when is 24 hours not 24 hours?

when the power goes out apparently.

my usual sunday ritual goes along these lines - waking up and depending on when i wake up, determines when i head out to get my paper. i like watching Motorweek but i'll miss it sometimes if i'm out. anyways, i'll head out to pick up the globe (need my weekly opus fix, and i have the book, it rules, bill drools) and coffee (and often a muffin) from dunkin

well, today was my first morning i was going to go past the Mobil On The Run that just opened, and they were selling gas at a semi-reasonable price so i decided to feed my vee-hick-le. it's supposed to be open for 24 hours, but when i pulled up to the pump, it didn't look like it was working, so i moved to another and that didn't look like it was working, so i headed in. i proceeded to ask the girl behind the counter how to use these new pumps (slightly different design). i was pretty sure i knew how to use them as the basic swipe your card, pump is fairly standard everywhere, but i wanted to make sure. she replied that they had lost power and we not sure how to reset things (it looked as tho the manager went flying into an office as i walked in). the lights were on in the place, so i thanked her and headed back to my vee-hick-le and headed out their back entrance to avoid the traffic light. as i turned onto the street, i saw that there was a firetruck and a truck from the local power company doing work, so i headed over to dunkin' to get my coffee and paper. but when i got there, and took about 3 steps to the supermarket i get my paper at, i saw that it was really dark. so was dunkin'. i did chuckle at the people who did have their coffee standing by the window looking out on the parking lot.

so i headed back and decided to goto cumby farms to feed my vee-hick-le and pick up the paper. and while there, i discovered that they have a little selection of coffees, so that made me happy. the only thing that i don't like about cumby farm's coffee is their cups - they aren't the standard size for cup holders (too narrow at the base) but otherwise, it was pretty good.

well, i may have to go there a little more frequently than i do. distancewise, it's about the same as well as time, so maybe i'll go there every other week. or maybe i'll just start going there. i'll have my choice in coffee flavors. i love my morning dunkin', but i'm not opposed to alternatives as long as they are good.