i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
randy
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:20:30 -0600, "xrongor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
>up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
>the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
>fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
>thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
>
>randy
>
So far, I haven't done that, but my driveway is circular, meaning I have to
turn 90 degrees to get into the garage. One of my fears is cutting that
corner wrong either going in or out and taking out a corner of the garage.
Heaven help me when the boy starts driving in 8 years.
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:32:21 -0400, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
-snip-
>. Geez, what do you think goes in that
>nice big empty car-size space in the garage?
>
Is that a trick question? Everyone knows that's where you put your table saw?
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS USA
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
>marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
Friend of mine went through a drive-through with his bike on the top
of his Isuzu Trouper. Same damage to bike and car as BAD described.
I've only backed over a suitcase that my FIL (never met a clean
surface he couldn't fill up with stuff) left in the nice big empty
car-size space in my garage. Geez, what do you think goes in that
nice big empty car-size space in the garage?
>FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
>with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
Damn, I'm all set to get a hitch rack becuase I KNOW I'd drive into my
garage with the bikes on the roof and now you have to go and tell me
that!? I assumed if you can see the bikes in the rear window you
wouldn't back into things....
Michael
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:21:14 -0400, Lee Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
>><<you didn't see saw?>>
>>
>> Sigh.
>
>Sad...
>
Si. So, sue. <shamelessly parodied from the Mel Blanc original>
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:04:08 GMT, Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> wrote:
|On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:20:30 -0600, "xrongor" <[email protected]>
|wrote:
|
|>i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
|>up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
|>the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
|>fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
|>
|>thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
|>
|>randy
|>
|
|So far, I haven't done that, but my driveway is circular, meaning I have to
|turn 90 degrees to get into the garage. One of my fears is cutting that
|corner wrong either going in or out and taking out a corner of the garage.
|Heaven help me when the boy starts driving in 8 years.
My beautiful 1999 Camaro SS was fewer than 24 hours old when I stopped
at the neighbor's house to show it off.
We are both on a private dirt road and there is a Saguaro cactus in
the split in their vee shaped driveway. As I backed out I even said
to her, "Let's see if I can get out of here without hitting the
Saguaro."
I hit the Saguaro. Oil canned the rear fender. Dent Busters is
absolutely fabulous.
I left the tailgate down on my pickup once, and my mower fell out, and never
started again. I mow every day during the season.
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of the
world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be fixed by
tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
randy
Yet another reason to learn to use the outside mirrors. We in snow country
have no better option, so we use 'em all the time.
"xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it
right
> up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end
of
> the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
> fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
"George" <george@least> wrote:
>Yet another reason to learn to use the outside mirrors. We in snow country
>have no better option, so we use 'em all the time.
>
Oh that reminds me... my wife once backed out of the garage past my
car, which was in the driveway. She took off my side-view mirror with
hers.
Michael
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
>my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
>driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
>pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
door.
Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
Barry
Barry writes:
>>I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
>>my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
>>driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
>>pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
>We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
>two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
>door.
>
>Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
>marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>
Yeah, well...I recall, many years ago while I was still making stupid mistakes,
washing my FIL's nearly new Olds. Had it near the house, started to back it up,
realized there wasn't quite enough room, so drove forward a few feet, to the
crunching noise of the bucket full of dirty water. Back in the days of
galvanized buckets.
Charlie Self
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance
of being right." Thomas Paine
Mark Mark responds:
>So now you're only making smart mistakes?? ;-) Mark
>
>Charlie Self wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Yeah, well...I recall, many years ago while I was still making stupid
>mistakes,
Of course. Practice is part of learning. Thus, the mistakes today are smarter,
even if I'm not.
Charlie Self
"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak
being often but an explosion of anger." Thucydides
Charlie,
I'll bet that Olds is a classic today, if you were washing from a galvanized
bucket!
Bob
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Barry writes:
>
> >>I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >>my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> >>driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> >>pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
> >
> >We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> >two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> >door.
> >
> >Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> >marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
> >
>
> Yeah, well...I recall, many years ago while I was still making stupid
mistakes,
> washing my FIL's nearly new Olds. Had it near the house, started to back
it up,
> realized there wasn't quite enough room, so drove forward a few feet, to
the
> crunching noise of the bucket full of dirty water. Back in the days of
> galvanized buckets.
>
> Charlie Self
> "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial
appearance
> of being right." Thomas Paine
Bob notes:
>Charlie,
>
>I'll bet that Olds is a classic today, if you were washing from a galvanized
>bucket!
I tried to recall. I think about a '68. Might have been a '69. Might also have
been a '67.
Somewhere in there. I washed it right after I washed my '68 Barracuda 340S.
