Other Blogs Recent Comments Me My name is Bean and this is my blog. Hence the name. If you have comments or questions, just leave them in the comments area. (old search) |  Mickeys Drunk Posted December 22, 2008 at 07:52:39 AM by Bean We've been discussing embarassing drunk moments on the duck this morning, and I thought this one was worth sharing:
Back in... oh I don't know 1998 or 1999, my girlfriend at the time, julie, had her "formal" for PT school. I had the forethought to buy a six pack of Mickeys to drink on before the party. Needless to say, about 1/2 way through the night, I was pretty duckin' frunk. I meandered off to go to the bathroom and got lost on the way back, bigtime. It was was a convention center with multiple rooms and whatnot, and eventually I ended up stumbling into the kitchen. I had to ask the servers where to go to get back. I think I was MIA for 20 or 30 minutes. When I finally found the right room, I walked up behind julie and gave her a big drunken hug from behind. Turns out, it wasn't julie! ZOINKS! Clicking Car Posted December 19, 2008 at 06:37:06 AM by Bean Stef went to South Carolina this week to visit her cousin, Ben. On her way back yesterday, she stopped for gas and was unable to start her car to complete the trip home. She called to tell me and ask what to do.
She said that when she tried to start the car, it just clicked. I had packed a full toolkit, spare battery, jumpers, etc, into her trunk before she left, so I told her to try and get a jump. Fortunately, there were a couple guys willing to help out a stranded woman, and they tried to jump the car. Unfortunately, the same clicking sound is all that happened. Next they tried to change out the battery for the spare I sent along. After doing that, even the clicks were gone. They tried cleaning the posts... nothing. Out of ideas. So my Dad and I drove to Shelbyville, KY (only about an hour away). We picked Stef up from the neighboring Waffle House and got to work. We tried the same things... jumping, swapping batteries, trying different jumpers, cleaning the posts and terminals... nothing! We had some serious sparks from the source battery and truck, but the jump did nothing. Now is the part where you guess what the problem was. Turns out, the main ground wire that connects the ground post to the body of the car had come undone from the ground terminal contraption, which had plenty of other wires running to it (accessories?) making it look like it WAS connected. It was probably loose when the car wouldn't start the first time, then came completely undone when the good samaritans changed batteries. It took my dad saying "those wires look awfully small to ground the whole car" and me probing for the missing ground wire to get things back on track. Once reconnected, the car started and we drove home. The End. Thanks, Dad! | On This Page Categories Archives August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 Admin |
