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[RollTide2008]

I hope I never get so old and crotchey that I use sentences containing phrases like "young people today don't..."

[CelticCrafter]

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@RollTide2008 wrote:

I hope I never get so old and crotchey that I use sentences containing phrases like "young people today don't..."

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@RollTide2008 Me too and I tell my daughter if I ever get like that or like so and so, just take me out in the back yard - you know what you have to do...

[RollTide2008]

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@Zhills wrote:

You shouldn't say, "young people today don't" but it's OK to say someone is "old & crotchety." 

My remark was not an insult!

I even noted the reason someone might not know!

Geeez!

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The reason you're giving they might not know is because an old person didn't tell them.   You're proving my point.

[jackiejenny]

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@Mindy D wrote:

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@jackiejenny wrote:

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@on the bay wrote:

I don't know what a carport is either

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It's a garage with no walls...just a roof. 

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@jackiejenny @Actually, some carports have two or three walls walls here in florida and some just have a roof, floor and columns holding up the roof. 

I see that now from the pics! I guess it must be a regional thing, as the carports I see are free standing unattached to a structure with no walls! 

Edited to say used to see growing up...I don't see them much anymore. 

[SilleeMee]

These days only about 25% of teens are getting drivers' licenses. You know what that means. Not very many young people will be driving period.

[qualitygal]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

These days only about 25% of teens are getting drivers' licenses. You know what that means. Not very many young people will be driving period.

Wow that's interesting. I hadn't heard or read that one.  Where did you hear or read that? (Not doubting you, of course).  Did they say why?  I'm just curious. Thanks.

[Exec Mr Wilkes]

 It used to be getting behind the wheel was a rite of passage for teenagers. They were often racing to the DMV on their birthdays. However, that is changing.

According to the Federal Highway Administration in 1983, 80% of 18-year-olds had their driver’s license. That number is now down to 60%.

When you look at 16-year-olds during the same time, the numbers drop from 46% to 25%.