Re: Drivers Ed at Dalton High (before crash test dummies, we were the dummies)
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Coach McFarren was my driver's ed instructor, too.??? He was a really good teacher.??
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Well, Glenn and I are off to Yellowstone tomorrow and I won't be in communication for the next two weeks.??? Our granddaughter, Alicia, from Colorado has spent the past week with us and she will be riding up to Y'stone with us, along with our grandson, Alec, from San Jose.??? Alicia's parents will meet us in Y'stone and she will ride back with them to Colorado.???
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"See" you in a couple of weeks.
Love you all,
Gwen
----- Original Message ---- From: Lanny and Judy Royer To: dalton59@... Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:55:16 PM Subject: Re: [dalton59] Drivers Ed at Dalton High (before crash test dummies, we were the dummies)
Coach?McFarren was my drivers ed instructor.? I remember one of the tests was to get up speed, slam on the brakes, and then measure how long it took to stop.
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Lanny
----- Original Message ---- From: jhdouglas59 yahoo.com> To: dalton59@yahoogroup Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:33:29 PM Subject: [dalton59] Drivers Ed at Dalton High (before crash test dummies, we were the dummies)
Remember the good old days when Drivers Education was free and
sponsored by the high school? I think Robert Pack (the General) was
our drivers ed instructor. That was a fun course. He would have us
drive to Massillon, just to escape the Wayne County line. I think we
drove a 1959 Chevrolet Belair or Biscayne, highland green color. The
1959 Chevy had that goofy v-shaped trunk. I haven't seen any of them
in years. They never became popular like the 57 Chevy. Those big
old 1959 Chevy's cost about $2000 new back then. And that was a lot
of money. You could hardly afford to pay 25 to 30 cents per gallon
to put gas in them. And the gas mileage was atrocious (nobody cared).
That 59 Chevy was a good drivers ed car, though. A lot of metal
around all of us in case we crashed (which we never did).
Somehow we all passed the dreaded driving test to get our licenses.
Remember when parking spots actually required
you to use your
parallel parking skills? That was a tough maneuver, especially with
the tanks we drove without power steering. That was when curb
feelers were popular and even useful. Have not seen curb feelers in
years. Nobody parallel parks very much anymore (at least not in
Texas).
The Weaselmeister
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