DVT 147

Here is todays learning tip; when the car key battery runs out using it trips the car alarm. Second learning point: the bloody alarm keeps going on Mazda even if you disconnect the battery! Third learning point: A back up car key that has also got a spent battery makes the situation worse. Fourth learning point: there is no fuse for the alarm system. Fifth learning point: if your lucky the car will start on the twenty fifth attempt and stop the alarm. In the meantime as you frantically try to stop the alarm get a family member to ring the BBQ hosts to tell them you are going to be late.

So after much aggravation and the pleasant surprise of a neighbour taking the trouble to check the car is not being stolen we make it to our friends to spend the afternoon in their garden eating barbequed chicken, beef, lamb, sausage and accompaniments. Most important was the conversation and the opportunity to talk to someone who has not shared your house for the last five months. So it was lovely to chat outside in the garden for a full afternoon. It was also nice when the car started to come home. Of course the first thing to do was replace the battery in one car key and order another ten batteries from amazon.

A quiet evening watching Strange Things before writing the blog and watching the dentists video in preparation for my visit to the dentist tomorrow morning.