True. Doesn’t ice up too frequently in San Diego. I trust you never leave the county for points inland and/or north of you … :eek:
And having my card would do you no good at all. Haven’t been in California since '93. Couldn’t pay me enough to go back. 
Lucy.
Ooops. Sorry, I seem to have taken your comment out of context. :o
Verry Good. I wish more states would get on that band wagon! Most people take a driver’s ed course to get their license and assume that that’s all they’ll ever need. They just been wingin’ it ever since.
OtakuLoki, Really Not All That Bright, Thank you so much for your kind comments - it means much to me. I’ll see what I can do in the near future.
Now why don’t we let Surby have his/her thread back.
Lucy.
Inland? You mean Imperial County, which is pure desert, and Arizona? Rarely, though I used to do it often at all times of the year and have never seen more than a couple ounces of snow, and never any on the road.
There are snowy mountains in the county, and I used to go up there every February but never saw an icy road.
North of San Diego County? You mean like Los Angeles County? Yes, I go there sometimes; not too likely to see ice there, either. I haven’t gone any further north than that for a while, and don’t plan to any time soon, no.
And if I had the card of a nearby professional driver? Is there any service he could realistically have a chance to offer me? (Other than filmmaking-related stuff, that is.) What I’m saying is, yes, I understand that it’s really nice that you’re around when everyone’s car is stuck in the snow, but I’m genuinely curious as to whether you ever use those particular skills in a professional context on a regular basis.
Based on the word triboluminescence, I’m guessing either crystals or friction.
You stand around all day with an end of wire in each hand?
When people here hear that I work in Japan, they immediately assume I’m an English teacher and only work about 5 hours a day. The idea that I’d be in an office working 10+ hours days like most Japanese people my age comes as a complete surprise to most people (gaijin included).
Based on “tribadism” and the “slicker than snot” thing, I’d bet on friction.
Wow, I get this too! I no longer live there, but when I tell people I grew up in New Jersey they want to know where. Since my town wasn’t particularly well-known, I tell them the nearest “landmark” town: Asbury Park. Then they go on to say they know someone who lives in some town I’ve never heard of.
Is this phenomenon limited to New Jersey, I wonder? Is it because it’s a relatively small state and people assume that the residents all know each other, or at least know the geography?
Whenever I tell anyone I work in the timeshare industry, they scowl and start telling me about how they got suckered into buying a timeshare and how they never use it, etc etc. Sometimes they get angry at me. Look, I’m sorry, I’m not in sales and I’ve never pressured anyone into buying a timeshare.
Made folks pay their bills on time, sure, but never forced them to buy.
Dude! Where are you from? I grew up with Asbury as my landmark town (because no one’s ever heard of Allenhurst, and, really, why should they? It’s five blocks by five blocks). And, yeah, I still get that question when I say I’m from Jersey, and it seems like everybody’s grandmother/aunt/ex-husband lives in Cherry Hill.
Like every other linguist in this thread, I get asked what languages I speak. I either respond, “All of them,” or, “I barely speak English!”
When I have to explain what linguistics is, I usually say it’s the study of language, which usually garners the response, “Oh, I bet you’re going to correct my grammar!” AAAARGH, no, if everybody spoke standard English I’d be out of a damn job!
When I say I study dialects of English, I get asked to guess where my interlocutor is from. I’ve stopped telling people that because I inevitably disappoint.
When I say I’m grad student, I get asked, “So… you’re gonna teach?”
But my husband’s a mathematician, so I can’t really complain.
Asbury Park, eh? I have a cousin who lives in Hartford. That’s pretty close, right?
Middletown – not far from Cherry Hill!
For many years, I worked at various small companies that nobody had ever heard of. So when I told someone where I worked, I typically got no response at all.
Now I work for a pretty well-known company, one that most people have heard of and know what the company does. When I started at this company, I looked forward to telling someone where I worked and hearing, “Wow, you work there?” or, “I’ve got one of the things they make”, or at least some sort of response of recognition.
So far, in the various times that I’ve had occasion to tell someone where I work, I’ve gotten no response at all. 
Maybe it’s just me.