It's gonna be one of those days
Feb. 5th, 2014 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaSo after my usual Monday work-from-home, and a snow-related Tuesday work-from-home with additional doctor appt and early dismissal of child and cancellation of late classes for the college students, and school and college closed again today, I couldn't face staying home again. Stir crazy Я me.
We got a total of about four inches of snow between yesterday afternoon and this morning.
So at about 8:15 I went outside to start and de-snow the car, only to be frustrated for several-many minutes because when I inserted the key into the ignition it just beeped at me and refused to turn. I tried moving the steering wheel on the theory that it was locked, but still no success. Asked both Tammie and Chris for suggestions. Chris also said the steering wheel was locked but he couldn't explain how to unlock it; I should take the other car and he'd deal with it later. I gave it one more try and it finally freed up. WHAT IS THE FUCKING PURPOSE OF LOCKING THE IGNITION WITH THE STEERING WHEEL ANYWAY? I have been driving for twenty-plus years, and I have never once met a situation where locking the steering wheel was required or useful. Only the occasional times when it's gotten locked by accident (as must have happened here, since I drove the car last and I know I didn't do it on purpose). So why does this functionality exist?
Finally pulled out of my parking space about 8:50, traffic was slow but consistently moving (I only saw one accident, which is not out of the ordinary for perfectly clement days), and I arrived at work about an hour later with less than a quarter tank of gas.
I was barely settled into my desk when I wanted a nail clipper to trim a hangnail, and went looking for my clutch-wallet to retrieve the one that lives there. Only to discover that while I had my purse and my Kindle and my journal and my orange back-up wallet, I don't have the clutch. Which means I don't have my driver's license nor my new Slytherin debit card nor my credit card. Which means some interesting complications in trying to buy gas to go home, since there is nothing in my orange wallet that is convertible into moneys.
It's just possible that the clutch is actually still in the car, and I'll go out to check in a moment, but if not, I may have to beg a loan from someone here, or have C or T buy a Walmart gas card for me online.
Guess I should go outside and see what the story is.
ETA: Nope, not in the car.
We got a total of about four inches of snow between yesterday afternoon and this morning.
So at about 8:15 I went outside to start and de-snow the car, only to be frustrated for several-many minutes because when I inserted the key into the ignition it just beeped at me and refused to turn. I tried moving the steering wheel on the theory that it was locked, but still no success. Asked both Tammie and Chris for suggestions. Chris also said the steering wheel was locked but he couldn't explain how to unlock it; I should take the other car and he'd deal with it later. I gave it one more try and it finally freed up. WHAT IS THE FUCKING PURPOSE OF LOCKING THE IGNITION WITH THE STEERING WHEEL ANYWAY? I have been driving for twenty-plus years, and I have never once met a situation where locking the steering wheel was required or useful. Only the occasional times when it's gotten locked by accident (as must have happened here, since I drove the car last and I know I didn't do it on purpose). So why does this functionality exist?
Finally pulled out of my parking space about 8:50, traffic was slow but consistently moving (I only saw one accident, which is not out of the ordinary for perfectly clement days), and I arrived at work about an hour later with less than a quarter tank of gas.
I was barely settled into my desk when I wanted a nail clipper to trim a hangnail, and went looking for my clutch-wallet to retrieve the one that lives there. Only to discover that while I had my purse and my Kindle and my journal and my orange back-up wallet, I don't have the clutch. Which means I don't have my driver's license nor my new Slytherin debit card nor my credit card. Which means some interesting complications in trying to buy gas to go home, since there is nothing in my orange wallet that is convertible into moneys.
It's just possible that the clutch is actually still in the car, and I'll go out to check in a moment, but if not, I may have to beg a loan from someone here, or have C or T buy a Walmart gas card for me online.
Guess I should go outside and see what the story is.
ETA: Nope, not in the car.
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Date: 2014-02-06 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-06 10:03 pm (UTC)WHAT IS THE FUCKING PURPOSE OF LOCKING THE IGNITION WITH THE STEERING WHEEL?
It's an anti-theft measure. How effective it is any more, I don't know, but cars used to be really, really, really, easy to hot wire and drive off.
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Date: 2014-02-06 10:54 pm (UTC)