Re: Garage space

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 22:16:11 EST


That's it, for the BBQ this year instead of mangling trucks, we are
going all college dorm on Jon's Barn, and building a loft.... Who is in?

Mr. Plow wrote:
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> Jon, every BBQ I attend at your place, I try to donate at least 50 cents, last year it was a banner year, I gave 75 cents!!! Kinda blew my travel budget actually, but it was worth it!
> :)
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> Your current set-up has too much stuff in there that actually takes away from storage area...
> You should build a 2nd storey within the structure, move all that computer gear, and "living" space up to the top level.
> Oh, and boot out all of your brother's weight lifting equipment, no one is using that. lol
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> It would be nice if you could move the bathroom upstairs as well.
> If you did all of that, you would open up A LOT of square footage. Probably still not enough, but it might get you by for another year or two. :D
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> The Adam Blaster
> Two words, figure it out.....
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>>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
>>Subject: DML: Garage space (was: DML BBQ 2009?)
>>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:11:26 +0000
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>>Don Rey wrote:
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>>>I saw it.
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>>>You'll "settle" for a 3-car attached? Hehe... I'd like a Steiger
>>>hangar too, but I'll settle for my chicken coop.
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>>Never settle - the amount of crap you need to store will grow in
>>direct proportion to the amount of storage space you have! :-) It
>>seems like the required storage is always somewhere around 110% of the
>>available space. ;-)
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>>Speaking just for myself, the hangar is actually much too small;
>>there's so much stuff stored in here that it can be difficult to find
>>enough space to work, which was kinda the whole reason for building it
>>in the first place. ;-) I am still kicking myself for not thinking
>>of making it a 2 story; it wouldn't have been that much more expensive
>>but I would have had twice the storage space. I have been thinking
>>about putting up a storage building for a couple of years now, but
>>have been procrastinating due to expense and plus there is a rise in
>>the property taxes any time another building goes up. :-( (If only I
>>could figure out how to build a huge underground bunker.) :-) They
>>do have those clearspan buildings with a fabric roof which are not
>>taxed as a structure, but I am not sold on them...
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>>If I ever do put up a building, I only want to do it once, so it
>>will be at *least* 60-80' wide by 120-150' long, and tall enough to
>>install a second story if necessary.
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>>Donations accepted. ;-)
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>>--
>>-Jon-
>>
>>.- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>>| '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>>`-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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