tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post1098479659068646154..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Damn, Internet, I Miss You When You're Gone...Vixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-48096706425900986942013-05-08T23:34:07.961-04:002013-05-08T23:34:07.961-04:00By way of telling a story on myself--I actually di...By way of telling a story on myself--I actually did call AAA when I couldn't start my car in my parents' driveway several years back. I had pulled in to the drive, so my car was facing the wrong way for a tow. My dad had tried to start the car and couldn't, and he and a neighbor looked under the hood--no idea what the problem was.<br /><br />The gentleman who got out of the towtruck was a sizeable fellow--of the sort who, if worse came to worse, might turn the car in "The Hometeam won the Sportsball Trophy" fashion. He looked at my car, asked for the keys, and having surrounded himself in my car rather like a bear wearing a onesie, thwacked the shifter and started it in one go--it turned out my car only "looked" like it was in park. And I felt every bit as dumb as you can imagine. So, well, many stupid people plus the mostly harmless ones like me in the world <i>is</i> a scary thought.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-85645607412910595962013-05-08T23:10:42.235-04:002013-05-08T23:10:42.235-04:00It always strikes me as a little like the AAA pers...<i> It always strikes me as a little like the AAA person asking "Is there gas in the car?" or "Did you start it in 'park'?" Although I guess they do have to ask. </i><br /><br />It's scary how many stupid people there are out there, thus necessitating these preliminaries. Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.com