[AGL] report from the front lines

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Yesterday, the battery of our newly re-registered jalopy crapped out. 
Later that day, neighbor Heny gave me a jump and I drove the car to 
Firestone's on south Congress. They replaced the battery while I waited 
and the manager even found a $20 Firestone discount on batteries. The 
bill was $142. When I worked batteries and tires at Sears Automotive 30 
years ago, that battery was about $80. While I waited, I looked around 
for somewhere to sit down but all the chairs and divans had been stored 
against the wall upside down. The seating was in quarantine or 
self-isolated or whatever the term of art is this week.

Whe the battery crapped out, I was off to the 7 to 8am opening at the 
Whole Foods for old-timers. So I walked there. I entered the store 
illegally from the downstairs parking via elevator because I was 
supposed to wait outside and get at the back of a very long line 
outside. After being thrown out of the store, I finessed this by 
re-entering the store from the downstairs parking again via elevator and 
skulking past the view of the store minders.

As you know, the streets of Austin are virtually empty, no rush hour 
jams as there are not enuf cars. What are you all up to? Is it just 
samo-samo since our age cohort is mostly/entirely retired?