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- From: ahh@orthanc.kgn.ibm.com (Andy Heffernan)
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.083904.17741@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 08:39:04 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> <4224@unisql.UUCP>
- Organization: Gizmonic Institute
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- In article <4224@unisql.UUCP> wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> ehsan@attila.UUCP () writes:
- >>
- >>blocks of cement/concrete so that we know how far to drive a car into
- >>garage. similar to one found in parking lots?
- >
- > Tie a tennis ball on a string from the garage door so that when the car is
- >pulled into the garage exactly as far as it should be it will just brush the wind-
- >shield. Don't let it drag across the hood or you'll get scratches. Fasten the
- >string to the _inside_ of the door so that when the door is up it hangs down vertically.
- >
- > This is better than a cement block 'cause if you go in too far you just
- >hit the tennis ball and not cement.
- >
- >
-
- I TRIED THE CEMENT BLOCK FOR A WHILE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT
- TO HANG FROM THE CEILING, BUT I KEPT SMASHING UP MY WINDSHIELDS.
- SO NOW I HAVE A STUFFED PANDA BEAR HANGING DOWN.
-
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- Andy Heffernan andyh@kgnvmt.vnet.ibm.com
- -- currently serving time ahh@grape.haifa.ibm.com
- in the Middle East ahh@orthanc.kgn.ibm.com
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