# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2595
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51886 "2017-05-05T21:46:54Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick the please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51887 "2017-05-05T22:24:19Z")
Typo fix only. The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51888 "2017-05-05T22:30:12Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic Circa 1982. One of the old, square shitboxes. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51889 "2017-05-05T23:45:56Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco Probably not the same one as Panache45 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51890 "2017-05-06T02:29:32Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 I worked on a farm so I had been driving farm vehicles for several years before that. But my parents’ Fiat was the car that I learned about regular driving on. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51891 "2017-05-06T02:56:33Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker No synchromesh, so I had to learn to double clutch to down shift. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51892 "2017-05-06T03:56:38Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker 9. Toyota Corolla On the very hilly streets of Brattleboro, Vt. Not easy! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51893 "2017-05-06T04:46:31Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker 9. Toyota Corolla 10. Mercury Lynx AKA, a Ford Escort ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51894 "2017-05-06T04:53:45Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker 9. Toyota Corolla 10. Mercury Lynx 11. Dodge Dakota pickup (though technically I first learned to shift on a 200cc Honda motorcycle–the skills transfer) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51895 "2017-05-06T15:44:59Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker 9. Toyota Corolla 10. Mercury Lynx 11. Dodge Dakota pickup 12. Austin Healy Sprite rented in Cyprus, where I learned to drive a RHD stick, shifting with the left hand. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51896 "2017-05-06T15:59:17Z")
The First Car Where You Learned How to Drive a Stick. If you never learned to drive a stick then please prepend your reply with "AT: " and write The First Car You or Your Family Friend Owned Where You Learned to Drive. (Repeats allowed) 1. VW Microbus 2. AT: Volvo 244 wagon 3. Rambler sedan 4. VW Scirocco 5. Honda Civic 6. VW Scirocco 7. Fiat 128 8. 1947 Studebaker 9. Toyota Corolla 10. Mercury Lynx 11. Dodge Dakota pickup 12. Austin Healy Sprite 13. AT: 1982 Chevy Citation Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 14. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51897 "2017-05-06T16:05:48Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51898 "2017-05-06T16:28:40Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters Not that I’m not entertained … I’d just never go to them without kids. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51899 "2017-05-06T16:32:56Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. They’re grown now, but there was a period of 8 years or so in a row… Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51900 "2017-05-06T16:56:46Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51901 "2017-05-06T18:53:25Z")
Me, too, **jtur**! Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51902 "2017-05-06T22:43:27Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts We must have attended at least 20, ranging in quality from impressive and fun to boring to embarrassingly bad, so bad that my daughter cried with mortification when she got home even though it wasn’t her who messed up. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51903 "2017-05-07T00:17:08Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51904 "2017-05-07T03:43:54Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged 9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51905 "2017-05-07T03:52:55Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged 9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea 10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2594) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2596)