Almost, but not quite, stuck in NJ
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fbhjrDue to the rain and low attendance yesterday, the faire organizer sent us
home an hour early. We thanked him and set off towards home.
As NJ subsidizes its gas prices, I always like to buy gas before leaving
the state to get the most out of their $0.20 less a gallon. Stopping at
the rest area also seemed like a good time to change out of my costume into
dry regular clothes.
The car was very full. So, when we stopped it took a bit or arranging to
get my clothes. The “door open” beep kept going off as the keys were still
in the ignition, so I pulled them out enough to stop the beep, but didn’t
take the keys as my wife was staying in the car. She got out the bag with
my clothes and handed it to me. I went into the “don’t loiter in a lewd
way” rest area, changed my clothes, got us a couple of burgers and came out.
“Where are the keys?” I asked when I sat down.
“You took them,” she said.
“No, I left them in the ignition so you could play the radio if you wanted.”
They weren’t in the ignition. They weren’t on the floor. I looked in the
bag of costuming and didn’t see them. I went back to the rest area,
risking loitering, and didn’t see them.
I was getting really worried as it is a long walk home from NJ.
Finally my wife found them. Apparently there is a secret pocket in the bag
we use for costuming to keep you wallet or keys out of sight. Neither of
us knew it was there. But, when she passed me the bag of clothes, it must
have hit the keys I had half pulled out and they dropped into the secret
pouch in the bag. Since neither of us knew it was there, neither of us
looked.
My wife finally found them by emptying the bag and feeling them as she
searched the bag.
I was very happy she found them. I guess from now on, I should just put up
with the beep.
home an hour early. We thanked him and set off towards home.
As NJ subsidizes its gas prices, I always like to buy gas before leaving
the state to get the most out of their $0.20 less a gallon. Stopping at
the rest area also seemed like a good time to change out of my costume into
dry regular clothes.
The car was very full. So, when we stopped it took a bit or arranging to
get my clothes. The “door open” beep kept going off as the keys were still
in the ignition, so I pulled them out enough to stop the beep, but didn’t
take the keys as my wife was staying in the car. She got out the bag with
my clothes and handed it to me. I went into the “don’t loiter in a lewd
way” rest area, changed my clothes, got us a couple of burgers and came out.
“Where are the keys?” I asked when I sat down.
“You took them,” she said.
“No, I left them in the ignition so you could play the radio if you wanted.”
They weren’t in the ignition. They weren’t on the floor. I looked in the
bag of costuming and didn’t see them. I went back to the rest area,
risking loitering, and didn’t see them.
I was getting really worried as it is a long walk home from NJ.
Finally my wife found them. Apparently there is a secret pocket in the bag
we use for costuming to keep you wallet or keys out of sight. Neither of
us knew it was there. But, when she passed me the bag of clothes, it must
have hit the keys I had half pulled out and they dropped into the secret
pouch in the bag. Since neither of us knew it was there, neither of us
looked.
My wife finally found them by emptying the bag and feeling them as she
searched the bag.
I was very happy she found them. I guess from now on, I should just put up
with the beep.
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Date: 2010-06-14 01:08 pm (UTC)there's a joke in the about getting 'ding'd, but heck if i know...
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Date: 2010-06-14 01:22 pm (UTC)I HATE those things :)
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Date: 2010-06-14 08:51 pm (UTC)And, now that you know about the secret compartment on your pouch, I say make good use of it :D