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Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:46 am**

... dropped the boy off to sit his driving test and am now sitting doing some work in a wee nearby cafe. This is the most stressed I've been in a hell of a long time.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:53 am**

Good luck! Hope he smashes it!

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:55 am**

Your thread title also reminds me of an ex, whose family were upper-class old money types. On the day of her driving test, her mum recommended that drinking a miniature of vodka before going to the test centre, to take the edge off the nerves and relax. Apparently, it was a common practice amongst the family, and yes, she did pass first time

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:31 pm**

Ascender wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:46 am ... dropped the boy off to sit his driving test and am now sitting doing some work in a wee nearby cafe. This is the most stressed I've been in a hell of a long time.

Fingers crossed! Doing it in your car rather than driving school?

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:29 pm**

... and he's passed!

No more constant taxi service and he can now pick my wife and I up from the pub as payback for our amazing tuition.

He was doing it in his own car which of course has been sounding rough this morning and took two goes to start which added to my stress. He's had a few lessons these past couple of weeks which have knocked off the rough edges so any recent drives have seen us having to comment on very little.

I love the idea of a vodka to take the edge off the nerves!

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:32 pm**

Excellent!

I can confirm that there are few more satisfying situations than having your sprog pick you up from pub after one or three drinkies.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:35 pm**

mik wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:32 pm Excellent!

I can confirm that there are few more satisfying situations than having your sprog pick you up from pub after one or three drinkies.

Sounds like an excellent plan!

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:38 pm**

Ascender wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:29 pm ... and he's passed!

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:10 pm**

Ascender wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:29 pm ... and he's passed!

No more constant taxi service and he can now pick my wife and I up from the pub as payback for our amazing tuition.

He was doing it in his own car which of course has been sounding rough this morning and took two goes to start which added to my stress. He's had a few lessons these past couple of weeks which have knocked off the rough edges so any recent drives have seen us having to comment on very little.

I love the idea of a vodka to take the edge off the nerves!

He now “has wheels” so will also have the pick of the ladies.

Dave!

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:34 am**

Ascender wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:29 pm ... and he's passed!

No more constant taxi service and he can now pick my wife and I up from the pub as payback for our amazing tuition.

He was doing it in his own car which of course has been sounding rough this morning and took two goes to start which added to my stress. He's had a few lessons these past couple of weeks which have knocked off the rough edges so any recent drives have seen us having to comment on very little.

I love the idea of a vodka to take the edge off the nerves!

Congratulations! A major life milestone completed

Your son today:

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:17 pm**

Gavster wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:34 am
Ascender wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:29 pm ... and he's passed!

No more constant taxi service and he can now pick my wife and I up from the pub as payback for our amazing tuition.

He was doing it in his own car which of course has been sounding rough this morning and took two goes to start which added to my stress. He's had a few lessons these past couple of weeks which have knocked off the rough edges so any recent drives have seen us having to comment on very little.

I love the idea of a vodka to take the edge off the nerves!
Congratulations! A major life milestone completed

Your son today:

His girlfriend and him are both in Corsa club. Seems to be a very popular choice with the teenagers these days...

A few days of driving... "why do so many people not pay any attention when they're driving."

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm**

Win.

I had 6 lessons and my dad never saw his car again when I passed

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:43 pm**

Broccers wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm my dad never saw his car again when I passed

DId you write it off?

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:02 pm**

mik wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:43 pm
Broccers wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm my dad never saw his car again when I passed
DId you write it off?

Sold it for some magic beans.. sorry, I mean crypto!

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:09 pm**

IanF wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:02 pm
mik wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:43 pm
Broccers wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm my dad never saw his car again when I passed
DId you write it off?
Sold it for some magic beans.. sorry, I mean crypto!

I'm probably older than you. We only had magic peps in those days.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:11 pm**

mik wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:43 pm
Broccers wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm my dad never saw his car again when I passed
DId you write it off?

Only wrote my mum's car off. Tboned a taxi at 40mph.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:18 pm**

Ascender wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:17 pm His girlfriend...in Corsa club.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155047492847

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:30 pm**

Ascender wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:17 pm A few days of driving... "why do so many people not pay any attention when they're driving."

Cautious optimism there

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