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[–] 24 points 10 months ago (6 children)

About 5 years ago our town centre introduced parking charges, so now one of us goes shopping while the other sits in the car looking out for parking enforcement so we can drive a loop around the carpark. We probably pay less than once per year, but we park there at least once per week. Saves us ~£100 a year.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Call me dull but unless spaces are egregiously hard to come by, I'd pay ~£2 to not babysit a car looking over my shoulder and instead have a few extra minutes with my better half.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    We spend a lot of time together, this gives us 30ish minutes of alone time to browse Lemmy for me and Facebook for her, there are almost never parking wardens, but it makes it a bit exciting. Finally if we shop together we end up getting lots of things we shouldn’t buy, alone we tend to get what is on the list and get out.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I suppose there is something to be said for solitary moments. The clandestine excitement is funny.

    It brings to mind Daniel Craig in a DB5, nonchalantly scrolling the web, catching a peripheral glimpse of a uniform and peeling out down a staircase.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Buy four clamps and clamp yourself. Then just come back whenever and take them off and drive away

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