a sense of humor about yourself or you could live an AWFUL(ly) LONG time!
When I built my retirement shop...my cash hole.....I purposely installed an 10' insulated garage door knowing full well I'd want to pull a vehicle into to it to work on them during our Idaho winters. I just recently installed gas heat in there.
Being remote service engineers, my counterpart and I cover an area about 120 miles by 120 miles northern Idaho. We service x-ray equipment, MR and CT scanners. As you might imagine, we carry quite an amount of test equipments, tools, documentation, laptop computer, and some generic spare parts. 3 weeks ago our new company mini-vans delivered to a local dealer. We've been so busy, that in the last two weeks I've tried to take some vacation that I'll lose if I dont' use it before the end of the year. Both times my partner got so swamped that he had to call me and I had to go to work. Last week he found time to pickup his new Chrysler Town and Country. Mine was sitting next to his and mine is still there. I consume an unbelieveable amount of coffee, often while driving through the mountains and valleys here. In the course of 6 years I've spilled a fair amount of coffee in the area between the two front seats of my Ford Windstar. Today I decided to ship out all unnecesary parts and back my van into the shop....let it thaw out overnight, unload it in the heated shop; vacuumn and scrub the carpets. Let it dry tomorrow night and Monday, turn it in and pickup my new T&C..........
I went out to the shop........
Swept the floor.................
Went to open the overhead door.........
Can you see this coming?............
Yup....I'd cut and screwed the 1/2 plywood on the wall/header above the door.....it makes a real tight seal.....but you can't raise the door!
The only piece of advice I'm qualified to give anyone......
As you get older ...you'd better develop a sense of humor about yourself or you could live an AWFUL(ly) LONG time!