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'My Corduroyed Life' - Mark A's Journal
If there are any Americans reading, this aint for you! ;)
At work yesterday, we were promoting Homestay residence to International students. And one of the benefits was:
"practise your English"
Or was it:
"practice your English"
There was much debate on the correct spelling. Eventually, we consulted a member of staff who's specialism is actually spelling and we were put right. And I had been wrong! dfglkjdsfglkjsdf
Would you have made the same mistake? Answers in a reply, and I'll answer it on Monday.
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
surprised.Current music: I appear to have the theme to 'Different Strokes' in my head.
And I was so close too...
My driving ability has improved tenfold over the last 10 years in my opinion: I'm relatively cautious, I'm a Knight of the Road that lets people out, I have reasonable awareness, and I have grown out of being a boy racer. However, my driving is regularly questioned and flayed (usually by people who can't drive or are pretty scary drivers themselves). This really annoys me (particularly if it's by people who can't drive or are pretty scary drivers themselves).
Being the bloody minded person that I am, I decided that, even if it was just to myself, I'd prove that I can be a model driver. So I decided to do a journey in the car and drive perfect 'pass your test' style (IE: feeding back the wheel, looking in the mirror every 5 seconds, mirror; signal; manoeuvre, &c) to see if I could pass my test again.
Off I went, and it was a real conscious effort to do it: I didn't ride the clutch, I didn't keep my hand on the gear stick from 1 - 4 as I changed up, I didn't go inside the wheel to turn, I used the handbrake and knocked it out of gear at traffic lights, I only used my left hand to use the indicator, I checked my mirrors regularly, I fed the steering wheel forwards and back, &c. I got home and was rather smug that I had managed to do all the hoop jumping style stuff needed to pass a driving test.
Then suddenly it dawned on me...
Doing 40 miles an hour in a 30 zone would mean an automatic fail.
Bugger.
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
disappointed.Current music: Driving In My Car by Madness.