> > I never used to even bother looking for a
> > parking space near the front of the building /
> > store / whatever, because I figured there
> > was little chance there'd be one open when I
> > wanted it. It finally occured to me that that
> > pessimistic attitude gave me absolutely
> > *zero* chance of getting a parking space at
> > the front. So now I look. And some days I
> > even get a front space.
>
> I once heard some guy on the radio saying
> that he *never* looks for a spot at the front. He
> said he always parks in the back of the lot. He
> said he does so because he figures he needs
> the extra exercise that walking across the
> parking lot to the store will give him. Plus, he
> said, always parking in the back is like having
> your own reserved parking spot wherever you
> go.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Parking seems to be a whole different thing from what it was when I was young. Everything seems to be changing.
Howard