I have a car remote that has a mind of its own. It decides when it wants to work. I went grocery shopping the other day. Not my favorite kind.
The grocers had a store-full of stuff I needed, or rather my house-keeping has fallen on bad days. All on a sudden I was spotting a trend to anything I wanted to make. I would suggest a dish, and then realise one tiny but important ingredient is missing. So, I would happily switch to another dish without batting an eyelid. When that happens thrice the same day, the mind's eye discerns a trip to the grocers. I don't know how my car senses my mood, but it seemed reluctant to go along as well.
I digress..but the point of the matter is, I came back with bags hanging from very limb (also 1 bag per finger on the hand) and attempted to open the car, and it wouldn't budge. I tried from every angle, and it refused to emit the necessary rays. Another sigh, and I finally opened the car manually.
It was totally unresponsive to my remote, and when I opened it manually, it screamed and shrieked and shook violently. Well...not really, the car alarm went off, but the screaming, shrieking and shaking pretty much summed up my reactions in the parking lot. I finally cajoled it into staying quiet, but it whimpered.
"Blip Blip" it said every 2 minutes and started the alarm again. It was like a child remembering the candy snatched from its hand every 2 minutes.
I attempted to show it my face, and say -
"See, this is me, you idiot! You see me everyday! Stop wailing!"
When the nerves are wracked, it takes a while to reset the burglar alarm, and by the time I had figured out how to do it, cops from San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego were piling into their cars. I exaggerate but you get the drift.
A month ago, my dear friend's car was stolen from his community. The same model as the one I was pleading and cajoling with. Apparently, that car went without a squeak! Why did that car not go crazy? Or maybe the car thief knew exactly how to turn the burglar alarm off before the sirens wailed.
SIGH! Remind me why burglar alarms are there again?!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Burglar Alarms
Posted by nourish-n-cherish at 1:09 PM
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@ Saumya: nice blog... "See, this is me, you idiot! You see me everyday! Stop wailing!" ... not sufficient...i recall a scene from the movie "Armageddon"...the alarms in the space ship are wailing and the Americans has a clue as to what the problem is..then our astronaut from Russia decides that enough is enough...he takes a sledgehammer (if i remember correct) and says "mama mia you need some treatment"...suddenly the wailing stops and the machine runs just fine...sometimes maybe the car needs a spanking too...screaming might not be effective!!!!!
What say?????
Reminds me of the time when I tried all possible ways to get into a car till I realised that it wasnt mine...As I did all this, my car was on the other lane smiling at me at how stupid I am..:)
The 100K is probably showing it's other side...Old age...What can i say?..;)
@saumya: My bet would be the battery in ur key remote needs to be changed.
To stop the alarm, all they need is literally less than 10 seconds (when they break in). By the time the alarm starts and stops, you wont even realize that it was your car (when you are in an apartment or in a grocery store for that matters). Even if somebody sees its getting stolen, Im not sure anyone would do anything about it (will you/I ?)
I saw an show in ABC, a guy was trying to break in (with hand first, then with a big rock, and all the people passing by were just walking, even after noticing the big-rock and breaking in. One guy even helped him on the road..) What to say.. It pays to have insurance... thats all I can say.
Funny narration!
Your narration reminds me so much about Keena than beloved Acura ;)
And Mindframes unintentional comedy has me in splits (opening someone else's car... Sigh!!! Only he can do it with sustained effort)
Tell me about it !! It happened to me a couple of months back. Well, I was careless and got the alarm going and didn't know how to stop it. Tried the Russian method too ....The worst part was tyring to smile at passers-by who were having a good time at my expense. No one helped me though !!
Finally, with a friend's help , who had some tricks up his sleeve..after some maneuvering, following the sequence of "Blip , Scream,Blip, Scream again..." I figured it out.
Nice article! Here is an useful link to Sam-Sec compnay that offers alarms.
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