On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 10:31:28 -0500, 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. 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. 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. 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. It was freezing weather and the next
>day her car was coated with ice. The only one on the block too.
>Strange how that happened.

Let me guess, that ice was yellow....