We pause a moment to mourn a dead battery

Friday, January 29

In this cold weather, we hear a lot of things.  Things that often don’t sound good.  Like “click-click-click-click-click-click-click.”

Know what that sound is?  The sound of a dead battery. 

Yup – that’s what one of the cars in our family sounded like.

After playing a round of “who gets the working car,” Ken and I went to jump start the offender.  Of course, the dead battery car was parked nose in.  And the battery was on the opposite side of the car that was doing the jumping.

But we finally got it figured out.  And drove the care over to Murray’s Garage on the corner of Derstine and Richardson.

Mike Murray and his team have taken care of our cars for years.  And have gotten us out of jams like this one – without an appointment.

Murray’s Garage is also a winner of Lansdale’s Business of the Month Award – well deserved.  Murray’s past incarnation dates back to the 1940s – as a Texaco Station.  A great bit of history.

Eagle eyed Mike also noticed the car was a few days away from having an expired inspection.  And a worn set of front brakes.  Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles!

Lansdale Shopping Score:  1

Dinner took us to one of the most popular places on Main Street.   The aptly named Main Street Pizza.  And its memorable web site, www.thebigsliceonmain.com.

Main Street Pizza has great pizza and sandwiches.  But its also a lot more than that.  It’s a great sit-down BYOB Italian restaurant.  The dining room is done in rich, dark wood and hand painted murals.  There is almost always Sinatra playing on the stereo.  And on this Friday there was even a roving magician doing tricks tableside.

Always friendly, always good – stop by Main Street Pizza for a meal if you’ve never tried it!

Lansdale Shopping Score:  2

So, today’s score:

TWO opportunities to shop/eat in Lansdale met.

Let’s see what today brings!