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- From: kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH)
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
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- In article <1992Nov19.220747.15373@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes...
- >In article <19NOV199210181999@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.092443.11468@scott.skidmore.edu>, jreiser@scott.skidmore.edu (Jason Reiser... Asleep) writes...
- >>>ehsan@attila.weitek.COM (Ehsan Kalami) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>> hi, I am sure a lot of people have a similar problem. Where can one buy
- >>>> blocks of cement/concrete so that we know how far to drive a car into
- >>>> garage. similar to one found in parking lots?
- >>>> thanks.
- >>>
- >>>I don't know where to get the real McCoy, but for something that's
- >>>probably a lot less expensive, consider a "Park Block". It's a
- >>>plastic/rubber block that you stick to the garage floor and it stops
- >>>the car as you roll in. Available from Mid America Designs (Corvette
- >>>place) for only $12.95 at 800-637-5533.
- >>>
- >>>Of course, you could always construct something.... perhaps some
- >>>wooden beams?
- >>
- >>Or you could simply suspend a tennis ball with a string from the ceiling
- >>so that it touches the windshield when you're in far enough.
- >>
- >my wife forced me to set up this system above our bed! ;)
- >
- But only one ball above the ed? I would hope that you were lucky enough
- that she required at least five!
-
- Greg
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