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[cheepteach]

Good morning! my mom never enjoyed driving but my dad held on as long as he could to his driving. He stopped when he had trouble with his hearing and it made him nervous. So glad we didn't have to force the issue.

 

[perchie.girl]

We were fortunate with my grandma. She quit driving when she was 95. 9She should have quit long before then.) She had her car in the shop one day, and took the city bus to the Senior center. She got sick and passed out on the bus. She got to thinking, "What if I had been driving?" When she picked her car up from the shop a week or so later, they told her that it was acting like the transmission was acting up. She drove it mayve once or twice after she got it home. When we were visiting her, she said to DH, "I don't think I should drive my car anymore. It kind of shook the last time I drove it." DH whipped out his billfold and gave her scrap price for it on the spot. He took it home, and put maybe 50 miles on it before the transmission went out. He hauled it in and got his money back from the scrap dealer.

That is about when Grandma quit driving. She was a good driver up to the day she decided. Kept to her routine excursions. Grocery store Walmart and the Bank. All within a mile of her home. At 94 she broke her hip funny thing that they had her a new hip within 24 hours and in a care facility for the next two weeks. Wound care and basic stuff like getting her up and walking right away. She did famously but was very vocal about wanting to get out of there.

We brought her home and outside of a few things and a visiting nurse that checked up on her progress it was business as usual. She kept talking about practicing for getting her driving test renewed when she was 95 but never followed through.

I finally insisted she practice. And we went out for one driving session. She did good only a few issues I could see right off. Her seat needed to be raised up some. Toyota Camreys have awesome seat controls. And Getting in and out of the car was an issue.

She passed the written test 100 percent but failed the driving test. After that she never expressed the desire to drive in earnest. But hey she had a chauffeur on hand at all times.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

On a lighter note, my great grandma was a wild card. Model, silent film actress, make up artist, extremely... um... flamboyant, plus the worlds worst driver. When she finally hit a few parked cars and claimed it was their fault the dmv took her license. She went as fast as she could to the next town over, renewed her license at that dmv then drove back to the first one to literally wave it in their faces. Good Lord, I loved that woman, but as kids we were never allowed in the car with her & we gave her a wide berth as she’d drive her giant caddy down the driveway.

So..... Thats where you get it from....

Love ya

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Good morning, Pond. Mom drove until she was 95. At that point she said, "I think it's time for me to move to an assisted care facility." There was one we/she knew of within 5 miles of her home - my cousin and her husband spent their last days there. She made it easy on us. Hopefully the Princess and I can do the same for our kids.

that was the the only decision we had to make for grandma... it was horrible sigh. She passed a month later after her 103rd birthday. My son and I are still going through PTSD over it all.

Yep I hope to go on my own terms but sometimes its just not an option.

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning pond family can be a crap shoot at best maybe older than allot here
Grandma never drove not a womens job .. Ma did anywhere and every where

 

[sourland]

So..... Thats where you get it from....

Love ya

deb

Isn't that a coincidence. I had exactly the same thought.

Morning pond family can be a crap shoot at best maybe older than allot here
Grandma never drove not a womens job .. Ma did anywhere and every where

That was my mother's belief - never drove anything but a tractor. Within two weeks after my father's death at 65 she got her drivers license.

 

[cheepteach]

Isn't that a coincidence. I had exactly the same thought.



That was my mother's belief - never drove anything but a tractor. Within two weeks after my father's death at 65 she got her drivers license.

growing up we had 1 car and dad used it to get to work. My sisters and I convinced mom when we were in high school she should get her license for an emergency. She did, but never liked driving and never at night or bad weather!

 

[room onthebroom]

So..... Thats where you get it from....

Love ya

deb

Isn't that a coincidence. I had exactly the same thought.

Hey! I’m an excellent driver. I also never make a point to show up purposely late to restaurants in gogo boots, giant wigs & flaming red lipstick & announced my presence at the top of my lungs to the entire crowd. (Have I mentioned how much I adored that woman?)

 

[chickisoup]

Dude... dude... this one. Stream the world onto your laptop.

Best way for movies! You can stick on subtitles so you actually understand everything that they say, AND you can pause as much as you want for potty or snack breaks.

finally realized I could stream youtube to my tv and been watching some really great lectures and live programming (staying clear of the political and crazy stuff) oh and some great history and archaeological shows. And, thanks to the DH, I can watch Disney+ on my laptop.

 

[drumstick diva]

I love some of the serials on Netflix - "Stranger Things," my favorite!! Supposed to have next season(4, I think) valentine's day. Sure a lot safer than going back to a movie theater. So far no one I know is brave/foolish enough to try it again. Last movie I saw was way back to "Knives Out," with Daniel Craig. He made a lousy 007 I thought but, was great in this movie.