Cool; but a nice day w/partly sunny skies. Temps to 70F later today.
Charlotte headed to the Rec Hall to buy tickets for the Chinese Auction. A "Chinese Auction" is where you purchase tickets and deposit them in the container (bag) assigned to each item. Tickets were available up until 2 p.m. when the drawings would then be held.
While Charlotte was making executive decisions on what choices to make at the auction I checked to see if the Del Sol battery had taken a charge overnight. No such luck. It had a dead cell. I continued to check online for the best battery (Group 51R) for the car. The car is 21 years old and batteries of that size and style (Battery posts on top) are getting harder to come by.
I wanted an AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) battery. The special mat acts like a wick between the battery plates. Only enough electrolyte is needed to keep the mat wet. If the battery cracks it will not leak as there is no free liquid to escape. They never need maintenance and resist vibration. An AGM type battery is only available by special order. I would have to buy a standard lead acid (Flooded) battery. This odd-ball sized AGM is usually not in a store stock; but may be ordered. When you need a battery - you need a battery! You don't need to wait.
I checked all local auto parts suppliers and Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, K-Mart and Home Depot for a quality 51R battery. Only three had that size lead acid battery in stock with only one having the top quality version available. I called Batteries Plus in Mt. Dora to check for an in-stock Duracell Ultra Premium Gold 51R Battery for the Del Sol. It was confirmed. I "Jumped" the dead battery to get the car started and then departed.
Online I was able to get a 10% discount and a $10 mail in rebate making this the best deal. It was also the store with the highest quality battery in stock with the most power (500 Cold Cranking Amps/615 Cranking Amps), best price ($126.99 ) and longest warranty (36 month free replacement; 65 month pro-rated warranty). Kenneth was excellent.
He installed the battery quickly and I was soon on my way.
I arrived back at the motorhome in time to return with Charlotte for the Chinese Auction drawing at 2 p.m. We had the pleasure of sharing a table with Sue, a fellow crafter of Charlotte's, from Sarasota, FL as we awaited the draw.
We had a late-afternoon "Lupper" (Lunch/Supper) before heading to the Mt. Dora Community Building Theatre for the play "Assisted Living: The Musical (How the Older Half Lives)".
Mt. Dora still has the downtown Christmas Lights shining which were very pretty.
We parked a few steps from the main entrance. Considering all the tickets (except for 3) were sold we were certainly lucky enough to be able to get 4th Row Center seats .
Assisted Living: The Musical® is a 75-minute vaudeville-esque revue written for two actors and a pianist. The show’s host couple enters heaven, suspecting their son pulled the plug… to get his hands on Dad’s vintage Corvette. They don’t seem to mind. Instead, the couple fondly remembers Pelican Roost, an active, full-service retirement community.
There, eighteen different characters sing and dance, revel and kvetch, celebrate their way through later life.
Naomi Lipshitz-Yamamoto-Murphy regularly upgrades her living arrangements as an unintended consequence of spousal mortality.
A Stetson-ed lawyer promises that legal compensation hides in every act of aging.
A Wellness Center nurse actively — very actively — recruits organ donors.
A 93-year old Cadillac owner redefines “Drive Thru Window.” There were several other characters/skits/songs that were all hilarious. There were no sad songs, no Depends® jokes and no f-bombs in Assisted Living: The Musical. Just good, clean fun!
The sell-out crowd enjoyed the show, even joining in on a few song chorus lines (the words - they didn't get up and dance - grin).
The very funny evening was over all too soon!
We were back at the motorhome a about 9:30 p.m. filling the remainder of the evening with random TV programs.
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