On 12/6/2017 8:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/5/2017 11:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 12:05:35 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> How does one steal a parking space?
>>
>> It's a heck of a concept, ain't it. I will just say that it is indeed
>> possible and leave it at that. I shall not be responsible for
>> corrupting the minds of the folks up North by teaching them the
>> concept of "stealing a parking space." That would be unforgivable.
>>
>
> If you live in a city that gets snow you should understand the concept.
> People shovel out a spot and think they are now the owners of it even
> though it is on a public street.Â* People have been killed over parking
> arguments.
>
> In parking lots sometimes a car is waiting for another to pull out but
> another car can sneak in ahead of them.Â* That is not always a good ending.
>
> When I was about 16 and my brother 17 we cleared an area in front of out
> house to park.Â* We were the last house on the street in the middle of
> the block so there was another couple hundred yards to park but a woman
> from a block away took our spot.Â* It was freezing weather and the next
> day her car was coated with ice.Â* The only one on the block too. Strange
> how that happened.


Local meteorological effects can indeed be mysterious, lol...







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