jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 18, 2019 Big empty room of deceit. It starts with, "I can just put this one box here" or "I will put these tools away after I shower" Now multiply that reasoning times two boys and a wife and you have a disaster on your hands, shit piled everywhere, an empty pegboard full of lonely tool outlines and two cars parked on the driveway and hail season on the way. Ryan and I spent the better part of yesterday working on reversing this trend at casa de jsharr. Three big trash bags in the alley. Stuff on the curb to be picked up by bulk trash or scavengers. A few items of value listed n the neighborhood garage sale page and a mound of tools that still need to be sorted through and put back on peg board, or in my mobile bike tool box. Could get one car in now, but lots more work to do to get another car in. Would have gotten a bit more done, but we stopped to play with some of the stuff we found and we also installed a ceiling fan support in Wade's bedroom and installed a ceiling fan in his room. discus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted March 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2019 Where are you gonna put your new tools and toys with your car in the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted March 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Ltdskilz said: Where are you gonna put your new tools and toys with your car in the way? ENABLER!!!!!! I think I have 10 bikes hanging from hooks right now. Ryan is the only person in our family who rides on a regular basis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #4 Posted March 18, 2019 16 minutes ago, jsharr said: Big empty room of deceit. It starts with, "I can just put this one box here" or "I will put these tools away after I shower" Now multiply that reasoning times two boys and a wife and you have a disaster on your hands, shit piled everywhere, an empty pegboard full of lonely tool outlines and two cars parked on the driveway and hail season on the way. Ryan and I spent the better part of yesterday working on reversing this trend at casa de jsharr. Three big trash bags in the alley. Stuff on the curb to be picked up by bulk trash or scavengers. A few items of value listed n the neighborhood garage sale page and a mound of tools that still need to be sorted through and put back on peg board, or in my mobile bike tool box. Could get one car in now, but lots more work to do to get another car in. Would have gotten a bit more done, but we stopped to play with some of the stuff we found and we also installed a ceiling fan support in Wade's bedroom and installed a ceiling fan in his room. discus Give in and rent a dumpster. You'll get more done in the end and you will also have an excuse for getting rid of the "might use within the next 15 years" stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 18, 2019 I have a similar problem except our house was built in 1948 and the attached 2 car garage might be big enough that my Honda Civic would fit on one side but never her Jeep Liberty. If I put my Civic on the one side there would be no place for anything else there. It is a battle to keep it semi-orderly. Both of out vehicles fit just nicely outside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 18, 2019 Share #6 Posted March 18, 2019 21 minutes ago, jsharr said: shit piled everywhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 18, 2019 1 minute ago, donkpow said: Dear Donk, did you land on your head again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 18, 2019 Share #8 Posted March 18, 2019 Just now, Kzoo said: Dear Donk, did you land on your head again? No but I could, if the price is right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #9 Posted March 18, 2019 My neighbor moved in during 1993 and has never had a car in their 2-car garage. They still have moving boxes from 1993 in there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #10 Posted March 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: My neighbor moved in during 1993 and has never had a car in their 2-car garage. I resemble that remark. We didn't buy our house to put cars in the garage. We moved in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted March 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, donkpow said: I cannot see what you wrote. Is it buried under shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 18, 2019 Share #12 Posted March 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, jsharr said: I cannot see what you wrote. Is it buried under shit? I didn't write anything, I quoted jsharr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted March 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, donkpow said: I didn't write anything, I quoted jsharr. 39 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Dear Donk, did you land on your head again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 18, 2019 Share #14 Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, jsharr said: Feels like you did something, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2019 Share #15 Posted March 18, 2019 We went through an extensive garage clean out a year ago. Got rid of kids toys, unused sports equipment, old computers & tv’s and a shit ton of booster crap like snack bar supplies. We considered hiring a junk remover but was able to unload it via Goodwill, electronics disposal place and liberal use of dumpsters at a nearby construction project... We have more work to do but the garage is far less cluttered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #16 Posted March 18, 2019 Just now, ChrisL said: and liberal use of dumpsters at a nearby construction project... Wonder what @2Far thinks of that. Not that it matters... just wonder. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2019 Share #17 Posted March 18, 2019 Just now, Kzoo said: Wonder what @2Far thinks of that. Not that it matters... just wonder. I thought I was being clever and then noticed all of the old tires, paint, bedroom furniture & etc that was in there... Apparently the whole community was doing it. Shortly after I made my final dump run they fenced off the project! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 18, 2019 Share #18 Posted March 18, 2019 I WISH I had a garage! I tried, but couldn't make it happen. I would certainly maintain room for car, but probably not a daily driver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #19 Posted March 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I thought I was being clever and then noticed all of the old tires, paint, bedroom furniture & etc that was in there... Apparently the whole community was doing it. Shortly after I made my final dump run they fenced off the project! Timing is everything. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #20 Posted March 18, 2019 I have a three bay garage, it’s never had a car in it except when I pulled a Civic in it to replace a broken camshaft. There was a lot more broke than just the camshaft so I scrapped the car instead of fixing it. It’s full of tools and equipment . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #21 Posted March 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I have a three bay garage, it’s never had a car in it except when I pulled a Civic in it to replace a broken camshaft. There was a lot more broke than just the camshaft so I scrapped the car instead of fixing it. It’s full of tools and equipment . I would have taken the tools and equipment out of it before sending it to the scrapper. You could keep them in your empty garage. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #22 Posted March 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, jsharr said: I would have taken the tools and equipment out of it before sending it to the scrapper. You could keep them in your empty garage. That’s why I haven’t written any books. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #23 Posted March 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Longjohn said: That’s why I haven’t written any books. Maybe you could convert your empty garage into a writers workshop? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Share #24 Posted March 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, jsharr said: Maybe you could convert your empty garage into a writers workshop? The garage still has two zero turn mowers, two rear tine rototillers, one small front tine tiller for the flower beds, one push mower, a snow blower, a table saw, a jointer/planer, a wood lathe, a bandsaw, various workbenches, a mechanic’s toolbox and base cabinet, an assortment of chainsaws, bicycles, a bike stuff cabinet, three kayaks, and a crapton of fishing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted March 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The garage still has two zero turn mowers, two rear tine rototillers, one small front tine tiller for the flower beds, one push mower, a snow blower, a table saw, a jointer/planer, a wood lathe, a bandsaw, various workbenches, a mechanic’s toolbox and base cabinet, an assortment of chainsaws, bicycles, a bike stuff cabinet, three kayaks, and a crapton of fishing stuff. It is gonna take more than a few Honda Civics to scrap that much stuff! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted March 18, 2019 Share #26 Posted March 18, 2019 You and Ryan labored on a Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 18, 2019 Share #27 Posted March 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: You and Ryan labored on a Sunday? Heathens. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #28 Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, AirwickWithCheese said: You and Ryan labored on a Sunday? Shabbat Shalom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 19, 2019 Share #29 Posted March 19, 2019 4 hours ago, AirwickWithCheese said: You and Ryan labored on a Sunday? They're Messianic Jews 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 19, 2019 Share #30 Posted March 19, 2019 This touched a little too close to home. We have to move all the barn stuff into the garage so they can put down the cement Finally! Then the matting- finally. This all must be coordinated with the people putting down the fancy garage floor coating. The next two weeks will be bad. I nominated Couch to help but Mr Aire says he has it all well in hand. He doesn't. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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