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Re: and garages (long and languid)

To: "David McCartney" <yup1275@pacbell.net>, "Roger Cotting" <rbc43@home.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: and garages (long and languid)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:01:01 -0500
References: <002401c18a68$743ef740$269b0641@wodhvn1.mi.home.com> <3C23C5F8.1096C33D@pacbell.net>
I didn't see anything here about the attached "Floor Dry Bin" -  this is an
LBC garage isn't it.

Brent

----- Original Message -----
From "David McCartney" <yup1275 at pacbell.net>
To: "Roger Cotting" <rbc43@home.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: and garages (long and languid)


> About the dream garage, all I can think of is comfort and convenience.
> I know there was a thread, but I was busy then.
>
> A concrete floor with a bit of piping laid there for an old water heater
> to keep nice. Maybe a pit, but remember some flammables like to hide
there.
> Radiant heat above, just a bit, to reach out and touch someone.
> Everything painted white and lotsa good lights. Seal the floor lite gray.
> Plumbed for Air outlets, water bibs, electricity incl. 220.
> A/C (if summer ever comes again) and air filtration.
>
> Music system & intercom. Recorded messages that say "Oh how clever"
> "Gee you do such nice work" and "that's gonna really go/look/feel nice"
> A good old TV in case there's a race on - and a VCR to tape 'em.
> A good old couch and recliner (with vibromassage) for rest periods.
> A bathroom for the v.i.m.: very important mechanic. Okay - a bed, too.
> All right: fridge and microwave.
>
> Exhaust system for running a car plus for dirty work grinding,
> so you plug in an elephant's trunk to a port along the wall to suck it
away.
> A wet & wash area with mess confinement to do parts. Doubles as small
> paint booth. Sandblaster & bench grinders/polishers here too?
>
> Voice-activated phone so you can call friends for advice while under the
> car or - if it falls on you, call for help. A band-aid dispenser every few
feet
> along the wall. Tons of shelf space, parts boxes, labeling system.
>
> The discipline and organization and patience required to keep all in
order,
> nothin stacked on the furniture, all parts labeled, sorted and clean.
Eight
> and nine-day weeks stocked up in case there is a gathering soon, so you
> can always make it, no sweat.
>
> How to tell your garage from your house: no ironing board.
>
> I wonder if the guy that invented the self-cleaning kitty litter box ever
> built himself a garage
>
> Sound like a good start?
>
> David McCartney

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