Necessities in the time of Covid-19

I am hunkered down, except a couple of outings that cannot be postponed.

Here in NC our cars have yearly tags which means paying taxes to city and state. Before they are issued, each car must be inspected by an authorized car repair place...and lots of them offer this.

I postponed getting this done, so Friday last week, I figured I'd better do it before everyone shut down their businesses. I'd waited to avoid the crunch at the end of last month, but it's due at the end of March.  I dare say taxes will still be collected, though the envelopes may not be opened on time.

My favorite mechanic was busy as usual, but also checked a belt that had been squealing, and he said it doesn't need replacing yet. Isn't this shop just like they probably always have been? The parking lot is always crowded with cars and I just pull up in whatever free area is available.  I sat wearing a mask and reading a book in their cluttered waiting room, and caught them working on various computers, one of which eventually printed out my inspection. Yay, my little car is good for another year.  I was even offered the staff washroom in case I wanted to wash my hands.

I will be taking some bleach-water and disinfecting the car a bit (except upholstery of course) from wherever I think R.T. touched things. Just being cautious. He was wearing rubber gloves himself to work on it!