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- From: sml@plato.ds.boeing.com (Stuart Lewis)
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <By1M6t.G5H@plato.ds.boeing.com>
- Summary: simple solution - cheap too!
- Organization: Boeing Defense & Space Group
- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:44:53 GMT
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- >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.
-
- You don't want to do that! Why take up all that nice floor space
- with something as big and ugly as a parking lot curb (that'll give
- you a hernia unloading it anyway!)!
-
- Do this: Get an old tennis ball - the loud yellow or orange ones are
- best. Get a few feet of string or twine. Run the twine through the
- tennis ball. Park your car exactly where you want it to be in the
- garage. Now, hang the tennis ball, like an ornament, so that it
- just touches the windshield. Voila', you can now park perfect every
- time - just pull up 'til the hanging ball touches the windshield.
- And, none of that annoying bouncing off the curb, either.
-
- Stuart Lewis
- sml@plato.ds.boeing.com
-