BuffJim Posted August 1, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 1, 2020 I have to give my early stage dementia (definitely slipping but far more alert than Joe Biden) mother a driving lesson. She wants to learn my Dad’s car, in case she needs to drive it. It’s 8 miles each way. She needs to use my Dads car because it has the hookup for the portable oxygen. They’re both small Lincoln’s but my Dads has automatic start and no shift column. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted August 1, 2020 How long does it take to go 8 miles at 20 mph in a 55 mph zone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 1, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 1, 2020 Instead of messing up nice Lincolns, I suggest finding a cheap car with a manual transmission especially if the 8 miles are hilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 1, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 1, 2020 Your funeral. Just tell her not to drive, because at this point, why bother? Put Uber or somesuch on her phone and get her an oxygen thingy she can charge from home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UglyBob Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Share #5 Posted August 1, 2020 Ho boy... I think this post belongs in the "Last line of your biography" thread... 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 1, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 1, 2020 Yeah, this isn't going to turn out well. I guess I don't need to tell you that DeathJim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 1, 2020 Share #7 Posted August 1, 2020 8 miles to where? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 1, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 1, 2020 Let Carla teach her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted August 1, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Airehead said: 8 miles to where? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 1, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 1, 2020 The end is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted August 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Airehead said: 8 miles to where? The grocery store. We made it but two close calls. The first was a very close call where she started to pull in front of a pickup doing about 45 in a 30. I said “stop” and she did. If I didn’t tell her, she probably would have crashed, badly. The 2nd wasn’t as bad, but she had a right hand turn signal on, but her turn was into the 2nd driveway. The cars in the first driveway probably thought she was turning in front of them, so they could pull out. In the store I made her turn the keys over to me. I’m still mad at myself for letting my grandpa drive on a visit to his house in 1996. Turned into a terrifying drive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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