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Dec. 27th, 2010 05:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slipjig3Never let it be said that the Eternal Deities of Auto Repair don't have a sense of humor. A warped sense of humor, make no mistake, but a sense of humor nonetheless.
Amongst the many ongoing ailments suffered by Harold the Arthritic Oldsmobile is a nonfunctioning driver's side power window. It started acting all uppity-like back in September, and stopped working altogether by November or so. Ah, bugnuts, I thought, but didn't panic, since window-opening weather wouldn't be kicking in for months yet, and although having to open the door for drive-up windows and toll booth operators was kind of annoying, I could get by.
Today, once I excavated the car from the foot of snow that had alit upon it while braving the nasty wind that showed up for the occasion, I took the car out on a few errands, and as it was past lunchtime I decided to pick up a bit of McDonald's while I was out. As I pulled up to the speaker, I absent-mindedly flicked the effectively for-display-purposes-only switch to open the window...and the window opened! Four whole inches!
"Oh, sweet!" I said, as well I may. "Does is close again, too?"
...No. No, it doesn't. EXPLETIVE.
So! Freezing weather, gale force winds, probable snow, and a partially-open window. Yay, or something. At the moment I have a garbage bag jammed over half the door just so I'm not sitting in a snowdrift next time I get in, but I need to get it fixed (which I don't have the time or inclination for) or else find a more viable kludge.
Thank you ever so much, O Eternal Deities of Auto Repair, for playing jai alai with my delicate sanity. I've got a nice finger gesture here for ya.
Amongst the many ongoing ailments suffered by Harold the Arthritic Oldsmobile is a nonfunctioning driver's side power window. It started acting all uppity-like back in September, and stopped working altogether by November or so. Ah, bugnuts, I thought, but didn't panic, since window-opening weather wouldn't be kicking in for months yet, and although having to open the door for drive-up windows and toll booth operators was kind of annoying, I could get by.
Today, once I excavated the car from the foot of snow that had alit upon it while braving the nasty wind that showed up for the occasion, I took the car out on a few errands, and as it was past lunchtime I decided to pick up a bit of McDonald's while I was out. As I pulled up to the speaker, I absent-mindedly flicked the effectively for-display-purposes-only switch to open the window...and the window opened! Four whole inches!
"Oh, sweet!" I said, as well I may. "Does is close again, too?"
...No. No, it doesn't. EXPLETIVE.
So! Freezing weather, gale force winds, probable snow, and a partially-open window. Yay, or something. At the moment I have a garbage bag jammed over half the door just so I'm not sitting in a snowdrift next time I get in, but I need to get it fixed (which I don't have the time or inclination for) or else find a more viable kludge.
Thank you ever so much, O Eternal Deities of Auto Repair, for playing jai alai with my delicate sanity. I've got a nice finger gesture here for ya.
