Had to go out for some stuff at the grocery store.
Wanted to fill up the gas tank first, because one piece of advice for extreme cold weather is that it’s better to have a full tank to reduce the chance of gas line freeze-up.
Went to gas station; kept sticking my customer card into the card reader; nothing happened. Finally concluded that the card reader wasn’t working in the cold. I got in the car and drove away. I suppose I could have run in and paid in advance inside, but my hands were too cold from futzing with the card reader. Will fill up the tank tomorrow. Gloves weren’t enough; had to put the mitts on, on top of the gloves, while driving to the Co-op. (Steering wheel was very cold; car predates heated steering wheel technology.)
Got to grocery store and got out of car. Pressed the “lock” button on the fob. Nothing happened. Battery in the fob is getting old, and with the cold, it wasn’t doing anything. Locked the door manually and pretty much ran in from the parking lot; -26 and a bitter wind, making it feel like -31 C, according to my weather app. Warmed up in the grocery store while shopping.
Ran back out with the cart; used the key to unlock the car; shoved stuff in; hell’s bells, why did I park so far from the cart storage area?!? Toyed with the idea of just leaving it there, but then thought that some poor Co-op schlub would have to come out and put it back, so wheeled it over to the cart area, and ran back to the car, fighting the wind.
Drove home and unloaded; plugged in the block heater; locked the car manually; put stuff away.
Hot chocolate with the little space heater blowing, then I’ll make some supper.