We’ve had mice before in the detached garage. They made a heckuva mess, ate a mattress…
\nOur cats need exercise.
\nWell, so we need to clean up the mess out there and make it kitty-safe.<\/p>\n
This turned up the fact the Prius’ battery is dead. Mmmm. Well. So we CAN’T leave the lights running. Manual says so. But now what?<\/p>\n
Mmm. And there’s Jane’s car, which has been deader ‘n the proverbial mackerel since the trickle charger fell off the shelf last spring.<\/p>\n
So we call AAA. Bless ’em, we figured how to jump a Prius. That was a good thing. On newer models, there’s a cap on the 12-volt battery that rules ’em all, and you take it off and follow the diagram in the manual.<\/p>\n
Sucked it up, bigtime. Instant. We think it’s ok.<\/p>\n
Then we attacked Jane’s car. Couldn’t find the key, finally did. Turns out the battery (bless you, Mike’s Towing, as honest guys who didn’t try to sell us a new one) is live. Just needs a charge. We got it going, got the thing running—and slammed the door on ‘lock’ with the key inside. Spoiled by the Prius, which beeps at you if you try to leave a key inside, and won’t lock the door.<\/p>\n
We now know how to get into much more modern cars illicitly, but before we could quite complete the operation, Jane found the one other key, and we got in.<\/p>\n
We believe we have both cars now running. Morning will tell.<\/p>\n
This was one of those nights when it’s hard to remember it started a year ago with mice in a mattress.<\/p>\n
We ordered pizza for supper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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