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On 7/28/2020 at 6:01 PM, Black Aliss said:

I hope not-dead Nurie discovers budgetbytes. I haven't found a recipe on that site yet that I didn't love. Agree about the need for  jalapeños in the beans. Except for using the IP instead of a crockpot, which I no longer own, I do mine the same way. And a favorite lunch is a dish of the beans heated with cheese until the cheese gets all stringy-like, and a pile of chips.

What setting / how much time in IP?

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32 minutes ago, HoneyBunny said:

I learned on a rental car almost 40 years ago. They may not have manual transmission rentals in the US any longer, but in other countries it’s still the norm. 

I learned this the hard way two days before a trip to Martinique. I thought I was so smart remembering that former French colonies would drive on the right so I'd be okay. Then the whole manual transmission thing suddenly struck me. Taxis it was. 

I can try to rent a manual here in the U.S. and learn. I'll see if any friends are willing to teach me. Good suggestion though. 

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4 hours ago, EmiSue said:

Do we have the same mom? Because those are two things my mom could not do with me. I'm glad she outsourced them to my dad and professionals! 

 

4 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

Did your mom also out source piano lessons even though she played the piano quite well? Lol! Even when I would practice piano at home while she listened and corrected was a huge stressful ordeal. I’m glad she out sourced those things because when my mom was stressed, it made me super stressed. 

Wait I think we might have the same mom! My dad is far more laid back and did more of the driving lessons (though really there wasn't much to teach - we had a farm, so I had been driving since I could reach the pedals, and before on one of the tractors) and we went to a local pool for swimming lessons. Mom played the piano at church for many years but we took piano lessons elsewhere. From nuns! I was terrible at it. Undiagnosed ADHD I'm sure, mom had to sit on me to get me to practice. When my younger sister did in one year what took me three, she finally let me quit.

Mom had us in swimming lessons pretty early, and we did them every summer for a few years though none of us ever got terribly good at it. We're all perfectly comfortable in the water, though. Mom did that because she still to this day is terrified of putting her face in the water. We had an above ground pool for many years and she'd wear those bright orange water wings even though the pool was barely 4 feet deep. My sisters and I lived in the pool all summer, though. 

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4 minutes ago, Alisamer said:

 

Wait I think we might have the same mom! My dad is far more laid back and did more of the driving lessons (though really there wasn't much to teach - we had a farm, so I had been driving since I could reach the pedals, and before on one of the tractors) and we went to a local pool for swimming lessons. Mom played the piano at church for many years but we took piano lessons elsewhere. From nuns! I was terrible at it. Undiagnosed ADHD I'm sure, mom had to sit on me to get me to practice. When my younger sister did in one year what took me three, she finally let me quit.

Mom had us in swimming lessons pretty early, and we did them every summer for a few years though none of us ever got terribly good at it. We're all perfectly comfortable in the water, though. Mom did that because she still to this day is terrified of putting her face in the water. We had an above ground pool for many years and she'd wear those bright orange water wings even though the pool was barely 4 feet deep. My sisters and I lived in the pool all summer, though. 

My mom still plays the piano at church to this day! Lol I guess we all had moms cut from the same cloth!

My mom could swim but she never got her hair wet. She always had big permed hair when I was a kid. 

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1 hour ago, Black Aliss said:

She's teaching them the sidestroke?!?  Not any of the four competitive strokes? (Well I guess they would have no use for those; swim team is out of the question). But still, sidestroke? Do even lifeguards use that stroke anymore?

They still teach it at swimming academies in California, but it's kind of a sideline in intermediate or advanced intermediate.  They concentrate on three basic strokes.  Butterfly is in the last class before team because really who swims butterfly very often if it isn't for competition.  

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39 minutes ago, Black Aliss said:

She's teaching them the sidestroke?!?  Not any of the four competitive strokes? (Well I guess they would have no use for those; swim team is out of the question). But still, sidestroke? Do even lifeguards use that stroke anymore?

Maybe I'm being unfair, but I don't even think of sidestroke as real swimming. It wouldn't work in choppy open water. I'm also thinking there are certain situations where you need to be able to dive under the water and swim. And you certainly can't swim very fast that way to get to someone else who is in trouble. 

