Nothing works!
This is my week of break-downs.
First, my modem died. Just died. I don't know why. I don't know how. One minute, the friendly green lights were illuminated, generating my in-home wireless network. The next, there was an ominous red light -- tantamount to a modem death knell.
Then, something weird happened with my car alarm. When I left to have breakfast last Saturday morning, my alarm engaged to unlock my doors, but when I exited the car at the restaurant, I couldn't engage the alarm to turn it off. Of course I could unlock the door with a key, which only made the alarm go off. The magic button below the dash wouldn't work, which was even more frustrating. I think the alarm is loudest when you can't disengage.
The fortunate part is that my friend A. and I had met there, and she was nice enough to stay with me throughout this crisis.
Some know-it-all (short) man walked by while I was feverishly hitting the unlock button and said "just hit the button below the dash, sweetie. That'll turn it off." Seriously? It was the first time (this week) that I really considered whipping a blunt object at someone. Both A. and I looked at him like he had six heads and I said "Yeah, like I haven't figured out the mechanics of my own car alarm. Get bent!" Okay, so I didn't say the 'get bent' part . . . but I certainly thought it. :-)
Anyhoo . . . so the other problem -- once the alarm stopped on it's own -- is that the cut-off switch my car thought I was stealing it, and wouldn't start.
After changing the battery in my remote (once J. made me aware that there was actually a battery IN my remote. Imagine that!), and the alarm was STILL unyielding, I called the motor club. The woman at the towing dispatch center told me that their tow guy knew how to disable alarms. I didn't want to ask any questions about that, but was grateful when he made it (45 minutes later) and yanked the fuse.
The alarm is still dead, but I don't think my car is high on the theft list, so I'm not terribly worried. as it turns out, nobody gives a flying fuck if your alarm is going off anyway. Least of all the police.
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