Comments on: Applied geometry http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1514 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Jim http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1514&cpage=1#comment-5056 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:35:16 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1514#comment-5056 I got my driver’s license in 1962, and two of the things I had to demonstrate a proficiency in were the K-turn (also know as the “three-point turn”) and parallel parking. I have little or no patience with people who lack the ability to put a vehicle into a parking place. I can put my car into places that are only minimally longer than the vehicle in question-a skill that comes in handy when I visit my daughter in NYC.

]]> By: sue http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1514&cpage=1#comment-5055 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:36:03 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1514#comment-5055 Age might have something to do with it. When I got my first driver’s license in 1953 parallel parking was a required part of the driving exam. So was a “three-point turn” to reverse direction in a two-lane road.

I can still parallel park on either my left or my right.

(And I’m not sure that my kids can!)

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1514&cpage=1#comment-5054 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:44:57 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1514#comment-5054 i’m probably less tolerant of the parallel-impaired than i should be. in fact, i’m really intolerant, although i try to hide it around strangers.

]]> By: shelley ju http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1514&cpage=1#comment-5053 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:03:45 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1514#comment-5053 I was an awesome (brunet) parallel parker until I hit 40. Well, there was some grey before that, but with the wonders of science and Clairol, not many people knew. I blame high headrests on my little Toyota for my poor backing-up abilities these days, although it could be age, or inattentiveness to details, or … was that something shiny? Excuse me; I need to see a man about a tortoise.

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