First, let’s get the semi-obligatory car stuff out of the way. While Ivi stopped for a few minutes at her bank auto-teller, I took a look at some of the cars at the adjacent Historic Texaco Station, something devised by a local preservationist/entrepreneur. The Station is usually littered with a number of old cars in various states of being. Today I saw a faded pink ’57 Oldsmobile and a circa ’49 Chevy (with the Fender Bender? sign across the street). I also bumped into a woman who was photographing the cars as well, and our brief chat revealed that she was trying to document a Thoreau quotation bumper sticker that appeared on one of the cars.
Then less than a block away, I spot a circa 1939 Buick parked in front of the GM dealer. Next was an otherwise nondescript Subaru painted in the Subaru rally racing team livery colors. Finally, as we drove up Island Avenue, I sighted a Cayman (any Porsche model is a rarity in these parts), but thought I was too late to capture it. Nevertheless upon later inspection, I found that it can be barely seen in the extreme right of my blind, over-the-shoulder attempt (like fishing, the photograph not taken — the one that got away — doesn’t count).
One of our major errands was a trip to the local shoe repair shop — apparently one of the very few still in existence in the entire state — where we discussed the economy and made plans for recycling comfortable old footwear. And right outside we also get the Dog Photo of the Day and, once again, I capture the local retro-bus (I could explain about this: a few years back, when I built a website for the city, part of the package was to be photos of, among other things, local public transit. But I never did get a proper picture of the old buses, so I keep trying whenever an opportunity presents itself).
Finally, we check on the status of the 103 entrance deck. Looks quite different, depending on the angle of the light, but one thing is for certain. The experiment to embed non-slip grit into the finish is less than successful, so Ivi intends to install 3M no-slip tape as a better alternative. Maybe tomorrow morning.
What I don”t present here was the continuing and often hilarious running commentary provided by Ivi on all these events. Need movie mode, maybe …