Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 15, 2024) [Video]

The mornings are getting colder, which is deadly to car batteries on their last drops of juice, as I found out yesterday morning when I went to start my car.

Click, click, click. Dead.

Luckily, I had nowhere important to go. I put on my AirPods and walked to the gym instead.

If you have an aging battery (mine was just shy of 7 years old, which is like 95 in human years), now is a good time to get it tested. You can also do it yourself if you have a multimeter.

Later in the day, I spent $205.05 on a new battery. Every cent counts, apparently.

But I’m grateful my old battery died at home, in the comfort of my driveway, rather than late at night, in a poorly lit parking lot, in sub-freezing temperatures during a snowstorm. 

Although, that sounds like a great beginning to a short story, one that I would title, “Click, click, click. Dead.”

Moving on, …