I Got My Permit Today!!!

[jumpingmaniac]

Well, I have been studying to get my driving permit for a couple months and after reading the handbook about 5 times I finally turned old enough to go get it. So today we went to take the test and I only got one wrong (you fail if you miss 6) and I was able to drive some on the way home, and we went on a drive again this evening. I am doing pretty good so far (if I do say so myself) but I have a little trouble driving a little too close to the shoulder, and of course it will take me a while to get the hand of maintaining the correct speed and such. I think my mom was just about as nervous as I was, on the way home we pulled over so I could drive on the highway, and I was beginning if she was ever going to give me the "O.K." to pull out on the highway.

One thing I thought was strange though is that it seemed like most of the other kids there taking the test hadnt even studied for it. There was only one other kid that passed while we was there. They let you take it again in 10 minutes if you fail it (only three tests per day).

But anyway, I just thought id share that with you guys.

BTW, please pray for my safety as a new driver.;)

[Genna14]

Oh to be 15 again!

[Gaudete]

Good luck and be safe!

[Aussie3rddayfan]

Congrats on getting your licence! I remember the first time I went to get my Provisional licence. I failed...... for speeding in a school zone..... twice. :eek:

All the best for the future!

[rossid]

It is 14 here. Our son may get his soon. That will force the 16 y.o. to start driving with his parents - or he may never get his license.

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

hey! Kudos for you!
I get mine next week!
I am so pumped.
I could have gotten mine back in March but I didn't want to have to drive with my parents for a whole year so I figured i would wait a while and just drive for 6 months and then on my birthday go in and get that beautiful license! :)

[Tracey]

Shouldn't this be on the Prayer forum? :eek:

lol Congrats dude!

[Jason]

Shouldn't this be on the Prayer forum? :eek:



We'll pray for all drivers in Dakota's vicinity. ;)

[Genna14]

We'll pray for all drivers in Dakota's vicinity. ;)
And pedestrians, animals, and the parents.

[AtlBraves]

hey! Kudos for you!
I get mine next week!
I am so pumped.
I could have gotten mine back in March but I didn't want to have to drive with my parents for a whole year so I figured i would wait a while and just drive for 6 months and then on my birthday go in and get that beautiful license! :)

My dad has been extremely slow to getting around to my permit. I am still waiting in fact lol. But I can get my license in six months on my 18th so we have it all planned lol.

Jump good luck. And thank the Lord I don't live anywhere near you ;) :P

[jumpingmaniac]

LOL guys. I was saying we need to hire a skywriter each time I drive and he could write "New Driver...If you can see this you are too close" in the sky. :D

[jumpingmaniac]

hey! Kudos for you!
I get mine next week!
I am so pumped.
I could have gotten mine back in March but I didn't want to have to drive with my parents for a whole year so I figured i would wait a while and just drive for 6 months and then on my birthday go in and get that beautiful license!

Good luck! And BTW, cool avatar, your guitar looks just like Brad's!!

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

Good luck! And BTW, cool avatar, your guitar looks just like Brad's!!

haha thanks! thats my les paul. Its my pride and joy lol
His name is Peter lol. and yes, I named it lol
I got him last Christmas :)

[jumpingmaniac]

haha thanks! thats my les paul. Its my pride and joy lol
His name is Peter lol. and yes, I named it lol
I got him last Christmas:)

LOL! I name my guitars too! I have an accoustic and an electric, the accoustic is Dianna (Dianne for short), and the electric is Hannah.



My Girls....

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

LOL! I name my guitars too! I have an accoustic and an electric, the accoustic is Dianna (Dianne for short), and the electric is Hannah.



My Girls....

Thats so awesome! I have an acoustic also!
His name is Joshua lol

Ive had him about a year and a half now.. thats how long ive been playing and not to brag but I'm pretty good for how long ive played lol

I also have a keyboard name Layla
A flute named Lucy
and a ukalali named Lilo lol

[Mr.Supervious]

haha thanks! thats my les paul. Its my pride and joy lol
His name is Peter lol. and yes, I named it lol
I got him last Christmas :)


i share a name with a guitar...lol :P

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

i share a name with a guitar...lol :P

haha im guessing your name is peter or you just said that to confuse me
lol cause if u did it worked

[jumpingmaniac]

haha im guessing your name is peter

Either that or Les Paul!:D

[jumpingmaniac]

Thats so awesome! I have an acoustic also!
His name is Joshua lol

Ive had him about a year and a half now.. thats how long ive been playing and not to brag but I'm pretty good for how long ive played lol

I also have a keyboard name Layla
A flute named Lucy
and a ukalali named Lilo lol


I've been playing for about a year and a half too. I'm a fairly good guitarist, considering how long I've played, and considering we moved about 10 months ago and now I dont have anybody to teach me, so I have to teach myself. I have a keyboard, but I havent named it, I dont play it that much either.

