Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> The silly twit had wasted close to 10 minutes
>> waiting for my space rather than walking an extra 20 feet.
>
> The walk and exercise will do you more good than you know. All I
> want is to be able to park NEXT to a cart return. There is always
> a parking spot at the last one!


I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
getting into the store faster than the people who drive around looking
for a closer spot.

I have noticed that the spaces next to the cart collection tend to be
available. That saves having to push the cart a long way back. Not that
it is a problem to do the walking, but I am just not motivated at that
point. My priority is to get home and get things put away. The reason
they are usually available is because the cart stand usually extends
right to the edge of the parking space, so there is less room to open
the door. Since I usually shop on my own I only need space on one side.

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:10 -0400, "biig" > wrote:

>The children thing at the grocer is stupid.

Just bringing them to the grocer is stupid. I used to make play dates
so I could shop alone.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

maxine wrote:

> Noone asks to have handicaps or get old.

Oh, I don't know about that: There are plenty of people who celebrate
getting a disability because (in California, at least) it means they'll have
a guaranteed income for the rest of their lives without lifting a finger.

Bob

Dave Smith wrote:
> Mr. Bill wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:40 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The silly twit had wasted close to 10 minutes waiting for my space
>>> rather than walking an extra 20 feet.
>>
>> The walk and exercise will do you more good than you know. All I
>> want is to be able to park NEXT to a cart return. There is always
>> a parking spot at the last one!
>
>
> I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
> problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
> somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
> getting into the store faster than the people who drive around looking
> for a closer spot.
>
> I have noticed that the spaces next to the cart collection tend to be
> available. That saves having to push the cart a long way back. Not that
> it is a problem to do the walking, but I am just not motivated at that
> point. My priority is to get home and get things put away. The reason
> they are usually available is because the cart stand usually extends
> right to the edge of the parking space, so there is less room to open
> the door. Since I usually shop on my own I only need space on one side.

I think, too, cars might have a greater chance of being damaged by
carts.

I also park far away from the store. It is interesting to watch
folks who will do anything to get a close spot.

--
Jean B.

maxine wrote:
> On Mar 30, 12:15 pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
>> maxine wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>> And her excuse: "I have
>>>>> children in the car!" I was thinking of the wonderful
>>>>> example she set for those children....
>>> I'll go you one better. At the TJ's recently, I pull into a space,
>>> and see the lady who cut me off turning into the lot pulling into the
>>> handicapped space, jump out of her car and run into the store.
>>> Being nosy, I walked around her car, saw no handicapped insignia
>>> displayed, but 3 children from infant to toddler, in the car.
>>> Being mildly irritated, I went over to the manager's desk as I entered
>>> the store and mentioned that there were three kids in a car in the
>>> handicap space, and the driver had just come in through the door.
>>> By the time I left, the police were there....
>>> maxine in ri
>> I hope that woman learned NOT to leave her kids in the car, at the
>> very least.
>
>
> Me too. I hate doing that, but between the reckless driving and that,
> she got my goat.
>
> maxine

Yes, I can understand that. She sounds like a real gem.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:

>> I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
>> problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
>> somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
>> getting into the store faster than the people who drive around
>> looking for a closer spot.

> I also park far away from the store. It is interesting to watch
> folks who will do anything to get a close spot.

I see a spot, I pull the car into it and walk. I really cannot
believe my eyes sometimes, watching people wait and wait
for someone to back out of a parking spot when there is an
open one 2 places over.

Leaving a store a few days ago I actually noticed a woman
drive into the parking lot and park, say, 10 spaces from the
first filled spot. She got out and briskly walked to the store.
It was such a rare sight, it caught my eye. Get some
exercise on the way to the store? What a concept!

nancy

"maxine" > wrote in message
...
"Jean B." > wrote:
> > And her excuse: "I have
> > children in the car!" I was thinking of the wonderful
> > example she set for those children....

