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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jun

I wrote that we’ve been rearranging our garage now that we only have one car. We put up a high shelf about a week ago. Since then, we’ve put up four more, two of which are below the higher one. You can see both in the photo....

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We've scored ourselves a workbench

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Apr

When we moved here from our 15 acres, we had to downsize in a big way. Recently, someone in the village was offering a free workbench so we were quick to offer to take it off their hands. It was a bit tatty and the top was...

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The Mister and the break pads

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 12 Sep

So, it is Friday and The Mister is on his way home. Great, we have a few extra hours together …right ….wrong ! Why so ? Because he has to take his work van into the garage to get the break pads changed ! Yes, in his own time...

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A huge snake located on top of a dumpster in a garage

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Sep

Teresa Sanchez who is a resident of Los Angeles California came home for her work on Tuesday August 5 when she saw a 20 foot python on top of the large dumpster inside the garage. Since the police do not engage in removing...

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At last!

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 11 Jun 25

We finally got our car back! After ten and a half weeks!! We took it for its annual MOT test (ministry of transport roadworthiness check) in late March and didn’t get it back until the start of June. Honestly I’ve never heard of...

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Hope the car passes the MOT

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 10 Jun 25

The Mister had to take my Moms car to the garage last week as there was a knocking ....they identified that and were able to put it right. The MOT was almost due so they arranged to get that done today. We have fingers crossed in...

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Not back yet!

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 25 Apr 25

Last month I wrote about how we had dropped our car off for the routine annual MOT test (roadworthiness, basically) and the garage somehow ‘broke’ it. Well guess what – we still haven’t got it back! The first couple of weeks we...

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Our car is gone!

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 22 Mar 25

With apologies to @porwest… Our car really is gone! Yesterday it was at the garage for the annual MOT (Ministry of Transport) test – a basic test of roadworthiness required to be on the road, get insurance etc. One of the...

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Man in Connecticut encounters a bear near a garage

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Sep 24

Andrew Hart of Hart Curb Appeal LLC in Bloomfield Connecticut on a work detail on Tuesday September 17 when Andrew saw a black bear poke its head and scare Andrew to the point where Andrew ran away as fast as he could away from...

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Stafford County Deputy rescue a hawk that entered a garage

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Sep 24

A female deputy who is employed by the Stafford County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) in Stafford Virginia answered an emergency call from a resident in Stafford over the weekend. The name of the deputy was not released was able to...

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Firefighters in Iowa rescue a cat that was inside of a house on fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Jan 24

Cedar Rapids Iowa firefighters answered an emergency call on Thursday afternoon when a detached garage in the same city was on fire . The firefighters were able to put out the fire quickly. After the fire was taken care of, the...

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Volunteer firefighter alerts people and pets when their house was on fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Jan 24

Shaun Bogen who is a volunteer firefighter in Trumbull Connecticut doing work plowing snow around 4am on Sunday morning when he noticed a house on fire. Shaun made a phone call to the local fire department to report the house...

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Gosh he has a good memory!

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 18 Jul 23

I just called my local garage to book my car in for an MOT test. In the UK all vehicles over three years old have to have a test of ‘roadworthiness’ to check brakes, lights etc. once a year. Without the test certificate, your...

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Forgetfulness is worse in wet weather!

Fleur @Fleura (35034) • United Kingdom 12 Jan 23

Our driveway ends at the garage, which is on the other side of the garden from the house. Of course, like many people, we don’t actually keep the car in the garage but instead use it as a ‘home gym’ and space for a table tennis...

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Bear borrows snacks from the refrigerator of a resident in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Jul 22

Jason Mickel who lives in Sanford Florida used his video camera to film a bear who had entered into his garage that must have had the door open on a Saturday afternoon. Jason had received a message on his cell phone to alert him...

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Senior man and a neighbor work together to save his home from burning to the ground

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Feb 22

I am sure that you have heard of the saying "Age is just a number". In the case of 74 year old Morganton West Virginia man Johnnie Busic. he used his smarts to get his auto that he owned for 29 years out of a garage in his home on...

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Vince's makeshift studio

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Nov 21

My husband is a keen photographer and we take photos at horse endurance rides in Western Australia. The season has finished for the summer so Vince has offered to take portraits of any couples in the lifestyle village where we...

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The shed sign is up

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jun 21

In the late 1980s, I gave Vin a ‘Vince’s Shed’ sign for Christmas. Yesterday, we put it up in the area which is only an apology for a ‘real’ shed. We have a tiny garden shed here but the sign would be out in the weather and would...

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Can you see the golf balls?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun 21

We’ve had a lazy day today and haven’t done much at all. However, we did attach golf balls to tape and hung them from the top of the garage. If you’re wondering why, it’s so that we know when the car is sufficiently in the garage...

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Update 5/27/21 - The Other House

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 27 May 21

The guy from Ohio State Waterproofing just left. I knew that we had cracks in the foundation and that the garage was sinking a little; but the report explaining the water coming into the room off the garage is so much worse. Our...

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