TO DEFINE MY TECHNICALLY CHALLANGING DAY YESTERDAY:
BASICALLY, THE PROBLEM IS ... EVERYTHING I HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST 50 YEARS IS OUTDATED, OUTVOTED AND OUT-ENGINEERED.
ALL I WANTED WAS A SCRAMBLED EGG FOR BREAKFAST.
BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A TERRIBLE MEMORY, I BOUGHT--- WHAT I THOUGHT -- WAS A "HOT PLATE WITH A TIMER" EVEN THO IT HAD AN LED AGGAINGEMENT INSTEAD OF A TWIST DIAL, I HAVEMANAGER TO USE IT IN THE PAST...
HOWEVER.... THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY HOT PLATE THAT EVERY KID HAD IN CCOLLEGE-- THIS WAS A "NEW ONE" THAT USED SPECIAL PANS THAT DID NOT GET HOT SO YOU COULD PUT YOUR HAND ON THE COOKING SERVICE AND NOT BURN YOUR HAND.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY PRODUCING A HOT PLATE SO YOU COULD PUT YOUR HAND ON THE SURFACE WAS CONSIDERED AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT THAT IS WHAT I HAD.
WHAT I DID NOT HAVE WAS THE SPECIAL PAN THAT IT TAKES TO USE ON THAT SURFACE- IT WAS HOLDING UP THE DOGS WATER---
SO I DECIDEDD TO GO TO MCD'S-----THEY DO HAVE A GOOD SCRAMBLED EGG.
MY LOVELY CAR WHICH I ENJOY SOOOO MUCH... AND OFTEN CARRY BENTLEY IN THE BACK AREA.... WELL SOMEONE IN TOKYO DECIDED THAT WHEN I EXIT FROM THAT CR, THEY SHOUOLD LEAVE ON THE OVERHEAD LIGHT AS A CURTESEY LIGHT... EVEN IN DAYLIGHT WHEN IT IS NOT NOTICABLE..... AND IT GOES IOFF IN 30 SECONDS... UNLESS YOU HAVE IN THE BACK A TALL DOG WHO WHACKS THE LIGHT WITH HIS HEAD, PUSHING THE BUTTON TO TURN ON THE LIGHT-- IN THIS SITUATION THE LIGHT IS NOT PROGRAMMED TO GO OFF.
SO IT DOESN'T-- IT JUST DRAINS THE BATTERY-- OFTEN....
CONSEQUENTLY ... MY CAR WAS DEAD...
THE TRUCK WAS HOOKED TO THE TRAILER--- I COULD HAVE UNHOOKED IT BUT-- BLOCKING THE WHEELS WITH BLOCKS ETC- IS REALLY A RYAN JOB- AND HE WAS NOT IN YESTERDAY...
THEN I REMEMBERED THE HIGHLANDER-- WHICH EVERYONE DRIVES-- BUT I NEVER HAD EVEN SAT IN IT.
I KNOW IT IS ELECTRIC-- SO YOU TURN IT ON... CAN NOT HEAR THE ENGINE- BUT JUST STEP ON THE GAS AND ELECTRICALLY... IT GOES.
NOT TRUE THIS TIME.. IN PARK... TURN KEY.. LIGHTS ON..STEP ON PEDAL...NOTHING...ZERO ZIP.---I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ENGINEERS GET PRETTY SPECIFIC... ABOUT SOMEONE SITTING IN THE SEAT BEFIRE IT WILL RUN-- THE TRACTOR IS LIKE THAT-- I COULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS NOT HEAVY ENOUGH BUT I BOUNCED UP AND DOWN WHILE KEY TURNING PEDAL PUSHING ETC AND GO T NO WHERE...A VOLUNTEER CAME OVER AND AQSKED WHY I WAS BOUNCING AROUND-- AND I SAID I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE CAR MOVE... AT WHICH POINT I JIGGLED THE STEERING WHEEEL AND IT MOVED.. ABOUT 4 FEET
THAT CAUSED ME TO ADD WHEEL JIGGING TO MY GROUP OF "WAYS TO GET THE CAR RUNNING"- ---I EVEN CALLED COLLEEN WHO SAID TURN THE KEY AND STEP ON THE PEDAL... I THANKED HER WITH SARCASM AND CONTINUED..
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT RAN... PERFECTLY- I THOUGHT I SHOULD GO TO A DRIVE IN AND GO HOME-- BUT IT WAS RUNNING SO WELL I DECIDED TO GO GET FOOD WHCH COULD BE FOR DINNER TOO.. AT THE MARKET- I THOUGHT OF LEAVING IT RUNNING... BUT I DIDN'T-- I PARKED IT NOSE TO THE CURB- WHERE THERE WAS A VERY SLIGHT NOSE UPHILL ANGLE. .... BOUGHT FOOD-- BACK IN THE CAR.... KEY TURNED.. LIGHTS ON....NO AMMOUNT OF BOUNCING AND WHEEL JIGGLING WOULD START THE THING.. BUT IT DID ROLL... BACKWARDS INTO THE PAARKING LOT BLOCKING A CAR OR TWO... SEVERAL PEOPLE STOPPED TO HELP THE BOUNCE AND JIGGLE-- AND BY NOW GIGGLE...-- THEN I THOUGHT OF CALLING AAA AND ASKING THEM HOW TO START THE CAR. .... WHEN SOME WOMAN CAME OVER AND SAID 'I BET YOU HAVEN'T TURNED THE KEY BEYOND---ON---. THERE IS A "START" FUNCTION BEYOND ----ON----...
AND IT WORKED.
I WQS SO DISCUSTED I WENT AND BOUGHT AN ICECREAM SUNDAY AND WENT HOME.
