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Have you ever turned your driveway or yard into a parking lot?

Two reasons I can think of is either a large gathering at your home, or a large gathering of people near your home where you offer your space as parking facilities.



VotesAnswer
13Due to whatever, just No.
9No, I don't have large groups or more than 1 or 2 vehicles over to my home
6Yes, but willy-nilly in the yard or driveway.
3Yes, organized, but no markers.
3Other.
2No, I don't want strangers parking at my home even for cash.
1Yes. I painted parking stripes in the driveway and put up reflective tape in the yard.

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Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 12-Jun-2007 5:35pm  
No; I've always lived somewhere that had either enough street parking or little-to-no lawn or driveway to park on.
Galomorro Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 12-Jun-2007 6:14pm  
No, I don't HAVE a yard or driveway.
RGirl
posted 12-Jun-2007 6:34pm  
No large groups here.
JessicaWoman99
posted 12-Jun-2007 9:59pm  
No never and never cars will get towed away by the Sheriff
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 12-Jun-2007 10:11pm  
Well....... today it was getting kind of full, but due to the way it's shaped, it couldn't be much like a parking lot. Maybe parallel parking. It's drive thru.
darkshadowsseeker
posted 12-Jun-2007 11:01pm  
I don't have a driveway or yard. The closest thing we have to a driveway is the tenant parking lot on the other side of the apartment complex.
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 13-Jun-2007 12:36am  
Yes! (hence the idea for the survey) We have a long driveway and a large backyard. we were expecting anywhere from 20 people to 40. So I took my car and parked it at an angle inthe driveway, than 2 other friends parked next to mine. we put a piece of tape to mark the distance, than we moved our cars in leapfrog fashion to see how many lines we could make. After we put the tape down we moved the cars away and found a few long straight sticks and measured 10 feet between each pice of tape and took black spray paint and painted the ines. They look like they have been there for a long time. the compact cars fit in there pretty good, and on the other side of the driveway I painted VIP where my Mary was to park. In the back I put up one way signs so they could drive on one side of the pole barn, park and than drive straight out around to the other side. I put up reflective tape on sticks stuck in buckets to mark where not to drive because they might be tents on the other side of the yard. It was fun.

I truly hope I didn't offend anyone that does not have a driveway.
Wackadoo
posted 13-Jun-2007 8:35am  
All the friggin' time! Particularly each July when FordGuy and I have our annual blow-out party.  * wink *
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to Wackadoo) posted 13-Jun-2007 12:00pm  
July 21, 2007 to be exact. I'll have a beer with ya then. Hell, I'll even have one with ya tonight!
gambler Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 13-Jun-2007 12:16pm  
No,........... but this is very popular at Wimbledon, The english tennis championship as the club is right in the middle of suburbia and people who live around the area often rent out their front yards for exorbitant prices
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Wackadoo, FordGuy) posted 13-Jun-2007 11:54pm  
I will work myself in there too........maybe...  * wry smile * I'll schedule ya'll in!
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
posted 14-Jun-2007 12:38am  
Is this one of those "You may be a redneck...." jokes??  * smile *
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:41am  
That was a brilliant plan! What's the occasion?
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 8:51am  
Y'all are welcome to come!
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 14-Jun-2007 9:50am  
no and we don't live close enough to anything that people would ever need to park on my lawn or driveway etc....
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to SueBee) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:26am  
It is a quarterly meeting that has been held in Michigan for the past 8 years, but my Mary volunteered her new home  * rolls eyes * (and we aren't really even moved in yet) to be the location of the "June meeting". We gather for spiritual reasons.
I always can tell when a meeting goes well by how the kitchen runs. And our kitchen went very well.  * smile *
But the parking!! YAY!! No chaos in the lawn!!!
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to SueBee) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:27am  
NO! tee hee.

