I killed my car battery!

Jerome Stokes, General Manager of Snellville's Auto Zone Store replacing my car battery. I just love to have other people do manual labor for me while I stand around and snap photos. It's a gift.

I freely admit that it's my fault. I was sitting in the car yesterday, waiting for my daughter for about a half hour. You know how you can turn the key in the ignition switch one notch and be able to listen to the radio? Apparently I went a little further than that first notch (or maybe I bumped it...hey there's a chance I'm not stupid, and I'm clinging to that.)

By the title of this blog post you already know - the car battery was dead. Deader than Dead-Dead E. McDead at a Grateful Dead festival. Finally my daughter arrived and was ready to go. I call Hubs, and he came out to jump the battery.

The battery has lived its full life. It will no longer hold the jump charge. Time to go to the great battery recycling center in the sky (eyes mist.)

So I called AutoZone in Snellville and spoke to Jerome. He asked me a few questions about my car and could tell me that they had it in stock. You see, if I drove to the store and turned off the car to walk into the store to then find out it was out of stock, I wouldn't be able to drive away again. Luckily, they had it in several different price options. Jerome said to come on over, they would put the battery in at no charge. So that's what I did. It was very easy and quick.

If you need a car battery, check out Snellville's AutoZone. Most batteries have 2 and 3 year warranties, and even if your battery fails you while traveling, any AutoZone location can look up your account by your phone number and see if your warranty is still in effect. Auto Zone also offers free testing of batteries, starters, and alternators.

If you need a gift for a guy, ladies - this is where you need to go! I couldn't believe the amount of clever gadgets and stuff guys would like. I'm set for next time I need a 'guy gift.'

I have not been compensated in any way for this blog post. I go to places, and if they are nice to me and I'm pleased with their service, they're going to get some free promo here on the blog from me. I also sent the link to this blog post to AutoZone's corporate office. Seems the least I can do.

Here is AutoZone's contact info:
Autozone 2195 East Main Street, Snellville - 770-978-0787

Snellville Restaurant Inspections

UPDATE: in late 2007, I started a new site that's only about Snellville restaurants.
It's called www.SnellvilleEats.com - check it out when you have a minute...! ...and now, back to the original blog post...

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I have been looking online today for Snellville Restaurant inspection reports. I couldn't find a page just on Snellville restaurants, but I found a page for the most recent Gwinnett County inspections, and I also added the link to the sidebar of this blog (under Snellville Restaurant Inspections)

If anyone knows where I can access more records, please let me know. I think it helps everyone.

Do you pay attention to the score a restaurant has received? Do you look before you eat there? I often do look, but after today's experience, I am going to make a habit of making sure I look for it, and if I don't see it, I'm going to ask to see it.

I have already had the stomach flu, so I think this was food poisoning. I ate lunch at...er, well I don't want to call them out, so let's just say it's a place with a guy with a mushroom hat whose motto is " keep on shroomin' " .... I think some of the cold cuts in my sandwich were bad - but the sandwich also had raw mushrooms in it, so that could have been the culprit. I was sick within 15 minutes of leaving the restaurant and I've been feeling bad for about 3 hours now.
It has felt different from stomach flu - I have felt lightheaded and a little bit fuzzy brained and weird (ok no smart comments about how I'm weird anyway! LOL)

After today, I will think of "keep on shroomin' " as "keep on sitting on the toilet at Snellville's AutoZone while retching into their trash can." Kudos go out to that AutoZone (store #3194) by the way, both for their very clean trash can/bathroom facilities, as well as their fast and efficient skill in changing out my battery for me. Very nice guys.

• Do you pay attention to the restaurant inspection scores?
• What score would make you leave?
• How high does a score need to be for you to eat there?
• Do you check out scores online before you go out to eat?
  

Congratulations to Zaxby's Restaurant at 3220 Centerville Highway, Snellville, for getting a score of 99 on their recent Gwinnett County Restaurant inspection.