tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post5450266966417274863..comments2023-05-14T05:46:37.703-05:00Comments on Dave Bjorlin: Neither Fair nor Balanced: Parking Dibs, Super Bowl, and Life DecisionsDave B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09690163963009395363noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-10610911960840072302011-02-10T12:13:19.933-06:002011-02-10T12:13:19.933-06:00I love my sister.
I guess "dibs" is dif...I love my sister.<br /><br />I guess "dibs" is different when you live in a neighborhood with lots of parking. I grew up on a street where if every person's car was parked in front of their house at night, there were still tons of spots left. THAT'S why it was so annoying when you shoveled out a spot and someone else parked in it... because it was totally obvious that your neighbors just hadn't shoveled out their spots. On Amy's street, for example, dibs would be SO annoying.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079866766416820822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-78324775776654853542011-02-09T21:28:12.956-06:002011-02-09T21:28:12.956-06:00I have been getting SO ANGRY every day I see those...I have been getting SO ANGRY every day I see those lawn chairs still sitting there. Why do I have to drive around the block four times when I get home at 5:30 and there is hundreds of feet of PUBLIC curbside parking sitting empty, save dozens of crappy lawn chairs and stools and boxes ALL NIGHT. (I mean, I don't. I usually wiggle into a spot so that the front bumper of my car is touching their stupid broken bar stool.) <br /><br />And you know what? I DID spend a night digging my car out of three feet of snow. And when I left for work ... I set it free! BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO! Those are the rules in the SUMMER, those are the rules in the WINTER. If you want to park in front of your building, GET HOME EARLIER.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407687186763222356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-24858477347230468742011-02-08T14:14:10.783-06:002011-02-08T14:14:10.783-06:00Dave, as a fellow native Minnesotan, I'm glad ...Dave, as a fellow native Minnesotan, I'm glad you've noticed this and feel the same as me. We come from a place that snows a lot more than Chicago, and you don't see us whining about having to shovel out a spot up there. <br /><br />You live in a place where there's snow - deal with it! Dig out your spot and move on. I think the county was trying to get an ordiance past that banned "dibs," but I don't know if it went anywhere (even if it did, you probably couldn't really get people to enforce it). <br /><br />Anyway, my view is probably biased since I've only witnessed your pastoral (rather than professorial skills), and while I'm sure that you'd be good at both, I can attest to the fact that your sermons are great.John G. Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161171604549493076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-28224219818129876792011-02-07T23:42:27.719-06:002011-02-07T23:42:27.719-06:00Did they have cars back then?Did they have cars back then?Dave B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09690163963009395363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-529608868870551792011-02-07T21:17:08.338-06:002011-02-07T21:17:08.338-06:00Teacher-Working weekends is a choice! The dibs th...Teacher-Working weekends is a choice! The dibs thing must be something new because I never saw anything like that when I lived in Chicago. Yes there were storms way back whenMarijo Bjorlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051821878045782527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-6815563497040827932011-02-07T19:30:42.957-06:002011-02-07T19:30:42.957-06:00dibs is so dumb and you're right...all it enti...dibs is so dumb and you're right...all it entitles someone to is the ability to LEAVE their spot. so dumb. <br /><br />darth vadar all the way!!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495420255101853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-55450358742846556932011-02-07T13:28:02.865-06:002011-02-07T13:28:02.865-06:00Professors get summer/christmas breaks.....pastors...Professors get summer/christmas breaks.....pastors get potlucks and offerings-I think it's a toss upAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706010186940024546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-40909919568620554782011-02-07T11:00:37.618-06:002011-02-07T11:00:37.618-06:00I agree with Kyle on all counts, although I think ...I agree with Kyle on all counts, although I think you'd make (do make) a great pastor, so if you are planning to leave Chicago anyway, I'd say that. Otherwise be a professor and stay here. That's fair, right?<br /><br />I used dibs for the first time last night since Luke had shoveled out an entire spot (we're talking a spot that no car was parked in during the storm, so it was completely buried), only to have another car take it next time I went to work. <br /><br />Not having to shovel or walk 3 blocks from my parking spot at midnight was so worth the passing feelings of guilt/petty-ness.Allihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171386824440939917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-40890121344810516882011-02-07T10:48:32.412-06:002011-02-07T10:48:32.412-06:00Bostonians are all about dibs. They'll slash ...Bostonians are all about dibs. They'll slash your tire if you take their spot. But the mayor made a new rule that after 48 hours, the garbage collectors can take whatever refuse is in the spots and throw it away. Now the people just slash the mayor's tires. Well, not really, but I'm sure they want to.Xtinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500581139403883454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-49366857751515847712011-02-07T08:33:50.295-06:002011-02-07T08:33:50.295-06:00If being professor means that you would be staying...If being professor means that you would be staying at North Park and henceforth Chicago, I say professor!<br /><br />Also. If you've ever been the person to dig out your parking spot for an hour, only to have a horrible, lazy neighbor take it, you might be more into the idea of dibs. You better believe my mom wrote an angry note and attached it to our police-officer-neighbor's windshield when she took my mom's shoveled spot as the spots in front of her own home sat mounded with snow.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079866766416820822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-65756450059470267672011-02-06T22:34:39.135-06:002011-02-06T22:34:39.135-06:00I would probably choose pastor, because maybe then...I would probably choose pastor, because maybe then it wouldn't reflect so poorly on your position for you to spell "choose" incorrectly. bam!<br /><br />but for realz, i appreciate your sense of humor, story-telling, and passion in the pulpit. that would also serve you well in the classroom. i think you would be great at either. <br /><br />also i imagine that your idea of zombies comes from babcock and the many, which in that case, would be terrifying. although i guess they're not really zombies. close enough, right?Carol Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17151546860058044005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954706465712229913.post-71883441162367276862011-02-06T22:26:58.706-06:002011-02-06T22:26:58.706-06:00I HATE parking dibs. I think it totally violates ...I HATE parking dibs. I think it totally violates the idea of community.<br /><br />My favorite Super Bowl commercial (and the commercials were slim pickings in my opinion) was the Bridgestone (I think) one with the kid as Darth Vadar.<br /><br />Now that you present the option, I might have to go with professor. Hypothetically.Amy and Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09005616814396246103noreply@blogger.com