I'll go you one better. At the TJ's recently, I pull into a space,
and see the lady who cut me off turning into the lot pulling into the
handicapped space, jump out of her car and run into the store.

Being nosy, I walked around her car, saw no handicapped insignia
displayed, but 3 children from infant to toddler, in the car.

Being mildly irritated, I went over to the manager's desk as I entered
the store and mentioned that there were three kids in a car in the
handicap space, and the driver had just come in through the door.

By the time I left, the police were there....

maxine in ri

Excellent -

Dimitri

"Nancy Young" wrote:
>
> Leaving a store a few days ago I actually noticed a woman
> drive into the parking lot and park, say, 10 spaces from the
> first filled spot. She got out and briskly walked to the store.
> It was such a rare sight, it caught my eye. Get some
> exercise on the way to the store? What a concept!
>
>
She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone else so no
one dinged her car... but even though there can be a thousand other spaces
some clod in an old clunker will park right next to her, real close, so when
they swing open their door they will ding her car... probably will return
ten minutes later and wop her car with a cart... by the time that nice lady
returns no one will be parked near her car, but it will have a few dings.

Nancy Young wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
>>> problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
>>> somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
>>> getting into the store faster than the people who drive around
>>> looking for a closer spot.
>
>> I also park far away from the store. It is interesting to watch
>> folks who will do anything to get a close spot.
>
> I see a spot, I pull the car into it and walk. I really cannot
> believe my eyes sometimes, watching people wait and wait
> for someone to back out of a parking spot when there is an
> open one 2 places over.
> Leaving a store a few days ago I actually noticed a woman
> drive into the parking lot and park, say, 10 spaces from the
> first filled spot. She got out and briskly walked to the store.
> It was such a rare sight, it caught my eye. Get some
> exercise on the way to the store? What a concept!
>
> nancy

Oh, it is sad that such a thing would catch one's eye nowadays. I
suppose it would also catch mine in a fairly minor way, since the
other is so prevalent.

--
Jean B.

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote:
>> Leaving a store a few days ago I actually noticed a woman
>> drive into the parking lot and park, say, 10 spaces from the
>> first filled spot. She got out and briskly walked to the store.
>> It was such a rare sight, it caught my eye. Get some
>> exercise on the way to the store? What a concept!
>>
>>
> She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone else so no
> one dinged her car... but even though there can be a thousand other spaces
> some clod in an old clunker will park right next to her, real close, so when
> they swing open their door they will ding her car... probably will return
> ten minutes later and wop her car with a cart... by the time that nice lady
> returns no one will be parked near her car, but it will have a few dings.
>
>
Those old cars also have very big doors.... :-(

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Mr. Bill wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:40 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> The silly twit had wasted close to 10 minutes waiting for my space
>>>> rather than walking an extra 20 feet.
>>>
>>> The walk and exercise will do you more good than you know. All I
>>> want is to be able to park NEXT to a cart return. There is always
>>> a parking spot at the last one!
>>
>>
>> I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
>> problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
>> somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
>> getting into the store faster than the people who drive around looking
>> for a closer spot.
>>
>> I have noticed that the spaces next to the cart collection tend to be
>> available. That saves having to push the cart a long way back. Not
>> that it is a problem to do the walking, but I am just not motivated
>> at that point. My priority is to get home and get things put away. The
>> reason they are usually available is because the cart stand usually
>> extends right to the edge of the parking space, so there is less room
>> to open the door. Since I usually shop on my own I only need space on
>> one side.
>
> I think, too, cars might have a greater chance of being damaged by carts.
>
> I also park far away from the store. It is interesting to watch folks
> who will do anything to get a close spot.
>

There is a strip mall nearby that has a fitness center and sometimes I
walk the dog through the lot. It is fun to watch all of the dueling
trucks trying to get as close to the door as possible. One day someone
actually pulled their goofy hummer up on the sidewalk under the canopy.

