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October 17, 2005
fer pete's sake...
(who is this pete, and why do we care about his sake? odd.)
i went for a brisk walk in the woods today at lunch. it was nice, except for the bit where i tripped and fell and nailed my knee. fortunately my jeans didn't tear, so the scrape is not too bad, the wound isn't dirty and my favorite jeans aren't ruined. it's sore though.
i did catch myself on my hands, but so far neither of them feel sprained, which is a relief. there's something to be said for falling on soft dirt instead of concrete.
spacepod ain't right either. i had to get another boost from AAA on sunday, after ray tried to boost spacepod off of christa's honda and that didn't work. the AAA guy had a heck of a time getting him started-- in the end he had to use both his truck battery and his jumper pack simultaneously. i went immediately to sears where they proclaimed my battery was still good and refused to replace it. he's also become quite difficult to shift lately. so he's off to MFM tomorrow.
i've been monitoring the battery with my little analog voltmeter, and i haven't been locking him for fear of the alarm system draining the battery overnight to the point where i can't get him started. the battery will take a full charge, and is getting charged successfully off the alternator. the sears guy swore that if the battery were not capable of holding a charge his little device would not have pronounced it "GOOD", but i'm dubious-- how could it tell?
although to be honest, the shifting issue has me more worried than the electrical issue. i really hope we're not tearing out the transmission, yet again...
Posted by lisa at October 17, 2005 02:27 PM
Comments
You can lock SP without arming the alarm by pushing the automatic lock switch on the passenger door while the driver's door is closed.
Posted by: Stephanie on October 18, 2005 09:45 AM
good to know. i guess as a veteran of battery drainage issues, you would know that :)
Posted by: lisa on October 18, 2005 09:50 AM
I did a little searching on your "who is Pete..." question and came up with this. (I love looking into stuff like this!)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ask-The-Rick/message/7
Posted by: minty on October 18, 2005 12:12 PM
wow, that's awesome, thank you minty!
Posted by: lisa on October 18, 2005 12:27 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.