Sat
-- 12:25a  Bed

--   8:08a  Up

--   8:40a  Leaving to bike, then get breakfast

--   9:30a  After biking 5 mi and talking to neighbor, tried to start car and it failed.

The starter was cranking but the engine wouldn't start.

--   9:55a  AAA said they'd be here in 25 mins

-- 10:00a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:21a  Biked 1.5 mi and then the AAA guy arrived

He jumped it with a device that also tested the battery.  He says it was reading 12.2

but 12.6 is needed to start the car.  He didn't think that I needed a new battery.

It seems that pumping up bike tires yesterday in accessory mode might have been 

a bit too much for the battery.

-- 10:28a  The guy left and I biked 3.5 mi, while car continued running in garage to charge battery.

-- 10:58a  Leaving to pickup dinner @Ghareeb Nawaz:  Curry chicken

I was able to park right outside the storefront so I left the car running.

-- 12:00p  Inside after biking 5 mi

--   2:40p  Finished reviewing tax forms and writing out checks

--   3:00p  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @McD: 2 fish sandwiches (one free for answering online survey)

After biking 5 mi, the car started, but it seemed to be having a little trouble.

After eating, the car wouldn't start on first try, but it started on the 2nd try.

I drove straight to the dealership, but the service department was already closed.

~~  I went to an oil change place, which was closing, but they don't have batteries.

They suggested O'Reilly's, saying they were open until 9p.  But, on the way there

I was passing a Firestone and decided to pull in.  I left the car running.

~~  They seemed hesitant, since it seems that they'd be closing soon, and, they

don't actually have the batteries there.  I implied that I'd come back tomorrow

but I went to O'Reilly's.

~~  The guy said he could install it, but I'd have to wait until there were not

customers in the store.  So, I waited and he was able to change the battery.

Luckily, the car did start.  Now the question is will it start tomorrow.

~~  On the way, I saw a new restaurant, Jeff's Bagel Run, which is not yet open.

They're a chain, but this will be the first one north of North Carolina.

They do NOT seem to have sanwiches, just spreads.  None of them have lox, and

if they did, I would assume its base would be cream cheese.  I can't see

myself going there more than once.  It's near the high school, so

I suspect it will only be successful if the students like the place.

--   5:38p  Inside;  I started to bike but it was misty.  (Total 20 mi today)

--   6:11p  "ET"

--   7:13p  ... "Animal Control"- (03/13/25)

--   7:47p  "Elsbeth" (03/13/25)

--   9:35p  "Going Dutch"- (03/13/25)

-- 10:14p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:37p  "SNL"

In the cold open, the guest host played a character named Jennabelle.

2nd time today that Forrest Gump "box of chocolate" line was used.

They also mentioned cheese.

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