cshenk wrote:
> "Stan Horwitz" wrote
>
>> Why would an expectant mother need preferential parking? Most expectant
>> mothers I have known were perfectly capable of walking to a store from
>> any location in a parking lot and that includes a colleague of mine who
>> is due next month who walks a few blocks to her car at work every day
>> without a problem.
>
> If it's her first with no others in tow, it's not really needed. I do know
> I needed them at the very end just before labor. Say, last 2 weeks? I
> could walk of course, but not 'fast' and any distance became somewhat hard
> to manage. Has to do with how the hips adjust in the later stages (so I was
> told).

All of the joints "soften" during pregnancy, preparing to allow the
pelvic bones to separate to allow delivery. Pregnancy also puts a
greater strain on the cardiopulmonary system, and the enlarged and heavy
uterus compresses the vena cava, pelvic blood vessels and the urinary
bladder. It also inhibits effective breathing by limiting diaphragmatic
excursion. Feet and legs swell. The gait is a waddle. The body is off
balance. Walking can become very hard, indeed.

However, it is wonderful to hear from men who, based on their
observations, have determined that activity during pregnancy is no big
deal for "most expectant mothers." Keep up the good work, guys.

George wrote:

> There is a strip mall nearby that has a fitness center and sometimes I
> walk the dog through the lot. It is fun to watch all of the dueling
> trucks trying to get as close to the door as possible. One day someone
> actually pulled their goofy hummer up on the sidewalk under the canopy.

You remind me of a truck that was parked on a snowbank!

--
Jean B.

"Pennyaline" > wrote in message
...
> cshenk wrote:
>> "Stan Horwitz" wrote
>>
>>> Why would an expectant mother need preferential parking? Most expectant
>>> mothers I have known were perfectly capable of walking to a store from
>>> any location in a parking lot and that includes a colleague of mine who
>>> is due next month who walks a few blocks to her car at work every day
>>> without a problem.
>>
>> If it's her first with no others in tow, it's not really needed. I do
>> know I needed them at the very end just before labor. Say, last 2 weeks?
>> I could walk of course, but not 'fast' and any distance became somewhat
>> hard to manage. Has to do with how the hips adjust in the later stages
>> (so I was told).
>
> All of the joints "soften" during pregnancy, preparing to allow the pelvic
> bones to separate to allow delivery. Pregnancy also puts a greater strain
> on the cardiopulmonary system, and the enlarged and heavy uterus
> compresses the vena cava, pelvic blood vessels and the urinary bladder. It
> also inhibits effective breathing by limiting diaphragmatic excursion.
> Feet and legs swell. The gait is a waddle. The body is off balance.
> Walking can become very hard, indeed.
>
> However, it is wonderful to hear from men who, based on their
> observations, have determined that activity during pregnancy is no big
> deal for "most expectant mothers." Keep up the good work, guys.

Hey, as long as they can bring beer and satisfy a guy's sexual urges on
demand they can park wherever, even supply them an elecric golf cart. LOL

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote:

> Maxine did exactly the right thing IMO. What freaks me out are the
> people that leave the car running with the air conditioning on with
> little kids in it. A total "steal me" sign to car thieves. Idiot
> parents.

Having kids in the car is probably more of a detergent to thieves
looking to just steal a car. What would have been a simple
"Unlawful use of a vehicle" would now be three counts of kidnapping
which carries a maximum of three life sentences in many States.

-sw

Dimitri > wrote:

> The next time you think its a weird idea - borrow 3 toddlers and march them
> through a parking lot safely.

My kids would be behaved.

