I have had some excellent adventures with my 13 year old adopted (UNOFFICIALLY) granddaughter Cece, these past twenty four hours. We went to the Big D Drive-In for supper last night, before heading to the movies. Remember those drive-in restaurants, like A & W? Well, DUFUS here, left Proclivity's lights on, AFTER being served, and I also left the radio on, so guess what? Proclivity got ticked off at me, and the end result was, a dead battery. The first guy, (I will call him Man 1) I asked to give me a boost, was ...less than enthusiastic. And I had the CABLES! He proceeded to tell me that he didn't know where the battery was. Hello? What man doesn't know where a car battery is? I told him where it was, but he didn't believe me. He proceeded to tell me it was in the trunk. The TRUNK! He said his girlfriend had a Chevy and that's where the battery was. It was only after I had snapped off the handle of the floorboard in the trunk,(read - BROKE!) trying to lift it to show him there was NO battery there, that he agreed. We are still at square one, when the waitress shows up and says," We have a portable battery charger inside. I will send the guy out. So Man 2, in his Big D uniform, comes out and tries to boost my car. After debating with Man 1 how to do it, and after many tries, with no success, they determine that the machine has no more juice. By this time, I have figured that out, and I have gone in search of Man 3. He was an older gentleman, eating his supper alone, and I figured he would know what to do. WELL, as it turns out, he didn't know either, and Man 1, who is by now eating his dinner, is sticking his fork out the window, and pointing underneath the hood of my car, trying to tell Man 3 how to boost my battery. Can you believe this? Anyway, after many tries, Man 3 succeeds in boosting my car. He rolls down his window as he driving away, to remind me to turn my lights off! Man 2 has disappeared back inside, and Man 1 has happily gone back to enjoying his drive-in dinner, glad to be rid of me, I am sure! We made it to the movies on time. "Tammy" the movie, is very funny, by the way. Stay tuned for my adventures with tropical storm Arthur, next!
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