<VV> Mr. Clean (hunor?)

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Well Craig2fiveCenter, You had better keep everything real nice as the
CorvairDeer may find you alone some night in the middle of your 10 acres.<GGG>

FrontMan
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At 04:32 PM 12/3/04 -0500, you wrote:
>I used to live in a fancy neighborhood (Manhattan Beach, CA), where I could
>have easily run afoul with my neighbors. I took a proactive approach to 
>keeping
>the neighbors happy and it went like this: 1) Whenever possible, I had my
>"under restoration car" in a closed garage even though this meant my nicer 
>cars
>were out.  2) After purchasing an old car, I would take it directly to the 
>body
>shop (as in same day) - the neighbors would never see it in it's ugly state
>and never saw an old jalopy they could ruminate over. 3) For any car that was
>less than nice, if I couldn't put it in the garage, I a nice car cover on 
>it in
>the driveway every night it was outside.  The hardest part was #2; getting it
>painted immediately - this wasn't always the most efficient route but it did
>have the beneficial side effect of my always working on a "nice car that
>doesn't run" rather than slaving away on an ugly heap.
>This little three-point policy kept me out of trouble there for over 10
>years.  Now, I live in the woods on 10 acres - but the habit is set and 
>things look
>nice all the time without pressure from the neighbors.
>Craig
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