-sw

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> "Pennyaline" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > All of the joints "soften" during pregnancy, preparing to allow the
>> > pelvic
>> > bones to separate to allow delivery. Pregnancy also puts a greater
>> > strain
>> > on the cardiopulmonary system, and the enlarged and heavy uterus
>> > compresses the vena cava, pelvic blood vessels and the urinary bladder.
>> > It
>> > also inhibits effective breathing by limiting diaphragmatic excursion.
>> > Feet and legs swell. The gait is a waddle. The body is off balance.
>> > Walking can become very hard, indeed.
>> >
>> > However, it is wonderful to hear from men who, based on their
>> > observations, have determined that activity during pregnancy is no big
>> > deal for "most expectant mothers." Keep up the good work, guys.
>>
>> Hey, as long as they can bring beer and satisfy a guy's sexual urges on
>> demand they can park wherever, even supply them an elecric golf cart. LOL
>
> Sheldon, this is so unlike you. Why did you pass up
> the opportunity to comment on the size of the boobs
> of pregnant women?

That was my first thought but I'm already on enough S lists... I think what
I wrote is chauvanistic aplenty. LOL

brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> "Pennyaline" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > All of the joints "soften" during pregnancy, preparing to allow the pelvic
> > bones to separate to allow delivery. Pregnancy also puts a greater strain
> > on the cardiopulmonary system, and the enlarged and heavy uterus
> > compresses the vena cava, pelvic blood vessels and the urinary bladder. It
> > also inhibits effective breathing by limiting diaphragmatic excursion.
> > Feet and legs swell. The gait is a waddle. The body is off balance.
> > Walking can become very hard, indeed.
> >
> > However, it is wonderful to hear from men who, based on their
> > observations, have determined that activity during pregnancy is no big
> > deal for "most expectant mothers." Keep up the good work, guys.
>
> Hey, as long as they can bring beer and satisfy a guy's sexual urges on
> demand they can park wherever, even supply them an elecric golf cart. LOL

Sheldon, this is so unlike you. Why did you pass up
the opportunity to comment on the size of the boobs
of pregnant women?

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote in message
>
> What freaks me out are the
> people that leave the car running with the air conditioning on with
> little kids in it. A total "steal me" sign to car thieves. Idiot
> parents.

Not always. I can use the remote starter to leave the car running in
"remote mode" and remove the key. Touch the brake pedal and the car dies.

Leaving the car with kids is dumb though.

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> i think someone upthread mentioned that parking in a marked handicapped
> space is a violation of the law, kind of a different thing. (i don't know
> that *providing* them is mandated - could be.)
>
> i guess the store would have to think about how many customers were ****ed
> versus pleased at the policy.

Handicapped spots are required by Federal law. There is a formula as to how
many are needed based on the total number of parking available. States
determine how much the fine is for abusing them, often in the $200+ range.

The "children" spots are a gimmick the stores do and there is no way to
enforce how they are used.

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>
> She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone else so
> no one dinged her car...

I park far away for the same reason. OTOH, there is the clod that has a
very nice car and parks at an angle across two spots to avoid getting hit. I
don't mind that far away from the store, but not up close in the first few
spots. That is plain ignorance.

Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> I park far away for the same reason. OTOH, there is the clod that
> has a very nice car and parks at an angle across two spots to avoid
> getting hit.

I once had a coworker who would park his Truck across two spaces
like that when he went to Dodger Stadium. I don't think anyone
in L.A. actually resented it. It was one of these "you do what
you need to do" things.

Steve

On Mar 31, 6:27*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Mr. Bill wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
>
> >> The silly twit had wasted close to 10 minutes
> >> waiting for my space rather than walking an extra 20 feet.
>
> > The walk and exercise will do you more good than you know. * All I
> > want is to be able to park NEXT to a cart return. * * There is always
> > a parking spot *at the last one!
>
> I like walking and walk 2-3 miles per day, sometimes more. I have no
> problem pulling into a parking lot and grabbing the first empty space
> somewhere in the vicinity of where I want to go. I usually end up
> getting into the store faster than the people who drive around looking
> for a closer spot.
>
> I have noticed that the spaces next to the cart collection tend to be
> available. *That saves having to push the cart a long way back. Not that
> * it is a problem to do the walking, but I am just not motivated at that
> point. My priority is to get home and get things put away. The reason
> they are usually available is because the cart stand usually extends
> right to the edge of the parking space, so there is less room to open
> the door. Since I usually shop on my own I only need space on one side.

