   
   >>> cones.  He said there's no way he could parallel park that monster   
   >>> and he didn't want to fail me for that!   
   >>   
   >> When I first started driving (1961) I lived in Philadelphia.  You had   
   >> to be able to parallel park or you'd just drive around forever.  I   
   >> could get into some rather tight spots others would pass up.   
   >>   
   >> I don't recall the last time I did it.  Five years at least, maybe 10   
   >> or 15.  Not sure how well I'd do since out of practice.   
   >   
   > If you live anywhere near a medium sized city you still have to   
   > parallel park, expecially if you go downtown or to government bureaus.   
   > Parking on the street is necessary for urban areas.  I live in the   
   > Hampton Roads area of SE Virginia and still have to park on the street   
   > in many places.   
      
   A sign on the door of someone in my college dorm.   
      
   "Parallel parking is the only true art form"   
      
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