XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 2 Aug 2023 09:38:34 -0400, 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.   
      
   I did it today, and on the left side of the road.  When I started to go   
   back, I saw in the mirror that the guy who would be parked behind me was   
   pulling out.  So I waited and by the time I parked, the 3 spots behind   
   me were all empty.   
      
   It was nice that there was available parking. There used to be none in   
   this n'hood near Johns Hopkins University, but they took a wide street   
   and put parking on both sides of the median, plus next to the curb, 4   
   lanes.   
      
   To pay, 50 cents for 30 minutes, up to 2 hours, you had to put in your   
   license plate, but didn't need to put anything on the windshield.   
      
   I had to return my GPS to Amazon.   
      
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