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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by The Short Bus
i couldn't resist... had to add it in my signature :P
I was actually thinking about putting all three lines in mine, but since I didn't write any of it, it seemed a little strange. Good stuff though, from all three of you.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:26 AM
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Just be happy you don't work at Yahoo...
http://flickr.com/photos/ycantpark
If you do you have my condolences
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DiD
I was actually thinking about putting all three lines in mine, but since I didn't write any of it, it seemed a little strange. Good stuff though, from all three of you.
I dont mind :smile: as long as the other two dont
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:44 AM
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Sorry, but I'll have to add my vote against double parking also. Just my .02

I too also want to know if your disabled how you can drive a 4x4 Crew Cab Ford Duelie w/ 10" of lift?

Parking stories.

My wife parked next to a "Handi" spot once. She was on her way home from work and merged into another car accidentally. She thought she scratched up the side of my MINI and the rear wheel moulding. Actually figured out through research of accident and eye witness' account a lady pulled into the "Handi" spot w/ a new Yukon Denali XL earlier in the day. When she left she cut it too hard and scraped my car but never stopped to leave a note or anything. Guess she figured she already had too much wrong in her life cause I would have left her crying like a child when I was done w/ her. The accidental merging incident didn't leave a single mark on the MINI.

I used to work at a Navy base her in SE Florida. I'm pretty much office bound now. We were working on one ship who's lot has motorcycle parking spots. Regular spots were so hard to find that some people would show up at least an hour early for work. One officer would constantly park his HD 883 Sportster in a regular spot. We guessed he thought he was too good for regular motorcycle parking. "Someone" got upset one day and brought a 5lb bag of bird seed to work. They spread it all over the ground around the bike but not "on" the bike. Anyone in a coastal area knows how much fun seagulls are! The bike was completely covered in bird poo come 5pm! It was the last day he parked there.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:48 AM
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I am SO keeping a bag of bird seed in my car now!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:56 AM
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Birdseed! Brilliant! Maybe we can do a group buy and divvy up like half a TON!

i am IN! (Actually, my wife and I are both very enthusiastic "birders", btw).
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by doomsdaybob
My wife parked next to a "Handi" spot once. She was on her way home from work and merged into another car accidentally. She thought she scratched up the side of my MINI and the rear wheel moulding. Actually figured out through research of accident and eye witness' account a lady pulled into the "Handi" spot w/ a new Yukon Denali XL earlier in the day. When she left she cut it too hard and scraped my car but never stopped to leave a note or anything. Guess she figured she already had too much wrong in her life cause I would have left her crying like a child when I was done w/ her. The accidental merging incident didn't leave a single mark on the MINI.
This isn't parking related, but I too have experienced the mysterious toughness of the black plastic wheelwell molding. I was waiting at a red light once when someone in a Wrangler forced their way by me in a lane that didn't exist. I felt my whole car moving as he scraped his way by. I immediately wrote down the license plate and called the cops, but by the time I pulled over and got out of the car to look, I had to explain to the cop that just arrived that there was no damage after all! I still reported the driving infraction, but the cop didn't seem very interested.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:05 AM
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" Birdseed! Brilliant! Maybe we can do a group buy and divvy up like half a TON!

i am IN! (Actually, my wife and I are both very enthusiastic "birders", btw)."


top it off with an i park like an idiot sticker.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:06 AM
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Too bad this doesn't come in "HIGH TACK" version:smile:

Originally Posted by DiD






Funny enough I came across this today on VWvortex.




 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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8 pages in 2 days!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Too bad this doesn't come in "HIGH TACK" version:smile:
Just use some 3M spray adhesive too so you get the "extra" secure fit!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by doomsdaybob
Just use some 3M spray adhesive too so you get the "extra" secure fit!
Or you could just stick them over some 3M double sided foam tape then attach them.

Not a bad price on the web site, 100 for $30 bucks.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Too bad this doesn't come in "HIGH TACK" version:smile:
How about other sayings?


"I couldn't find a smaller car to park next to"
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MINIMAXXNC
Although I share your feelings about dings...
I hate it when people park in two spots, unless it is at the very back of a parking lot where no one parks.

Which is where I park, and yes sometimes I'll take up two spaces.
I'll walk two blocks just so I don't have to park next to someone else.

Yup - me too. What he said!!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by The Short Bus
" Birdseed! Brilliant! Maybe we can do a group buy and divvy up like half a TON!

i am IN! (Actually, my wife and I are both very enthusiastic "birders", btw)."


top it off with an i park like an idiot sticker.
YES! and do the deed while dressed in a Wile E. Coyote disguise (birdseed reference, guaranteed to attract roadrunners). Beep-Beep!

Who'd have thought "birdseed" would make my day - still grinnnning, that's destined to be a classic.
Tatt
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by The Short Bus
I dont mind :smile: as long as the other two dont
Feel free. Glad I could get a chuckle or two.

And you just can't say Bumpass enough.....
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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You guys are jerks! I take up 7 handicapped spots, and the sidewalk!111

/bumpass
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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"Must be nice..."

Originally Posted by countrym
You guys are jerks! I take up 7 handicapped spots, and the sidewalk!111

/bumpass
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by dragonwang
"Must be nice..."
"It is nice."
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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Just saw these -
I Park Like an Idoit
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:52 AM
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Well, I wouldn't do anything worse than leaving a note on the windshield expressing my displeasure over your being such a jerk. On the other hand, if I saw someone keying you or dropping dog turds on your driver's seat I'd keep my mouth shut. Pete
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 2005LY
Just saw these -
I Park Like an Idoit
I saw your typo and thought it was intentional! Imagine my disappointment! Given the context I think your spelling is infinitely better!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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Oh, to have my USB cable with me.

I park in BFE at Target, no one around me. I come back out a half hour later, and there's a ford Taurus parked over my line, and a ford truck beside them, with half their bed in the spot beside me. Cross over the curb, and you will find a camaro/firebird straddling two spots. With a cart right next to his car

I didn't do anything about it, but took lots of pictures. All the people walking to their cars looked at me with mouths dropped. Either ti was the nerve for me to take the pictures, or that they parked that that.

After that experience, i'm SO buying some iparklikeanidiot stickers.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by The Short Bus
After that experience, i'm SO buying some iparklikeanidiot stickers.
You could have used THREE of them, right then and there huh? Wonders never cease, that's for sure... Who said "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain" ??

On my lunch time errand (to the bird-seed supplier errr, i mean the electronics store), I parked with usual care between a 3-series with aftermarket wheels, and a sweet black Z4 convertible... (I must have missed the young blonde woman whose Z4 it was, but oh well)... Both my parking mates had done a reasonable job of achieving center of space nirvana...

When I returned to my car, both Bimmers were still there on either side (still no sign of the Z4 driver darn it) and all was well. Actually, I don't even know why I posted this boring "happy ending" story .

Tatt
 
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by tattman23
You could have used THREE of them, right then and there huh? Wonders never cease, that's for sure... Who said "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain" ??

On my lunch time errand (to the bird-seed supplier errr, i mean the electronics store), I parked with usual care between a 3-series with aftermarket wheels, and a sweet black Z4 convertible... (I must have missed the young blonde woman whose Z4 it was, but oh well)... Both my parking mates had done a reasonable job of achieving center of space nirvana...

When I returned to my car, both Bimmers were still there on either side (still no sign of the Z4 driver darn it) and all was well. Actually, I don't even know why I posted this boring "happy ending" story .

Tatt
So, your storry is that you found a parking spot and two people who are able to park? You know you can embellish, right? Come on, man, give us something entertaining! I am dying of boredom here!!!
 
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