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you mean you took your test before she did?

(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:36, archived)
No. I'm 35, she is 2. The legal age that one can take their driving test is 17.
I'll leave you to do the maths there.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:39, archived)
Ha! May I use this for the weekly anecdote?

(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:40, archived)
Yes!

(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:42, archived)
If it's any consolation,
she might die before she's 17.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:40, archived)
or she might not learn to drive as soon as she's legally allowed
MASSIVELY CONTROVERSIAL
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:43, archived)
Or she'll take years to pass because she's female.

(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:44, archived)
One cannot take their driving test.
One can take one's driving test.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:44, archived)
Yes. I'll concede the hastily typed grammar point there, your highness.
I'll leave you to carry on with the mathematics problem though.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:46, archived)
The mathematics is very simple.
If you had taken your test a year ago, and she had taken it in the last 6 months (for instance), what you just said would still hold.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:49, archived)
But she is 2 years old. I already said that up there^ when I said "I'll leave you to do the maths there"
The mathematics is even simpler in this case. I'll simplify it down into days for you though...

I passed my test 6,510 days ago, when I was 6,318 days old.
The earliest my daughter could take her test is on her 17th birthday which would make her 6,209 days old.

6,510 - 6,209 = 301 days difference.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:56, archived)
I would dispute that your version is simpler.
Especially since you didn't mention when you passed your test.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:58, archived)