GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (15 Viewers)

[Joe Bryant]

I'm sorry GB. I had my days confused. Glad it was good to catch up and see folks and share.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

She’s awful and I curse you for making me think of her today

 

[mr. furley]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

 

[mr. furley]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

 

[dino259]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

My wife did have the same tumor removed as she did. my bank account is a few zeros short though.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

 

[El Floppo]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

Calling Michigan a 'dictatorship' was the final nail for me. Good lord...

Maybe it was **** Tater Chips?

 

[General Malaise]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

Calling Michigan a 'dictatorship' was the final nail for me. Good lord...

Maybe it was **** Tater Chips?

Who wouldn't like living under, oh....wait.

 

[mr. furley]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

 

[nirad3]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

My daughter waited until she 17 and change before getting her license

 

[ChiefD]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

I feel your pain. My 16 year backed the boat into the garage frame opening.

 

[El Floppo]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

My daughter waited until she 17 and change before getting her license

I've taken 17yo floppinho driving once.



ONCE.

it was near OC MD in an area without cars. Yesterday he had his first driving lesson/class through school. I figured they'd lay down some rules of the road through a couple days of lectures and then take them out into some sleepy/quiet areas of Queens or Brooklyn.

Nope. Picked them up at school on the upper east side of Manhattan and had them drive around in traffic. I've been driving my entire life and it's still rough going doing that... My son doesn't really even know how to make a car turn or stop yet. he survived

 

[mr. furley]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

 

[General Malaise]

It took my 2nd son FIVE attempts to pass the written test for his permit. He refused to study the book and arrogantly stated the book wasn't nearly as good as a study guide as 'his app(?)' that he was using. On his fifth attempt, I told him I wasn't taking him unless he read the book frontwards and backwards and if he failed, he'd have to wait a good long while before I took him again. What do you know, he passed!

You know, examining this now on a look back, maybe I should have seen his recent college career coming to a sudden and disastrous end.

 

[nirad3]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Interesting. Guess I should start pricing e-bikes. I've heard you can get some decent deals on Facebook Marketplace.

 

[shuke]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

 

[nirad3]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

I had at least 2 GB's in junior/senior year that had their license (and their own cars), so I really didn't have any urgency. I think I was 17 when I got my permit and subsequently license. And I know at first I was super reluctant to drive on the freeway.

 

[General Malaise]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

It really is a head-scratcher. My oldest was 16 when he got his license, but I think it was a couple months after his 16th birthday if I recall. Took my other son until he was 17 for reasons cited up above. But like you, I couldn't WAIT to get my license. I remember my first solo car trip like it was yesterday - went out and got myself a hair cut. Felt so ALIVE and grown-up.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

My oldest turns 16 in Dec he already has 35ish hours driving and is excited to get his license

 

[Hawks64]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

My kids got their licenses at 16, but many of their friends didn't. That totally blows my mind, since like you that was top priority for everyone when I was in HS.

 

[Scoresman]

I'm with this new generation of kids. Driving sucks now. My wife still likes it and I just let her drive us everywhere. I am perfectly good being a passenger princess.

 

[Dickies]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

 

[Dickies]

My experience with the neighborhood kids is that they aren't too interested in driving. Most of them who are over 16 ride their bikes around town or carpool with one of their few friends who do drive. My own kids just turned 13 and have already told us that they have no interest in driving any time soon. My son is bugging me for an e-bike though.

 

[General Malaise]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

 

[mr. furley]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

got my license on my 16th birthday. absolutely could not wait to take the test.

 

[dino259]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Interesting. Guess I should start pricing e-bikes. I've heard you can get some decent deals on Facebook Marketplace.

Will more than be covered by the amount you save on that first 6 months of insurance premium.

 

[nirad3]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Interesting. Guess I should start pricing e-bikes. I've heard you can get some decent deals on Facebook Marketplace.

Will more than be covered by the amount you save on that first 6 months of insurance premium.

Yeah didn't even think of that. These kids will have to get jobs FO SHO.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Interesting. Guess I should start pricing e-bikes. I've heard you can get some decent deals on Facebook Marketplace.

Will more than be covered by the amount you save on that first 6 months of insurance premium.

