Kevin's Watch

Hey, I'm not a pansy! I'm learning on a manual transmission!

Pay him no mind. It's just his uncontrollable British snobbery coming out. Page back Magickmaker, I posted another message for you.

Your mum is a pansy for thinking manuals are hard, so you're a hereditary pansy.

Thank you CMJ, I'll try to remember all that.

It's a 1995 Geo Prizm. (it's burgundy, Ali's nicknamed it the Burgundy Bomb.)

I used to have a 96 Geo Prizm. It's the same car as a toyota corolla. I loved that car. That should be easy to learn on and the car is very forgiving. You will do great. I promise. My first manual transmission experience was at fourteen in a 1961 Volkswagon bug on my friend's farm outside of Frederick Maryland. It had been sitting in a shed for years and her dad made the mistake of saying that if we could get it started we could do whatever we wanted with it. We got a friend of hers to help us and we got that thing running and went driving like maniacs all over the fields. Later I refined my street skill in my friend Mark's 1968 Volkswagon Bus. He thought it was funny on my first day on the road to poke a hole in my soda bottle so that when I took a swig it spilled all down my front. His reward for such an act was for me to take both my hands off the wheel and look down and start wiping my shirt. I took out a mailbox and we fled the scene of the crime. Good times....

Oh and just tell CovJr, "Bugger off you poncy bumsnogger."

I'll remember to tell him that.

OH! It's easier to learn on a slight bit of decline. Ali and you should find a nice slow slightly downhill lightly travelled bit of road and you should get it really easily there. Then you can refine by driving it back up on the incline side of the road. Seriously. And if Cov gives you any more guff tell him, "At least I didn't get pantsed by a chicken."

Cameraman Jenn wrote:It's better on the vehicle to stall alot and get the feel for it that way then to burn the clutch. Err on the side of caution and just keep trying because once you get it you GOT it. Plus, remember when you do get it to keep your foot all the way off the clutch unless engaging it because even a soft foot resting can cause premature clutch wear. Nag nag nag from the auto shop manager. By the way, what is the year make and model of this vintage jalopy? Enquiring minds want to know.

She forgot to mention that it has 212,000+ miles on it. Her dad put in a new clutch just before he gave it to her (tho I think it just might need a muffler too -- we'll find out when we take it in for inspection shortly...).

Good advice about the incline, Jenn -- I'll have to think of someplace like that out here....

CovenantJr wrote:Your mum is a pansy for thinking manuals are hard, so you're a hereditary pansy.

Oi! I resemble that remark!

pantsed by a chicken? now this I've gotta hear!

Finding a lightly travelled road somewhere in this area is easier said than done...We'll see...

kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Page down a little and you will find the story of Cov and the chicken....

Just reread through it, the meat of the Cov and the chicken is on page four with the final bit being on page five.

My wife's friend is leaving her husband and she and her 3 year old son are going to stay with us for a while. I am a little worried about the possibility that he might show up at our home and cause trouble. She left him because he has been getting very violent with her and their son.

haha, CMJ, that was brilliant!

sbg, good luck, hope it turns out okay!

CovenantJr wrote:

Waddley wrote:I'm in love. With a bone. (Not that bone.)

I'm in love with the sphenoid bone.

Marry me.

Sure, why not? I haven't had any better offers lately.

I totally missed that. When did that happen? Wadds? Are ya registered yet? Are ya gonna change your last name? You know his real last name is Sphinctenhauser, right?

i feel great - the books jenn sent arrived today!!!!!!!!!!!!
the entire Dark Tower series. i figured it out at around $70 between the books and shipping. I am humbled and now need to do something special for her. thank you so very much!

Loremaster wrote:Chickens cannot be ruled to remove pants via proxy, and all culpability must rest with said party who placed chicken at the height to remove pants.

I forgot all about that.

Cameraman Jenn wrote:I totally missed that. When did that happen?

Hey, how could I possibly resist a girl who can fall in love with a bone?

magickmaker17 wrote:Hey, I'm not a pansy! I'm learning on a manual transmission!

All manual here too.

I found it best to learn how the clutch actually worked, so I knew what it was doing when I engaged or released it. Imagining the movement of it in the engine helped in gaining that all-important clutch-control.

Good luck.

--A

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magickmaker17 wrote:Hey, I'm not a pansy! I'm learning on a manual transmission!

All manual here too.

I found it best to learn how the clutch actually worked, so I knew what it was doing when I engaged or released it. Imagining the movement of it in the engine helped in gaining that all-important clutch-control.

Good luck.

--A

Thank you. I'll try that and see if it helps.

CovenantJr wrote:

aliantha wrote:To be fair to the poor kid, her car has a manual transmission and that's not the easiest thing to learn.

Pfft, you Americans and your wussy automatic transmissions. Almost all our cars are manual.

You bunch of pansies.

Bah, as my dad said, put it in D and leave it be.

Pretty good. Soon I will be the proud owner of the Krill, and will be cutting cans with it and will be trying to corrupt the power within.