Keys Gone Bad

Not sure what was happening with the keys in my world, but 3 of them failed to work last week and I don't know why.

The first incident was on a hot afternoon (at least it was hot inside my truck). The key slipped into the ignition, but that's as far as it went. The ignition seemed jammed and the key wasn't going to work. After about 5 minutes of wiggling the key around, in and out, and upside down, the ignition unfroze and and I was off to more business visits.

Maybe an hour later at the post office, I was trying to insert the key into my PO Box and it too wasn't going to work. The key flat out wouldn't fit. After several attempts to make it work by postal employees and me, Carol our post mistress was kind enough to give me the "backup" key to that box and I was on my way.

Did I mention that my ATM card didn't work that day either?

Just this past Saturday, it was my turn to take the Marshall Float and drive it in the parade in Tyler for Aebleskiver Days. Had made arrangements ahead of time to get the key to the brand new pickup attached to the float as the dealership would be closed by the time that I was planning to leave for Tyler. It was going to be great! A wonderful way to spend a Saturday evening.

After climbing into the new pickup to head down the road, I inserted the key into the ignition and turned it. Nothing happened! The truck would not start. After a couple of minutes, I noticed the dash board showed an error message: "damaged key."

Sorry Tyler! Sorry Aebleskiver Days Committee. Sorry Marshall. It seems that I was just having a bad key week.