See, I like Rag’n Boneman. In fact the honest truth was I heard a song and was amazed to find it was him singing it and now consider myself down the kids.
Saw rag n bone man at blackheath - who was good - a few months ago and realised that I’d seen grace jones - the headline act!!! more times than any other act there- not coz I like her - in fact she bores me to death - just coz how old I am. How she keeps getting the headline gig at these things I don’t know
When you know an adult who you are not related to and think to yourself, I remember them as a kid. That is something you get as regular following a football team because fans are there for life. And I remember a few of our adult fans (though young adults) when theyy were kids.
I haven't been on the forum much lately as I've been busy preparing for my driving test. I even forgot we had a game on Saturday which had never happened before! I didn't realise it until I went on Instagram on Sunday morning and saw the players' posts celebrating the victory against the very tough opponents Leeds....
Anyway, I took the test this morning and failed. It's really frustrating as this is already my second time. I'm usually very good at exams both at school and at work. But this driving test is driving me crazy. Am I getting old?😢 I must say though my driving school is partly at fault - the cars they provide for training are quite different to the ones that are used at the test. And they just don't want to change them. There were six of us who are learning at this school that took the test today and only two people passed. (There are a lot of ridiculously difficult things involved in driving tests in China especially in recent years)
In the mean time only music can give me a little bit comfort...
I've been listening to the new Keane album "Cause and Effect" this week and one slow song is really good. https://youtu.be/0r-G5wglH5Y
PS. I was a big fan of Keane around their first two album years. Can't believe that was almost 14 years ago! I only got to know last week that Tom Chaplin the lead singer had a drug addiction relapse a few years ago. Chaplin's two solo albums are decent and the latest Keane album "Cause and Effect" is also worth a listen. Not as great as their "Hopes and Fears" but there are a few good tracks on it.
PPS. Sorry my post has gone off topic😅 but I do feel old realising that Hopes and Fears is a 15 year old album....😂
Failing your driving test isn't a sign of old age @Jessie , it's a sign of youth. Old age is when you already have a licence but people question your ability to drive.
I was surprised that you mentioned the driving school's car, here you take your test in the same car you learned in. In a way your system sounds better. A driver should be competent in any car, not just one.
Anyway, here's wishing you better luck next time.
It really shouldn't matter what car you drive but our driving test system is extremely difficult and not very practically useful. It consists of four sections. Two of them are knowledge tests: 150 single/multiple choice questions and you have to at least get 90% of them correct (I have no problem with these two sections). And the other two sections are driving a) in a specific field and b)on the road. I think the on the road test will be easy for me although I have yet to take it. It's the "infield" test that I've failed twice. Here's a video of the test https://b23.tv/av8868416 (it starts at 2:00) if you're are interested. Sorry it's in Chinese. Make sure you turn off the viewer commentary subtitles which are all complaints of fellow test takers. This infield test has five items and obviously the tyres of your car cannot touch any of the solid lines or else you fail. Besides you cannot pause, cannot reverse your car if you're supposed to drive forward, or vice versa, meaning you have to finish all five items in one go without adjustment. There are time limits on each item. You can see in the video that the parking spots, the reverse S curve lane and 90 degree turn lane are all very small. There are specific car position requirements on the rampway. That's why what car you drive matters. Our coach teaches us various reference points of the car (like when you sit in the car you see a specific part of the car meets a specific point in the field then you must turn the wheel left one round etc.) so different cars have different reference points. If you use the same methods on a different car the tyres will easily touch the yellow lines and you fail. My colleague once said this section is like doing embroidery with a car😆.... and a waste of time when it comes to daily ordinary driving.
I couldn't play the video, but did see the opening frame. I guess we could never have that sort of test here , lack of space. It was a major upheaval ensuring all our test centres could handle a two part motorbike test. I just couldn't see it happening for cars.
Anyway, you know you're getting old when you've already got a driving licence, but never had to take a theory test.
