It was an ordinary day. Just looked out my window that is next to my chair in our family/TV room. Someone had knocked part of my mailbox onto the street. This is the second time this has happened. First time it was a huge wooden mailbox that was about three feet wide and two feet deep and stood about five feet tall. It was part of the property when we bought the house. It got knocked over by a friend a week or so after we moved into the house, but we were able to fix it without too much trouble. The second time it was struck it knocked the entire thing into the street and broke most of the boards in the mailbox. The third time someone struck my plastic mailbox that was the replacement for my wooden mailbox. I had dug a deep hole and placed a 4"X4"X5 feet deep wooden pole in the ground and attached the new mailbox to the pole. How anyone can dive past my house and not see the mailbox is hard to believe. But, people seem to have more on their mind when driving besides DRIVING! Well, I managed to fix it without too much damage showing. This is the second house that Carol and I have owned during our 50 plus years of marriage. Our first house had a garage at the rear of the house with access to the garage via an alleyway. But, that still didn't save our parking problems. Seems someone always found a way to park directly in front of our house and take up the space we needed for our second car which didn't fit in the one-car garage at the rear of the house. It was a busy neighborhood and we all tried to park in the space directly in front of our house, allowing neighbors to park directly in front of their homes. But, if you had a second car you would have to park it in your garage or close to the end of the block where there was always plenty of space. Now...I give you all this information since I just read a story about people who either park taking up two parking spaces or in front of a home other than their own home. You know anyone like this? Well. I no longer have to worry since I have a 2 car garage with a driveway that can hold another 2 or 3 cars. I no longer need to write a catchy note and put it on a car that is taking more parking space than needed in front of my house. So, wouldn't you know it...I found an online site that had a few dozen signs that others had written to place on cars that were parked in front of their house, taking up a few spaces instead just one space and allowing space for the homeowner. Check out the following and maybe you can find one you like that you could use if someone takes up all the parking spaces in front of your home. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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