Happy Birthday tak.

Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:14 pm

Gosh, I almost missed this. It's tak's birthday and no one noticed.

Happy Birthday! Did you get your driver's license today?

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:17 pm

Tomorrow is my birthday.

Thanks for the thread.

Nope, I don't plan to get my licence tomorrow. I think I will wait a few days. I'm not in that much of a hurry.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:22 pm

Happy birthday! I was not in a hurry either, I wanted a year.

I just never felt like it then I told myself I better,since it takes like 3 years before everything is done. (course, tests, etc)

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:26 pm

Three years? You're joking.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:29 pm

well about that. You need to get a book and read it, so that's about a month, then you get your G1 (do the test) then you have to wait like 9 months or something to get your G2, but between that you also have to take a course where you drive with the instructor and depending on how busy he is (there's only 2 in town so they are both busy) you only get to drive once a month and you need 10 lessons. So all that takes at least a year, but there's something else once you do the road test (after the course and all that) but I forget how it works.

I exagerated a bit by saying 3 years now that I think of it, but it's at least 1 and most likely over for sure. That's here, not sure how it is where you live.

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L33T B0T · Post by **L33T B0T** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:29 pm

well about that. You need to get a book and read it, so that's about a month, then you get your G1 (do the test) then you have to wait like 9 months or something to get your G2, but between that you also have to take a course where you drive with the instructor and depending on how busy he is (there's only 2 in town so they are both busy) you only get to drive once a month and you need 10 lessons. So all that takes at least a year, but there's something else once you do the road test (after the course and all that) but I forget how it works.

I exagerated a bit by saying 3 years now that I think of it, but it's at least 1 and most likely over for sure. That's here, not sure how it is where you live.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:34 pm

It really doesn't take that long here.
<ul><li>Take a test on a computer.</li><li>If you get less than six wrong, you get your permit.</li><li>You drive with a licensed driver for at least 50 hours spanning at least 150 days.</li><li>If you haven't done a lot of bad things, you can apply for your licence at age 16.</li><li>You take the computer test again. If you miss less than six, on to the driving test!</li><li>For under thirty minutes, you drive with an instructor. If the instructor thinks you are a good driver, you get your licence. If not, you try again some other day.</li></ul>
That seems easier then what you have to do.

I have some restrictions about how many people can be in the car and when I can drive. However, if I'm a good driver that all should be gone next year.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:43 pm

Wow, nope us it's longer then that and more restrictions. with G1 I need someone else in the car, I can't drive on the big freeways like the 401 and I can't drive at night. But with G2 there's less restrictions, then after another ammount of time I get the normal license.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:44 pm

There are more restrictions here now than there used to be. We had way too many inexperienced drivers involved in deadly accidents.

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:13 pm

Happy Birthday Tak!

Personally, I don't think you'll get any better at driving unless you're on the road, so don't wait too long to get your license. At least not 3 years

that's kinda messed up, red.

When I got my license I took that computer test too, but then I took a class in high school, it was kinda short though, maybe a half semester or something. Then we got the on the road sessions after school. Unfortunately I had something like an hour or 2 driving with my parents at the time, so that's where I learned most of my driving skills from

'. There was 5 or 6 sessions in which you drove about an hour with some gym instructor or something. Then you took the road test. Somehow I actually passed on the first shot

I think the instructor just wanted to get rid of me

If you passed, you could pick up your license as soon as you turned 16.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:18 pm

Actually the way it is, even though it takes all that time to get your license you can still drive, but under the conditions mentioned. (not alone etc)

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:31 pm

Hey tak, get any cool gifts you want to tell us about?

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:13 pm

Wren wrote: Hey tak, get any cool gifts you want to tell us about?

Just money.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:30 pm

How much? Money is not really a suprise, only in big ammounts.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:12 pm

Money is always good, that way you get to pick out your own gift.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:19 pm

Yep. Expecially in my case. If I ask for a strick of ram or even a kind of tool, my parants don't know what it is.

I asked for a UPS once and they had no clue what I was talking about.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:28 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Yep. Expecially in my case. If I ask for a strick of ram or even a kind of tool, my parants don't know what it is. I asked for a UPS once and they had no clue what I was talking about.

That's one of the reasons I only get money.

People say I'm hard to shop for, and I believe them since I truly have problems shopping for myself too. Top that with not knowing what Java or a video card is...

I'm thinking of buying some books off Amazon. I know I am buying Rapid Application Development with Mozilla, and I have some books on PHP in mind...

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rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:08 pm

missed a lot of the birthdays it looks like but i seen this one so happy birthday.

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