There is a reason that spaces near the trolley return are free. No-one
wants a cart running into their car!

JB

In article >,
ost says...
>
> "Jean B." > wrote:
>
> > And her excuse: "I have
> > children in the car!" I was thinking of the wonderful
> > example she set for those children....
>
> And going even farther away from the OP:
>
> Our grocery chain has not only handicap parking spots (required by
> law, of course), but about 8 spaces near the front of the store for
> "Customers With Children".
>
> Those spaces should be a free for all, IMO. It's discriminatory,
> for one. OTOH, it's nice to have right at th thoroughfare to the
> store so that kids can open up their cars doors and bolt right into
> traffic before their parents can walk around to the other side of
> thew store to grab their hands.
>
> Second of all, my mother has children. What's to keep her from
> parking there? They may be 40+ years old and live in other states,
> but she is a customer with children.
>
> Third: It's a waste of 8 perfectly prime parking spaces weekdays
> from 8AM to 3PM.
>
> And for some reason, even the parents with children don't park
> there. Weird.
>
> -sw

Typical of the precious snowflake argument I hear in marriage equality
hearings and forums.

I see it as Darwinian evolution.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>
>> She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone
>> else so no one dinged her car...
>
> I park far away for the same reason.

If everyone who had a nice car at that store parked far away
because they had a nice car, parking lots would be miles long.
Lots of very expensive cars, and those with the nicest ones
are those you see waiting for the closest spot.

> OTOH, there is the clod that
> has a very nice car and parks at an angle across two spots to avoid
> getting hit. I don't mind that far away from the store, but not up
> close in the first few spots. That is plain ignorance.

Funny, I haven't noticed that in years, now that you mention it.
I used to see the cross parkers all the time, though usually
towards the far part of the lot.

nancy

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:00:03 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Steve wrote:
>>
>>> Our grocery chain has not only handicap parking spots (required by
>>> law, of course), but about 8 spaces near the front of the store for
>>> "Customers With Children".
>>>
>>> Those spaces should be a free for all, IMO.
>>
>> So park there. Do you really think a store would enforce that policy to
>> the
>> point of towing their customers' vehicles?
>>
>> Bob
>
> i think someone upthread mentioned that parking in a marked handicapped
> space is a violation of the law, kind of a different thing. (i don't know
> that *providing* them is mandated - could be.)
>
> i guess the store would have to think about how many customers were ****ed
> versus pleased at the policy.
>
> your pal,
> blake

It doesn't really bother me. I figure, I get a bit more exercise, I can
throw my cart in the cart-corral after I unload my groceries, and I get to
go "whee!!!!" as I run with my cart to my parking spot. Parking close to
the store is a luxury, I understand. I used to work at a hospital where
(while under construction) I had at *least* a ten-minute walk or bus ride to
the parking lot. That is basically stealing 20 minutes from my day, and
that makes me a sad hamburger helper. But at our grocery stores here, the
extra walk is maybe 30 more seconds, less if you run and say whee. And I
like to say whee.

HH

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>
>> She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone else so
>> no one dinged her car...
>
> I park far away for the same reason. OTOH, there is the clod that has a
> very nice car and parks at an angle across two spots to avoid getting hit.
> I don't mind that far away from the store, but not up close in the first
> few spots. That is plain ignorance.
>
Exactly! In my town, a woman parked her car as far as possible away from a
Sam's store, and parked across several spaces as to not get dinged. A man
was caught on surveillance keying her car on every side, even though no cars
were parked within 10 spaces of her. He was arrested. Turns out he was
having a bad day. He was at nurse at the hospital where I worked. I guess
the moral of the story is hospitals make people angry. Or something. Plus,
he was a butthole.

