The battery in her car died. It’s winter, it’s cold, this is to be expected.<\/p>\n
She’s greatly upset by this.<\/p>\n
Let me explain what I’ve just spent the past hour doing, because I wouldn’t believe it myself otherwise.<\/p>\n
Take everything out of the car, she said–the car knows there’s stuff in it that’s not supposed to be there.<\/p>\n
Walk around the car holding her driver’s license out toward it, she said–the car knows who’s supposed to come near it.<\/p>\n
Check the truck, she said–someone may have tampered with the trunk, and the car knows that if someone tampers with the trunk the car won’t start.<\/p>\n
Now she thinks that someone has tampered with her insurance papers–the car won’t start if the glove compartment is forced open.<\/p>\n
Krikey!<\/p>\n
It’s the battery. It’s the battery. It’s the battery<\/i>. I’ve finally convinced her of that, but krikey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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