The Garage Door Story...

Steve H · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Karma :

Opened it up on Sunday Evening in a drunken haze (I hide my emergency surplus Strongbow cans in there), slammed it down happily cradling a crate of 24 cans and I heard a big bang.

Not thinking anything of it I pottered on merrily and tackled the 'Bow with the sort of urgency a starving dog would tackle a KFC.

Fast forward to Monday PM - Hangover cured I thought I'd have a quick spin around my favourite route through the Cotswolds. I attempted to open the sodding door and it didn't budge.

After psyching myself up with the standard prowl around my prey (a light blue up 'n over aluminium door) and placing the obligatory chalk on my hands I managed a Herculean effort and clean and jerked it above my head (3 red dots and Gold medal in the 70 kilo category had I been competing in Olympic Weightlifting).

It slammed behind me as I ducked under and my bike alarm sprang into life echoing, wailing and strobing off the four walls and ceiling as I blindly panicked searching for the light switch and pointed my remote control key fob at it pressing every sodding button that presented itself.

Once found I switched the light on to be presented with an uncoiled 7 foot spring hanging off the garage door, a rapidly defrosting fridge freezer combo that I obviously hadn't closed after excitedly removing by chosen beverage and a scared sh*tless (literally) cat which had obviously crept into the garage the previous night whilst I was under the influence.

£400.00 for a new garage door, 1 hour of cleaning up cat poo and 1/2 an hour of mopping up the ice box and water that was flowing from the fridge saw me in a mood that can be at best described as 'pained'.

Garage gets fixed in 8 days and the bikes been placed on the Optimate until such time as I can get the bloody thing out Thumbs Down

PS - I've never considered venting on here so thought I'd give it a try in a vain attempt that reliving the experience might have some sort of remedic qualities - it hasn't helped, I've still got the smell of cat wee in my boots Confused

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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Nice work Sir. Thumbs Up

But I think this is worthy of a move to General as it's funny and deserves to be rated as such. And who knows, may start a thread of garage door related tales.

hustler · Crazy Courier Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Karma :

Well at least the bike was ok, so what you worried about Question

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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

nicely done Steve

I once parked my bike on the drive like normal.. later that evening went down into the garage to put bike away, opened the door ...

it only opened half way and there was a bit of a crunching noise...

that was the ZXR400, have never parked my bikes closer to the garage door since Embarassed

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XS1954 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Karma :

I broke my finger when a gust of wind blew the side door shut with my hand in the way. Painful and brought on a sickly feeling Sick

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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I had a rather thick, wide steel garage door slammed into my face about 3 years ago, and now I have a medium sized scar on the right side of my nose.

Bugger.

GFK · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Karma :

I have an up-n-over garage door too. Thing is, once it reaches a certain point.... about where the bottom of the door is 18 inches off the ground, the springs take over and the door goes "up-n-over" (do you see?) all by itself.

One particular day as I was putting the car away, shortly after I moved here, aforementioned door caught me unawares, and chinned me good n proper.

I ended up sprawled across the bonnet of the wife's peugeot 306 with blood pouring from my bottom lip where a tooth had gone right through it.

Sod diesel spills - BEWARE UP N OVER GARAGE DOORS!

NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

You drank 24 cans of strongbow - that's 6 liters.
I can drink 2 litres of 7.5% cider and then throw in the towel. Laughing

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Steve H · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Karma :

Cheers for the responses - although I note none of them were in any way sympathetic to my cat crap plight!

I worry that it says something about me that the new garage door whilst being an expensive pain the the arse doesn't bother me as much as getting my precious bike blanket covered in pussy poo nor the fact that my novelty ice cubes have melted away only to be replaced with boring square ones.

And no (for the record), I can't drink 24 cans of Strongbow, it was just bravado on my part! Bit like a Evil Kneivel attempting the Snake River Canyon Jump - You know he wasn't gonna make it but it looked good all the way up to the point where he buggered it up Sick

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m99dws · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Karma :

My up and over door is jammed and I have to use the side door for everything, so I know how you feel regards to paying for a new door.

As for the cat, maybe fit a saddle and ride it until you get the bike out again? Laughing

/coat

Mr C · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Karma :

Mine go the other way, they are very heavy up and overs, only aided by springs, not lifted by them and if you don't get them all the way up and over then they are prone to falling back down again - hard.

One fell on Mr Lucky's head once but fortunately the door was ok
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