I'm glad I called THAT guy...
Which movie is the title of this post from?
Andrew Peterson's phone number has turned out to be quite a useful acquisition. When I was in California with Kim and Laurie, I got Kim's brothers' numbers in case we got stranded on the lake somewhere. Andrew, the younger of the two that were with us, is a mechanic, and I've called him twice in the past 4 days to ask him why cars aren't working. The first time was for my sister (read previous post). Yesterday, I'm driving back to Sweetwater from Lubbock, and I was getting a bit drowsy, so I decided to stop in Post for an ice cream cone at McDonald's. I went ahead and went in, because I needed to use the restroom as well. When I came back out, my car wouldn't even start turning over; it just clicked when I turned the key. I asked an older couple walking out if they would mind trying to jump my car off. We tried -- still nothing. So I called Andrew, and he told me it was the starter, which I had guessed. However, he (as well as the older guy who was helping me) described to me how to push-start a car that had a standard transmission. The older couple said "Oh yeah, we used to have to do this with our son's car." So they start pushing me backwards out of the parking spot that I'm in, but the incredibly over-staffed McDonald's work force decided that they needed to help, too. About five McDonald's employees came running out and started helping. So there I am, sitting in my car, trying to steer, with about 7 people running around my car and pushing it. Finally, we got it started, and I got back to Sweetwater safely. Unfortunately, now my car is stuck in the driveway and I have no way to get it out except to push-start it again. I guess I'll have to find some volunteers at work today. It is a good thing that my house is less than a mile from work, so it took me fewer than 10 minutes to walk to work this morning.
On a different note, I saw "Lady in the Water" yesterday. It was probably the worst movie ever (except maybe "Wendigo"). Seriously, I loved all of M. Night's other movies, but this one was just awful. I was just mocking it by the end, along with several other members of the audience.
Andrew Peterson's phone number has turned out to be quite a useful acquisition. When I was in California with Kim and Laurie, I got Kim's brothers' numbers in case we got stranded on the lake somewhere. Andrew, the younger of the two that were with us, is a mechanic, and I've called him twice in the past 4 days to ask him why cars aren't working. The first time was for my sister (read previous post). Yesterday, I'm driving back to Sweetwater from Lubbock, and I was getting a bit drowsy, so I decided to stop in Post for an ice cream cone at McDonald's. I went ahead and went in, because I needed to use the restroom as well. When I came back out, my car wouldn't even start turning over; it just clicked when I turned the key. I asked an older couple walking out if they would mind trying to jump my car off. We tried -- still nothing. So I called Andrew, and he told me it was the starter, which I had guessed. However, he (as well as the older guy who was helping me) described to me how to push-start a car that had a standard transmission. The older couple said "Oh yeah, we used to have to do this with our son's car." So they start pushing me backwards out of the parking spot that I'm in, but the incredibly over-staffed McDonald's work force decided that they needed to help, too. About five McDonald's employees came running out and started helping. So there I am, sitting in my car, trying to steer, with about 7 people running around my car and pushing it. Finally, we got it started, and I got back to Sweetwater safely. Unfortunately, now my car is stuck in the driveway and I have no way to get it out except to push-start it again. I guess I'll have to find some volunteers at work today. It is a good thing that my house is less than a mile from work, so it took me fewer than 10 minutes to walk to work this morning.
On a different note, I saw "Lady in the Water" yesterday. It was probably the worst movie ever (except maybe "Wendigo"). Seriously, I loved all of M. Night's other movies, but this one was just awful. I was just mocking it by the end, along with several other members of the audience.
posted by Abe at 8:56 AM
2 Comments:
I think we should rename Post "Town of Death." I'm a little scared to drive back through Post tomorrow....
oh, and your title is from "Billy Madison."
haha, I really like Cassie's comment. : )
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