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stevenpiziks) wrote2008-12-11 08:53 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2008-12-11 08:53 pm
Car WTF?
So yesterday morning one of the car headlights went out again. So is something in the wiring making the bulbs burn out? Or did we get a faulty new bulb by coincidence? The car will have to go back to the shop on Saturday to find out.
And today I got caught in a huge backup on 14 coming home. It was awful, lasting miles and miles. During the stupid thing, the guy behind me didn't pay attention at a critical moment when traffic was moving and when it stopped. He rammed into me from behind.
Fortunately, I was in neutral and he wasn't going very fast, but it did jerk me around. Oh, I was mad. I saw him in my rearview mirror. I made several "WTF are you doing?" gestures at him, and he made "I'm sorry!" gestures back.
When traffic paused again, I hopped out of the car and looked at the back. The other driver, a guy in his 20s wearing a knit hat, got out of his car, too. "Aw, man, I'm really sorry," he said.
I looked at the rear of my car. "At least there doesn't seem to be any damage," I growled, and got back into my car. The other guy drove a lot more contritely, keeping his distance the rest of the time.
The source of the backup turned out to be a single pair of surveyors who were blocking off one lane for about twenty feet.
I got home at 3:20 (instead of 3:00), starving because my lunch is at 10:30, and I had no time to get a snack because I was already late for picking up the boys from school.
Trying not to have a bad end of the day here . . .
And today I got caught in a huge backup on 14 coming home. It was awful, lasting miles and miles. During the stupid thing, the guy behind me didn't pay attention at a critical moment when traffic was moving and when it stopped. He rammed into me from behind.
Fortunately, I was in neutral and he wasn't going very fast, but it did jerk me around. Oh, I was mad. I saw him in my rearview mirror. I made several "WTF are you doing?" gestures at him, and he made "I'm sorry!" gestures back.
When traffic paused again, I hopped out of the car and looked at the back. The other driver, a guy in his 20s wearing a knit hat, got out of his car, too. "Aw, man, I'm really sorry," he said.
I looked at the rear of my car. "At least there doesn't seem to be any damage," I growled, and got back into my car. The other guy drove a lot more contritely, keeping his distance the rest of the time.
The source of the backup turned out to be a single pair of surveyors who were blocking off one lane for about twenty feet.
I got home at 3:20 (instead of 3:00), starving because my lunch is at 10:30, and I had no time to get a snack because I was already late for picking up the boys from school.
Trying not to have a bad end of the day here . . .