Re: Getting our stuff back

On 6/22/2025 4:29 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:27:47 -0500,
   sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

  On 6/22/2025 10:38 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:52:57 -0500,
    sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

 

   She told me she wanted to go see the son tomorrow, so I had
   her drive it home from the drop off place to see if she
   could handle it.  First time she has ever driven my truck
   in 14 years.  I didn't like it.

>
I thought she had done a little driving when you were in the
Utah boonies?  Maybe I'm mixing you up with another poster
here.

>
  That was her daily driver, the Ford Bronco.  I drive a Ford
  F-150 which she had never driven before.  It's a much bigger
  vehicle than what she is used to so my big concern is her
  forgetting the rear axle and running over curbs, kids, or
  grandma.  I've got a driveway that is 25' wide at the street.
  Yet just about everyone who pulls into the driveway can't seem
  to manage to stay off the grass when making a right hand turn.
  Drives me nuts.  I've told my MIL it was a good thing there
  wasn't a kid standing there as she's gone over 6' in the grass
  and would have killed the poor thing.

 Oh, that all makes sense about the vehicles.  To the other point,
I've seen some people put good sized rocks at the edges of their
driveway to encourage drivers not to cut any corners.  Maybe that
puts your vehicles at too much risk?

I put in those reflectors on each side of the driveway about 6" off the pavement.  I live just over the top of a hill and they help me find the drive at night.  Fed Ex man just ran it over pulling out of the drive. To me it's a sign of stupidity if you can't get out of my driveway at 25' wide without having to go over my lawn.  I'm down to one marker that I had to cut the mangled bottom off, so it's shorter than original. I'll get new ones after they run this one over.

 

  I back it into my garage and she drove it to the driveway and
  told me I could put it in there.

 Same here.  I always back in my Acadia, and she won't--leaves it
in the driveway for me to do (though she very rarely drives it).
 

  She can ask all she wants, but I'm never letting her drive the
  RV.  Just ain't worth it.  When I'm dead she's gonna sell it
  anyway, so why bother.

 My wife hasn't expressed any interest in driving when we're towing
the trailer.  In fact, she's come right out and said she wants no
part of that.

My wife has said she would like to drive it.  She's not going to.
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