Not again! Anyway, at my age friendship is good enough.
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OT. Is some trip down Memory Lane. Still trying to work our the Maths 
17/18yo. Learning to drive, amounted too a pal and I Driving around the block, unbeknown, in his dads car.
Period 24th November 1956
Testing suspended during the Suez Crisis. Learners allowed to drive unaccompanied.
Learners without a licence, chinning for a full licence 2yrs later.
Which amounted to. Driving for 30mins, well under 30mph along a straight road town centre with 6 traffic lights. Demonstrating how to. Stop and Start.
Know the difference between. Green, Amber and Red !!
Know how to hand signal. Demonstrated Outside of the car!!
Bingo, licence through the post. That was voluntary surrendered 3yrs ago.
Out of respect and the safety for other road users. 
Fast forward. The Grands impressed by my performance. Want me to teach them. 
Small chance. :
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Passed in November 1971, aged 19. Second attempt. No points or fines, but occurred a couple of PCNs for parking. Once outside my flat, (dropped kern, maybe) and another time in a car park which had gone over to paid parking (had been free for years) without my knowledge.
You have been driving for a long time. What are PCN’s?
Penalty Charge Notice.
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Interesting, I had two Villiers Twins, fantastic exhaust note and great acceleration. Fitted in Panthers which were total rubbish. First had a Sun Two Stroke. then an Ambassador 197cc. Later, an Ariel 350 and a BSA 650 all mixed up with a Morris Minor, Consul Convertible and Austin A35. That was the early days and the Villiers Twin was 1957? First bike 1956-Car 57. One ticket in 70 years, exceeding not the speed limit, but the temp fuel Suez speed limit. And on the road every day.
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Thought it was just horses and carriages before I was born 
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Shank’s Pony still gets a great deal of use! My clean car license dates from 1973 but I also cycle short distances and had a Honda C50 for a couple of years. Public transport is quite prolific around here. I much prefer to get a bus (cost nothing) to town centres as otherwise there are parking charges plus the cost of petrol. There is also the worry of overshooting the time limit at a car park. I’d rather have a couple of pints! OK if there is little to carry apart from the odd bag.
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You could buy an Austin 7 for £5 in those days Spitty , which was handy for going to Tech in the Winter. Still ruddy cold, even with our DIY heaters taken from the manifold.
Not sure about petrol, in 1966 World Cup year it was five gallons for One Pound…
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Yep, one has to acknowledge there was life before a person was born, the question is, just how much life
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Wow Bruce, and you could park outside of your house. I remember the snow in 1948, had a photo of the very long street at the time. Only one person in that street had a car and now residents need a permit and it has double parking down the centre of the road. Sorry you missed the fun days Spitty, 1948 from memory was the Silver Wedding and Olympic Games and 1951 was the “Festival of Britain”, held in London, I enjoyed that.
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My Driving Licence is in the post. I’ve just renewed it four months late, it expired last December.
You now need to sign up to Gov.uk to prove you are who you say you are. You need to go to the link provided, answer questions on your computer send a phone pic of your passport photo page, send it via text, close the passport, place the phone - screen up - on the passport. Your phone reads the data and sends it. Clever, when it works.
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In NSW you have to renew your licence in person at a ServiceNSW outlet.
My only objection is that, unlike the old RTA, they no longer print out the licence while you wait, they just give you a bit of paper to carry and post the licence out to you. It’s a backward move in my opinion
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Posting it could help to prove you live at that address?
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65Yrs. One Penalty.
4 Driving at 30Mph. In a Min Speed 40Mph Area
Told 2 Redo “Dividing” Test.
No Chance. Gave the Car
To Granddaughter. For Easter.
Bingo. £7K Pa Saved to the LollyBox.
Upside. Happy Easter.
Tommy Taxi Esq. Is A Happy Chappy.
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Hi
Surrendered mine after 57 years.
A very simple reason why, seen too many killed or with life changing conditions by drivers with drink or drug related conditions.
I had never driven with too much alcohol, never had driven with drugs.
My medical condition meant I was on substantial amounts of Morphine. so not willing to take the risk.
Not driving has had a very detrimental effect on my independence, but that is life.
I am now on end of life drugs as well as the Morphine.
Far better to die happy, knowing that you haven’t destroyed a life than be selfish and take the risk.
It would be fair to say that I would take the chance if the only risk was to Trump.
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With The Rumble Grumble over.“ID” Cards. [Cost & Disquiet]
Slowly Slowly Catchee Monkey.
In the Pipe Line. The New Driving Licence. Inclusive OFF. !!
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I haven’t heard that phrase for a long time. “Slowly slowly catchee monkey”. It was in the BSM driving manual I got when I began learning to drive. Something to do with reversing round a corner!
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