Tires and Coffee

The time had come to get our tires changed — all season tires off, snow tires on. Following one of my shorter nights — only 4:40 according to Sleepwatch — I needed a coffee. I drove through the drive through on my way to the garage.

Boy O Boy, did I need a coffee

It wasn't my first caffeine hit of the day, but it was the first good one and only the second overall.

In an effort to economize, we recently switched from the increasingly expensive Belgian Chocolate mix that we had been consuming for years to a big can of Tim Hortons, which was satisfactory. But, when Tim's coffee was no longer on a good sale, we opted to try a well-known, ubiquitous, cheap brand that shall not be named, but I will say that it comes in a predominately blue packaging. Said brand is not very good on the first drop, never mind the last one.

So that is why I went through the drive through, after which I drove to the garage, handed them my keys, sat down and revelled in sipping my drink while I waited.

There were four other fellas waiting for their tire change, and like me, they were all on their phones. It seems that not so very long ago, I would have picked up whatever magazines were on offer to pass the time. Now, waiting rooms can save the cost of most magazine subscriptions. Mind you, providing us with wireless is an expense.

Meanwhile, movie filming was transpiring on main street. Pamela Anderson is a vaguely recognizable name to me. I don't know the fella, but apparently is name is Michael Cera, and also, apparently, I should know who he is.

If you are interested here is a link to a CBC news video. I wish that I could just pop the video in directly, but you have to click through. Of the many pizzarias in town, they briefly interviewed the proprietor of the one we patronize.

(https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/michael-cera-pamela-anderson-spotted-at-film-shoot-in-carleton-place/vi-AA1R4Slc?ocid=socialshare)