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  #81  
Old July 20th 05, 01:51 PM
Banty
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In article >, QB3 says...
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>It's a guy thing. Most of the people I see backing in are men. Women
>almost never do it.


Heh. Women do it too. We parallel park purty good, too! :-D

>
>It's a safety thing for me. Be it a driveway or a parking space, I have a
>much clearer view of the spot as I drive up to it, and I can then safely
>back into the space, right after I have observed it.
>
>When I am leaving, my observation of potential obstacles happens as I walk
>up to the vehicle and a few dozen seconds may pass before I actually drive
>out of the space. That's too much time, and animals and children have too
>great an opportunity to wander into the danger zone.


OK but explain to me if this is a guy thing - I'm talking about *walking* to
check things, as I do in the morning before I pull out as there are small boys
next door. (Come to think of it, this may be a big-garage-with-door-opener
thing) - I need to traverse from my house to my truck anyway. I'm not stuck in a
car seat. High, or low. Can peek around shrubs, too. More effective.

If I am to do that on arriving, I'd have to get out of my truck and walk around.
Not nearly so efficient.

>
>I live on a quiet street and don't normally have any vehicles behind me when
>I attempt to park. There are a lot of pedestrians in our neighborhood,
>though. The young ones are what I seek to avoid. The older ones usually
>know better than to walk behind a running vehicle when they can't see the
>driver's eyes in the mirror.
>
> My pickup truck and SUV have less visibility to the rear than most sedans.
>That reality demands back-in parking. I've been doing it for years, and it
>works for me. Lots of guys in our neighborhood do it. Something else may
>work for you.


Yep.

Banty

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  #83  
Old July 21st 05, 04:58 AM
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> Matthew Russotto wrote
> > DTJ wrote
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> > For example, in an upscale neighborhood, parking a semi
> > nearby is illegal. Why should lower income people have
> > to put up with this ****?

>
> Far as I'm concerned, if you can fit a semi-truck on your
> property, it should be perfectly legal to have it there
> whether you're rich or poor.


I can also fit a herd of pigs on my property.
If you were my neighbor you'd be cool with
that, right?....

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Old July 21st 05, 02:43 PM
Matthew Russotto
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In article .com>,
> wrote:
>> Matthew Russotto wrote
>> > DTJ wrote
>> >
>> > For example, in an upscale neighborhood, parking a semi
>> > nearby is illegal. Why should lower income people have
>> > to put up with this ****?

>>
>> Far as I'm concerned, if you can fit a semi-truck on your
>> property, it should be perfectly legal to have it there
>> whether you're rich or poor.

>
>I can also fit a herd of pigs on my property.
>If you were my neighbor you'd be cool with
>that, right?....


Long as you keep the volatile organic compounds they release on your
property, sure.
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Old July 22nd 05, 12:48 AM
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> Matthew Russotto wrote
> > Ed Stasiak wrote
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> > I can also fit a herd of pigs on my property.
> > If you were my neighbor you'd be cool with
> > that, right?....

>
> Long as you keep the volatile organic compounds
> they release on your property, sure.


And what makes think you're entitled to control
everything within your "line of smell"? Your
aesthetic concerns shouldn't preclude me from
raising pigs in my back yard.

  #86  
Old July 22nd 05, 06:48 AM
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Robert Morien wrote:
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[snip]

> wow, but that's a horrible pet peeve


Is there a leash law for pet peeves?

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