As for falling in the water in denim skirts, I also worry that the Maxwells girls have had modesty drilled into their heads for so long that they'd hesitate too long to tear off the skirt in time before it filled with water. 

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I'm sure she's teaching them more than the sidestroke.  That is probably what they recently learned which is why she was talking about it.

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Queen Victoria almost drowned while bathing in the sea while they were on holiday at Osborne House, their home that Prince Albert designed on the Isle of Wight.

I knew that Osborne House had indoor plumbing, but so did the Queen's bathing machine.  It had its own changing area and it's own plumbed WC.  

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I had to google sidestroke, having never heard of it. She mentions teaching it to Bethany and Christina, so maybe she’d taught it to Abby in a previous year, or she’d caught on quicker. 

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3 hours ago, nausicaa said:

Are there driving instructors who specifically teach manual?  I would love that. 

I don't know about instructors who specifically teach manual. I just called a few and then explained that I needed to learn manual specifically and then chose the instructor I liked best. Anyway here is a story:

The night I got the car I had my first lesson with my husband. After the first lesson I was so upset that I decided the whole thing was an utter failure and decided to trade in the car. I went back to the dealership and the salesman who sold me the car was deeply sorry for me (and the excessive amount of money I would lose in this transaction) and he said " someone should have warned you. Older women such as yourself can never learn to drive manual " (bolding mine).  I was so angered by his words I tore up the papers, went home and started calling driving instructors. I was grimly determined to learn and eventually I did and eventually I even enjoyed driving manual.

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1 hour ago, nausicaa said:

Maybe I'm being unfair, but I don't even think of sidestroke as real swimming.

I hate sidestroke so much. It's cool that some people do it - there are a couple of ladies who do a local triathlon and it's always fun watching them do their laps using sidestroke. They look graceful and lovely (but it's sooo slow.) I'm just happy they are out there, participating and making our 80+ age bracket mildly competitive. (It's not. It's always the same lady who wins. But it's nice to give her some people to rank against.) 

But personally I hate it. As I (likely) said before, I've been swimming my entire life. My mom did the mommy and me classes, I started being on a team when I was 7. When I was 10, I knew how to swim. I swam freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly. (I'm absolute garbage at breaststroke). Yet sometime in the summer camp ages (probably 10 or 11) I was barred from the "advanced" group for not knowing sidestroke or being able to do it because wtf even is that? So I was stuck in the "minnow" group instead of the "Koi" group and couldn't hang out with my friends at the dock. Even though I was a better swimmer than all off them and knew exactly how to self rescue myself or any of them. 

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I picture Terri as the teacher who insists something be done a ridiculous number of times before moving on to the next thing. “Ok grands, do the sidestroke 300 times over the next month and then we’ll move to the next stroke.”

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7 hours ago, browngrl said:

When I was about 40 I decided to learn how to drive a manual transmission car. Not going to lie my motivation was not learning a new skill - It was because a manual car was cheaper. Anyway, my husband said he'd give me lessons and we went out once. Then I hired a driving instructor because it was cheaper than getting a divorce. 

I wish we had been in high school together. I could have taught you. Sort of.  
 

I taught all my friends how to drive a manual transmission. My mom bought one just before I got my license, so that is how I learned to drive. I was just about the only girl In my high school class who could drive one; so, on weekends, we’d leave the small town pizza parlor, drive to the country and let my friends take turns driving my mom’s Ford Escort. I told my mom about this when I was about twenty six and we had a good laugh about it.  Thank God we didn’t wreck that car. My friends and I still mention that on occasion. 

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@browngrl,  I learned to drive a manual transmission at the ripe old age of 50.  My husband gave me my first lessons, but what really helped was some weblinks my daughter sent me on how to drive a stick.  That helped sooo much!  I've not driven anything other than a stick for 15 years except loaners.  When I get so old I can no longer drive a stick, I need to go the Miss Daisy route and hire a driver.  Or take public transport.  

Good for you for persevering!