BTW- I'm available for making parking near you!

git 'er done!
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need a
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need a parking
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need a parking lot
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need a parking lot set
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 10:28am  
 * grin *

Do you need a parking lot set up?!
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:44pm  
Nope
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:44pm  
Nope we
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:44pm  
Nope we have
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:44pm  
Nope we have plenty
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:45pm  
Nope we have plenty of
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:45pm  
Nope we have plenty of space
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:45pm  
Nope we have plenty of space for
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:46pm  
Nope we have plenty of space for parking.
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:46pm  
Nope we have plenty of space for parking. Thanks
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 14-Jun-2007 12:47pm  
Nope we have plenty of space for parking. Thanks though!!!
cerealkiller Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 14-Jun-2007 3:01pm  
Not possible unless I wanted people to run over bushes and hit trees. Driveway can handle 3 cars side by side and I can handle 4-6 cars curbside. This would never happen anyhow.
kirst
posted 14-Jun-2007 4:13pm  
As an adult at my own home, no. But we had large parties when I was younger at my father's house and people parked in our yard.
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 5:51pm  
what the hell........????
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 14-Jun-2007 5:53pm  
> Nope

Looks to me like you need help with spacing issues...  * smile *
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 14-Jun-2007 9:12pm  
Fordguy's replies looked like a parking garage! Wooooo..... party at Fordguy's place!
Amanda
posted 14-Jun-2007 9:20pm  
Yeah. This happens when we have big cook-outs. We don't go all out and make parking spaces or anything. People just pull up and park where ever.
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 15-Jun-2007 9:53am  
I'm always spacing.
mve17
posted 15-Jun-2007 10:22am  
I share my driveway with 8 other flats.. but you know.. I don't charge much
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to FordGuy) posted 15-Jun-2007 7:02pm  
dashes, dots or just left blank?
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 15-Jun-2007 7:50pm  
Well, that sounds very cool. I'm glad it went well -- the kitchen is always most important to me, too. (Or rather, the food.)  * smile *

I guess this would only be a redneck thing if you did it every weekend, or every day! There's a household in the town where I deliver mail that always has 10 or 12 cars parked in front of their house -- most of them big 4X4 pickups. That's what the survey reminded me of.  * smile *
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to SueBee) posted 16-Jun-2007 12:11am  
I think the difference here would be tax write off. Unless it was a 4x4 convention...  * laughing out loud *
EyesOfCharisma Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 16-Jun-2007 10:50am  
Other, I don't have a home, I just rent. If I was by something that would attract a group needing parking, and I had a yard, I would do it
FordGuy Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to cloudhugger) posted 16-Jun-2007 10:56am  
Underscores.
cabinfever
posted 18-Jun-2007 12:45am  
No, I don't have large groups or more than 1 or 2 vehicles over to my home. But my dad has plenty of times.
cabinfever
(reply to SueBee) posted 18-Jun-2007 1:30am  
> Is this one of those "You may be a redneck...."
> jokes??  * smile *

You might be a redneck if you lay old carpet in your driveway as weed barrier.

Which is something my hubby and I did about ten days ago... had all this old carpet we had torn out of our house after we bought it... it was taking up room in the garage, and Round Up wasn't working because of the lack of sunshine and the cooler weather, so.... we recycled!

Zang
posted 19-Jun-2007 1:15pm  
I have a "driveway or yard"?!  * shock *
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to cabinfever) posted 19-Jun-2007 8:19pm  
 * laughing out loud * Did you put something over the top of it? Or was it green shag carpet?  * winking raspberry *
cabinfever
(reply to SueBee) posted 21-Jun-2007 12:30am  
Not shag... but it was this nauseating, awful yellow-green color, done in a wool sculptured berber-type. It is so ugly we turned it face down. The brown backing actually kind of blends in a little.  * smile *
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to cabinfever) posted 21-Jun-2007 12:53am  
 * laughing out loud * If we continue to have trouble with horsetails I may have to give that a try.
cabinfever
(reply to SueBee) posted 21-Jun-2007 1:01am  
Works great... but the carpet tends to bump up a bit, so after a week or two you have to watch your step. I was out straightening it (or trying to) and I looked under it... the weeds are completely gone. No carcasses, just dirt. I'm impressed... we had quite a dandelion problem cropping up.
Enigma
posted 29-Jun-2007 9:12pm  
No I've never had to do this. We used to have huge family reunions at my Uncles farm and everyone parked on the lawn of course. But it was a huge lawn being a farm.
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