Kate

It's a classic Gransnet thread, merlot.
Kate's maternity outfits and propriety thereof >intelligence> degrees> driving tests.... What next?

How on earth did we get here from Kate's maternity wear?

You can still use your own vehicle, merlot, as long as it meets certain criteria. Fifth attempt for me!

merlot

I may have mentioned this before but DH took his first test in the days when you could drive your own vehicle. He borrowed a works van with a full tool kit sliding around in the back. All went well until the emergency stop!

He failed!!

I'm sure you're not harrigran . It is pure jealousy on my part as I knew them from my school days when I was in the A stream at school and they were in the D stream.

Hells bells number you couldn't help but admire her for her determination. I was a really very nervous and I found one manoeuvre really difficult, I just couldn't reverse around corners but did manage it on one particular test (perfectly) my problem was that I forgot to stop and I carried on reversing perfectly straight 3/4s of the way down the road

I was less than impressed when DS2 fluked his test within a couple of months of his 17th birthday. His brother had failed because he came up against an unexpected situation and he was and still is by far the better driver of the two.

I passed first time, hopefully I am not as thick as two short planks

My supervisor when I was working, passed on her 13th attempt! And she still had problems whenever she used a company car.

OOPS passed

anno only three attempts to pass your driving test? I passed on my sixth attempt . I do know people who are as thick as two short planks and they have past first time round.

I thought you went to Cardiff Frank? (1884)
For information:

Oxford - 1167
Cambridge - 1209
St Andrews - 1413
Glasgow - 1451
Aberdeen - 1495
Edinburgh - 1582
Wales (Lampeter) - 1826
Kings' College London- 1829
Durham - 1832
London - 1836
Queen's Belfast - 1845
Aberystwyth - 1872
Royal Holloway - 1879
Cardiff)
Bangor) 1884

I believe the royal family bring in a lot of tourist revenue don't they?

You remind me of when Margot went to pay her rates and told the guy behind the counter which bits she would pay

Frank, I might equally say that people who don't want their taxes to pay for nuclear missiles shouldn't have to pay for them but unless or until hypothecated taxation becomes feasible, we are stuck with paying for things we don't approve of.

Er ....is the standard of your degree really relevant to this discussion? I didn't say I wanted the Royal Family, just that I liked this young woman.

Greatnan

All I am saying is people who want the Royal Family can pay for them and people like me who do not want them should not have to pay.
I have got an equivalent degree from one of the UK's oldest universities but some of the newer universities are equally as good.

Frank

She has a kind face and is good with children - I like her. I don't think it would be hard to fall in love with William - he seems to be a humorous and likeable young man. She has taken on a very difficult role - good luck to her.

anno couldn't agree more.
Frank how patronising to say you know several ladies who got a degree without any problems - clearly they were bright.
Judging by some of the prats I saw on the roads today (including one who changed his mind - and it was a HE - as he turned down into the slip road at Jct14) passing a driving test is little indication of intellectual rigour.
Kate is an educated young woman with a good degree ffrom one of the UK's oldest universities , she has fitted in well to the royal family, is a good wife and wil probably be a great mother - why do people always have to snipe?

I don't have bunions and have always worn high heels! The secret is to get ones that are comfortable and fit properly.

The poor Gel is going to have to be on her feet a lot when she is Queen. She ought to watch those high heels or she will have bunions and backache before she is 50! Particularly when she is pregnant.

Thank you , anno, you can come back for a third experience next year!

But now, Greatnan, I can vouch for the fact that you are a very good driver, the more hairpin bends the better.

It took me three goes too , anno - if only it had been all theory and no practice! There are different kinds of intelligence - mine does not cover most practical subjects ( I can never remember which colour is earth in a plug).
The Queen did not have a formal education and I am not sure she is what might be termed intellectual, but she is pretty damn shrewd!

It was Kate who took history of art.

I took three attempts to pass my driving test.