2jakes
I'll Lock Up
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You're not dead yet.Alas... One of my unrequited dreams was to own one of those diners, before I died. [emoji16]
Rob
Alas... One of my unrequited dreams was to own one of those diners, before I died. [emoji16]
Rob
What he said. If you really want it, make it happen...the diner, that is, not death.You're not dead yet.
I can see what looks like multiple garage doors. Do you park in a garage underneath your room?I've always been fascinated by this place. I like the way you park underneath your room.
Yes. Pull under the room. I've always thought that was pretty neat myself.I can see what looks like multiple garage doors. Do you park in a garage underneath your room?
That’s kinda neat.
About 40 years ago my sister and her second husband rented a smallish two-story apartment in Long Beach, California. The living quarters upstairs consisted of a bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom, and a living room with a Murphy bed, and the first floor consisted of three "coffin" garages separated by retaining walls that provided support for the second story. I always thought it was a reasonable and sensible way to make the most of the footprint upon which the building sat, but not long after they had their first son (in addition to my sister's son from her first marriage) they moved into the larger two-bedroom house next door. And they were less than a mile from the beach!Yes. Pull under the room. I've always thought that was pretty neat myself.
I hear that. Its rampant in the DC area [emoji19]Gosh, I wished we had something that cool here in Florida...every damn thing that is vintage or nostalgic, in the way of lodging, has been replaced with soul-less, updated modern crapola. [emoji22]
Rob
Thats cool, but honestly, you couldn't pay me to touch that bed [emoji14]We drove past this place today in Murrells Inlet, SC. I thought of this thread immediately!
On a side note, novelist Mickey Spillane retired to Murrells Inlet.
Park underneath your room? Im in!!I've always been fascinated by this place. I like the way you park underneath your room. It's a few miles east of Bessemer, AL, on old US 11. Originally built in the 40s, it dates back to a time that the area was doing a little better than it is these days.
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I hear that. Its rampant in the DC area [emoji19]
...until the old guy next door (who's been traveling for 12 hours straight, and is dog-tired) forgets to shut off his car, and the carbon monoxide kills about 4 rooms worth of occupants.
Rob
Just another guess, but it's probably why those parking spaces didn't/don't have doors--better ventilation. Also, if you're upstairs in the room you aren't sitting in the car with the engine running creating that carbon monoxide, and if you're in the car with the engine running you aren't upstairs breathing it in. Either way, it seems to be a relatively minor risk....The potential for carbon monoxide asphyxiation probably wasn't as strong there as it might be in a place where the sleeping rooms are directly above the semi-enclosed parking spaces. But, you know, that's just a guess. If that potential wasn't mitigated, such use wouldn't be permitted, I'd think.