[Mr.Supervious]

haha im guessing your name is peter or you just said that to confuse me
lol cause if u did it worked

lol my name is actually peter :D lol

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

I've been playing for about a year and a half too. I'm a fairly good guitarist, considering how long I've played, and considering we moved about 10 months ago and now I dont have anybody to teach me, so I have to teach myself. I have a keyboard, but I havent named it, I dont play it that much either.

ya i tought myself how to play guitar. it kinda makes people go WOAH! lol
i play lead for my youth group and background guitar for the whole church. music is my life lol

I use my keyboard for tuning and playing around and such lol :)

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

lol my name is actually peter :D lol

Peter.. very nice lol

it must feel pretty awesome to share a name with a guitar..
i am very jealous haha

[jumpingmaniac]

ya i tought myself how to play guitar. it kinda makes people go WOAH! lol
i play lead for my youth group and background guitar for the whole church. music is my life lol

I use my keyboard for tuning and playing around and such lol

I learned about 50% of what I know from a guy that we used to go to church with, but like I said, Ive had to teach myself the rest. I didn't know that many of the more advanced chords until here recently. Some websites I like to use to look up chords are:


all-guitar-chords.com (www.all-guitar-chords.com)

chordbook.com (www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php)



....in case you ever need 'em :)

[lilmikey]

my electric is Bobby and my acoustic is philip

Named after one of my heroes Bobby Sands(see avatar the guy on the right side in the middle) and after guitarist Phil Keaggy

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

I learned about 50% of what I know from a guy that we used to go to church with, but like I said, Ive had to teach myself the rest. I didn't know that many of the more advanced chords until here recently. Some websites I like to use to look up chords are:


all-guitar-chords.com (www.all-guitar-chords.com)

chordbook.com (www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php)



....in case you ever need 'em :)

haha thats awesome. I use those all the time.
I love just looking up random songs to play.
lol today I learned how to play Dare You To Move.
its very nice and very complicated. my fingers are in pain lol

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

my electric is Bobby and my acoustic is philip

Named after one of my heroes Bobby Sands(see avatar the guy on the right side in the middle) and after guitarist Phil Keaggy

very nice! lol i didnt name mine after anyone just names I really liked haha

[jumpingmaniac]

haha thats awesome. I use those all the time.
I love just looking up random songs to play.
lol today I learned how to play Dare You To Move.
its very nice and very complicated. my fingers are in pain lol


thats a cool song, I think its a pretty tough song to sing though. I just learned Who Am I by Casting Crowns last night. I have been playing a LOT here the past few days so my fingers are killing me too. :D

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

its crazy cause my fingers have never bled before but today one started to! and i was like.. oh gosh, i need to slow down lol

so i went and got a SpiderMan band aid and kept going haha :)

[Tony Trout]

Well, I have been studying to get my driving permit for a couple months and after reading the handbook about 5 times I finally turned old enough to go get it. So today we went to take the test and I only got one wrong (you fail if you miss 6) and I was able to drive some on the way home, and we went on a drive again this evening. I am doing pretty good so far (if I do say so myself) but I have a little trouble driving a little too close to the shoulder, and of course it will take me a while to get the hand of maintaining the correct speed and such. I think my mom was just about as nervous as I was, on the way home we pulled over so I could drive on the highway, and I was beginning if she was ever going to give me the "O.K." to pull out on the highway.

One thing I thought was strange though is that it seemed like most of the other kids there taking the test hadnt even studied for it. There was only one other kid that passed while we was there. They let you take it again in 10 minutes if you fail it (only three tests per day).

But anyway, I just thought id share that with you guys.

BTW, please pray for my safety as a new driver.;)


WARNING: Everyone stay off the highway! :eek: :eek:









CONGRATS!!

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

thats a cool song, I think its a pretty tough song to sing though. I just learned Who Am I by Casting Crowns last night. I have been playing a LOT here the past few days so my fingers are killing me too. :D

lol why do u think girls are confusing?

[jumpingmaniac]

lol why do u think girls are confusing?


Oh, its a looong story. :D LOL!

its crazy cause my fingers have never bled before but today one started to! and i was like.. oh gosh, i need to slow down lol

so i went and got a SpiderMan band aid and kept going haha


Luckily mine have never done that:D

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

Oh, its a looong story. :D LOL!




