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To: Quix; cardinal4

Back in the day, I was in Djibouti. We were supposed to take the Embassy Escape and Evasion out for a test run. My buddy told me to drive, and he'd guide me so I could back the trailer down the ramp. I just couldn't do it. Finally, a French Officer jumped on the running board of the Toyota Land Cruiser and asked if this was my first time. I said yes, and he said "you can't do it on your first time. Move over." So I did, and he backed it down the ramp. To this day, I cannot trailer my boat, and that's why I keep it at a marina. Oh, yeah. The HOA said no trailers in the development, too.


47 posted on 12/12/2006 7:38:05 PM PST by Ax (It's kuwais in Ruwais. It's beddah in Jeddah.)
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To: Ax

LOL.

I can imagine.

My very demanding mother insisted that I know how to drive more than the tractor by age 11 or 12. AND that I know how to back a pickup and a trailer respectably by mirrors only.

I can do a respectable job often fairly quickly.

Interestingly, the little golf cart and 10 cu ft red trailer give me more fits than anything. No mirrors is part of the problem. LOL.


51 posted on 12/12/2006 7:50:28 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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