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DIBS, was there any damage to your bumper?

parallel parking isn’t hard. just being able to do it with skill like most drivers in NYC takes some practice.

Benson, keep Bacitracin on it and bandaided up till it heals.

(Missing your middle finger on the OT is like being a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. 🙂 )

Re parallel parking, I say this in a totally non self effacing way. I am very good at this. ALMOST always. Once I was parking near the Brooklyn Museum with erstwhile bf and got into a tiny space with minimal maneuvering. As we were getting out of the car, bf expresses amazement and simultaneously the woman who was watching said the same thing.

So flush with pride, I thought I was invincible. So a few days later with my cocky attitude, I pulled really fast into a small space near my house, nicking the bumper of a new Infinity. It dimpled in. I fought with my inner liar and cheat and left a note on the windshield. Neighbor and I settled up, no problem. But I was humbled a bit.

Don’t they test for ability to parallel park during a driving test??? They did when I took mine.

If you can’t parallel park you shouldn’t be driving because there’s likely other things that you can’t do, like jusge the traffic ahead of you beyond the next car.

And you probably drive slow in the fast lane of the highway.

I learned parallel parking in special ed.