ye olde random-seeming assortment

Today I learned that according to the guys at the appliance parts place, the reason gear oil is nasty is that it contains some kind of sulfur something or other, but don't worry, I'm not going to go all nuts on washing machine repair again. Also:

• I can go in Lowe's for a while,
• Wild Oats has a little cafeteria area hidden in a corner, and
• the Grease Monkey near us closed, and the next nearest one is practically across the street from Wild Oats, so now we can multi-task if we happen to need an oil change and groceries at the same time.

Also, my husband reports that the drive-through coffee place next to the Grease Monkey smells better than it tastes.