did your morning involve 2 strangers + 2 cops + 2 mechanics?

mine did. j's car battery cables came loose apparantly, and while driving by costco and luckily being almost stopped at a light, the entire car decided to die. no power. no blinky hazards to warn cars not to hit me, nada. luckily something worked and the hazards came back on. nobody came to help for awhile. an old guy tried but said he couldn't do anything. then out of nowhere a stranger told me to put it in neutral and 2 guys started pushing to get it into a strip mall but it was too heavy to get it up the hill so it got stuck in the driveway, now halfway in the road. i saw a big cop suv and waved them over - two big guys got out and analyzed the situation and after trying to figure out how to take out the bike rack to PUSH the car w/their car up the driveway, they played w/the battery wires and got the car to work! they followed me to a fix it shop where some nice guys tightened stuff and added washers for $15. maybe i should start paying attention when j teaches me about cars....