Comments on: More things I wonder about… http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/03/11/more-things-i-wonder-about/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/03/11/more-things-i-wonder-about/#comment-62 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:49:05 +0000 http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/03/11/more-things-i-wonder-about/#comment-62 Oh, and I meant to say, that I do it occasionally in my company's parking garage. However, I only do it when I expect certain constraints to arise as the garage fills up (it's a <i>very</i> cramped garage with lots of concrete and steel barriers in odd places. Once the lot is full, there's not a lot of maneuvering room. So, one could posit that the large truck drivers back in when the lot is relatively empty (thus offering the 40 acres needed) so that they don't have to pussyfoot around a bunch of other vehicles when leaving. Oh, and I meant to say, that I do it occasionally in my company’s parking garage. However, I only do it when I expect certain constraints to arise as the garage fills up (it’s a very cramped garage with lots of concrete and steel barriers in odd places. Once the lot is full, there’s not a lot of maneuvering room.

So, one could posit that the large truck drivers back in when the lot is relatively empty (thus offering the 40 acres needed) so that they don’t have to pussyfoot around a bunch of other vehicles when leaving.

]]> by: Mike http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/03/11/more-things-i-wonder-about/#comment-61 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:45:48 +0000 http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/03/11/more-things-i-wonder-about/#comment-61 Re backing into a spot: If it helps any, my college buddy Henry always said "... back in like a redneck". (You do say that it's usually giant pick-ups, right? I still don't know the origin of the phrase (asking Henry about a random phrase of his would kill its Zen-like essense), but it has stuck with me for many years. To this day MB and I say "back in like a redneck" if one of us pulls through a spot into the opposite spot, so that, one is, in essense "backed in". And she doesn't even know Henry. Re backing into a spot: If it helps any, my college buddy Henry always said “… back in like a redneck”. (You do say that it’s usually giant pick-ups, right?

I still don’t know the origin of the phrase (asking Henry about a random phrase of his would kill its Zen-like essense), but it has stuck with me for many years.

To this day MB and I say “back in like a redneck” if one of us pulls through a spot into the opposite spot, so that, one is, in essense “backed in”.

And she doesn’t even know Henry.

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