Charlie Self
"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak
being often but an explosion of anger." Thucydides
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:32:21 -0400, Michael Press
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I assumed if you can see the bikes in the rear window you
>wouldn't back into things....
>
>Michael
So would I, but our customers have different experiences. <G>
Empty hitch racks also get stolen at malls quite often. Lazy people
never take them off, and are too cheap to spend $15 for a locking
hitch pin, so they lose a $200 rack! 8^(
Barry
Don't feel bad, once I backed into my garage with my new pickup cap door
still up. Hit the door header real nicely. Damn, that tempered glass
sure makes a loud noise...... Mark
xrongor wrote:
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
> up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
> the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
> fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
> thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
>
> randy
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
Lee Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have one that's even on-topic for the NG. I was doing some work outdoors
>on a nice sunny day, realized I needed some more lumber, got in my van to
>head over to the Borg, and backed over my miter saw.
you didn't see saw?
I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
I did $1,600 damage to the car, bent the hell outta the
bike's front forks and tweaked the bike rack pretty good
too. The only item involved in my faux pax left undamaged
was the garage door (wooden).
dave
xrongor wrote:
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
> up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
> the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
> fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
> thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
>
> randy
>
>
BAD wrote:> I once came home from a bike ride, with
>my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
>driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
>pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
Although I didn't do this, lessee if it can be topped. My wife loaded the bike
onto the car while it was IN the carport, then proceeded to back out,
destroying the old Raleigh Professional. Luckily, the insurer made good,
allowing me a brand-new LeMond Zurich that I don't ride enough. Tom
Someday, it'll all be over....
why wouldn't the troll just copy that little "trick"? I
know he is DUMB, but I bet he can manage to copy anything I
use EXCEPT for my superior witty comments!! :) He has
expanded his list of victims lately. He lied to the group
(today, I think) that I had changed my screen name. I haven't.
dave
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :)
P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4 wrote:
> It's him for sure.......he's even on topic......
> Sorry but I could not resist, Dave...... No offense, I know you have to put
> up with a lot of crap & this sure does not help.
> In some newsgoups in the UK we used to have a lot of problems with people
> using our identities so we used to have a certain thing we added to our
> genuine posts so people (regulars at least) knew it was really us.
>
> for instance after you sign dave you could drop down a few lines & leave a ~
> like so:
>
> dave
>
>
>
> ~
>
>
It's him for sure.......he's even on topic......
Sorry but I could not resist, Dave...... No offense, I know you have to put
up with a lot of crap & this sure does not help.
In some newsgoups in the UK we used to have a lot of problems with people
using our identities so we used to have a certain thing we added to our
genuine posts so people (regulars at least) knew it was really us.
for instance after you sign dave you could drop down a few lines & leave a ~
like so:
dave
~
--
© Jon Down ®
http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> could be.
>
> dave
>
> xrongor wrote:
> snip
>
> >
> > damn, its hard to tell the real BAD and i think ive got him blocked...
> > which is the real BAD? is this guy the real one?
> >
> > randy
> >
> >
>
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> why wouldn't the troll just copy that little "trick"?
Of course you would not advertise the fact of your identifying mark... other
than to those people that you want to know (let them know one by one off
group), combined with ignoring the troll (which of course you would have to
work at) & not rising to take the bait (again this needs to be a group
effort too), it takes a while but if the regulars all work together over a
period of time the troll does not get the satisfaction he desires & moves
on.
We had major troll problems like that at uk.local.southwest where several
people were victimised, some newcomers wondered why nobody replied to the
trolls in our own defence but after a while the trolls gave up faded away &
crawled back under their slimey rocks.
> I know he is DUMB, but I bet he can manage to copy anything I
> use EXCEPT for my superior witty comments!! :) He has
> expanded his list of victims lately.
He can target whoever he wants but if the group as a whole stick to their
guns you can beat this guy (these guys).....there is enough in fighting &
back biting among the regulars without providing fodder for the loonies as
well. <g>
> He lied to the group
> (today, I think) that I had changed my screen name. I haven't.
>
> dave
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :)
Who cares? we don't right?
;~}
--
© Jon Down ®
http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
>
> P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4 wrote:
>
> > It's him for sure.......he's even on topic......
> > Sorry but I could not resist, Dave...... No offense, I know you have to
put
> > up with a lot of crap & this sure does not help.
> > In some newsgoups in the UK we used to have a lot of problems with
people
> > using our identities so we used to have a certain thing we added to our
> > genuine posts so people (regulars at least) knew it was really us.
