Please explain to me the allure of sitting in your garage when it's 95 degrees

You get to somewhat enjoy the outdoors without directly sitting in the sun.

 

Because it's mine and I own it. Because what's the point of drinking cold ass beer in the living room with AC?

 

I only hang out in the garage if I'm hiding from the sun and doing something outside (putting something together, taking a break from washing the car, etc.).

I don't understand putting a TV in there and hanging out. I put cars in my garage. I put TV's inside the house.

 

When I met my wife I had a pool table, kegerator and couches in my garage. It used to be the place to hang out after the bars closed. My neighbors LOVED Me back then haha Then the kids were born and the people and toys went good bye

 

in some places its mostly smokers and drinkers who can't smoke and drink around the wife and kids.

 

This has been my experience with various friends and acquaintances.

 

The dog walkers should also pick up the dogs' poop. I hate it when the walkers pinch a loaf on the lawn. In "My Myself and Irene"? Funny. In real life, not so much---at least, not when it's your own lawn.

 

who do u know that does that?

 

What a screen for your garage - oh yes please!

DD

 

No. Not during July, August, or into September. Not unless you’re an avowed masochist, in my opinion.

The exception? If it’s a rainy day. When I was still in Houston, we got those from time to time, even in August. My cousin still lived in Southeast Houston, where I grew up, and in the ‘60’s, before he got a house with a big screened porch (which worked much better), I sometimes drove from Montrose and we would set up his ping pong table in his garage, ice down some tasty beverages, get a couple of fans going and we’d have some fun.

When it got dark, we closed the door part way, turned on a fluorescent blacklight we hung from some hooks screwed into the ceiling, and got out the painted gear. The table was already outlined everywhere with blacklight paint. Soon, streaks of colored light were going in all directions, and specks of glowing paint appearing on the walls and the paddles, likewise outlined with paint.

Outside, pouring rain. We’d call some friends, preferably girls we knew, with long tanned legs and wearing those little cut off shorts made from old jeans. They would join us and we’d have a little psychedelic ping pong party in his garage. A big garage during the summer rain can be a good thing.

 

Poop is welcome on my lawn.

 

My garage has rats. Nobody's hanging out in there. I do wonder if the rats have a breaking point though -- how hot does it need to get in there before they'll vacate?

 

Haha, unfortunately they won't leave unless your garage is probably burning down. A typical garage is probably nowhere close to how hot an attic gets that doesn't have a radient barrier/insulation etc. And I've seen them takeover attics that were ridiculously hot... Unfortunately you'll have to make the first move or they'll just be permanent residents.

 

Yeah, I've been working them over, but they're stubborn. Destroyed their nests, closed their holes, poisoned them. But it's a detached garage that backs up to the bayou, so I think there is an infinite supply of replacement rats. If it wasn't for those pesky arson laws, I'd have burnt that garage down a long time ago.

 

white ppl

 

When I was married to my ex and had a detached garage, it was a way to get away from ex for a little while once things started going south for us. I was able to watch sports in peace (watching the 2017 World Series by myself with no one out there to see me break down when it ended was wonderful), have a beer, smoke a cig and something else without being bothered. Then we got divorced and it had become a habit. Had fans set up, a fridge with beers, a 50" tv, and my electric bug swatter. Since I moved to a house without the detached garage, I don't go out there near as much, especially since I quit smoking cigs and am with someone I don't need to hide out from.