What is it with hanging out in your garage?

[skymama 37]

I live in a relatively new, middle-class neighborhood. I have two neighbors who are constantly hanging out in their garages. They have recliners, tv's, tables where they play cards, refrigerators and multiple people sitting around in there. One has even put up a screen across the garage now so it's not like they are ever going to put a car in there.

I don't get it. Garages are hot, especially here now in FL. They are full of junk and these people have perfectly good houses they could be sitting in. What's the draw? Are there any garage people out there who can explain this to me?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[BillyVance 34]

Not me.... My garage is full of tools, building materials and junk with sawdust all over everything.

Why in the hell would I hang out in there unless I'm actually doing something that you can only do in there?

My cats like hanging out in there though. They'll sit by the door wanting to go in there and I'm like what the fuck? It's hot in there you idiots! Okay fine! GO! 10 minutes later I check on them and they want back in....

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[sunshine 2]

I hate cluttered garages. They are for cars damnit, not a bunch of unorganized junk.

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[Meux 0]

I'm a low end garage guy. No fancy recliners or anything, just a chair and a radio. At the end of the day I enjoy sitting in there with a cold beer and "transitioning" from outside to inside.

Can't really explain it.

[skymama 37]

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I'm a low end garage guy. No fancy recliners or anything, just a chair and a radio.

I do have another neighbor like that across the street from me. I just assume he's been married for so long that he wants to get away from his wife.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[PhreeZone 20]

You are not the only one. We'll go around the block and see no less then 4 houses with the same thing. The one is across the street from me and they have 2 recliners, a card table and a mini fridge there along with dozens of boxes. It drives me nuts since they have about 1/3 acre of land and they have a riding lawn mower so they have to move a recliner to get it out every week. They park both their cars in the driveway at night.

The other one that is has me scratching my head is why would you hang out on a pick up tail gate in your garage? We were out the other day and one of the neighbors and his wife were sitting on the the tailgate of his truck as it was parked in the garage drinking beers. They have a patio with furnature on it too.

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[Jewels 0]

I have neighbors across the street who live out of their garage year-round (which is saying something in the Colorado winter). They do it because they are smokers and they go out there to smoke instead of doing it inside the house. That must be some strong addiction, because it sure wouldn't be worth it to me!

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[ryoder 1,590]

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I hate cluttered garages. They are for cars damnit, not a bunch of unorganized junk.

Like my next-door neighbor; Single, middle-aged woman whose kids have grown and left. Three bedroom house with a two-car garage, but she parks on the street because the garage is piled five feet deep with useless junk. And this is in CO where it is only a matter of time until the next damaging hail storm.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[demoss99 0]

I am type A+++ and have a over-organized garage. I even have a refrig in there for beer etc.. and a tv mounted above my work bench for times when I'm working on my camera helmet, projects etc.. But like was said above, its friggin hot in there (we live in SW Louisiana) and definitely not a place I want to "hang out" for any length of time.

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[skymama 37]

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We were out the other day and one of the neighbors and his wife were sitting on the the tailgate of his truck as it was parked in the garage drinking beers.

Now, we have sat in camp chairs on the driveway before and had a beer when the weather is nice. We call it our "let's be rednecks" moments. It's never for more than about a half-hour though and we don't have a porch or furniture out back.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[simplyputsi 0]

I don't have a garage to hang out in

My dad and his buddy will do that sometimes, but they lately will hang out on one of the decks, or inside in the kitchen.

I don't get it myself. I can see hanging out in one if it's raining or something but that is it.

I saw a house by a friends house where they project movies onto their garage. It looked friggen awesome, I'm pretty sure they had a HD projector. I'm sure their kids like it.

so basically I can't explain anything about this to you. I'm just postwhoring.

Skymama's #2 stalker -

[ryoder 1,590]

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Now, we have sat in camp chairs on the driveway before and had a beer when the weather is nice. We call it our "let's be rednecks" moments. It's never for more than about a half-hour though and we don't have a porch or furniture out back.

Camp chairs don't cut it; You need an old worn-out sofa on the front porch, and a car up on concrete blocks for these moments.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[ryoder 1,590]

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I live in a relatively new, middle-class neighborhood. I have two neighbors who are constantly hanging out in their garages. They have recliners, tv's, tables where they play cards, refrigerators and multiple people sitting around in there. One has even put up a screen across the garage now so it's not like they are ever going to put a car in there.

It just occurred to me. What you are describing sounds exactly like Al Bundy's guy-club meetings. Maybe this is the contribution "Married with Children" made to our culture.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[BillyVance 34]

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We were out the other day and one of the neighbors and his wife were sitting on the the tailgate of his truck as it was parked in the garage drinking beers.

Now, we have sat in camp chairs on the driveway before and had a beer when the weather is nice. We call it our "let's be rednecks" moments. It's never for more than about a half-hour though and we don't have a porch or furniture out back.

