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A Plea for Help
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trinsf has asked me to distribute her questions about event volunteers. If you think you can help, please click on through and see what she's asking.Nov. 3rd, 2008
trinsf has asked me to distribute her questions about event volunteers. If you think you can help, please click on through and see what she's asking.
Cheryl and I had to go up to San Francisco this afternoon. I drove us to Union City rather than Fremont because the former has more parking and (for now) doesn't charge for it. The travel each way was uneventful -- it was what happened after we got back that was trouble. As our BART train from San Francisco pulled in to Union City station, I got a sinking feeling that I'd left the headlights on when we left this morning. Sure enough, as we approached the van, I could see the tail-lights glowing slightly. And there wasn't enough power left in the battery to crank the car. Rats.
I called AAA, who said it would be thirty minutes. Cheryl had things she needed to do back at the apartment sooner than that, so I handed her the umbrella and encouraged her to go get a taxi, which she did. I waited for the AAA truck.
45 minutes later, I called AAA to see what was going on. They said that calls were running very late today, but the service contractor did know where I was.
After more than 90 minutes, I looked out across the parking lot and saw a AAA yellow pickup truck making its slow way through the parking lot trying to find me. Fortunately the rain had relented and so I didn't get wet when I got out and walked across the lot to get his attention.
Jump-starting the van was not a problem. I drove around for about twenty minutes before heading home. I do hope that put enough power back into the battery so that we'll be able to go to BASFA tonight, not to mention get me going in the morning so that I can see my dentist about the not-doing-that-well filling I have.
I called AAA, who said it would be thirty minutes. Cheryl had things she needed to do back at the apartment sooner than that, so I handed her the umbrella and encouraged her to go get a taxi, which she did. I waited for the AAA truck.
45 minutes later, I called AAA to see what was going on. They said that calls were running very late today, but the service contractor did know where I was.
After more than 90 minutes, I looked out across the parking lot and saw a AAA yellow pickup truck making its slow way through the parking lot trying to find me. Fortunately the rain had relented and so I didn't get wet when I got out and walked across the lot to get his attention.
Jump-starting the van was not a problem. I drove around for about twenty minutes before heading home. I do hope that put enough power back into the battery so that we'll be able to go to BASFA tonight, not to mention get me going in the morning so that I can see my dentist about the not-doing-that-well filling I have.
