I'm planning to get a garage built next Spring, I hope. My neighbor, with his unfailing sense of style, thinks I should built a 4-car garage across the back of the lot. This would leave me a 6' x 40' strip of "yard." but no storage space for bikes--of which we have five or six at last count. So, I pondered that, but decided the only way to pay for it would be to make it a three story, put in and elevator and a door on Lake St. and offer it as office and commercial space above the garage, putting the back yard up on the roof, but then I had to come up with off-street parking. There's (fortunately) a dead gas station across the street, so I pondered that a minute--which it turns out I didn't have. Hamouti Sabri had already bought it. Then I found out the truth from a builder, it's gonna cost $17,000 to build any garage since I have to lower the back yard 18", which means I have to dig up the cystern, happily install in nineteen and ought twelve as part of the original equipment for the house. Then I have to get a variance because my house is long and I will not maintain the 15' between house and garage required by the city.
So I'm looking for a new car. I want a compact that will deflate to fit inside a case the size of a compact computer. If it weren't for the weather I'd be in the market for a magic carpet. WizardMarks, Central Sue Ponsford wrote: >As someone who's been car shopping for the last few >weeks, I've been constantly reminded of why many folks >don't park in their garages: their cars simply don't >fit. > >Car salesmen get the strangest looks on their faces >when you tell them that you can only look at the low >end of their line because anything larger won't fit in >your garage. It's a good way to keep car payments low >though. > >If I needed to store a gas-powered lawnmower in >addition to my little snowblower, I quite literally >would not be able to get my car into the garage. > >Sue Ponsford >Bryant > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More >http://faith.yahoo.com >_______________________________________ > >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
