Wednesday morning: All of sudden, just like that, totally unexpected, that was probably the last time I get to see my roommate Alan. I've been blessed with such a good roommate for the past two years.
Wednesday afternoon: 262.5 kilometres, 3 cities, 11 hours. What was supposed to be a simple go-to-the-airport-and-back task ended up being a wild adventure (of a lifetime, hopefully, since I don't think I want to experience it again...heh). Picked up Aaron at the airport, came back, got a detour, went to Timmies, Costco, then Aaron's home. That's the normal part. Then we went to WCRI for Aaron to pick up his car, which has been idle for four months! (Note to self: never do this!) I left once he got his car and went home. Not long afterwards, I got a call from Aaron saying that his car broke down... So I went and thankfully he had jumper cables. But neither of us really know how to use it...I've only seen something about it on Canada's Worst Drivers...heh (loved that show)...so I could only go with that. Tried a few times, and when his car finally started, we rushed to let him go and drive home. Once he left, I drove towards his house, just in case his car broke down again. I didn't see any sign of him, but when I got to his place, nobody answered, so that's kind of weird, but I went home anyway. (hmm...need a new paragraph to complete the story, I think...)
I went home, and got a call from Aaron again, and he has broke down several times already, getting help from nearby homes, but now he's just stuck in the middle of a small road... I read instructions from the internet on how to use jumper cables properly, and then I was off again. This time, first pushing the car to the side of the road (I never knew a car can really be pushed...heh), then charging the battery a lot longer (hence wasted a lot more gas and polluted the environment quite a bit). Long and behold, it didn't work... He then decided to take the battery out (took a while, but thankfully he just happens to have tools in his car), and we went to Canadian Tire to charge it up. When we got there, it was 8:45, the store closes at 9, so we kind of got in there just in time. We even stayed for a while after the store closed... Once the charge was done, came back to his car, and barely made it to his place, with all sorts of things wrong with the car... Anyway, that's the adventure, and hopefully a "unique" experience... We managed to scrape up some cookware and cooked up a small dinner, and that was it for the day. It was a long day, but it was quite interesting.
Wednesday afternoon: 262.5 kilometres, 3 cities, 11 hours. What was supposed to be a simple go-to-the-airport-and-back task ended up being a wild adventure (of a lifetime, hopefully, since I don't think I want to experience it again...heh). Picked up Aaron at the airport, came back, got a detour, went to Timmies, Costco, then Aaron's home. That's the normal part. Then we went to WCRI for Aaron to pick up his car, which has been idle for four months! (Note to self: never do this!) I left once he got his car and went home. Not long afterwards, I got a call from Aaron saying that his car broke down... So I went and thankfully he had jumper cables. But neither of us really know how to use it...I've only seen something about it on Canada's Worst Drivers...heh (loved that show)...so I could only go with that. Tried a few times, and when his car finally started, we rushed to let him go and drive home. Once he left, I drove towards his house, just in case his car broke down again. I didn't see any sign of him, but when I got to his place, nobody answered, so that's kind of weird, but I went home anyway. (hmm...need a new paragraph to complete the story, I think...)
I went home, and got a call from Aaron again, and he has broke down several times already, getting help from nearby homes, but now he's just stuck in the middle of a small road... I read instructions from the internet on how to use jumper cables properly, and then I was off again. This time, first pushing the car to the side of the road (I never knew a car can really be pushed...heh), then charging the battery a lot longer (hence wasted a lot more gas and polluted the environment quite a bit). Long and behold, it didn't work... He then decided to take the battery out (took a while, but thankfully he just happens to have tools in his car), and we went to Canadian Tire to charge it up. When we got there, it was 8:45, the store closes at 9, so we kind of got in there just in time. We even stayed for a while after the store closed... Once the charge was done, came back to his car, and barely made it to his place, with all sorts of things wrong with the car... Anyway, that's the adventure, and hopefully a "unique" experience... We managed to scrape up some cookware and cooked up a small dinner, and that was it for the day. It was a long day, but it was quite interesting.
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