Warmer today but very, very windy. Glad we're at the dock.
Roy bought the new generator and sold the old one for $30. He tested the new one thoroughly. Everything worked fine except the battery charger output, which was only seven volts instead of fourteen, so he's going to take it back.
I walked to the AAA office to get info on air fare, train fare, and bus fare to New York. Roy's flying out of JFK this Friday at two. They didn't have information on bus fare. To fly, he'd have to go to either the Providence or Boston airport; there aren't any flights from New Bedford to New York. It would be about $10 cheaper out of Boston. Oddly, round trip is less than one-way. Doesn't make sense. He could get a round-trip ticket for $69. Amtrak is $41, but he'd have to go to Providence to catch it, and it would go to Penn Station in Manhattan, so then he'd have to take a cab or bus to the airport. I phoned Bonanza Bus Lines (there's no Greyhound here). The bus fare from New Bedford to New York is $34 one-way or $59 round trip, and the round trip is good for a year, whereas on the plane it's only good for 30 days. But the bus would go to the Port Authority Terminal in Manhattan, so again he'd have the expense and bother of taking a cab or bus to the airport. I phoned Avis and found out I can rent a car with unlimited mileage for $28 a day, so that's our best bet. It's only 200 miles to JFK, so I could easily drive him there in the morning and drive back to New Bedford in the afternoon.
Found a Radio Shack and went in to order the battery holder for my new printer. When I bought the printer in Great Bridge, the clerk sold me two cadmium batteries and a battery charger, but he said the holder would have to be special ordered. I didn't want to order it until we'd settled down in one place for a while. Now that we're going to be in New Bedford/Fairhaven for a few weeks, this seemed like the opportune time, but when the clerk told me it cost $60, I nearly fainted! I wish now I hadn't bought the batteries and the charger; in all likelihood, I'll only use the printer when we're tied to a dock and have AC. I had thought the holder would just be plastic and cost $10 at the most. When I asked the clerk why it was so expensive, he said it was a battery pack, not just a holder. Something is obviously wrong, so the clerk's going to run an inquiry on it. I left without ordering.
I went several places trying to get postcards, but the only ones I could find were 50 cents each, which is ridiculous. I also walked over to the Regional Transit office for information on the local buses. Got the schedule, which covers all the buses on one schedule but doesn't have maps. The senior fare is 25 cents with an ID card, which you get from the Council on Aging instead of from the bus company, so now I've got to phone them in the morning to find out which days they issue the cards.
Roy took the boat's battery charger to a shop to get it repaired. They'll have an estimate for him tomorrow.
My sore throat is worse today. If it isn't starting to get better by tomorrow, I'll take a bus or rent a car and go to Kaiser in Amherst or West Springfield. Those are the closest Kaisers in Massachusetts, and they're more than 100 miles away.
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