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starwomyn 70F
5508 posts
10/19/2019 9:25 am

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10/21/2019 8:52 am

GM Strike, Dodging Deer, Haunted Farms

It seems like several of my friends including myself have been going through Car Hades. My Quaker Girlfriend has a car that needed repairs but alas; GM is on strike, they can't order the parts from G.M. She had drive a rental for two weeks and drove all over the countryside find the parts.

Sunday, I drove Food Lion after the 12 Step Meeting. I put my key in the ignition get home. Nada. The Chip in the key was missing. It's a two-mile walk home but with a bag of groceries, problematic hip and arrhythmia; it's not a good plan. A 12-Step Girlfriend living nearby picked me up and took me home.

I spent Monday looking for the spare key to no avail. A Horary Chart revealed that it is probably in Huttonsville, West Virginia. I called another 12-Step girlfriend who drove me to my car to wait for a tow truck and home from the dealer afterward.

The dealer had no blank keys because GM is on strike. I got my car back on Thursday at twice the cost because the dealer had to contract with an independent locksmith. Happily, I made it in time for the Book Club.

A Book Club girlfriend was driving a rental because she hit a deer for the second time this month. The deer are at fault, not GM. Still, it is ironic how many businesses and car owners that need repairs are impacted by the GM Strike.


I am working at the local Haunted Farm on weekends for the month of October. I am staying at my Quaker girlfriend's abode which is a few miles from the farm. There are too many crazy deer on the road after midnight in West Virginia. I actually spotted at least five in the road on my way to my Quaker girlfriend's house. It would be really hazardous if I had to drive the further journey to my home. Bear also run on the road. I am glad I have a working key for Mozart (my car's name.) I would not want to encounter either deer or bears walking from the Haunted Farm to my Quaker girlfriend's house.





Abracadabra


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/19/2019 9:26 am

Let the haunting begin.

Abracadabra


MrsJoe 76F
17367 posts
10/19/2019 9:54 am

The deer in our area are always a menace, day or night, they just jump right out onto the road. At least with harvest, they can't hide in the cornfield, I can see them coming.
We recently bought a PT Cruiser and it only had one key and I discovered the cost of them when I locked it into the car, with the engine running! The dealership wants $150 to replace it, and that is just the key, not the door opening one. A locksmith in the city said they could do it for $70, again, not the door opening fob. But the local Neal Tire has the programming computer app and told me if I get them from Amazon, have them cut at the hardware store, they would program the chip for me. Sounds like a plan.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/19/2019 10:38 am

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    The deer in our area are always a menace, day or night, they just jump right out onto the road. At least with harvest, they can't hide in the cornfield, I can see them coming.
    We recently bought a PT Cruiser and it only had one key and I discovered the cost of them when I locked it into the car, with the engine running! The dealership wants $150 to replace it, and that is just the key, not the door opening one. A locksmith in the city said they could do it for $70, again, not the door opening fob. But the local Neal Tire has the programming computer app and told me if I get them from Amazon, have them cut at the hardware store, they would program the chip for me. Sounds like a plan.
I asked the dealer about getting another spare key. They can't do it until the GM strike ends. It cost me $111, to get a new key but it will only cost $50 some dollars to get the spare. I have several house keys around. One in my purse, one hidden outside and a few in the house because I know my talent for misplacing keys. I get those in the key-making machine at Wal-Mart for $1.25. It's not so easy with car keys. I am thinking of contacting the outside contractor that the dealer used to make my current key. They charged me $50 something for the contractor and $50 something for themselves.

Abracadabra


Abelle2 83F
31222 posts
10/19/2019 11:46 am

Someone needs to show you how to properly apply your makeup. You have dots and your eye makeup smeared around your eyes. Someone spilled something green on your hair

I laughed when I looked at the picture! Way to go gal.....

I used to love to dress weird at Halloween.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
10/19/2019 2:41 pm

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    The deer in our area are always a menace, day or night, they just jump right out onto the road. At least with harvest, they can't hide in the cornfield, I can see them coming.
    We recently bought a PT Cruiser and it only had one key and I discovered the cost of them when I locked it into the car, with the engine running! The dealership wants $150 to replace it, and that is just the key, not the door opening one. A locksmith in the city said they could do it for $70, again, not the door opening fob. But the local Neal Tire has the programming computer app and told me if I get them from Amazon, have them cut at the hardware store, they would program the chip for me. Sounds like a plan.
You think the deer are a menace on the road?....You should hear what the deer think about the menace of Humans and their FFFFing cars.....


Naamans 68M
3 posts
10/19/2019 2:50 pm

How scary is the haunted farm?


MrsJoe 76F
17367 posts
10/19/2019 8:47 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    You think the deer are a menace on the road?....You should hear what the deer think about the menace of Humans and their FFFFing cars.....
You are right...…….. menace was not the proper word. Any encounter between a deer and a car is usually more of a detriment to the deer.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/20/2019 12:15 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    You think the deer are a menace on the road?....You should hear what the deer think about the menace of Humans and their FFFFing cars.....
It may be a character defect but I am beyond feeling sorry for the deer. The deer/car collisions are a waste of good venison.

Abracadabra