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RDP Thursday: parallel

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Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘parallel’. Thanks, Toes!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

Head First!

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Our daughter-in-law, Dawn, moved up from Florida to NYC 22 years ago; shortly after that, she met our son, Will, and the rest is history. In all the years Dawn was living in Florida, she never learned how to parallel park; apparently, it’s not what people do down South. Moving up to New York was a huge culture shock for Dawn when she discovered all street parking in Manhattan is parallel parking. She couldn’t do it and would drive around the streets near her apartment in SoHo looking for a spot large enough for her to drive into head first! Sometimes she’d end up driving around for more than an hour looking for a spot, often having to settle on a nearby municipal lot. Fast-forward 22 years and Dawn still will not attempt to parallel park; it is a true phobia for her. Meanwhile, Will and Dawn’s 16-year-old daughter, Mckenna (our first grandchild) successfully parallel parked on her very first driving lesson. Look, Mom …. it’s easy!


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This is “George Explains Parallel Parking” from Seinfeld

RDP Thursday : Parallel

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37 thoughts on “RDP Thursday: parallel”

      1. haha For some, yes. Although I passed that part of the driver’s test many moons ago, I believe the parking spaces have gotten smaller. 😂 My daughter on the other hand, can pp blindfolded with one hand. 🤣

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  11. I’ve never driven on a road Nancy, …my brother let me drive his car in a muddy field once, with him changing the gears , …I know, it doesn’t count, …but I’d be the same as Dawn, …I think, …💙

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    1. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Penn. I was a late bloomer and didn’t get my license until I was in my 20s. I always had someone to drive me wherever I wanted to go and there was public transportation which I rode to school and work. It was only after we were married and decided to have children that I knew it was time to get my license. It was wonderful being so independent! I love to drive and do all the driving when Bill and I are out and about.

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  13. Yes that parallel parking can be tricky – it’s all we really have here, I once surprised my self, I was in a rush and could only see one spot on the street so I zoomed in and in one go snuck in perfectly – not really thinking too much about it – it was only when I got out did I see what a tight spot I had managed to squeeze into – I had to take a photo – I knew my hubby would never believe me 😄

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