Galen couldn't help but wince at the noise from the internal combustion vehicle outside the automat. So much noise for so little power, he said to himself. Bit of a bother, that.
Finally the traffic control device lit a different color light and the obnoxious machine and its pilot moved off down the street.
Turning back to his newspapers, Galen considered more coffee, perhaps with the food-like substance they called blueberry pie. More preservatives than an Egyptian mummy, but decadently edible.