Garage Pics

[TopCatGr58]

And we thought Steve was bad?

Ooh boy, Rob may need councelling!

Okay Prom, get your peepers ready!
Here's several shots of the BEFORE of my Garage!





And here are the AFTER shots!





And here is THE SHED filled to the brim!



And now, I know it wasn't asked, but just to give Prom more fodder for his wit, here are a few shots of my computer room just to show that I'm NOT the neat freak he thinks I am!!



Let the word play begin!
T.C.

[79XS11F]

LOL LOL Yes some sort of therapy is likely needed when it comes to MY garage space and I'm sure my girlfriend would agree. The wrenches and sockets are out like that because my OLD eyes just can't see those little numbers stamped on them anymore.... not quickly anyway. So I set them up as seen with the sizes of each big enough to be identified easily :-)
Rob

[John]

I was going to put a couple of pics of my garage, but somehow, that damn TC came to my house, got into my garage and took a bunch of pics. I know, one of my daughters lost a tooth the other day, and the tooth fairy came by and...Hmmm, TC, you ain't the tooth fairy, are you?

[wingnut]

My mess

Ok here's my mess. Looks like lots of space until I put the cars in there. Then you can't even walk around. I'm not even going to think about the shed.....

[prometheus578]

"Oh, the humanity...!"

T.C.,
Oh, fer sh!t's sake!
You've gotta be kiddin'me.
All this time....
All those members that worship you...
(...and the people that worship your member...)
Well, the little dog pulled the curtain back, and the Great and Powerful Oz is exposed for all to see!
I mean... I could at least wade through my garage.
And that shed! We all had such high hopes for it and you. A lawn mower, rakes standing at attention, maybe a "hoe" or two(provided that your wife doesn't get mad) A real man's garden shed it was to be.
You know... when you were transferring all that crap from the garage to the shed... not an inkling, not a germ of an idea, never the thought crossed the synapses that what you were doing was wrong... just fundamentally wrong?
Moving crap from the garage to the shed is no different than staying in the garage and just moving the crap from side to side. Trust me, I know.
There comes a point in the life of a man's garage when he just has to say..."If it hasn't moved in five years, time to throw it out."
Yes, I know... and the next week... will be the week that you finally need it.
I, personally, am almost to that point. When I sit and figger... the inconvenience, the space lost, the hassle, the inability to work out there due to the frustration and the "I just give up" attitude that one developes... The cost and human toll that that takes on you... tis better to toss everything, and well worth, in the long run, to just re-buy it again if you finally need it, in say, ten years. I have two 4x8 tables, stacked on top of each other, covered with crap that hasn't moved in 12 years. You've got to be kidding! I don't even know what I have anymore.
I have almost three complete tool sets down there, yet can never find a 10mm wrench. I keep running out and buying more, but they get buried some how.
T.C., you need a good cleaning... in your cavernous garage and vacuous head. Start by throwing out the dead weight, and by that, I mean the weights and excercise stuff. That is evil. No good can come from exercise. Too tiring... no strength left to clean.
The drill presses and lathe obviously keep. Same for the bench grinder on the 'wooden stool' bench.
And a work area made out of the old bathroom vanity fools no one. You're neither clever, nor thrifty, and you can never get a roll of "Bounty" paper towels to fit on the toilet paper roll holder.
And... no dolls, no shrunken heads... just what kind of a man are you?
Just a last note on that one pic. The garage one with the computer desk, end table and wicker stand. Take a quick glance at it. Now be serious. There is nothing, absolutely nothing on those space robbers that is worth keeping, is there.(except for your gardening hat and those seat cushion things. If you would throw the furniture out, and hang those items on the pegboard behind... can you imagine the space you've just freed up?
Yes, I know that you know this(and now, so do we all)
Same crap, different garage.
I had four cardboard boxes of half used spray paint in the garage. "Oh, let's make room." So I put them in the shed... 8 years ago! Haven't needed them since, doubt that I ever will and now the shed is full. I would rather toss them out and gain 16 square feet of space, than worry about having to re-buy a $1.95 can of paint later.
This is the rule to live by.
As for your room...
I'm sorry to hear about your recent run-in with the police. They never apologize, and no, the SWAT team will not come back to clean up your room after tearing it apart searching for weapons and drugs. Turn those photos over to your local "Police Watch" group if you feel inclined, though they are powerless to help.
I may have posted this before. Not mine, but close enough!


79XS11F's garage, on the other foot....
Above the tool box... yes, it made me think. In your profile, you didn't mention that you're some sort of new-age, avant-garde artist or something. How symbolic of "Man's Inner Thoughts" or whatever you titled it. I grasp the existential significance of it all. How "Minimalist"!
An "unframed" picture of a "frame"
I like the hanging tools("I got yer hangin' tool right here, Buddy!")
I'd like to do something similar, but I don't like putting my possesions on display for wandering malchicks. When I leave the garage door open, I throw a sheet or something over the tool chests visable from the street.
I like the overhead storage, but my garage isn't high enough for two tiers.

Randy... a place for everything, and every oscilliscope in it's place. We'd expect no less from an "Electrical Guru". Even a spare gasket set for those "What if" weekends.
But don't be fooled by his pictures, Boys and Girls...
It's all nice and clean now... but as evidenced by the two full garbage cans, five minutes earlier, the floor was just as cluttered as everyone else's.

I'm sorry, but I had to go back to T.C's room again. I even picked up a dirty sock from the floor and wiped all the cigarette smoke from the monitor so that I might have a better look.
I'm sorry, T.C. that I didn't mention it earlier. Above the computer... is that the "Star Trek" telephone? And the figurine... Darth Vader, or Cornelius from "Planet of the Apes"?

