WaWa Woes, This and That

Arose very early yesterday (~6:00! how do those working stiffs do that?) to attend a once monthly (thank goodness) meeting over in Leonardtown. Upon departing the meeting I decided I’d take a chance on a collision and stop at the WaWa at 4/235 and gas up before getting a Latte. Deftly maneuvered around various obstacles, got out my little book to record mileage, amounts, cost, etc., and put it on the seat along with the cell phone and keys from the ignition. Got out and pushed enough buttons to allow the machine to dispense the fuel, stared at the driver behind me until the “click” of the pump told me it had finished, carefully replaced the nozzle, waited for the little receipt to spit out and reached for the door handle....... Only to discover that it somehow had locked itself! Rattle, rattle, all doors locked. Well, I’ll just call MFO – whoops! Cell phone in car so as not to cause an explosion. So I go inside (which is an experience in itself) and asked the nice lady re-stocking the shelves if there were a pay phone. Mercifully I had 50 cents in my pockets. Upon hearing my plight she graciously offered the “store phone” (besides the flutter mobile was hogging a money source). Also mercifully MFO at the digs overcame the aversion to answer any funny looking caller ID, and answered. After some anxious minutes, she appeared in the Momster, key in hand and we moved on. Lessons learned!

Speaking of WaWa, as we’ve noted before they are almost always full. If you look closely however, at least half of them are abandoned for long periods of time while their owner is inside apparently enjoying a cup of coffee or maybe leisurely consuming a sandwich. A previous visit resulted in seeing somebody pull up to the pump, get out, and had not reappeared by the time I had finished. I don’t get it. Further yet speaking of WaWa, why is it that the one just north of gate one is the only one that has those idiot “Hi, WaWa guy again!” commercials playing over the too loud speakers every 20 seconds or so? The one at 235/4 doesn’t, in fact they have some reasonably nice music over the too loud speakers. It’s just the one by the flutters that seems to feel the need to harass a captive audience. Maybe that’s why people avoid their cars..

And, watch it people, we're sliding back into bad driving habits...Instead of waiting an eternity for the demons in my light at Millstone to let me turn left, one of them cast a spell on a driver wishing (as I did) to go north on 235 causing a four car line to form while the mesmerized driver waited that eternity to have all four lanes completely clear before directly crossing the “merge lane” into the nearest lane, proceed north and turn off right at the next street to go to the bank. That’s why they supply cars with horns, methinks.

This Friday is “first Friday” over in Leonardtown – galleries, eateries and general good times.

Next Friday (3/(yikes!), Saturday and Sunday is the annual Friends of the Library Book Sale at the fairgrounds. Bigger and better than ever this year. there's even (edible) food.

Carr’s, those people who make the expensive water crackers has a new product called “Cheese Melts”. They’re pretty good.


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