Analog vs. Digital Parking Meters
The bad news about parking at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market? (open since late April, if you weren’t aware): you’ll have to pay for it.
The good news: you won’t have to pay very much, at least on a Sunday in late May.
I was about to dump additional quarters in the meter earlier today when I realized that 25¢ was more than enough to cover the 30 minutes or so my son and I expected to visit.
Buying an Hour — or a Decade
It recalled a similar experience in Laramie, Wyoming a long time ago.
Stopping for lunch driving cross-country, I put 25¢ in the meter, and was annoyed when I didn’t see any time register on the (analog) display.
My annoyance grew as I dropped in successive quarters, with the same result.
Now extremely perturbed (and presumably, out of quarters), I finally stopped to read the meter’s instructions: 1¢ bought 10 minutes, 5¢ bought an hour, 10¢ bought two hours, etc.
Sure enough, the dial was well past the right side, where it was (almost) impossible to see.
I think I still have time on that meter . . . 🙂
P.S.: I don’t believe the pineapple (overripe, $1 apiece) was local. But, the ubiquitous and cheap rhubarb (above left) sure appeared to be.