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That weekend I rented a manual transmission car (back in 1981), my now husband kind of walked me through it from the passenger seat. Once I pretty much had the basics mastered, we went looking for a hill.  He wanted me to start out in first gear on a hill. Except this was Northwest Ohio where there are no hills.  Instead we went out in the country where the Ohio Turnpike crossed under the seldom-traveled roads, and I’d stop on the overpass and then start up again.  It worked great, and once I could start out in first gear, he made me do it in second gear. Once I had that down, he said I could drive his stick-shift Ford Bronco, which, frankly, wasn’t much of a prize. 

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Fresh out of college I bought a new Honda with a Manuel transmission. My then BF, now husband ,taught me how to drive said new car in hilly San Francisco. I can just remember him patting my leg while saying “more clutch And more gas.”

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I’ve had to learn stick shift in stressful situations. I’m often the only person not drinking in social situations and I’ve had to drive a friend’s stick shift car home for them because they were drunk. Learning stick shift from a drunk friend sitting in the passenger seat was rather difficult. 

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 Teri taught swimming as a lifeguard 50 years ago. She is probably doing the exact same program she did then as sidestroke may have been more popular. From previous posts I think she does teach them all the strokes though so they are well covered. I'm glad that they do learn to swim as I think it is a skill they should have. It is a shame they don't get to have more fun with it but I am still glad they are learning. I think in a lot of fundie homes swimming would not be taught. 

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5 hours ago, Maggie Mae said:

I hate sidestroke so much. It's cool that some people do it - there are a couple of ladies who do a local triathlon and it's always fun watching them do their laps using sidestroke. They look graceful and lovely (but it's sooo slow.) I'm just happy they are out there, participating and making our 80+ age bracket mildly competitive. (It's not. It's always the same lady who wins. But it's nice to give her some people to rank against.) 

I feel like anyone who competes in a triathlon at age 80+ is automatically a badass and should just be handed a medal. ?

I'm guessing you know about the Iron Nun? I watch that Nike commercial about once a month it makes me so happy. 

 

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Small voice ***I like sidestroke*** I find it peaceful but I'm certainly not going to win any races with it. 

I learned how to drive a manual in college and my roommate taught me. I was so terrified when I had to stop at a light on a hill. I thought for sure I would roll backwards and hit the car behind me.

When I bought my new to me car I was so excited to see online that there was a manual on the lot because this brand doesn't come in manual but darn it someone bought it before I got there. I was hoping nobody remembered or knew how to drive it.

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@WiseGirl,  I still try to avoid some hills where I might have to stop at a light.  There's this one hill and light in particular on Church Street in downtown Greenville that I will not do.  it's steep and usually very congested with traffic and the fear of rolling backwards is real.  I think it has a lot to do with our having to stop on a hill at  traffic light in Knoxville, Tennessee when I was little.  I always felt like the car would pitchpole backwards.  I don't have that same fear, but I do fear rolling back.  

@SassyPants:bow-blue:  for you learning to drive a stick on the hills of San Francisco.  

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In order to avoid the roll back, I used to use the parking brake a lot on the hills-

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2 minutes ago, SassyPants said:

In order to avoid the roll back, I used to use the parking brake a lot on the hills-

I did this too. We lived in a fairly hilly area of northern Italy at the time. The hill weren't as steep as many of the ones in San Francisco but steep enough that it was difficult for me , especially at first. 

We need to teach my daughter how to drive a manual but we only have one manual transmission car currently and it is my husband's baby. ?

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2 hours ago, nausicaa said:

I feel like anyone who competes in a triathlon at age 80+ is automatically a badass and should just be handed a medal. ?

They are! There are usually only a handful or less in that division. I think in 2019 they even started making more divisions - it used to be a general 70+ but they realized that they had enough to break it down in the same increments as the rest of the competitors, either every 5 or 10, I can't remember. 2020 race season is postponed, therefore I don't have to think about it. 

Alaska is weird about triathlon - our biggest races are run by women, making it a very women-friendly inclusive environment, for all ages. 

2 hours ago, nausicaa said:

I'm guessing you know about the Iron Nun? I watch that Nike commercial about once a month it makes me so happy. 

I've heard of her, but i hadn't seen that commercial. Thanks!

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If Teri is surprised to be teaching swimming to her grandkids, well she definitely didn't have a 200 year plan :P 

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