What's All These Gadgets For? (standard:humor, 904 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 15 2021	Views/Reads: 1013/743	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Instruction seems to be the gateway to wisdom. I have a hard time with following instructions, which is why I have trouble and not just with gadgets.

Without any hesitation, I will gladly admit that I am on the short side
when it comes to gadgets. For me, most of them do not make any sense at 
all. Instead, I like things simple and easy. 

As for the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, she is obsessed with
gadgets. She loves them almost as much as I love Apple Fritters. I've 
gone into her "Craft Room" and noticed all the gadgets neatly placed 
where they belong. Unfortunately, I could not tell you the 
identification of any of them. 

I am gadgets-illiterate while she is gadget-obsessed. 

I did not know how obsessed she was with gadgets until recently. 

My truck was giving me some trouble, so I took it to my mechanic to look
it over. Much to my distress, he said the engine was just about shot, 
and it would have to be replaced. 

My choices were to replace the engine for around $5,500 or buy another
truck for about $30,000. I may not be handy with gadgets, but when it 
comes to money, that is my specialty. 

I reluctantly chose to have the engine replaced, but the bad news was,
it would take about a month to do it. First, he had to find an engine 
and have it shipped to his garage. 

I didn't know how long that month was until recently. 

Because I did not have my truck, I had to borrow the Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage's van. She bought that van a little over two years 
ago. It took her a whole year to find the kind of van she wanted. She 
did all her research and finally found the van of her liking. 

For myself, being over 6 feet tall, it was all I could do to squeeze
into her van as a passenger. I found out squeezing in as a driver was 
even more difficult. 

She said I could drive it, and then instructed me on how to drive and
all the gadgets associated with driving her van. 

Unfortunately, my habit is not to pay attention when people are talking
about gadget things. 

I've had my driver's license for over 50 years, and I have driven many
cars during that time. 

I thanked her, got into her van, and it took quite a few minutes to get
the seat settled where I can operate it. 

Sitting in the driver's seat, I felt like I was being squished on all
sides. 

After a few minutes, I was able to start it on and then try to figure
out how to put it in reverse. I found it finally and backed out of our 
driveway. 

With a few more little squeegees, I put it back into drive and went
forward. It was at this time I noticed the mirrors were all out of 
focus. How can my wife drive this van when the mirrors are so mixed up? 


So, while driving along, I began to fiddle with the mirrors, trying to
adjust them to where I could see out of them. There is a gadget for 
each mirror, and I got the gadgets mixed up. Finally, I got it to where 
it was at least usable for my driving. 

I sighed a very deep sigh, which usually means I'm in trouble, while
driving down the highway. I decided I wanted to turn the radio on and 
listen to music while driving. You might as well have fun while you're 
driving in such a gadget-contaminated vehicle. 

Pressing several buttons, I finally was able to find the button for the
radio. Unfortunately, the sound was very low. Now, I had to find a 
gadget to turn the sound up so I could hear it. 



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