Went to........

[lloydslights]

.......change gears in the car yesterday.  

Been driving an automatic for at least 35 years.

DEB

[lloydslights]

Icy and Lurker, Whilst driving yesterday there was a car flashing its headlights behind me for quite a while.  Then the indicators had their "turn"

I started to slow down to pull aside.

Then I noticed his wipers started washing his windscreen.  It became obvious that the driver was was not used to the car.

DEB

[lloydslights]

Can one of the Americans here answer for me.

For the left-hand drive vehicles, which position is the brake pedal and the accelerator?

My reason for asking, is that a few "old" drivers have had serious consequences by using the wrong pedal whilst parking.

DEB

[sineaterdoodah]

i don't drive,but i'll ask hubby when he comes home for lunch,in case nobody pops in before then.

i believe that the gas pedal is far riht,with brakes in the middle,and clutch on the left( if we have a clutch),gear shift is in between the 2 front seats.

[lealta]

In the US, the gas pedal is on the right and the brake to the left of that.  We are supposed to use the right foot for both pedals, but a lot of people use their left foot to brake.  If we have a standard transmission, the clutch is to the far left with the brake pedal in the middle.

As to the discussion of silverware.  I used to always keep my knives on the far left, then forks in the middle and spoons on the right.  In my new two-layer silverware drawer, I keep the knives to the back.  All the odd pieces go in the bottom.

[sineaterdoodah]

oooo..i want 2 drawers like that!! i have so many gadgets,i can never find things in the utensil drawer! 

drives me crazy that hubby,who doesn't cook can just reach in and pull out what i just spent 10 minutes trying to find! 

of course,there IS the fact that he does the dishes,lol!

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Ironing is a foreign activity for me, something I've managed to avoid for the past 40 something years, but now hubby has gone and got a real job I had to drag the iron out from the depths of junk cupboard and put it into service. Last night I went out to the other end of the house to iron hubbys uniform and found the iron was already on. The last time I ironed was sunday night 😞  oops.

[k0llectable5]

LOL i'm with you mate, the iron and I are how should I say.... estranged 😮

I've done more ironing since selling clothes on ebay (bout 2 years)  than I've done in my whole life lol

[sineaterdoodah]

i put my iron in the cabinet under the sink when we moved in here 20 years ago.completely forgot about it.

a few months ago i was preparing to install new shelves in that cabinet,and WAY at the back was the iron. rusted to the cabinet floor.

apparently when my porcelain sink sprung a leak and i had the stainless steel one installed,water i didn't see got back there,lol!

i had to chisel the wood under it out and replace the cabinet bottom. and i did NOT buy a new iron,lol!