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[King Zultan]

Getting a good grasp on driving a car. Got all the controls down. It is all about smoothing what I know now.

Man, I am actually driving a car! Decently too!

It's great isn't it? I went from having no driver's license and being terrified two years ago to confident and loving it. I've got two cars and do go karting as a hobby sometimes :>

It was less scary and more stressful at first, but I am tolf that I learned it all quickly.

I will enter the actual driving exam this weekend. There is a course with parking exercises, on a path that is a crowded public road. It is not hard, per se, but it is a bit stressful.

The requirements are strict. If you forget one signal, or even touch the lines or cones while parking, you don't pass and have to do the entire thing all over again. Not to mention you have to finish the entire course within 30 minutes, under constant supervision from your mentor and an inspector sent by the state...

Yeah. They take no bullshit.

Damn that's way more strict than the one I took, I had some leeway when it came the lines and stop signs, the only thing that would have failed me instantly would have been hitting something.

[Magmacube_tr]

Damn that's way more strict than the one I took, I had some leeway when it came the lines and stop signs, the only thing that would have failed me instantly would have been hitting something.

We turks are an... accident-prone people. Driving like you own the road is way too common here. So I understand the strictness. They are trying make the trial as decisive as possible to weed out any idiots who would drive like hooligans and crash their car in a week. The exam doesn't really prevents it, but it certainly helps.

[Great Order]

Uni room's boiling, don't know why but something under my floor is warm enough to make it feel like I've got underfloor heating in a couple spots that I can't turn off.

This is a problem right now, but during the winter it'll be nice. Also the window is right next to the head of the bed, and I can sleep with a breeze blowing over my face.

EDIT: I don't think I realised it at the time, but summer felt like a hibernation for me. I had nothing to do and no direction, and while that was nice for a bit while I recovered from second year, I think it started to grate on me some as it went on. I'm in a fantastic mood since I got back to university, and I think it's that I'm starting to do actual work again.

[Eric Blank]

There's a whole herd of deer outside tonight

There was a pheasant by the dumpsters, while I was waiting for work to start. Pictures turned out shitty, he spotted me even though I thought he'd walked behind the dumpster.

[Eschar]

sounds like a pheasant experience

[pisskop]

really probably more fowl than Id prefer

[Great Order]

Hang on, who heard about the deer?

[Eric Blank]

I did. Tbh if they'd frozen instead of run I legit would have remained oblivious, I heard them trampling the dry grass but couldn't see until I got my flashlight out.

[pisskop]

But there was no rein that day, right?

[Great Order]

Oh deer, that was a terrible pun.

[McTraveller]

I finally gave myself a sig.

EDIT: updated for more "accurate" wording.

[pisskop]

I did get a quick chuckle out of it.  something something your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not fail you.

[martinuzz]

AfD lost in Brandenburgh. There is still hope. Not all of Germany is voting for nazis yet.

[King Zultan]

Seems a bit early for Hitler 2 Electric Boogaloo.

[pisskop]

In my mind the rise to power was as iconic as the actual reign itself