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Originally Posted by gomoho
I admit it I'm STUPID - have left the keys in the car while it is parked in the garage for
the last 40 years. Only time it backfired is once when I was taking a shower and my mom who has dementia got in the car and drove off. All's well that ends well. Thank goodness. Always thought that was one of the benefits of a garage - leaving the keys in the ignition.
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Having cared, in our home, for a mom who had dementia....I had to chuckle. Although it truly is not funny when it happens. Right?
Mine totally FORGOT how to drive so we were lucky that way......
But once while we were all staying in a hotel, adjoining rooms with a connecting door.....she escaped late evening and went down to crash a wedding in the atrium by the pool, in her nightgown, barefooted, with her purse on her arm, looking like Sophia in THE GOLDEN GIRLS.....front desk called us at midnight to come down and get her.......we could never figure out how she opened the deadbolt lock.
But, getting back to the thieves........any type of "invasion" is frightening.
Everyone up here used to leave their doors open, their keys in their cars, etc. but those days are long gone.........
Besides thieves, once our neighbor's little 4 year old boy got into their pickup truck and turned it on....got it rolling down the street which is a hill....luckily his dad spotted him and jumped to the rescue.....
So, whether it is old grannies, little boys or the unwanted thief, better to not leave keys in the car.