HH

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...

> people that leave the car running with the air conditioning on with
> little kids in it. A total "steal me" sign to car thieves. Idiot
> parents.


I never did that, but my 1990 Taurus could be locked, running, with
the A/C on - I had keyless entry. It would have been pretty hard to
steal. Let me tell you, it has taken me a while to get used to
removing my keys from my Jeep when I get out - never used to do that
at all.

I reported someone last year, dead summer, 95 deg. outside, who left a
small dog in their car in full sun, with the windows rolled up.

N.

---------

Good on you, Nancy.

HH

Sqwertz wrote:

> Dimitri > wrote:
>
> > The next time you think its a weird idea - borrow 3 toddlers and march
them
> > through a parking lot safely.
>
> My kids would be behaved.


Except that yer three kids' names are "Gregory", "Sheldon", and
"cybercat:...

For lagniappe we'll throw in "Andy" cuz you forgot when the rubber broke
during that back alley assignation you were too drunck to remember about,
lol...

;-P

--
Best
Greg

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:10 -0400, "biig" > wrote:
>
>>The children thing at the grocer is stupid.

I didn't write that....my post started with "I think the parking spots
for expectant mothers is wrong"....Sharon
>
> Just bringing them to the grocer is stupid. I used to make play dates
> so I could shop alone.
>
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

"Pennyaline" wrote
> cshenk wrote:
>> "Stan Horwitz" wrote
>>
>>> Why would an expectant mother need preferential parking? Most expectant
>>> mothers I have known were perfectly capable of walking to a store from

>> If it's her first with no others in tow, it's not really needed. I do
>> know I needed them at the very end just before labor. Say, last 2 weeks?
>> I

> All of the joints "soften" during pregnancy, preparing to allow the pelvic
> bones to separate to allow delivery. Pregnancy also puts a
(snips)

> However, it is wonderful to hear from men who, based on their
> observations, have determined that activity during pregnancy is no big
> deal for "most expectant mothers." Keep up the good work, guys.

Grin, they key in on the fact that 'walking is good' but miss a few aspects
of reality. Lets just say I appreciated those spots when I could find them,
in the last 2 weeks then again, for that first 6 after the C Section.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>> She probably had a nice car and wanted to park away from everyone
>>> else so no one dinged her car...
>>
>> I park far away for the same reason.
>
> If everyone who had a nice car at that store parked far away
> because they had a nice car, parking lots would be miles long.
> Lots of very expensive cars, and those with the nicest ones
> are those you see waiting for the closest spot.
>> OTOH, there is the clod that
>> has a very nice car and parks at an angle across two spots to avoid
>> getting hit. I don't mind that far away from the store, but not up
>> close in the first few spots. That is plain ignorance.
>
> Funny, I haven't noticed that in years, now that you mention it.
> I used to see the cross parkers all the time, though usually
> towards the far part of the lot.
> nancy

Plastic doors don't dent.

Dimitri

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> The next time you think its a weird idea - borrow 3 toddlers and march
>> them
>> through a parking lot safely.
>
> My kids would be behaved.
>
> -sw

Or what?

Kids are in fact children and should be allowed to be kids.

They're not miniature 30 year olds.

Misbehaving at inappropriate times is simply part of growing up.

Dimitri

"Dimitri" ha scritto nel messaggio>
>> Funny, I haven't noticed that in years, now that you mention it.>> I used
>> to see the cross parkers all the time, though usually>> towards the far
>> part of the lot.
>> nancy
>
> Plastic doors don't dent.
>
> Dimitri

Apologies to Nancy whose particulars were snipped.