I have a friend who's a skydiver and just bought a house earlier this year, then got married. He and his wife both have 2 ferrets each. The house is brand new, and the wife was damned if they were going to let the stinky buggers have the run of the house, so they set up the cage and playground for them in the garage, and cut out a hole to the attic to run a new air conditioning vent to the garage.

I won't hazard to guess what their electric bill is going to be this month with the temps over 100 F and the fact that they have a cheap uninsulated garage door.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[ryoder 1,590]

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I have a friend who's a skydiver and just bought a house earlier this year, then got married. He and his wife both have 2 ferrets each. The house is brand new, and the wife was damned if they were going to let the stinky buggers have the run of the house, so they set up the cage and playground for them in the garage, and cut out a hole to the attic to run a new air conditioning vent to the garage.

Lemme see...Ferrets in the garage...Hole from the garage into the attic...Oh, yeah, this is going to end well.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[BillyVance 34]

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I have a friend who's a skydiver and just bought a house earlier this year, then got married. He and his wife both have 2 ferrets each. The house is brand new, and the wife was damned if they were going to let the stinky buggers have the run of the house, so they set up the cage and playground for them in the garage, and cut out a hole to the attic to run a new air conditioning vent to the garage.

Lemme see...Ferrets in the garage...Hole from the garage into the attic...Oh, yeah, this is going to end well.

Well, he did do a good job with the new vent connection to the HVAC system. There's also a ball python snake in a cage next to the ferret cage... how do you think THAT's going to work out?

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Icon134 0]

I don't get that either... I don't really see it that much in my neighborhood...

In my garage I have enough space to park my car but still have an area to work on stuff/store yard equipment (like lawn mower, weed eater, hoses, etc)

My parents have used their garage for picnics before when the weather turned sour... but generally they host on the back deck (which is very well laid out... )

It is a separate structure from their house which has an old part though probably not as old as the house (built in 1800s) which wouldn't fit the cars and my dad uses to store his John Deer as well as lots and lots of tools, odds and ends, etc. then the new part built when I was a kid is used to park cars...

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[Thanatos340 1]

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I just assume he's been married for so long that he wants to get away from his wife.

Ding, Ding, Ding!!
The garage is typically the "Man Pit", The place where he can go to get away from Nagging and Complaining. He can do this and not feel Guilty because he was "Working" in the garage.
Usually working on turning that 6-pack stomach into a full Keg.

[simplyputsi 0]

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There's also a ball python snake in a cage next to the ferret cage... how do you think THAT's going to work out?

Ferrets 1

Python 0

and i'm not kidding

Skymama's #2 stalker -

[skybeergodd 0]

I can't believe no one has said it yet....The garage is the "Man Room" of the house...beer drinking, loud talk, scratching yourself, poker playing...all acceptable behavior in the man room. Cars, tool and a beer fridge, now thats heaven...lol

[skymama 37]

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The garage is the "Man Room" of the house...

But with the people down the street, the women and kids are out there too. I wonder if they have plastic on their furniture inside. Hmmm...I should go over and investigate.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[jimmytavino 16]

In our area there are a lot of suburban houses
which are now the homes of families who started in the city,, many many First generation Americans of various European Places..
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All are represented , from Polish, to Ukranian, from Italian, to Irish, from many places near and far..
Upon moving to the suburbs and having houses with attached garages, and " two car" no less,, and not wanting to ' mess up' the new house, lots of streets feature,, ( or at least 10 to 15 years ago featured,) secondary living rooms.. which homeowners would set up, in the garage...Many builders drywalled the garages in most subdivisions and so people painted, put up pictures, and put down carpet, And many many a home had a Zippered screen,, running the full width of the double door, and from header to cement,, they had zippered doors in them and would install onto snaps which were secured to the door frame... LOTS of houses have/ had them... Some company or two got rich selling those..The garage door would still work as usual, the screen was on the driveway side. Like a Florida Room, in New York...
Those were the days before A C . and so often the garage was cooler than inside.. Folks had tv's radios, furniture, etc... and a few garage type items, all stashed off in the back corner....
Today i guess we have so much "stuff", and the benefits of cool interiors that garages once again are for cars.

[sharimcm 0]

My ex would hang out in the garage when I wanted peace and quiet and he had his buddies over. But, yea, that's strange with recliners, TVs, etc.

"I had a dude tip his black cowboy hat to me after I provided him with a condom outside my hotel room at 3-something in the morning." -myself

[Unstable 9]

I got a lot of buddies that like to hang out in their garages because it the only place their wives will let them smoke....

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[ryoder 1,590]

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Ding, Ding, Ding!!
The garage is typically the "Man Pit", The place where he can go to get away from Nagging and Complaining. He can do this and not feel Guilty because he was "Working" in the garage.
Usually working on turning that 6-pack stomach into a full Keg.

Garage meeting: http://www.klubnomaam.dk/pics/alfront.jpg

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.