Those LITTLE Irritating Things

 I direct my thousands and thousands of unspoken words to you, Blog, my only audience, the details of which are of interest to no one else. Here goes.

   Out of a lengthy history, I'll start with my car's tire pressure symbol lighting up shortly after its inspection and repair to tires. On emergency trip, mechanic said it was weak battery in tire fuse or something and of no consequence. A new battery was installed but 3 days ago, the battery went dead. Joe T. did jumpstart the battery a day later, and so far the car runs, but I have a suspicion that something is draining it and fear being stranded if I do go somewhere. I have Roadside Assistance, but I have found there can be considerable delay in responses.***Due to malfunctioning leaky furnace, and ongoing repairs and aborted  service calls, automatically scheduled fuel delivery was ceased, without prior notice, due to "delay" in my payment. So the house was cold for a while, although when so advised, the district manager promptly made delivery. ***The power went out for a period of time, leaving no means of communication. I remembered I had a portable radio stashed away, and was able to locate it, only to find it had no batteries. Last week, I went to sNs to buy batteries. They were not in the location where they had previously been, so I asked at the desk. The clerk said batteries are now at the ends of aisles 2 and 3. I looked in vain, making 3 full circuits, looking at both sides and both ends. No batteries in sight. Home, I ordered batteries on Amazon, which arrived in 2 days. I replaced, rather placed, the batteries, but am unable to turn the radio on. I''d also tried to redeem a $7 coupon for Ensure, which I've done previously, but the young cashier apologized and  said they couldn't take the coupon, or he might lose his job. Egad!***When our new furnace was installed 8 years ago, a new smart thermostat was also installed. Several days ago, the light on it went out. I need to use a flashlight to adjust the settings if I want to change the settings. I asked Chat GPT how to resolve this minor inconvenience and Chat provided 6 different paths of possibility. I can't fathom any of them.***Last year, the door to my toaster-oven broke at the corner, and due to its age and now imperfect operating condition, I purchased another but I hated it because of its complicated operating instructions so  I returned it, retrieved my old appliance and jammed some kind of stickum into the hinge of the door. Recently, that gave out, so I bought Gorilla Glue. I was  unable to open its container by usual means, so used pliers to get the top off. But the glue, seemingly viable, refuses to leave the container. Instructions say do not put in microwave. Maybe I'll try putting the container in hot water, and see if that puts the substance in notion.***The lens fell out of my reading glasses, and I find a small crack in the plastic frame. I glue it with Smart Grip, but I guess that's not meant for plastic, as the lens fell out again.***I decide my extraordiarily organized array of financial statements and credit card statements and bills dating back for years are no longer of value, so I decided to purge them. I deposited them in a large paper bag which broke so I inserted that into a laundry basket which reached over-capacity. I planned to do what I've done before in  winter time: take them out back,  arrange them in a snowbank and burn them. I search the house but can't find any matches. I ask family to bring me some matches, but instead  they take the basket of papers to burn in the fireplace. Maybe I'm not trusted to start a fire. What could go wrong?  (Well, once again, enough time has passed so Spelling Bee will be playable, any time after 3 a.m. 

Update:  Thanks to an astute relative, I was able to locate, replace, and re-activate the light on my thermostat. I now know how to forcefully pry it open and replace the 2 AA batteries. Who knew...