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Filed under: Procrastination on Wednesday, November 29, 2006

The good news is: Tiger passed his driver’s test and now has a California driver’s license!

The bad news is: Tiger passed his driver’s test and now has a California driver’s license! Just thought I’d warn all you southern California drivers out there. THE STATE LET HIM LOOSE.

Definitely time to adjust our insurance plan.

“Okay,” the insurance gal told me, “that’ll be an additional $208.”

“Whew!” I said. “That’s not so bad! What’s this I hear about teenage boys causing your rates to go sky high?”

“$208,” the insurance gal continued, “is a pro-rated rate, because you’ve only got a month left on your billing cycle.”

$208 x 12 months = yowza.

And because I am recovering from car insurance sticker shock, I let somebody else do the game-finding for me, and boy, did she do a great job! A little TOO good, if you catch my drift.

Birchsprite, you little minx, what little time I had available this week, you TOOK IT FROM ME. Holy cow. A high score of 4216?

I’ll have you know that my personal best is—um… (cough) 400.

screenshot of Monkey Challenge game

  1. I remember the day I got my first California license. I was driving my Grandfather’s Ford and was terrified. Just passed the test by one point, but man was I proud.

    Comment by Steve — 11/30/2006 @ 12:45 am

  2. Ahhhh the monkey madness continues!

    Comment by birchsprite — 11/30/2006 @ 1:18 am

  3. Hair graying much?

    Comment by Bernita — 11/30/2006 @ 4:44 am

  4. Ok girl I just lost ALL appetitie for my breakfast I was eating while reading your blog!! I have THREE BOY. Are you telling me I am working my hiney off so I can afford to have THREE boys to drive!!! THEY ARE WALKING UNTIL they can marry a woman who can drive ;))

    Ok back to seeing if I can still get my breakfast down. And thank goodness I live on the othe side of the US from you, hehehe… (just kiddding Tiger)

    Comment by Lrlwreath — 11/30/2006 @ 5:26 am

  5. The rule in our house was that the kids had to pay for half of whatever their insurance costs plus some of the car upkeep (gas and oil, etc). It kept them very safe and busy WORKING (at least, for a while!) My son had had to have TWO jobs! ;-) When he complained that I wasn’t doing enough to get him the best rates I threw the phone at him. Don’t worry, his head is too thick to be injured by a mere telephone. He made two calls for himself and gave up.
    ***********

    Oh, ow! I just stepped away from the computer to chisel a piece of candy off a graham cracker house for one of my girlies and I (embarassed grimace) cut myself with the BUTTER knife!

    Comment by groovyoldlady — 11/30/2006 @ 6:20 am

  6. Woo hoo! I got 4409.

    http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=qBorssosBouqUorFBoUBopBEossBUocZH8O6ouBpU

    I’m thinking at this point you should shop around for new insurance.

    Groovy - I know Florida was lower–of course, I payed my own and didn’t have or need full coverage on the car I was driving–though, to be honest, that was 10 years ago.

    Comment by Victor Allen Winters — 11/30/2006 @ 8:53 am

  7. Note to self: avoid I-5 at all costs. ;-)

    Comment by Suzanne — 11/30/2006 @ 10:44 am

  8. Well, congratulations, Tiger. How old do you have to be to drive over there, by the way? That sounds like an awful lot of insurance money! The game is strangely addictive so I’m going now….

    Comment by Welshcakes Limoncello — 11/30/2006 @ 11:25 am

  9. How in the world do you get the ball to go so far? We need some tips!

    Comment by Erika — 11/30/2006 @ 11:43 am

  10. woohoo 4300! Dang it, that is addictive.

    Comment by Erika — 11/30/2006 @ 12:11 pm

  11. My boy just turned 15, this is my worst fear. And it is coming soon! I let him practice on a back road recently and was scared stiff.

    Comment by Squirrel — 11/30/2006 @ 12:11 pm

  12. Congrats, Tiger. Condolences, Bonnie. ;)

    Eh gads, I will stay away from that area for a bit.

    Just remember Boy gets his soon. Gulp. I feel another swatch of grey hair sprouting.

    Sent Dawg the link for the game. He’s into monkey games lately…especially the monkey snowball fight. Let him become addicted.

    Comment by Kristen — 11/30/2006 @ 4:21 pm

  13. Thank goodness I live 1600 miles from you. Do you think I should go farther east?

    When I was fifteen, I bought my parents a (used) car and I paid the insurance for all three of us. I didn’t have to shop for it, though. I’d rather pay than shop.

    Did you know that your car insurance is based a lot on your credit report? Those least able to afford it pay more. Laws may vary in your state.

    Comment by Lesia Valentine — 11/30/2006 @ 4:22 pm

  14. My girlies (ages 5 and 7) have been playing this idiotic game off and on for the past hour and they just hit 4,438. They insisted that we tell you and ask you to pass this victorious info on to Sprite along with a rousing, “Na-na-na-Na-na”

    Btw, did anybody play “Zed” while they were there? Very fun!

    Comment by groovyoldlady — 11/30/2006 @ 5:00 pm

  15. thanks for the warning, bonnie.
    haha! wooohoo to tiger!

    Comment by cyn — 11/30/2006 @ 5:24 pm

  16. Frightening times, Bonnie.

    Perhaps the lad could contribute to the costs of the car by going on fuel siphoning missions in the dead of night - if he’s good at it he may just earn his insurance costs back. Sure, he might get caught, but so long as he abides by the ninja code of honour, *you* won’t.

    Comment by Sponge Girl — 11/30/2006 @ 6:00 pm

  17. Congrats to Tiger, condolences to Bonnie. Not only will you have white knuckles and gray hair, you’ll have a harder time getting to drive your own car.

    I am ashamed to admit it, but my score on that Monkey game was 4581. *sigh* I really need to stop playing those games.

    Comment by Ms. Karen — 11/30/2006 @ 8:54 pm

  18. My sister and I would always remind my mom of how lucky she was that we were both, well, female. She would roll her eyes, but, to us, any reason to tease about “a penny earned is a penny saved” just never got old. ; )

    Comment by kerrianne — 12/1/2006 @ 1:16 am

  19. Thanks for the warning Bonnie. ;) I bypassed the monkeys with great reluctance. You have been the cause of many fun but unproductive Friday afternoons, if ya know what I mean chica. Word game anyone?!

    Ciao bella…enjoy.

    P.S. How funny that I also wrote about driving today. Great minds…

    Comment by Teri — 12/1/2006 @ 4:13 pm

  20. $209 a month?!? That’s highway robbery! (See what I did there with the highway pun? hahahaha.)

    Comment by Vaguely Urban — 12/1/2006 @ 5:15 pm

  21. Uh huh…with that drivers licence it is now time for Tiger to get a part time job to help “pay to play”!

    Comment by Bonnie Calhoun — 12/1/2006 @ 11:26 pm

  22. http://groovybell.blogspot.com/

    See ya there, Bonnie!

    Comment by groovyoldlady — 12/2/2006 @ 9:01 am

  23. http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=pUorrBotqotEEorFBoUBopBuosrpUoVONSotFEr

    How about mine?

    Comment by Deb — 12/2/2006 @ 11:07 am

  24. Congrats to Tiger! Should I send you some extra Margarita makings?…lol
    Here’s my monkey score 4458 and the link
    http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=pUorqEottotFEorFBoUBopBEosstFod3NRS6ouBqr

    Comment by Wander — 12/2/2006 @ 1:53 pm

  25. [...] Bonnie has challenged your monkey to a kick off. [...]

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