Night shift over, I go to use the auto start on my car thinking it's not that cold out. Can't see the car from the building so it's a guessing game as to if it starts, usually it does but if it's really cold I'm better off manually starting it.
Get to my car 15 minutes later and it's not started. Damnit. When it fails to start, the radio keeps going forever and when it's -40 it does not take long for that to kill the battery. Turns out it's much colder than I thought. Battery dead.
So I get a boost from my coworker who I just cross shifted with. No issues, I let the car warm up since the windshield is completely iced up inside and out. I come back 15 minutes later and it's still iced up but enough to drive, at this point I just want to go to bed because this is not my last shift. As I'm driving I notice my gas gauge is redlined. WTF! I thought I put gas not that long ago. I can't leave the car in my driveway like that so I gamble and drive to the gas station hoping it wont be closed. This is before 8am and not sure what time they open, but I'm hoping it's like 7am. I get there and they're just opening up but as I get ready to start pumping the attendant who was outside checking the pumps or something tells me their interac does not work. Just great. This is a new gas station with newer pumps and there is a feature where you can pay at the pump. Typically this is not used and is disabled but I ask if it will work and he did not know. So I go to try it, but it did not work.
So I go to the Mac's so I can take out 100 bucks from the ATM which will cover a full tank of gas. Keeps declining my card saying I overdrew my balance. WTF, I did not realize I even had a limit let alone that it was that low, and I did not even use my card yet today. I ask the cashier if they do cash back,they do but only 20 bucks. So I buy a bag of chips and get 20 bucks.
Finally I get to put gas in my car, but only 20 bucks worth. I manage to get it to $19.90. Close enough. Go inside to pay and drive back home. The needle barely moved but at least it's not redlined anymore. I still don't know how I managed to let it get that low. Typically I fill up when it's half way.
Now you think it's over. As I'm typing this post my cat puked leaving a 2'x2' puddle of nastiness. Just finished cleaning that up.
The good news is, this is night shift, means I can go to bed, before this hell of a day gets even worse.
So how was everyone else's morning?
#blog.anandtech.com
Get to my car 15 minutes later and it's not started. Damnit. When it fails to start, the radio keeps going forever and when it's -40 it does not take long for that to kill the battery. Turns out it's much colder than I thought. Battery dead.
So I get a boost from my coworker who I just cross shifted with. No issues, I let the car warm up since the windshield is completely iced up inside and out. I come back 15 minutes later and it's still iced up but enough to drive, at this point I just want to go to bed because this is not my last shift. As I'm driving I notice my gas gauge is redlined. WTF! I thought I put gas not that long ago. I can't leave the car in my driveway like that so I gamble and drive to the gas station hoping it wont be closed. This is before 8am and not sure what time they open, but I'm hoping it's like 7am. I get there and they're just opening up but as I get ready to start pumping the attendant who was outside checking the pumps or something tells me their interac does not work. Just great. This is a new gas station with newer pumps and there is a feature where you can pay at the pump. Typically this is not used and is disabled but I ask if it will work and he did not know. So I go to try it, but it did not work.
So I go to the Mac's so I can take out 100 bucks from the ATM which will cover a full tank of gas. Keeps declining my card saying I overdrew my balance. WTF, I did not realize I even had a limit let alone that it was that low, and I did not even use my card yet today. I ask the cashier if they do cash back,they do but only 20 bucks. So I buy a bag of chips and get 20 bucks.
Finally I get to put gas in my car, but only 20 bucks worth. I manage to get it to $19.90. Close enough. Go inside to pay and drive back home. The needle barely moved but at least it's not redlined anymore. I still don't know how I managed to let it get that low. Typically I fill up when it's half way.
Now you think it's over. As I'm typing this post my cat puked leaving a 2'x2' puddle of nastiness. Just finished cleaning that up.
The good news is, this is night shift, means I can go to bed, before this hell of a day gets even worse.
So how was everyone else's morning?
#blog.anandtech.com
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