How do you hold your "stick"?

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Am I the only one who thought dirty on the title of the thread? Please someone tell me that at least one other human being in the world thought of this in the same way I did :crazy: .
 
ExigeEvan
My driving instructor taught me that, he was a former police driving instructor.

Still do it.
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The guy daan quoted probably taught the guy who taught him. That was his job - a police driving instructor instructor instructor :lol:

Dennisch
No, you did. :D
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Nup:

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It's called the "right" side because it is.
 
But since you guys drive on the Devil's side of the road, doesn't that make the left side the right side? Then for us the right side is the right side.

And then if you take the average of that, everybody should be driving McLaren F1's and then there will finally be peace.

Everybody is wrong about everything! :scared:
 
Dennisch
Fat postmen and women don't count, because they are to lazy to get out of the vehicle. :lol:
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Actually, in the USPS's case it's because they get out of the vehicle so often - doing so on the road side rather than the kerb side is dangerous, because Americans are so confused over sitting on the wrong side of the car and driving on the wrong side of the road that they run each other over more often than they eat burgers.

Zenith013
But since you guys drive on the Devil's side of the road, doesn't that make the left side the right side? Then for us the right side is the right side.

And then if you take the average of that, everybody should be driving McLaren F1's and then there will finally be peace.

Everybody is wrong about everything! :scared:
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Except everyone will be driving in the middle of the road too. This would be bad.
 
Famine
Dear people who have the steering wheels on the wrong side:

They don't turn the gearbox and engine round for you.
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Famine


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It's called the "right" side because it is.
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In Europe, which side of the postal vehicle is the steering wheel? Is it the left side or "right" side? Since the American postal steering wheel is on the right because we drive on the right, does Europe have it on the left because they drive on the left?

This really seems like the making of a meme. :lol:

If right is "right"? Does that mean their postal vehicle has the steering wheel on the "wrong" side?
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CAMAROBOY69
In Europe, which side of the postal vehicle is the steering wheel? Is it the left side or "right" side?
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The right side. We don't drive on the wrong side or sit on the wrong side - or eat that many burgers - so our drivers aren't permanently baffled and our posties are safe to step into live traffic.

Only the USPS is advanced and progressive enough to* have adopted the correct driving position.


*It's with good reason that the following similes exists: "As advanced as the USPS."; "As forward-thinking as the USPS."

Wait, what?
 
Leonidae@MFT
:lol: Good one!
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Thanks. :)

Famine
The right side. We don't drive on the wrong side or sit on the wrong side - or eat that many burgers - so our drivers aren't permanently baffled and our posties are safe to step into live traffic.

Only the USPS is advanced and progressive enough to* have adopted the correct driving position.


*It's with good reason that the following similes exists: "As advanced as the USPS."; "As forward-thinking as the USPS."

Wait, what?
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I am actually quite surprised to hear that the postal drive is also on the right side in Europe. Which is the opposite side of where the mailbox would be to the driver.

You have to admit, having the "postie" on the same side as the mailbox is lot more productive. Otherwise he/she would have to get out at each stop, step into "safe" traffic as you say, walk around the vehicle, then put the mail in the mailbox. Then walk back around to get into the driver seat. If it was on the same side they were sitting (like in America) they could simply reach their arm out to the mailbox making for a much shorter, more productive, and safer day. 💡

Along with much more time to eat burgers. :sly:

*BTW I cant stand the usps. I dont ship anything through them if I dont have to.
 
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Ahhh, you see... we don't have mailboxes. Posties do it on foot and call at every house on their round, to shove letters through the front door.

Less carbons that way too. But then WE SIGNED KYOTO.


(I can't keep this going much longer...)
 
It's strange that the mods and admins complain about off topic this and search button that but on someone else's thread they don't seem to care! Whatever, it's pretty cool that Famine found this thread though. Remember the question though...
 
SuBMWaru
It's strange that the mods and admins complain about off topic this and search button that but on someone else's thread they don't seem to care!
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We accept the validity of evolutionary theory. "Your" thread evolved when this question was asked:

sumbrownkid
Quick question to the people who have steering wheels on the wrong side (rhd).:dopey:

Is the first gear away from you, or towards you?
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SuBMWaru
Remember the question though...
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Already done:

Famine
Nope, there is a right way and several wrong ways. daan quoted the right way.

Oddly, I was talking to him about it a couple of years ago (can't remember why) and showed him the technique and he said he'd seen it somewhere before. The guy he quoted in that post - Reg Local - is the guy who told me. In a pub in Northamptonshire. Small world.
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I do it the right way.
 
Famine
Ahhh, you see... we don't have mailboxes. Posties do it on foot and call at every house on their round, to shove letters through the front door.
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CAMAROBOY69
I am actually quite surprised to hear that the postal drive is also on the right side in Europe. Which is the opposite side of where the mailbox would be to the driver.
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Australian Post Office does it best.

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We accept the validity of evolutionary theory. "Your" thread evolved when this question was asked

Ah, your use of vocabulary is far greater than my interest trying to understand it. The question is "How do you hold your stick"? :grumpy:
 
You are obviously a bit lost on how forums work. Chill out and have some fun.

On another note, did you really think a thread called How do you hold your "stick" wasn't going to have the potential to go off topic. Let's be honest.
 
disinfected
You are obviously a bit lost on how forums work. Chill out and have some fun.

On another note, did you really think a thread called How do you hold your "stick" wasn't going to have the potential to go off topic. Let's be honest.
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Lol. You've got a good point.

astrosdude91
I really do find it annoying when someone throws a fit when their thread doesn't go 100% like they envisioned.
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Yep. But I've seen some pretty great jerks on these forums and others. Im probably just a bit frustrated because i get called out a lot. Lol. I'll ease up a bit. Sorry guys....
 
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