cold day

Our car said 9*F this morning when we left for work. It didn't get much warmer by the time I left (about 25*F and windy).

Silly (and cold) me forgot to click our lights all the way off, so when I went to leave this afternoon the car wouldn't start. I caught someone coming onto my level of the garage and asked for some quick help to jump the car. She declined, stating that she had just bought the car - but that if she was driving her old car, she would have helped.

Whatever.

No one was available in our facility management office. I called some friends who worked nearby to see if they could come. I'd now been out there for about 35 minutes. They were wrapping up with some business down the road, but said they'd come over to help.

About 10 minutes later I saw someone else come to the garage - he was in a hurry (to get to a church boy's basketball game or something), but somewhat begrudgingly said he'd help. I told him it would take 90 seconds. And it pretty much did; popped the hoods up (oddly enough, he was the guy parked next to me), connected the cables (my hands were soooo cold by this point), and started the car. Disconnected the cables. Off we went.

Success.

and Brrrrrrrrr