> >
> > for instance after you sign dave you could drop down a few lines & leave
a ~
> > like so:
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
> >
> > ~
> >
> >
>
"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> BAD wrote:> I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
> Although I didn't do this, lessee if it can be topped. My wife loaded the
bike
> onto the car while it was IN the carport, then proceeded to back out,
> destroying the old Raleigh Professional. Luckily, the insurer made good,
> allowing me a brand-new LeMond Zurich that I don't ride enough. Tom
> Someday, it'll all be over....
damn, its hard to tell the real BAD and i think ive got him blocked...
which is the real BAD? is this guy the real one?
randy
.>damn, its hard to tell the real BAD and i think ive got him blocked...
>which is the real BAD? is this guy the real one?
>
>randy
Look at the headers, if you've got 'em enabled. Anything from
"[email protected]" will most likely be the troll. Ain't (s)he somethin'? Tom
Someday, it'll all be over....
What are you doing with a car in the garage in the first place?? Dont you
know a garage is for woodworking! Not parking in! Geez!
Jim
"xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
> > >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> > >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> > >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
> >
> > We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> > two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> > door.
> >
> > Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> > marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
> >
> > FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
> > with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
> >
> > Barry
>
> man i wont even put a bike on top of my car, i see that coming lol.
>
> thx to all who shared. now i dont feel so dumb, well i still feel dumb
but
> i know im in good company <g> found a bolt on solution (i.e. same color
> type make, etc) door for 150. now lets hope the frame doesnt need too
much
> hammering to get the door to close properly!! its hard to tell but it
looks
> like the hinges bent and the frame is still pretty much in place.
>
> peace
> randy
>
>
>
I once worked for a guy that chewed us out for running into stuff
with the company trucks. My buddy, who was his son, had just run into some
brand new transformers that were sitting on pallets in the yard. That
evening, the boss drove his pickup into his garage with a 15' extension
ladder on the headache rack.
When the ladder caught the edge of his house, it stuffed it under the
bottom edge of his closed tailgate & he couldn't get it out. The next
morning, 3 feet of the ladder was sticking out the back of the truck,
between the bottom of the tailgate and the rear bumper.
Talk about getting some mileage out of something. It was hilarious
watching those two go at it about each others driving abilities when Steve
(the son) realized what his dad had done.
--
Michael Burton
Thunderbird Hardwoods
Llano, TX
mhburton at moment dot net
xrongor wrote in news:[email protected]:
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it
> right up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not
> the end of the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im
> sure it will be fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
> thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
>
> randy
>
>
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >my bike attached to the roof of my car.
>
> ? What part of "bike ride" am I misunderstanding here ?
I'll assume this was meant in half-jest, but just in case, if he lives in a
metropolitain area like I do, it might be the part where you take your bike
to someplace a little more scenic/safer to ride.
todd
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
Yeah, I have another habit on top of that. I keep the rack key in the
garage door opener's clip. When I get the key to unlock the rack, I
have to pull down the opener at the same time, so I toss it into the
glove box with the key.
That helps me to remember that I've got to do something with the
remote when I use the rack.
A teammate of mine hit his garage with his bike and ended up putting
up a convex mirror over the garage door. The bike looks pretty freaky
in the reflection, but you can't miss it. I'm sure his neighbors would
rather not see a mirror up there though. I guess you could mount the
mirror on the bottom of the door...
-Mike
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
> We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> door.
>
> Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>
> FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
> with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
>
> Barry
I had a roof rack for bikes on for my car and drove to a
trail for a bike ride. Then I came home with the bike on
the roof rack. pulled into the garage...well into the bottom
edge of the open garage door (tilting wooden door).
dave
Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I once came home from a bike ride, with
>>my bike attached to the roof of my car.
>
>
> ? What part of "bike ride" am I misunderstanding here ?
>
"xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it
right
> up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end
of
> the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
> fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
You park in your garage? Wow, what's that like?
I did something similar when I was about 17. Left the door open on the
topper of a pickup truck and went to back out of the garage. That safety
glass sure does go everywhere when it explodes.
Frank
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I once came home from a bike ride, with
>my bike attached to the roof of my car.
? What part of "bike ride" am I misunderstanding here ?
brian roth wrote:
> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
>> >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
>> >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
>> >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>>
>> We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
>> two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
>> door.
>>
>> Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
>> marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>>
>> FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
>> with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
>
>
> A good idea. Another option is to move the garbage can or the like
> in front of the garage, so you are forced to get out of the car.
How about just getting the smallest, lightest aftermarket garage door
control you can (I believe I've seen some that work as key fobs), keep it
in the car instead of the regular control, and when you're going for a bike
ride put it in the bag on the bike? That way you have to take the bike
down before you can open the garage door.
>
>>
>> Barry
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:21:14 -0400, Lee Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
><<you didn't see saw?>>
>
> Sigh.
Sad...
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:39:01 +0000, Robert Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:21:14 -0400, Lee Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>><<you didn't see saw?>>
>>> Sigh.