I don't get what the problem is, although I face it all the time. I am not
young, not big, not particularly anything, but I have no problem with
allowing people with physical problems, including advanced pregnancy or even
hidden problems, like stroke damage or inadequate heartbeats, an advantage
in parking. Twice last week I could barely make it down the street in front
of the supermarket because so many people were parked slanted in on the no
parking side of the street. It left one lane to be shared with both
directions of traffic. When I reached the parking lot a car was parked in
the driveway leaving one lane for both directions. I went down the ramp to
the covered parking and it was almost empty.

I'm usually a fairly gentle person, but when I see the cops ticketing those
scofflaws I smile really big. It just doesn't happen enough.

Dimitri wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Funny, I haven't noticed that in years, now that you mention it.
>> I used to see the cross parkers all the time, though usually
>> towards the far part of the lot.
>> nancy
>
> Plastic doors don't dent.

I was thinking that. I am reasonably careful not to park
too close to cars, but you know how that goes. Still,
my car is 4 years old and pretty much pristine as far
as dings go. Years ago you had no chance of that.

I did feel bad for the guy who would park his nice sports
car all the way out in the lot to keep away from other cars
and someone would make a point of parking their beater
car right next to him. Two cars in the middle of nowhere.

nancy

"Golden One" > wrote:
>
There is a reason that spaces near the trolley return are free. No-one
wants a cart running into their car!

JB

That's one of the reasons many of the carts in the down state NY area
require putting a quarter into a slot on the cart to unlock the chain and to
return the cart and rechain it to get the quarter returned... it works, most
everyone returns the carts to the racks in front of the store, no loose
carts in the lot or scattered about the neighborhood. Even if a few don't
bother bringing the cart back to get their quarter there are always people
who will take those carts to use so they don't need to place a quarter in
the slot and when they return the cart after shopping they get the free
quarter. All stores with carts should be required to supply this type of
cart by law... loose carts in parking lots cause tremendously expensive
damage, damage we all pay for in increased insurance rates. Plus carts
ain't cheap, many folks in urban areas don't have automobiles so they take
the carts to bring their groceries home (some urban folks shop every day,
the number of abandoned carts add up quickly), then just leave the carts in
the streets, where they get taken by homeless or simply become canobalized
by kids just for fun... the price of lost carts gets passed on to the
consumer, at like $300 a pop that's a lotta lettuce. There are actually
companies that are contracted to drive about the neighborhood with a truck
to pick up the abandoned carts and return them to the stores, of course for
a fee like $25 per cart, again the cost is passed on to the consumer. All
losses are passed on to the consumer, if people didn't steal and/or destroy
groceries would easily cost half as much.

Nancy Young said...

> I did feel bad for the guy who would park his nice sports
> car all the way out in the lot to keep away from other cars
> and someone would make a point of parking their beater
> car right next to him. Two cars in the middle of nowhere.


The parking lot oasis?

brooklyn1 said...

> That's one of the reasons many of the carts in the down state NY area
> require putting a quarter into a slot on the cart to unlock the chain
> and to return the cart and rechain it to get the quarter returned...


brooklyn1,

I remember seeing that! I forget where.

I have a great memory, it's just short!

Kid's would compete for the chance to push your grocery cart to your car and
unload it, for the right to return the cart for the 25¢ return.

A mob scam, I'm almost certain. Or the start of one?

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
> Nancy Young said...
>
>> I did feel bad for the guy who would park his nice sports
>> car all the way out in the lot to keep away from other cars
>> and someone would make a point of parking their beater
>> car right next to him. Two cars in the middle of nowhere.
>
>
> The parking lot oasis?

Good description!

nancy

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:58:08 -0400, "biig" > wrote:
>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:10 -0400, "biig" > wrote:
>>
>>>The children thing at the grocer is stupid.
>
> I didn't write that....my post started with "I think the parking spots
>for expectant mothers is wrong"....Sharon

My attribute was correct. You wrote: Babies R Us always had spots
near the door for expectant mothers. That was nice. The children
thing at the grocer is stupid.
>>
>> Just bringing them to the grocer is stupid. I used to make play dates
>> so I could shop alone.
>>



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