A "Here's Your Sign" Moment

I cannot believe I am telling on myself. We all have those moments from time to time when say something we wished we had not or we ask a question when we know the answer. We also have those times which are both. You know those moments.

You see someone who is wearing a bright blue cast covering their fingers and all the way up to their elbow and before you can catch yourself you are saying something you wish you had not because you know the answer to the question. "Did you break your arm?" Dah. Of course they did. They were not wearing the cast to make some type of fashion statement. "Here's Your Sign"

Well, I had my own "Here's Your Sign" moment recently. I had only had my new (used) car a few days. I was too lazy (and still am) to read the car manual like I should. I figured I would just learn on my own. I kept seeing some numbers above the odometer numbers. The numbers would change; sometimes they were more or less than other times. I did not pay a lot of attention to when they changed but did note that it said "X" number of miles to E.

Since I had not read the book I made up my own interpretation of what this meant. I had it in my mind that the previous owner had (for some unknown reason) programmed the car to indicate how many miles it was to a particular East destination. I needed to find out how to clear this out.

Fortunately, before I had a chance to ask anyone and embarass myself I figured it out. OMG and dahhhh! The porch light came on and someone was home. The numbers were how many miles remaining to Empty. Here's Your Sign.

I cannot believe how dumb I felt but at least I can laugh at myself before anyone else had a chance to laugh at me. Now you all can laugh at or with me - whichever makes you happy.