Yeah didn't even think of that. These kids will have to get jobs FO SHO.

Mine didn’t increase that much. I thought it would be A LOT. ended up being about $100/mo

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

got my license on my 16th birthday. absolutely could not wait to take the test.

In my youth, some people took cars and drove before any particular age or licensing requirement was met. Some. Or so I've heard. A different age indeed.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Seems to be more of the norm based on my kids' friends. Man, when we were 15/16 this was #1 priority.

got my license on my 16th birthday. absolutely could not wait to take the test.

In my youth, some people took cars and drove before any particular age or licensing requirement was met. Some. Or so I've heard. A different age indeed.

Yea, I worked on a horse ranch at 14. I knew how to drive. Hell I could back up a trailer. Just didn’t bother with the license until I was 17.

 

[Sammy3469]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

Or your SO.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

Or your SO.

The cost to insure nannies also isn't cheap?

 

[NutterButter]

My experience with the neighborhood kids is that they aren't too interested in driving. Most of them who are over 16 ride their bikes around town or carpool with one of their few friends who do drive. My own kids just turned 13 and have already told us that they have no interest in driving any time soon. My son is bugging me for an e-bike though.

My daughter said that when she was 15. I was pretty shocked. Once driving age rolled around, she did a complete 180. I couldn't imagine not having the additional freedom that comes with being able to drive.

 

[Sammy3469]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

Or your SO.

The cost to insure nannies also isn't cheap?

The cost to insure a wife who has three incidents in a year. Of course, its the car's fault so insurance is unfairly picking on her.

 

[mr. furley]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

Or your SO.

The cost to insure nannies also isn't cheap?

The cost to insure a wife who has three incidents in a year. Of course, its the car's fault so insurance is unfairly picking on her.

 

[General Malaise]

Let's be real, the cost to insure a teenager ain't cheap, so I wonder if some of these families are also 'holding off' on having junior drive into their newly installed fancy garage doors.

Or your SO.

The cost to insure nannies also isn't cheap?

The cost to insure a wife who has three incidents in a year. Of course, its the car's fault so insurance is unfairly picking on her.

Suddenly, TLC has a new TV show - "Sister Wives Discovered".

 

[-fish-]

My daughter got her license on her 16th birthday. She totaled the neighbor's new car 30 days after her 16th birthday. She's 20 now, and has been in 8 accidents (6 so minor we didn't report them). All were while she was in reverse. She says she's really good at driving forward. That's not true, either.

 

[Dickies]

E-bike is sounding a lot more appealing

 

[-fish-]

E-bike is sounding a lot more appealing

I nearly got killed on my ebike

 

[Dickies]

E-bike is sounding a lot more appealing

I nearly got killed on my ebike

By your daughter?

 

[-fish-]

E-bike is sounding a lot more appealing

I nearly got killed on my ebike

By your daughter?

to be fair, she was going backward

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I have replaced my laughing emoji with the heart. FYI. Funny stuff the last few posts.

 

[-fish-]

hey @El Floppo I'm in NYC for the weekend. Wanna make plans to get a drink and then not meet up?

 

[El Floppo]

hey @El Floppo I'm in NYC for the weekend. Wanna make plans to get a drink and then not meet up?

YOURE ON!

 

[arrow1]

My daughter got her license on her 16th birthday. She totaled the neighbor's new car 30 days after her 16th birthday. She's 20 now, and has been in 8 accidents (6 so minor we didn't report them). All were while she was in reverse. She says she's really good at driving forward. That's not true, either.

Why was she driving the neightbor's car?

 

[-fish-]

My daughter got her license on her 16th birthday. She totaled the neighbor's new car 30 days after her 16th birthday. She's 20 now, and has been in 8 accidents (6 so minor we didn't report them). All were while she was in reverse. She says she's really good at driving forward. That's not true, either.

Why was she driving the neightbor's car?

she wasn't so much driving it as driving over it. backed right up onto the hood.

 

[-fish-]

hey @El Floppo I'm in NYC for the weekend. Wanna make plans to get a drink and then not meet up?

YOURE ON!

I'm free til about 7. I'm in midtown.