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Post this in the Backroom and I will gladly tell you the REAL difference between 15 and 50. 
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Sounds kind of scary; my guess is, you're going to say something like, "It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night."
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Given I am now the driver for my mom (88), I see what you mean. She will only drive a few miles from home now but I worry when she does.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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B. Clay Shannon wrote: When you are 15, you feel safe riding in the car with your dad driving, but he doesn't return the sentiment - he is as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs when you're driving.
Your dad was letting you drive at 15?
On public roads?
No wonder he was nervous. Was he looking for cops?
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My dad *was* a cop (CHP)> Search for "Shannon" here) and you will find him (Theodore R. Shannon). 15 is (was?) the age for driving permits.
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Your father seems like a damn fine officer. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Thanks; I still remember that day well; his eyebrows were singed off, and he was coughing from smoke inhalation, but he didn't seem to consider what he had done such a big deal - just doing his job.
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I remember taking my Mother out for lunch and as we were walking to the restruant we were chatting. All of a sudden she steps off the curb onto the roadway where there were a lot of cars going by.
I took hold of her arm so she couldn't wander into traffic and told her to look both ways before stepping out onto the road.
At that moment I had memories of her telling me the exact same thing when I was a small boy.
I realized then that the roles had reversed and things would never be as I remembered them. The circle of life had indeed turned.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Website says the show runs today, tomorrow and Wednesday
That doesn't include the exhibit floor.
It opens tomorrow at 11
Learn from my mistakes
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according to my encourage mint!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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according to my postpone mint!
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according to my establish mint.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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People who spend all their time thinking about money have the wrong centimint.
/ravi
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This thread is under surveillance by the govern mint.
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Pretty soon there will be a growing sense of resentmint.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's an understatemint.
/ravi
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Arg, I can see this threads going to head into the basemint.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, there's no escapemint that.
/ravi
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It does give one a twisted sense of empowermint though.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The only thing that protects threads like this one is the first amend mint.
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I know this is OT, but I like peppermint.
/ravi
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This thread is an example of harass mint
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Yet, it oddly offers a feeling of contentmint.
/ravi
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How did you know the question?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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What flavor of encourage are we talking about here? Wintergreen, Spearmint, toothpaste, or bacon? 
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