...the many things that you remember as a kid or teenager...

[Mr Stickyfingers]

…when I was about 12 years old on ‘Boxing Day’ I remember asking my dad why it was called ‘Boxing Day’?… he just said that’s the day when everyone compares who got the lousiest Christmas present and when someone is told that THEIRS is the lousiest… that’s when the fighting starts and the boxing starts… it was one of his silly jokes that he often told… he was joking… I think?… lol!… cheers.

 

[up_all_night]

Being a kid and your parents were driving somewhere they hadn't been before on the other side of town. They just flick through the Melways (Melbourne Street directory), trace a few roads with their finger. Look at a few pages. Then get in the car and just drive there.

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[Mr Stickyfingers]

Being a kid and your parents were driving somewhere they hadn't been before on the other side of town. They just flick through the Melways (Melbourne Street directory), trace a few roads with their finger. Look at a few pages. Then get in the car and just drive there.

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…sitting in the back seat of the car and watching dad getting angry with mum because she couldn’t ever read the street directory… because when she got to the edge of the page and then had to flip about 10 pages to follow the road that we were on but was never able to do it because she could never read maps was always so funny to watch… lol!… cheers.

 

[up_all_night]

…sitting in the back seat of the car and watching dad getting angry with mum because she couldn’t ever read the street directory… because when she got to the edge of the page and then had to flip about 10 pages to follow the road that we were on but was never able to do it because she could never read maps was always so funny to watch… lol!… cheers.

I don't remember by mother being bad with maps, but she was such a backseat driver from the passenger seat. Warning my dad to avoid things that weren't even in his way or on the road. Actually making the driving situation worse because he's suddenly concerned there's something he hasn't seen and has to avoid. Making scared noises and all sorts of stuff.

It was always even worse because we'd go on overseas trips and my dad would be driving in America and else where. One thing that always sticks out as funny was in Tahiti. She yelled, "watch out, there's fish on the road." Was literally a shake on the side of the road selling fish.

A few years ago I was in the car with them driving into the city, and she was so much worse. Constantly scared and vocal he was going to hit things and driving bad. It was one of those things with your parents that bring you back to feel like a child. It was so stressful and unpleasant. She's stressed, then she's making him stressed. I did not like.