Tuesday 02/18/2025
Writers meeting at 10:45. I hadn’t written anything, but I enjoyed hearing some rather clever short pieces on the topic of “taxes”. Other than that, it was housekeeping day, which is now 12pm on Tuesdays, so I had to tidy up.
At 2:30 I joined members of the Car-Free interest group in the lobby, to go the half mile to the Avenidas Senior Center to hear a talk on the Marguerite, which is Stanford’s system of local shuttle buses. Some walked, some rode the Channing House bus, and a few of us took our Clipper (transit) Cards and rode the #21 bus. It passes right by Channing House and goes in the general direction of Avenidas. I had not been on a Palo Alto City bus before. It was OK.
The Marguerite system is quite complex with something like ten routes, all fanning out from the Palo Alto train station. And all free for the public to use.
On the bus ride I got the call back from Toyota. Crystal, my service writer, had the bad news that yes they had to remove the passenger seat and the mice had chewed through wiring which is part of a harness connected to the air bag system, which is a safety issue, and so the wiring harness would have to be replaced, along with some other bits. Bottom line: $4,100. Considering the car would sell or trade in for maybe $9,000, that was not an easy call to make. But I authorized it.
It seems like every minute of the day aside from meetings, was spent either texting or emailing. I was trying to organize an AV team meeting, and I wrote to our facilities manager Chris, explaining about the mouse issue and what an unpleasant, not to mention expensive, experience it has been, and how maybe he should take some steps about rodent control in our garage because you wouldn’t want a repeat. I was nice and constructive in this, making it clear I was giving him time to plan before I went public on CHBB. Which I think he appreciated.
Codgerville 