because we went out to go skating and the car wouldn’t start. We already knew Jane’s car had a dead battery, because we’d tried to jump it a couple of weeks ago. Plus it has an air intake breakage.<\/p>\n
Then we noticed the Forester tire is flat again. Sigh.<\/p>\n
So we called AAA. But no, you have to call separately for separate cars even if they’re stuck in the same garage, and thus—TWO AAA trucks. Plus a wrecker, because while the Forester turned out to have a dying battery, cranking some 228 out of 600, which was WHY it failed to jump the Olds, Janes Olds not only had a flat battery, it has a dead alternator.<\/p>\n
So the wrecker hauls Jane’s car off to a mechanic; I pay the guy for a new battery and now have a temporarily aired up tire; I go off to collect Jane; then we head for the tire dealership, but they swear they can fix it—it turns out to be an embedded screw. Well, I’d rather have new tires; but they say it should be ok. We’ll call them from the California desert and complain if not…<\/p>\n
But it’s been a day. And we’ve already used up 2 of our 4 annual AAA calls and it’s only January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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