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I posted a meme on a thread here earlier today...



But my head won't let it go. It's been designing ways to get groceries up those steps without carrying them.

My best idea for that is a ski lift type pulley thing that has containers that automatically tip out the contents at the top, and a well trained big dog. Some groceries are put in the container at the bottom, Big Dog gets in his container in the top. His weight takes the container down and the lighter one up. He gets the bottom, runs up the steps, gets there in time to ride back down and move the next load up. Hopefully he thinks this is fun :D

So, I throw the question out, what other ways can we get groceries up those steps without carrying them? Apples awarded for the best answers in the 'Logical Answers' category, AND in the 'Fun Answers' category, Rube Goldberg type ideas welcomed! (Look him up if you don't know the name, he's fun!) Practical OR bizarre, educate me or make me laugh! :D

Those are serious steps!! I have damaged knees.... They hurt just looking at the pic

 
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A sled or wagon. I walk up, pulling the sled/wagon on the grass. Not very imaginative, but something I already do with groceries, feed bags, hay, tools...
 
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I totally think you should dig a tunnel into the hillside that leads to an elevator up into the main hall of the house.
 
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