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PoindexterOglethorpe

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16. Oh, dear god.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #15)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 01:46 AM

Nov 2018

The thought of someone not learning to drive until 60 or 70 is genuinely scary.

There really does seem to be an optimal window of time for a person to learn to drive to be at all good at it, and it's my observation that the window closes around age 25. Which is not to say that anyone older than that can't learn to drive, but anyone I've ever known who learned to drive past age 25 was never a good driver. Actually, the ones I have known were at best minimally competent.

And speaking as one is is 70, and learned to drive in my teens, I'm quite aware that my skills aren't as terrific as they were 50 years ago.

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Does Trump Know How To Drive A Car?.... [View all] global1 Nov 2018 OP

Yeah but not in the rain underpants Nov 2018 #1

you think he really thinks one needs an id to buy cereal ? JI7 Nov 2018 #2

Yes. Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #4

I have no doubt that the vast majority of his false statements are intentional (i.e., lies). Garrett78 Nov 2018 #6

You do, if you're writing a check. snort Nov 2018 #13

And they knew his checks would likely not be good. LiberalFighter Nov 2018 #17

If you have shopped regularly at a grocery store and are in their system, LuckyLib Nov 2018 #23

I'm sure he drove as a young man FakeNoose Nov 2018 #3

A lot of people in NYC never drive SCantiGOP Nov 2018 #7

Yes I understand, but Trump is from Queens FakeNoose Nov 2018 #11

Buy American Brother Buzz Nov 2018 #5

That settles it. Next question: Does he know how to make license plates? Garrett78 Nov 2018 #8

LOL SunSeeker Nov 2018 #10

Now that question makes sense. lunatica Nov 2018 #19

"Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. I'm an excellent driver." LibDemAlways Nov 2018 #21

Ha! Brother Buzz Nov 2018 #22

Now THAT is funny!!!! PCIntern Nov 2018 #31

There's at least one "my disgusting date with Donald in the 70s" story around... JHB Nov 2018 #9

I asked that question last year and was told that he drives LeftInTX Nov 2018 #12

I remember one of the articles about what few of his financial records are available, having to do RockRaven Nov 2018 #14

I don't know, but I lived in South Florida for many years Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #15

Oh, dear god. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #16

I've got a friend who learned in his mid-20s Codeine Nov 2018 #20

OK, this opens up a whole different subject Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #34

No, but he can drive a truck. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #18

According to this article PatSeg Nov 2018 #24

From Melania's F/B page: no_hypocrisy Nov 2018 #25

if it comes with a chauffeur samnsara Nov 2018 #26

He cares more about activities in the back seat than the driver's seat, I'm sure The Genealogist Nov 2018 #27

We know he doesn't know how to close an umbrella. tetedur Nov 2018 #28

He doesn't know how to buy cereal without showing ID marybourg Nov 2018 #30

Fun fact he was supposed to drive the Indianapolis 500 pace car. gibraltar72 Nov 2018 #29

The "ID to buy cereal" has to do with writing checks LeftInTX Nov 2018 #32

I've seen video of him driving his golf cart on the putting greens of his courses. TeamPooka Nov 2018 #33