"The Garagenous Zone"
GUESTS
Guests included Doug Couse, Brandon Pietsch, and Ron's old friend Wayne Johnson.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Susan Gust announced that the final tally is not in yet, but the club apparently cleared $3200-3400 on the beer sales over the Labor Day Weekend.
PROGRAM
A fascinating program was presented by long-time Ft. Collins Rotarian Bill West. Bill has written a book on and gives presentations entitled "The Garagenous Zone". If you weren't there, don't misinterpret the name. It is all about how most of us use our garages for everything but cars. Bill claims that a garage tends to be a dumpster attached to your house, and that garages are designed to fail.
He sites, for example, that many of the workbenches that most of us have are not ergonomically designed. They are designed for standard counter height, which means that the average person has to bend slightly to work on anything and this puts an unnecessary strain on the back. He recommends that workbench tops be 40 to 42 inches off the floor. Bill refers to the garage as the modern day drive-in closet.
He went on to tell us about famous garages such as the one that Hewlett and Packard started in. So did Steve Jobs when he created Apple Computers. Other famous garages housed such startups as Disney, Ping Gold Clubs, and others.
West told of garage evolution starting with detached garages in the 1910 to 1930's. Attached One car garages came into vogue in the era between 1935 and 1965. Automatic garage door openers became popular fro 1954 to 1979. Two car garages were the thing from 1968 through 1991, and now most houses built have three car garages. In 2004, over $2 billion was spent on garage remodeling. He said there are now companies making garage doors that do not look like doors, but appear to be a part of the house and have such faux features as a bank of French doors, and other features--there are even some that have faux brick and rock that can match the exterior of the home.
QUIZ ANSWER
The hottest tourist area in California is now the Napa Valley and wine region.
NEXT QUESTION
On September 23, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a near fatal heart attack that played havoc with the stock market for several days. Where was he when the attack struck him, and for extra credit, what was he doing? Editor's note: The only president I ever met, and no, I didn't cause the heart attack.
Guests included Doug Couse, Brandon Pietsch, and Ron's old friend Wayne Johnson.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Susan Gust announced that the final tally is not in yet, but the club apparently cleared $3200-3400 on the beer sales over the Labor Day Weekend.
PROGRAM
A fascinating program was presented by long-time Ft. Collins Rotarian Bill West. Bill has written a book on and gives presentations entitled "The Garagenous Zone". If you weren't there, don't misinterpret the name. It is all about how most of us use our garages for everything but cars. Bill claims that a garage tends to be a dumpster attached to your house, and that garages are designed to fail.
He sites, for example, that many of the workbenches that most of us have are not ergonomically designed. They are designed for standard counter height, which means that the average person has to bend slightly to work on anything and this puts an unnecessary strain on the back. He recommends that workbench tops be 40 to 42 inches off the floor. Bill refers to the garage as the modern day drive-in closet.
He went on to tell us about famous garages such as the one that Hewlett and Packard started in. So did Steve Jobs when he created Apple Computers. Other famous garages housed such startups as Disney, Ping Gold Clubs, and others.
West told of garage evolution starting with detached garages in the 1910 to 1930's. Attached One car garages came into vogue in the era between 1935 and 1965. Automatic garage door openers became popular fro 1954 to 1979. Two car garages were the thing from 1968 through 1991, and now most houses built have three car garages. In 2004, over $2 billion was spent on garage remodeling. He said there are now companies making garage doors that do not look like doors, but appear to be a part of the house and have such faux features as a bank of French doors, and other features--there are even some that have faux brick and rock that can match the exterior of the home.
QUIZ ANSWER
The hottest tourist area in California is now the Napa Valley and wine region.
NEXT QUESTION
On September 23, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a near fatal heart attack that played havoc with the stock market for several days. Where was he when the attack struck him, and for extra credit, what was he doing? Editor's note: The only president I ever met, and no, I didn't cause the heart attack.
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