Weeellll that was deep deep joy
Managed to open doors with some de-icer ......yaay. Well all except driver's door
No biggie , just leaned over and opened from inside. Great. Now we're motoring. Get dog to hospital. One hour later , the driver's door still wont open from outside. Just use the passenger side. Nope some f-wit has parked so close Twiggy couldn't get up the passenger side.
It is then try to move seat back, into recline position. Without the obligatory of trapping my arm
Yaaayyyy finally did that, door open dog in, me in , off we go.
Oh and dont forget I'm using the key in lock, not remote, as remote lost synch years ago and refuses to resynch
So as we are at the bright lights of civilisation I head to a shopping estate. All good so far. Then I put key in lock, the doors unlock, I do the double movement to unlock all doors..............
I'm not playing says the Golden Girl. Instead I am going to open all my windows (it's -3ยฐ) AND I am going to steal your key. Ummmm no I don't think so , I replied. Yeah guess who won that argument. The windows are opened wide and key was duly stolen. I can move it to horizontal and millimetres off vertical.
So there we were in the freezing fog with all windows open. Thankfully there was a PetsatHome just where I had parked. They kindly allowed us to come in and sit out of the cold.
I phoned the RAC who are as much use as a chocolate fire guard. Their suggestion was to give me a locksmith number. My response " why would I call a locksmith when I have already paid you to rescue and or recover me". Reminding her just how difficult recovery will be for them, as I live in Narnia". To which the response became "we have a vehicle on the way". The text artives. Having been told disabled driver and assistance dog in vehicle, with all windows open in -3ยฐ freezing fog, the response time was to be 4hrs
If I didnt have the sense to ask Pets at Home if we could sit in there, my poor dog would have been shivering (whilst wearing my jacket and jumper), and I would have been hypothermic.
RAC
So I phone Gibsons in a panic. Colin suggests trying to get some 3 in 1 down her. Which I duly do. Still no joy. I went back out about 40mins later try again. Rinse and repeat twice more. By which time over 2hrs has passed. I decide to go out and try once more. Mainly because I want to get the dog into proper warmth. We were near the door to keep an eye on the car and her feet were so cold even with borrowed blankets.
So yet again I try to get some 3 in 1 in. I turn the key and bring her back slowly , pushing ever so gently so not snap it. Not on your life says the Golden Girl. At which point I reminded her, I have just spent thousands on you, AND
you are the one who will end up at Gibsons. You will be laughed at by Volvo drivers as you head along the road on a recovery vehicle. Your computer will be over-ridden and the windows made to close. Then the boys will put in a salvaged part, and your ignition and keys will no longer belong to you. Oh and you will not come home until the middle of January.
Not sure which bit worked but the next gentle push got her to vertical. Out came the key
In I jumped and with fingers crossed put key in ignition. Vroom vroom went the Golden Girl
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