Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners

[mark]

"Georgia Man" changes rules on new driving licenses:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/us/georgia-drivers-license-road-test-trnd/index.html

In USAnia, driver's licenses are sort of like the 2nd amendment "right" to have fire arms.

I live at the diagonally opposite corner of the nation.  I will drive with care when I see a car with a Georgia license plate.

The state of Georgia seems to have started trend:
https://fox6now.com/2020/05/05/wisconsin-dmv-waives-road-test-requirement-for-individuals-under-18-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR14O75NjG6WnucPepeSElDsHAgX9SGIXaiosM45Sqt4ytv6Od1abkDqPQo

That's two states that I'm no longer interested in visiting, and two license plates for me to be extra careful of  while using the roads.

[Moleman76]

Former co-worker had this story from his driver's test:
They got to the parallel parking portion.  He asked the driving inspector "how many points is this worth, how many points do I have now, and how many do I need to pass?".
After getting the answer, he did the calculation and said "let's just skip that part.  Put down a zero. There is nowhere here in town that I would want to go to where I would have to parallel park".
Inspector let him get away with it.

[Moleman76]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/18/watermelon-head-shoplifters-rob-convenience-store/

and, no, they were in Virginia (names for Queen Elizabeth I), not Florida

[spesh]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/18/watermelon-head-shoplifters-rob-convenience-store/

and, no, they were in Virginia (names for Queen Elizabeth I), not Florida

So it's one of those rare occasions where you can get in trouble for not being out of your gourd?

[Paul]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/18/watermelon-head-shoplifters-rob-convenience-store/

and, no, they were in Virginia (names for Queen Elizabeth I), not Florida

So it's one of those rare occasions where you can get in trouble for not being out of your gourd?

Pipped to it.

[Jaded]

Address snafu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52843846

[spesh]

Address snafu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52843846

Saw that on the TV text news this morning - the judge's comments make for "understatement of the day". 

[spesh]

This story maybe isn't so crazy, but as this is the unofficial Florida news thread, here's a good a place as any other to post it.

Oh, #Florida! Graduating seniors in cap, gown & mask pick up their diplomas by riding a Jet Ski out to a boat where their masked principal hands it to them via reacher-grabber. https://flkeysnews.com/news/local/article243054601.html via @KeyWestGwen

https://twitter.com/craigtimes/status/1266353731622391808

[mark]

This story maybe isn't so crazy, but as this is the unofficial Florida news thread, here's a good a place as any other to post it.

Oh, #Florida! Graduating seniors in cap, gown & mask pick up their diplomas by riding a Jet Ski out to a boat where their masked principal hands it to them via reacher-grabber. https://flkeysnews.com/news/local/article243054601.html via @KeyWestGwen

https://twitter.com/craigtimes/status/1266353731622391808

Looks like a lot more fun than the typical high school graduation.

[T42]

This story maybe isn't so crazy, but as this is the unofficial Florida news thread, here's a good a place as any other to post it.

Oh, #Florida! Graduating seniors in cap, gown & mask pick up their diplomas by riding a Jet Ski out to a boat where their masked principal hands it to them via reacher-grabber. https://flkeysnews.com/news/local/article243054601.html via @KeyWestGwen

https://twitter.com/craigtimes/status/1266353731622391808

Looks like a lot more fun than the typical high school graduation.

WTF needs to "graduate" from high school?*  You did your A-levels, had a piss-up with your mates, enjoyed 3 months' holiday then buggered off to uni to do your liver in by Christmas.


* no, don't tell me. It'd be unsurprising if USAnians got certificates suitable for framing when they made it through potty training.

[rogerzilla]

After O-levels and A-levels, we just stopped going into school.

The only ceremony I remember was burning all our A-level workbooks in a friend's garden.

[tatanab]

After O-levels and A-levels, we just stopped going into school.

After O-Levels (1968) we still had to attend school until the end of term.  However, the days were often filled by visits to places of cultural interest such as the fire station.  I don't remember what happened after A levels.  In neither case did results come through the post, we had to go back to school to peer at a big notice board.  Certainly there was no ceremony or prom (nasty imported modern fashion).

[ian]

I thought the traditional British ceremony was poorly controlled bout of underaged drinking with your mates in the local pub that didn't ask too many questions. Or a party at one of your mates with obliging parents.

I remember my O levels because at that party I misplaced something I'd been really keen to misplace in the back seat of a Ford Fiesta. All said, given the region, I think that has me down as a slow starter.