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Post by billhammond on Apr 1, 2024 18:53:09 GMT -5
I was using my new adaptive cruise which keeps you a predetermined distance behind the car ahead of you but resumes the preset speed when you pull out to pass. Of course this often insures a creeping pass. There sure are a lot of folks out there bound and determined to get every penny's worth out of their adaptive cruise. I've never driven a car with adaptive cruise, but one feature of standard cruise control that many drivers seem unaware of is that you can use the gas pedal to make a speedy pass of, say, a semi, with a throng of left-lane traffic rapidly approaching, pull back into the right lane after the pass, let off the gas pedal and the cruise setting resumes control. Stomping on the gas pedal does NOT cancel a cruise setting as a brake application does.
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Post by howard lee on Apr 1, 2024 20:08:59 GMT -5
Howard, Congratulations again! This talk of retirement these past weeks got me thinking about my own retirement. I never officially retired because of circumstances at the time. I was 58 when Lar got sick. I left my job to care for him. I didn't take a leave as there were so many hoops to jump through and I just couldn't deal with anything other than being with and caring for him. At that point I had worked full time since I was 18. Thirty plus years as a therapist, 10 years prior to that I juggled being a mommy, going to college and providing respite care to disabled people ( this job allowed me to take my toddler to work with me) and then a musician/band leader since I was 13. I have always worked. My first generation parents instilled that work ethic in their children and it has served me well. Two weeks after Lar died, the world shut down for COVID. After three months of being at home, I was offered a pool position. I did that for a year. The job I once loved was now a grind. The pandemic made treating patients so difficult that I just didn't want to do it anymore. I am sure my grieving at the time played into this. It has now been three years since I have practiced as an OT. I find it interesting that when someone asks me what I do for a living, I have never once said I am retired. I don't know if it is because there was no official closure or if it was because it was so unplanned and I was so young. When asked, I am now a musician, artist, horse therapy volunteer, USO volunteer etc. Being productive and contributing to the world as best I can is who I am and is very important to me. There have been a few times when I questioned my decision to leave OT. I have maintained my license to practice just in case. Last year, Bonny and I played a nursing home show. As we were setting up, I saw one of my former OT coworkers working with a patient. My VERY FIRST THOUGHT was I am so glad I don't have to do that anymore. I have not looked back or questioned my decision since. Enjoy, Howard. The best is yet to come.
Jan, thanks for this sensitive and thoughtful post. I have every intention of enjoying it! Every minute.
And thanks everyone else for the good wishes! I'll be spending some time shifting gears now.
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Post by TKennedy on Apr 1, 2024 20:24:00 GMT -5
I was using my new adaptive cruise which keeps you a predetermined distance behind the car ahead of you but resumes the preset speed when you pull out to pass. Of course this often insures a creeping pass. There sure are a lot of folks out there bound and determined to get every penny's worth out of their adaptive cruise. I've never driven a car with adaptive cruise, but one feature of standard cruise control that many drivers seem unaware of is that you can use the gas pedal to make a speedy pass of, say, a semi, with a throng of left-lane traffic rapidly approaching, pull back into the right lane after the pass, let off the gas pedal and the cruise setting resumes control. Stomping on the gas pedal does NOT cancel a cruise setting as a brake application does. Same with adaptive.
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Post by Cornflake on Apr 1, 2024 20:53:53 GMT -5
Q: What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?
A: Hot cross bunnies.
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