>>Sad...
>
> Si. So, sue.
Sorry.
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
> We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> door.
>
> Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>
> FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
> with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
A good idea. Another option is to move the garbage can or the like
in front of the garage, so you are forced to get out of the car.
>
> Barry
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:20:41 -0500, "todd" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I once came home from a bike ride, with
>> >my bike attached to the roof of my car.
>>
>> ? What part of "bike ride" am I misunderstanding here ?
The part where you attach the car by its roof to the bike, and take it
home that way. Saves gas to beat the band.
James
[email protected]
"xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it
right
> up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end
of
> the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
> fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
> thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
I did that.
Twice.
Bob
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:04:08 GMT, Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> wrote:
>So far, I haven't done that, but my driveway is circular, meaning I have to
>turn 90 degrees to get into the garage. One of my fears is cutting that
>corner wrong either going in or out and taking out a corner of the garage.
>Heaven help me when the boy starts driving in 8 years.
My oldest just started learning to drive. I have opened a revolving
charge account at the local body shop. He already dented a fender
turning into the garage - just forgot to straighten the wheels when
the car had turned far enough. I guess he figured that if *he* could
see it was far enough the *car* could see it.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Barry, what I ended up doing was tossing the remote onto the
backseat floor as I left home for a bike ride. Searching
for it upon arriving home would be my final reminder there
was a bike overhead. :)
dave
B a r r y wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
>>my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
>>driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
>>pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
>
> We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> door.
>
> Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>
> FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
> with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
>
> Barry
Not that I would do anything as dumb as that <grin> but a guy I used to work
with drove one of our X-Ray darkrooms (basically a camper unit on a pickup
truck) through the bottom panel of the shop roll up door. Of course he
learned from that mistake as next week while he was backing the company
Suburban in through the same shop door, he leaned out the door as he was
backing in to make sure he had the clearance. Of course he folded the
Suburban door backwards like you did. That was about 12 years ago so YES it
does take a long time to die down.
Paul
"Bob Schmall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it
> right
> > up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end
> of
> > the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will
be
> > fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
> >
> > thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
>
> I did that.
> Twice.
>
> Bob
>
>
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:20:30 -0600, "xrongor" <[email protected]>
scribbled:
>i backed out of my garage today, with the driver door open. folded it right
>up against my fender. luckily no damage to the garage. its not the end of
>the world, ill get a door at the junkyard tomorrow and im sure it will be
>fixed by tuesday, but boy do i feel stupid.
>
>thought i'd pass this along so hopefully someone else wont do it..
It's really easy to avoid all those problems. When will you guys get
it? Cars belong outside! Like Charlie says: that's why they're painted
so well.
Luigi
Who once drove his ex's Fiat (should have been FIAL - Fix It Again
Luigi) into a toolbox in the garage after trying to "fix" the brakes
but forgetting to bleed the brake lines. But who still has the dented
toolbox, although the ex and the car are long gone.
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
I might as well come clean, too. Our previous vehicle was a Chevy Blazer
and the rear glass window hinged at the top. I had it open while in the
garage. I ended up trying to back out with it up, which doesn't work so
good when the window catches on the garage door. Didn't shatter the glass,
but bent the brackets enough to have to take it to the body shop. I've
solved this problem in the future by having my woodworking stuff all over
the garage so that you can't pull any cars in if you wanted to.
todd
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I had a roof rack for bikes on for my car and drove to a
> trail for a bike ride. Then I came home with the bike on
> the roof rack. pulled into the garage...well into the bottom
> edge of the open garage door (tilting wooden door).
>
> dave
>
> Andy Dingley wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >>my bike attached to the roof of my car.
> >
> >
> > ? What part of "bike ride" am I misunderstanding here ?
> >
"B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:33:09 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I share your pain. I once came home from a bike ride, with
> >my bike attached to the roof of my car. As I drove up the
> >driveway I automatically reached for the garage door opener,
> >pressed it, and proceeded PART WAY into the garage...
>
> We see this twice a year or so at the bike shop I work at, and I have
> two neighbors with identical dents in the siding above the garage
> door.
>
> Put the remote in a Ziploc that says "BIKE ON ROOF" in big magic
> marker letters, then put it in the glove box. <G>
>
> FWIW, we see even more wrecked bikes from people backing into things
> with hitch racks, so don't feel too bad.
>
> Barry
man i wont even put a bike on top of my car, i see that coming lol.
thx to all who shared. now i dont feel so dumb, well i still feel dumb but
i know im in good company <g> found a bolt on solution (i.e. same color
type make, etc) door for 150. now lets hope the frame doesnt need too much
hammering to get the door to close properly!! its hard to tell but it looks
like the hinges bent and the frame is still pretty much in place.
peace
randy