[lace-chat] parking cars
Reading Ruth's account of parking her new car reminded me of when my car had to go to the garage for repair. I'd got an important meeting to attend in Norwich, but no means of getting there (forget public transport it's a joke where I live!), so a friend loaned me their car for the day having first checked insurance etc. I parked the car in the multi storey car park and went off for the meeting. Several hours later I returned to collect the car looked around couldn't find it on the floor where I'd left it, so started to hunt. Began on the ground floor and checked every level but still couldn't find it. Panic was beginning to set in, but the car park attendant realising something was amiss came over and asked what was wrong. I duly explained and he asked me what type of car it was? Blank look in return, I hadn't a clue, I'd only borrowed it after all. What colour was it? Another blank look I couldn't remember. I had to phone my friend and ask him! Boy he was impressed. So now armed with the knowledge of make and colour the car park attendant helped me search the car park again, still no car. The attendant then asked me You're sure you parked in this car park? Er but this is the only car park in this block - No luv there's another just next door! Yep a little over an hour later I found the car just where I left it, but in the neighbouring car park. Last time I borrowed a car. Nickyin Suffolk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] parking cars
On 25 Feb 2004, at 07:31, nicky.h-townsend wrote: Reading Ruth's account of parking her new car reminded me of when my car had to go to the garage for repair. I'd got an important meeting to attend in Norwich, but no means of getting there (forget public transport it's a joke where I live!), so a friend loaned me their car for the day having first checked insurance etc. I parked the car in the multi storey car park and went off for the meeting. Several hours later I returned to collect the car looked around couldn't find it on the floor where I'd left it, so started to hunt. Began on the ground floor and checked every level but still couldn't find it. Panic was beginning to set in, but the car park attendant realising something was amiss came over and asked what was wrong. I duly explained and he asked me what type of car it was? Blank look in return, I hadn't a clue, I'd only borrowed it after all. What colour was it? Another blank look I couldn't remember. I had to phone my friend and ask him! Boy he was impressed. So now armed with the knowledge of make and colour the car park attendant helped me search the car park again, still no car. The attendant then asked me You're sure you parked in this car park? Er but this is the only car park in this block - No luv there's another just next door! Yep a little over an hour later I found the car just where I left it, but in the neighbouring car park. Sounds like the time I parked in Birmingham. DH was working up there for a couple of weeks, I went up for the weekend and we visited his sister, then on the way home I stopped in Birmingham and did some shopping. OK so far. I was all alone, heavy shopping (floor tiles) and 150 miles from home with the car parked near the exit of the car park with the big yellow signs. Not having any NCP car parks in Kent I thought it would be a doddle to find it, but how wrong i was. ALL the car parks in Birmingham city centre were NCP with big yellow signs. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] parking cars
It is easy to recognize our generic blue stationwagon by the little doggie nose prints on the front window and the big doggie smudgie prints on the back windows, except of course on the day the car gets washed. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi everyone I have been disoriented enough after shopping to forget where my car is, but here's another twist: In the days when every guy around here drove a pickup truck, one got used to recognizing them by little details - the trim, the style of canopy (or lack of one), something on the antenna, a particular dint. One hot day at a busy parking lot, my FIL came out of a shop to see a fracus at a pickup truck...which looked a lot like his, which he knew wasn't his, but he knew the dog inside it *was* his. The dog was defending to the teeth this pickup truck, against its rightful driver. What had happened, FIL left the pooch in his own truck, with window down - the dog saw a truck it 'recognized' pull in (and they tell me the two trucks were very nearly the same), and after the guy parked it, dog leaps out of its own truck, climbs in through the open window of the duplicate (sort of) truck, and claimed territory. Highly embarassing as the dog was putting on quite a vicious performance. I don't remember the real name of the dog; FIL called the poor thing 'pinhead' after that ~ -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~wt912 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] parking cars/with dog
Bev, My laugh for the day! What a dog, and you must have a great FIL who will take his dog with him in his pick-up... Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What a dog, and you must have a great FIL who will > take his dog with him in his pick-up... > Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia Isn't that what pick-ups are for? DH takes our dog (a Lasa Apso) with him often, the dog is offended if he has to stay home. Lorri in Washington State USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] parking cars/with dog
At 08:32 AM 2/27/2004, you wrote: the dog is offended if he has to stay home. Most certainly! When I was young, our dog went with Dad in his vehicle all the time. The only way Dad could go without the dog was if he took his work bag with him. It looked weird -- dress up clothes and the work bag-- but the dog knew he had to stay home. Alice in Oregon -- wet, windy and dreary. No end in sight. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
