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Thursday March 29th 2012, 8:30 pmMarred and scuffed, decrepit. Abused quite a bit, banged against for years by the neighborhood kids roughhousing it, playing street football. Etched with wide swaths of scratches and smudge marks, like its lived a full life and every experience has been recorded on it’s flat aged surface, a suburban texture. Wearily screeching when moved, it lifts up difficultly now. At one time it was a light fine grey with a perfect pattern of steel beveled squares, I’m sure it had been pristine and shined with a proud newness. But its become very tired, its appearance very rickety and feeble. Something about it went off kilter some months back and we just couldn’t get it straightened out. You never really think about these things until they quit working, so easy to take them for granted. I’m sure if I’d known anything about how to take better care, we’d be well and good, it might not have withered and worn until much later. But alas, its going to have to go. So today we broke down and ordered a new one, a different style and color but complimentary to our humble abode. Now we have to wait for it to arrive before seeing the change. Its going to make the house look so different, a bit of a cosmetic sprucing up.
The Old Garage Door Needs A Rest
March 29th 2012
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*salute* RIP, beloved garage door!
Comment by Ashley Helling 03.30.12 @ 8:32 pmI bet garage-door heaven has no children, street-hockey pucks, overly-protruding trailer-hitches, or old people with depth-perception issues. However, it’s loaded with bearing grease and batteries.
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