Though to tie this in with the original topic: I'm a high school dropout, but we bought a house in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country. My husband does have a BS, but he ended up working in my industry too [albeit less directly; he works for a tool manufacturer].…Â
I'm a woman and a mechanic. [I guess more accurately per my job title and union designation I am no longer a mechanic, but I still work in a shop and will always FEEL like a mechanic even if I'm an 'administrator'.] People sometimes ask me what it's like as a woman mechanic: it's…Â
I back in more than front in BECAUSE my cars are small. But yes, I do it in one shot so I'm not blocking the flow. [I can also parallel park in one shot a majority of the time.] IF I need to adjust, I wait until it's clear.
Everyone else's behemoth SUVs block my view of cross traffic.…Â
Some buses have them too; I recently started working for our county transit system and found that out. It's certainly not every bus, and it's only applicable to certain routes, but my trainer tipped me off about which buses to stick with if I happen to be driving on one of our major…Â
So much this. I won't ride without a helmet; I won't even tack without one. Doesn't matter who I'm riding; it's just an unbelievably low-effort way to avoid unnecessary risk. One of the wranglers' story about their Worst Fall Ever - hospital bad - was off one of the sweetest horses…Â
What I wonder too: is it a cruel coincidence that he cheated with someone with the same name as their daughter? Or did he talk his wife into naming their daughter after her?
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