When you go to a classic car show and realise you’ve owned most of the models on display.
And you realise that those ‘big’ family cars you drive around are small by today’s standards...and as for those smaller family cars of yesteryear, they make today’s mini/city cars look big
When you go to a classic car show and realise you’ve owned most of the models on display.
And you realise that those ‘big’ family cars you drive around are small by today’s standards...and as for those smaller family cars of yesteryear, they make today’s mini/city cars look big
Very true. I took this at Brands Hatch last weekend and my mate's Triumph 2500 was in the background. This was a fairly big car in its day but look how small it looks against the Skoda
When your reading twitter and wondering why so many spanner’s have an opinion on the NHS! ie: NHs had to go, served his time well but had run out of ideas.
This morning while I picked up a paper and my euro ticket, of the two ladies working only the oldest chatted, the younger didn't look up from her phone.
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And another thing. That sounds an interesting book, what's it about?
I haven't been on the forum much lately as I've been busy preparing for my driving test. I even forgot we had a game on Saturday which had never happened before! I didn't realise it until I went on Instagram on Sunday morning and saw the players' posts celebrating the victory against the very tough opponents Leeds....
Anyway, I took the test this morning and failed. It's really frustrating as this is already my second time. I'm usually very good at exams both at school and at work. But this driving test is driving me crazy. Am I getting old?😢 I must say though my driving school is partly at fault - the cars they provide for training are quite different to the ones that are used at the test. And they just don't want to change them. There were six of us who are learning at this school that took the test today and only two people passed. (There are a lot of ridiculously difficult things involved in driving tests in China especially in recent years)
In the mean time only music can give me a little bit comfort...
https://youtu.be/0r-G5wglH5Y
I've been listening to the new Keane album "Cause and Effect" this week and one slow song is really good.
PS. I was a big fan of Keane around their first two album years. Can't believe that was almost 14 years ago! I only got to know last week that Tom Chaplin the lead singer had a drug addiction relapse a few years ago. Chaplin's two solo albums are decent and the latest Keane album "Cause and Effect" is also worth a listen. Not as great as their "Hopes and Fears" but there are a few good tracks on it.
PPS. Sorry my post has gone off topic😅 but I do feel old realising that Hopes and Fears is a 15 year old album....😂Thank you @happyvalley and @Stig
It really shouldn't matter what car you drive but our driving test system is extremely difficult and not very practically useful. It consists of four sections. Two of them are knowledge tests: 150 single/multiple choice questions and you have to at least get 90% of them correct (I have no problem with these two sections). And the other two sections are driving a) in a specific field and b)on the road. I think the on the road test will be easy for me although I have yet to take it. It's the "infield" test that I've failed twice. Here's a video of the test https://b23.tv/av8868416 (it starts at 2:00) if you're are interested. Sorry it's in Chinese. Make sure you turn off the viewer commentary subtitles which are all complaints of fellow test takers. This infield test has five items and obviously the tyres of your car cannot touch any of the solid lines or else you fail. Besides you cannot pause, cannot reverse your car if you're supposed to drive forward, or vice versa, meaning you have to finish all five items in one go without adjustment. There are time limits on each item. You can see in the video that the parking spots, the reverse S curve lane and 90 degree turn lane are all very small. There are specific car position requirements on the rampway. That's why what car you drive matters. Our coach teaches us various reference points of the car (like when you sit in the car you see a specific part of the car meets a specific point in the field then you must turn the wheel left one round etc.) so different cars have different reference points. If you use the same methods on a different car the tyres will easily touch the yellow lines and you fail. My colleague once said this section is like doing embroidery with a car😆.... and a waste of time when it comes to daily ordinary driving.
Very true. I took this at Brands Hatch last weekend and my mate's Triumph 2500 was in the background. This was a fairly big car in its day but look how small it looks against the Skoda
ie: NHs had to go, served his time well but had run out of ideas.