I just spent six months in a leaky boat
or the 1170th reason that I need a MOTOROLA XOOM *
Although this post will clearly indicate that I am a FOOL, by no means, is it limited to the month of April. In addition, I will not try to fool you all (as I have done in the past) with a semi believable story, but ridiculous, that turns out to be entirely made up. I.e. When I learned that 2 weeks before the NHL playoffs, MY LA Kings lost their top 2 players for the rest of the year, I was sure that it was a painful April fool's gag (although a week early). There was no "bizzinga" moment though.....:(
But, that's another story.
I let my convertible car be flooded by the torrential rains that are oh so common in Southern California.
I'm told that sarcasm is hard to detect, especially in writing, so THAT is sarcasm. Not necessarily a great example, but it's the best that I can do off the cuff.
And this is not the first time my car has been flooded. Hell, it's not even the first time this year. Actually, it's been flooded about 4 times now and yes, it does have a roof. The problem is I rarely keep the top up and this is partly because I always drive with it down and its' somewhat difficult to close, especially with my back situation.
And I do have covered parking. However, my spot is next to a mini van and to make it easier to enter/exit (also with deference to my back issues), I park so that the rear of my car is exposed (much like me during my recent extended hospital stay). That's another post. Some day....*sigh*
And to elaborate on the flooding, I'm not exagerating to say that there was( is probably a foot of water which is just great for carpeting, not to mention leather seats.
I believe that I possess a modicum of intelligence despite the fact that I blog (and the content of my blog). Yes, if you are reading this, I probably just insulted YOU.
My solution was to manually bail out the water with sponges and towels. Apparently, there's somethiing called a Wet/Dry Vac which probably would have made the chore (each time) less burdensome. Not only was it time consuming and disgusting, but it left a lingering mildew aroma that could only be cured by.....leaving the top down to air the car out. Which led, to further flooding with subsequent unexpected rains.
It rains so little here, that I often have no idea. I.e. On a recent Friday night, I was playing video games (because I'm a loner and a loser) when I heard what sounded like rain. Sure enough, it was, so I got dressed and ran down to my car only to find it being flooded yet again. The guy who parks next to me noticed me running down to my car and said, "Did you forget about the forecast?".
Forget? I had no idea that it was supposed to rain even.
Yes, I do have an app on my phone that shows the weather forecast, but whenever I bother to look ati t, it shows a SUN.
My solution is to buy a Motorola Xoom tablet which has the most bizarre and unexpected feature of having a barometer built in. Now, I must learn meteorology to understand and interpret the data.
*Should Motorola wish to sponsor me or acknowledge my advertisement, that would be most welcome.I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Although this post will clearly indicate that I am a FOOL, by no means, is it limited to the month of April. In addition, I will not try to fool you all (as I have done in the past) with a semi believable story, but ridiculous, that turns out to be entirely made up. I.e. When I learned that 2 weeks before the NHL playoffs, MY LA Kings lost their top 2 players for the rest of the year, I was sure that it was a painful April fool's gag (although a week early). There was no "bizzinga" moment though.....:(
But, that's another story.
I let my convertible car be flooded by the torrential rains that are oh so common in Southern California.
I'm told that sarcasm is hard to detect, especially in writing, so THAT is sarcasm. Not necessarily a great example, but it's the best that I can do off the cuff.
And this is not the first time my car has been flooded. Hell, it's not even the first time this year. Actually, it's been flooded about 4 times now and yes, it does have a roof. The problem is I rarely keep the top up and this is partly because I always drive with it down and its' somewhat difficult to close, especially with my back situation.
And I do have covered parking. However, my spot is next to a mini van and to make it easier to enter/exit (also with deference to my back issues), I park so that the rear of my car is exposed (much like me during my recent extended hospital stay). That's another post. Some day....*sigh*
And to elaborate on the flooding, I'm not exagerating to say that there was( is probably a foot of water which is just great for carpeting, not to mention leather seats.
I believe that I possess a modicum of intelligence despite the fact that I blog (and the content of my blog). Yes, if you are reading this, I probably just insulted YOU.
My solution was to manually bail out the water with sponges and towels. Apparently, there's somethiing called a Wet/Dry Vac which probably would have made the chore (each time) less burdensome. Not only was it time consuming and disgusting, but it left a lingering mildew aroma that could only be cured by.....leaving the top down to air the car out. Which led, to further flooding with subsequent unexpected rains.
It rains so little here, that I often have no idea. I.e. On a recent Friday night, I was playing video games (because I'm a loner and a loser) when I heard what sounded like rain. Sure enough, it was, so I got dressed and ran down to my car only to find it being flooded yet again. The guy who parks next to me noticed me running down to my car and said, "Did you forget about the forecast?".
Forget? I had no idea that it was supposed to rain even.
Yes, I do have an app on my phone that shows the weather forecast, but whenever I bother to look ati t, it shows a SUN.
My solution is to buy a Motorola Xoom tablet which has the most bizarre and unexpected feature of having a barometer built in. Now, I must learn meteorology to understand and interpret the data.
*Should Motorola wish to sponsor me or acknowledge my advertisement, that would be most welcome.I just spent six months in a leaky boat