XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 2 Aug 2023 15:12:02 -0000 (UTC),   
   "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.   
      
   I was just down there last weekend.   
      
   I went to Washington's Birthplace and Jamestown.   
      
   The next day to Yorktown Battle Museum and Yorktown Battlefield (the car   
   tour includes the most beautiful woods I've ever seen.)   
      
   The next day to the Virginia War Museum and the Norfolk Zoo.   
      
   Still a lot of things to see on some future trip.   
      
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