{"id":440,"date":"2008-10-19T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T02:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2008-10-19T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T03:31:09","slug":"so-there-we-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"So there we were …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last evening, Marion and I went to see The Drowsy Chaperone<\/em> at the DCPA. I enjoyed it more than Marion, which may have been because the “Second City” heritage is pretty obvious.<\/p>\n

After the performance, we got to my car, and were going to go for a late dessert. Pulling out of the parking lot, though, the feel of working the gearshift was different. I mentioned it to Marion after I’d shifted a couple more times on the way through downtown. I pulled up at the stoplight at 15th and Platte, and was unable to put the car into gear to move out again – there was absolutely no resistance to movement of the shift lever. With the help of a bystander, we got the car around the corner and parked, then we called AAA.<\/p>\n

Marion “flicked” the shift lever up and watched it fall back a couple of times. I told her that it happened to every guy sooner or later, which lightened the situation a little bit. Since AAA told us “45 minutes,” we went across the street to My Brother’s Bar<\/a>. Marion got her dessert, and I had a beer (Kronenbourg 1664). It actually only took about 25 minutes for the tow truck to arrive, and we were able to get a taxi easily. If we’d gone with the tow truck to my mechanic’s garage<\/a>, we’d probably not have been able to get one. (No, my car is not of German manufacture, but I’ve been going to Joe since about 1981.)<\/p>\n

So, I’m currently overstocked on houses and understocked on vehicles. Not the best situation to be in. Could be worse – at least the car was in neutral when this happened. It’s going to put a short-term crimp in my style, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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