I never understood it till now.
I now see the punishment aspect involved of when a child misbehaves, his parents send him to his room!

[audijunky]

I AM SO JEALOUS

She says its my garage , but I call it my wall/corner




How bout that organization, huh

[prometheus578]

Wingnut, sorry I missed you. You must have posted while I was still writing my rant.
See, now Wingnut has the right idea.
here I sat, looking at everyone's garage and planning my own. I envisioned a whloe wall of pegboard, yet... wingnut has a pegboarded corner.
disadvantages... none.
advantages... everything in reach without having to move down the wall to retrieve it. I shall use that idea... (obviously, as if I thought of it on my own.) We also share the same taste in kerosine heaters, I see.
what's maddening in all these photos, is that I see in several garages drill presses, (two for T.C.), yet, sadly, I have none. Is a shopping trip to Harbor Fright in order today?

Audijunky lives up to his name(I don't know about the "Audi" part, though. But credit where credit is due, His creative design of workbench/tire storage is quite novel, though a novel I wouldn't care to read late at night.
Nice tire and swing arm,
And it's good to see that we have the same little red 'sittin' stool' in common, though those dark stains may warrant a change in diet.(unless they're paint overspray)
Could that staining be caused by the bags of rice, inported from China, hanging on the wall?
something may be wrong, here... something sinister.
Most men have tool bags, that they may hang up when coming out of the garage. Under the weed wacker... is that a purse? Doesn't one hang that up when coming out of the closet?
Could that "stool staining" be caused as a result of someone's "latent tendancies"?

[audijunky]

I swear to god that is paint overspray, (I think) I have sat on that thing into the wee hours in the morning not wanting to go all the way upstairs to use the toilet. Hey, accidents happen. All you got to do is fit a small bucket underneath and presto, no toilet break.
And that is not a purse hanging from the weed eater that is hanging from the bicycles that are hanging from the ceiling, That is what real men wear on there heads when riding, an open face german style novelty helmet. They grey thing is a plastic bag with my side covers in it trying to keep them in pristine condition for whenever they get put back on.
Sorry I didnt get a shot of the Audi, it has to remain outside so the woman can park her behemath space gobbling jeep grand cherokee in "my" garage.
I am not really this messy, I am lazy however and didnt take the time like others( not mentioning any names) to clean up before the photos.

[audijunky]

Anybody notice my excellent NEC approved electrical outlet hanging from my breaker box. BRILLIANT if I may say so myself.

[prometheus578]

"I stand corrected, Sir."

My depth perception isn't what it used to be when viewing two-dimensional pictures.
Yes, it is a mock "stahlhelm", though I prefer Bismarck's picklehaube, myself.

(why I already had this pic stored on photobucket is anyone's guess)
I did notice the fuse box... and the outlet, as I was wondering about the concrete wall and trying to figure out the layout/structure of your abode. (there isn't too many details I miss)
Being nit-picky and anal is my "outlet"
As far as open faced helmets... maybe I should post a pic of my "closed faced" helmet... the one with the "pavement gouges" where my still handsome jaw would have been.

[audijunky]

Touche' my friend
I have yet to have the privelege of meeting Mr. Asphalt,( I literally just knocked on wood). My garage is a square, half the basement is garage other half again she calls it "mine" is a living room of sorts. The work bench is what we call here in VA redneck engineering. Get r done

[audijunky]

I got to get one of those Bismarks picklehaube, that thing is wicked

[Dragonrider]

Got to work in this one this weekend (not mine unfortunately)





It was a wrenchday!

[TopCatGr58]

Blasphemy I tell you!

I'm sorry, T.C. that I didn't mention it earlier. Above the computer... is that the "Star Trek" telephone? And the figurine... Darth Vader, or Cornelius from "Planet of the Apes"?

Hey Prom,

That is a Star Trek LAMP....note the increased illumination beneath it.

And any Trekkie worth his dilethium crystal would NEVER have any Star Bores paraphenalia! That alleged figurine is just a plastic Xmas gift box/bow combo full of candy that I haven't yet finished eating!!

Part of my garage cleaning efforts WAS to make room so that I could sling my weights around without putting a dent in something!! I'm soooo out of shape, and wanted to get back into an exercise regimen, to keep my meager health up to par!

Quite a bit of actual junk did make it to the DUMP! Surely you noticed that the SHED has seasonal items, xmas and halloween items. My shed is NOT electrified, so that's why it's storage, so that I could have room in the GARAGE for all of my power toys!
It's obscured by Godzilla's handlebar, but beside the LATHE, I have my 6" dual disc grinder on a REAL stand. That other thing was the leftover 2HP 3500rpm motor I had from my previous ANTIQUE lathe, so I just mounted it onto that bar stool since I had recently acquired a new checkerboard topped work stool!

The whicker stand has some STUFF(shed building tools,etc.) that I haven't found the right place for, along with some important LEGAL papers in the bottom. But I'll work on getting rid of!
T.C.

[79XS11F]

I also don't have my garage valuables on display so to speak. Not that I live in a bad area but it is not wise in any case. My garage is at least 70 feet of the crescent that I live on and there is very little traffic. The property is also under motion sensor camera surveillance and my dog has full run of the property so no worries. The cameras were installed as a deterrent to teenage vandals who don't like my dog preventing them from cutting through my yard after I moved in.
The unframed pic of the frame over my toolbox was pinned there to dry when I printed it off the computer. I'll be doing some frame work and wanted it handy as a reference. Proved to be a waste of ink however because the only real difference i can see is the solid pan behind the air box.
Rob