Luckily mine have never done that:D

haha well i hope im not confusing u lol

and today was the first time. I FREAKED! lol
I dont like blood.... :)

[lilmikey]

my fingers have never bled either

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

my fingers have never bled either

your lucky. its painful and i dont like blood.. lol

[jumpingmaniac]

haha well i hope im not confusing u lol



No. Most girls do though. Girls confuse guys, and guys confuse girls. I think thats just the way God made us.LOL!

[lilmikey]

your lucky. its painful and i dont like blood.. lol

They do hurt every once in a while though. How do you practice? What things do you do. I mostly just play songs over and over until I can get used to the chord change really well. I am competent with rythm but I am dreading learning lead that will take forever. Youtubers make great guitar teachers hahaha thats how I learn I sit in front of youtube.

I have learned these songs so far

Wonderful Tonight(I play this one decently)

Suspicious Minds(still hacking away at it its very difficult)

Hotel California

an overly symplystic rythem version of Hey Joe

I can also get by on Today I Started Lovin You Again

[Tony Trout]

Suspicious Minds(still hacking away at it its very difficult)



Great choice of song/intro to learn!

The legendary Reggie Young is the man who originally played the intro/fills for "Suspicious Minds" on Scotty Moore's blonde Super 400 Gibson. If I'm not mistaken the intro is a combination of 'pick & finger' technique. James Burton is also a good picker to try to learn the break from and he also does some very simple 'fills' during the song in live performances with Elvis. The '69 live versions are the best versions by Elvis---the other later versions are 'sped up' and I feel that this 'takes away' from the song. IMO, Elvis was already getting bored with the song by the time he returned to Vegas in February, 1970.

James also uses a pick/finger technique on the intro as well. I've mastered it fairly well. There might be some tabs (although probably incorrect) for the intro on the web.

If ya ever wanna 'talk guitars' shoot me an IM on AIM, dude!


*we now return you to your regularly-scheduled thread already in progress*

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

No. Most girls do though. Girls confuse guys, and guys confuse girls. I think thats just the way God made us.LOL!

I know what u mean lol

the only boys i will ever understand completely are my beautiful guitars haha

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

They do hurt every once in a while though. How do you practice? What things do you do. I mostly just play songs over and over until I can get used to the chord change really well. I am competent with rythm but I am dreading learning lead that will take forever. Youtubers make great guitar teachers hahaha thats how I learn I sit in front of youtube.

I have learned these songs so far

Wonderful Tonight(I play this one decently)

Suspicious Minds(still hacking away at it its very difficult)

Hotel California

an overly symplystic rythem version of Hey Joe

I can also get by on Today I Started Lovin You Again


truthfully, I have no idea what any of those song are lol
but when I find a song I wanna play I go to several different websites and print out chords and tabbs and play them till it sounds right.
I'm also in a worship band so my job is to find new songs, learn them, and then teach them lol

lead guitar, also not my thing..
i usually play acoustic which some how is easier for me and when i do play my electric i rock out and go crazy lol

[lilmikey]

truthfully, I have no idea what any of those song are lol
but when I find a song I wanna play I go to several different websites and print out chords and tabbs and play them till it sounds right.
I'm also in a worship band so my job is to find new songs, learn them, and then teach them lol

lead guitar, also not my thing..
i usually play acoustic which some how is easier for me and when i do play my electric i rock out and go crazy lol

Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Eagles, Jimmy Hendrix, and Merle Haggard respectivly

[jumpingmaniac]

Whenever I want to learn a new song, I usually go to e-chords.com (sometimes ultimateguitar.com). And play it over and over until I have it memorized. The thing I like about e-chords is that you can look at a diagram of each chord, but on the downside you have to pay a membership fee to be able to access all the features.

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

Whenever I want to learn a new song, I usually go to e-chords.com (sometimes ultimateguitar.com). And play it over and over until I have it memorized. The thing I like about e-chords is that you can look at a diagram of each chord, but on the downside you have to pay a membership fee to be able to access all the features.

haha i do and use the exact same thing lol

e-chords is my best friend :)

[Tony Trout]

Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Eagles, Jimmy Hendrix, and Merle Haggard respectivly


Ahh, good choices! ;) :D

[jumpingmaniac]

haha i do and use the exact same thing lol

e-chords is my best friend :)

Do you have a membership to it? And if so is it worth the money? I was thinking about joining it, but now that I spent a good deal of money on Cardinals tickets I probably wont. I might sometime in the future though.

[iLoVeJeSuS23]

Do you have a membership to it? And if so is it worth the money? I was thinking about joining it, but now that I spent a good deal of money on Cardinals tickets I probably wont. I might sometime in the future though.

naw. I don't have a membership..
If I cant find what I need I just look at other web-sites...

I dont think its worth paying for lol :D