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Re: Hello from a new driver!

Post by RITmusic2k »

Welcome and congratulations!

I'm the resident relatively-new-guy-who-hasn't-really-developed-an-'identity-all-my-own'-on-this-board-yet!
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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ColJessip wrote:Having 3 pedals is what makes one a man.

what about blondie and thedumblonde? they're girls, and they drive stick

(i don't, but i am female)
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i'm one of the resident females...there are three of us, all blonde....there are other females, but we (blondie, me and thedumblonde) that are the "regular" ones....

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So the others are "irregular"?

This should help:
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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[Jewish grandmother] OYE! [/Jewish grandmother]
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wannabe wrote:
ColJessip wrote:Having 3 pedals is what makes one a man.

what about blondie and thedumblonde? they're girls, and they drive stick

(i don't, but i am female)
It makes a female have alpha status over other females?
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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ColJessip wrote:
wannabe wrote:
ColJessip wrote:Having 3 pedals is what makes one a man.

what about blondie and thedumblonde? they're girls, and they drive stick

(i don't, but i am female)
It makes a female have alpha status over other females?
hmmm


with girls it can go a few ways...

1. she drives stick.
2. she drives a hot car that has a stick.
3. she can drive a stick but doesn't (me!)
4. she has no clue what a stick is (is it from a tree?)

that last one is my friend. poor girl...
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wannabe wrote:
ColJessip wrote: It makes a female have alpha status over other females?

with girls it can go a few ways...

1. She drives stick and she's smokin' hot
2. she drives stick.
3. she drives a hot car that has a stick.
4. she can drive a stick but doesn't (me!)
5. she has no clue what a stick is (is it from a tree?)

that last one is my friend. poor girl...
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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Hello and welcome from a fellow Penn resident.
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ColJessip wrote:
wannabe wrote:
ColJessip wrote:Having 3 pedals is what makes one a man.

what about blondie and thedumblonde? they're girls, and they drive stick

(i don't, but i am female)
It makes a female have alpha status over other females?
LOL

Alpha female!
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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Leedeth wrote:
ColJessip wrote:
wannabe wrote:what about blondie and thedumblonde? they're girls, and they drive stick

(i don't, but i am female)
It makes a female have alpha status over other females?
LOL

Alpha female!
Sometimes it's hot when a woman who...er...umm....knows how to operate a stick shift...takes alpha status.
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theholycow wrote: Sometimes it's hot when a woman who...er...umm....knows how to operate a stick shift...takes alpha status.
I could make soooooooooooo many comments about females and sticks, but I'm going to button my lip...
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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comingbackdown wrote:
theholycow wrote: Sometimes it's hot when a woman who...er...umm....knows how to operate a stick shift...takes alpha status.
I could make soooooooooooo many comments about females and sticks, but I'm going to button my lip...
smart idea.
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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wannabe wrote:
comingbackdown wrote:
theholycow wrote: Sometimes it's hot when a woman who...er...umm....knows how to operate a stick shift...takes alpha status.
I could make soooooooooooo many comments about females and sticks, but I'm going to button my lip...
smart idea.
I wouldn't push my luck if I were you. If you tell me it's a smart idea, I might do it anyway, just f04|2 73|-| 1u1z
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Re: Hello from a new driver!

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Just say it, come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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