I’ve been driving my husband’s Silverado pickup truck this
week. Don’t ask. It was a switcheroo since he gave his
commuter car to my daughter while her car is in the shop. So he took my car and I got the truck. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a nice truck. It’s new and it’s got all the extras, but
it’s big. No I take that back, it’s
huge.
It’s not a problem driving straight down the road. Parking on the other hand is quite another
situation. Now I’ve never been an ace at
parking. When I got my driver’s license
I was required to parallel park. I
stressed about it for weeks and was sure I wouldn’t be able to do it, but I
did. And I was only two and a half feet
from the curb. The tester just smiled
and told me that a woman who couldn’t park would just learn to make
adjustments…like finding a parking space where there wasn’t another vehicle in
the vicinity…think different zip code from my destination.
Driving this behemoth I am finding that I haven’t changed
much. I still search for a parking space
that is as far as it can get from civilization.
I have noticed that some people are aces at parking, namely the
husband. He doesn’t flinch as he backs
into parking spaces or pulls into the garage with mere centimeters between his
bumper and the back wall.
So it got me to thinking.
Are men or women better parkers?
Do you back into a space or are you like me looking for somewhere that
is easy in and easy out? Heck-- walking
never killed anyone. After all, I have
no intention of driving for Nascar.
By the way, I’m still working on my ABC book and I’m to Q,
which will appear very soon so stay tuned.
4 comments:
beautiful painting. I think there are good women drivers and bad ones, just like the men!
I agree with Christine about the painting and the drivers! I do tend to look for "pull thru" spots, but I can and do back into a space.
Well, for me, I will find a far away spot ;o) The weird part is, by the time I get out of the store, everyone is around me? What's that all about? LOL! I do like to pull thru, instead of backing up!
I have always parked far away to avoid dings! Unless it is raining of course. :) Your artwork is beautiful.
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