Oh no! I hope it's not a serious breakdown.

mimipal: just the alternator, but I would rather have spent that money on myself. Not a big disaster but annoying nonetheless

it's a car feature.

how cars know that. Houses are like that, too. Sneaky buggers.

ell: I suppose I should have read the manual

Atropos: Sometimes I think that I am not really the master of my domain. My domain is really being run by my things and my cat.

You are almost to the point of Nirvana!

Atropos: Wax on, wax off

for sure, annoying.

Poor kiddo!

Very annoying, but not as bad ad when there isn't extra money in the bank, at least.

tatteredpage: that is soooo correct.

Boy howdy. And around here, money is never really "extra" but when it's in the bank, apparently it's up for grabs by the first appliance.