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Miami couple's compromise during storm preps ends with car in living room...very funny!
fox 35 orlando. ^ | 9-9-2017 | FOX 13 News staff

Posted on 09/09/2017 11:07:44 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

MIAMI (FOX 13) - Many Floridians spent time this week boarding up their homes and securing their valuables ahead of Hurricane Irma.

Everyone's priorities have been different, as was the case for a Miami husband and wife when it came to the husband's prized 1987 Nissan 300 ZX.

Mia-Lee Acea's husband was not about to let a little storm destroy his beloved hobby car, which is in the middle of a restoration.

While in the process of securing their home before the storm, Acea says her husband asked if he could put his car in their living room.

Wanting to offer a compromise, she told him he could put the car in the living room if it would fit through their sliding glass doors.

"We always try to meet halfway with his hobbies," she told FOX 13 News. "So I figured agreeing to let him cover the car inside the house was a win for me, but he outsmarted me."

Acea says she walked upstairs to work with some shutters. When she came back down, she discovered her husband had removed and dismantled the sliding glass doors separating their living room from their yard.

She took out her phone and started recording video.

Before removing the doors, it's easy to see why Acea offered this compromise. The opening would not have been wide enough to accommodate the car. But once the door was removed, her husband had plenty of room to fit through.

He even put down a plastic tarp to protect the floor, (or maybe his tires).

Another video shows Acea's husband covering the car with the plastic, in the middle of their living room.

But after the car was inside and secure, her husband returned the door and marveled at his new in-house entertainment.

"The glass door was put right back in place," Acea said. "We shuttered the remainder of the house and headed to a family members place till the storm is over."

It's clear the two have a strong understanding of each other.

"We had some good laughs," she said. "This is one to laugh about later. Hopefully, he doesn't leave it as furniture once this blows over."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
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1 posted on 09/09/2017 11:07:44 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

VIDEO VERY FUNNY:
http://www.fox35orlando.com/hurricane-irma/miami-couples-compromise-during-storm-preps-ends-with-car-in-living-room


2 posted on 09/09/2017 11:08:14 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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That lady is a "keeper" and one in a million.
 
3 posted on 09/09/2017 11:14:05 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

That is a man with a plan. I have no doubt he will get his family through the hurricane safely and even possibly in comfort. A+ dude, and picked a good wife to boot.


4 posted on 09/09/2017 11:15:01 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Don’t be so sure. My wife would have helped. ;-) There are many good women. Most men just don’t pick wisely.


5 posted on 09/09/2017 11:17:28 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

That’s great


6 posted on 09/09/2017 11:19:20 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

True that


7 posted on 09/09/2017 11:19:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Children all around and she can’t stop with the F-words. In the video, it’s more clear than the story that she isn’t happy with the deal she made.


8 posted on 09/09/2017 11:20:31 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Sigh. Married guys have to “ask” to do things.

If it was her little convertible there’d be no asking. She’d just say take the doors off and put it in the house.


9 posted on 09/09/2017 11:23:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

A 300ZX? I could understand a Supra or certain kinds of Mustangs or Camaros.


10 posted on 09/09/2017 11:29:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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>> Married guys have to “ask” to do things.

Is that an objection, or an admission of reality?


11 posted on 09/09/2017 11:47:09 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Those are not mutually exclusive.


12 posted on 09/09/2017 11:53:24 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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LOL... of course.


13 posted on 09/10/2017 12:00:03 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Married guys have to “ask” to do things.


I would have to ask to sleep with another woman. Answer would be no. Other than that I don’t have to ask. You did not choose wisely... ;-)


14 posted on 09/10/2017 12:31:33 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hate to tell you, but the Z cars, ALL the pre-hiatus Z cars, have achieved classic status. They’d done so before the 350Z came out - there are large clubs devoted to them.

Among other firsts, they were the first Japanese model line to routinely stomp Corvettes in performance. And since you refer to the Supras - the only US market rival the Mk IV Supra actually had in its price range was... the Z31 300ZX TT.

This was one of the commercials Nissan ran when they brought out the 350Z after the hiatus; they acknowledge the support of the owners and their prior classic Zs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsonFnPHyUQ


15 posted on 09/10/2017 12:44:27 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

He should have at least parked it so it faced the TV. In-Home Drive In Movies!

How cool would that be?


16 posted on 09/10/2017 1:14:11 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (eliminate perverse incentives)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

There are any number of OBX residents who do this, but more common is a temporary ramp to get the front end up on a porch to keep the engine and interior from being submerged. I’ve seen ramps on cinderblocks with cars or trucks on them, on the side of the house sheltered from wind before, too, on Ocracoke.

That looks like a concrete slab floor there, though, so if there’s flooding the first floor is not raised above grade much at all. Not much benefit for his hobby car, if he’s worried about flooding in their locale.


17 posted on 09/10/2017 1:21:06 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Okay, this isn’t the guy who said both he and his car were on the eighth floor.


18 posted on 09/10/2017 2:08:57 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

1987 Nissan is a prized car?

Car collecting certainly has changed, I guess.


19 posted on 09/10/2017 4:25:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

>>If it was her little convertible there’d be no asking. She’d just say take the doors off and put it in the house.

Sounds like my project manager who makes such complicated requests that sound as if they can be done in 2 minutes (and so 10 more are fired off in an hour with an expected completion by end of business day).

(And no, they don’t get completed in that time frame. Hardware is sent off to another lab where it will sit for a day or two for the mods that won’t make any difference to the results.)


20 posted on 09/10/2017 4:29:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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