Nose in Parking and Copy Cats

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  1. Dec 19, 2012 #1
    Blanche

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    I'm sorry but I have to put this out here and hope people will not monkey see, monkey do anymore. I've been nose in parking for years for a few reasons, quieter,less chance of someone taking off my hood or mirrors, less chance someone stealing my fuel, so on and so forth. So please don't copycat and pull in next to me anymore. Pulled into to a little fuel stop up here in Iowa last night and 3 trucks spread out so I pick an one and nose in, what happens? Less than an hour later some crackpot decides hey this looks like a good way to park and end up right next to me. I'll never understand why some malcontents never use their brain...... No more monkey do, monkey see period!
     
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  3. Dec 19, 2012 #2
    Cluck Cluck

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    You realize when you nose it you make it a huge pain in the ### for someone to back I'm next to you? Honest question........
     
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  4. Dec 19, 2012 #3
    skateboardman

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    tell me how that works?
     
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  5. Dec 19, 2012 #4
    KE5WDP

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    Just people that have the herd mentality. They can't think or do things on their own. They need to be with somebody....
     
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    KE5WDP

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    I can back in next to them just fine...
     
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  8. Dec 19, 2012 #6
    Cluck Cluck

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    When you nose in you can only go until your steers hit the curb....if you back in you will over hang the curb....maybe I'm wrong but every time I try to back in next to someone with a 53' trailer that's nosed In especially if they have a long wheelbase tractor they're sticking way out in the aisle, maybe it's just me
     
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  9. Dec 19, 2012 #7
    Trucail

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    Do you really think you're the only person allowed to nose in????
     
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  10. Dec 19, 2012 #8
    Cluck Cluck

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    I'm not arguing with why because I nosed in last night only because my truck turns into a sauna when the sun shines on the windshield
     
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  11. Dec 19, 2012 #9
    volvodriver01

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    I believe he means why must someone nose in right beside him. You can nose in anywhere else in the parking lot but why must you nose right along side the other.
     
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  12. Dec 19, 2012 #10
    Flatbedn

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    I can see that. 1st this guy #####ed about cigarette butts on the ground now he is back ######## about people nosing in next to him? Dude it might be time for you to find a new career. Besides you don't nose in for those reasons, you nose in because either A) Your too lazy to back in or B) Your not skilled enough to back in.
     
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