OT: Is it Kids or Women Rant.....

It's your fault for fixing it and making their problem go away :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

No Dave, it's his fault for being male. I finally figured this out after thirty years of marriage.

Earle

LOL, Tough Love eh?

What surprised me was her husband was there!

It's a courtesy thing. He is going to defer to the Alpha Male, which is you, until you are departed or too enfeebled to render assistance. After you left, he probably checked your work, but no one will tell you that.

Earle

It's YOUR fault.

Don't you know that yet? It's ALWAYS the man's fault.

In this case, because you have not taught her to do it herself or insisted that she get it fixed before it became your problem or even insisted that she have a AAA card for just such an occasion. (tow it in, have it fixed and so on so you don't have to freeze your arse off)

That's about the bottom line.

Both of my daughters can do quite a bit with their own cars, it was part of the price they paid to learn how to drive. The youngest is really quite mechanical and was working as a service tech for about a year.

On the other hand, it really IS a nice feeling to know that the little whelps love you and know they can depend on you when they are in trouble and it is always good for a big hug and an "I love you daddy". Maybe THAT's why she calls ya ... cause she loves ya!

KJK

Yea BUT He isn't Daddy....

See the AAA thread elsewhere in this group...that said, with AAA she'd just have to undo one extra button on her blouse and her battery would be replaced by lunchtime...

Wouldn't that be a patrol woman?

Of course you do. And we appreciate it too!.

KJK

: > Yea BUT : > He isn't Daddy....

Well... yea! Just because women cannot pee standing up, does not mean they are helpless... sheesh Matt. Sometimes it takes two buttons, sometimes tight pants are enough all by themselves.

KJK

If you saw the movie, you would know, that broad looked like a PatrolMAN.

KJK

: > Wouldn't that be a patrol woman?

This woman looks like a man?

Its YOUR fault.

She is your kid. You probably told her what to do a month a go, but she didnt. Yet you went over and "saved" her. Did you at least make her buy the battery? You say "they" so I assume hubby or SO - why didnt HE do it? You should have waited until lunch time to go over...

I might call my dad to ask what to do, or how to do it, but even if he lived close enough I would never ask him to come rescue me because of a dead battery (how humiliating - now a blown head gasket, yes, granted at that time I didnt know it was the head gasket on my old truck - I have learned since then I hope). Sheesh. Batteries, keys locked in, towing, etc is what road side assistance is for on your insurance.

Yes, probably is my fault when you look at it that way.

This morning is the first I heard about it. Her husband told me it had been "a couple weeks", she said "a month"

We all (grandpuppy included) piled into the WJ for a trip to AutoZone where they bought a new battery. Hubby did all the grunt work carrying and lifting the batteries in and out as he is a young pup and I'm an old coot.

I'm guessing he didn't know how. I don't mind doing it and showing him how. My (late) ex-father-in-law taught me a lot.

Given my druthers I would have preferred to do it in my garage with the kerosene heater running and adequate tools handy.

Billy snipped-for-privacy@fuseSPAM.net (Remove the SPAM)

On the other hand... see Kate's post. You can always count on daddy to come rescue you! =)