Wait so how does the checkout thing actually work, do you need to go in person or can you reserve it ahead of time? I'm asking because Bear Brook is like 40 min from me and I'd be pretty annoyed to drive to Concord just to find out all the passes are already gone for the week. Do they limit how many they have per library, and can you renew it if nobody else is waiting? Also does it cover the whole car or just one person, because $5 a head adds up fast with kids.

Skipped one step and it all falls apart, story of my life.

Did your arm ever get tired the first week or did you get used to it fast? My buddy did almost the same thing, grabbed a beat up hand grinder at a flea market in Phoenix for like 12 bucks just to keep at his desk at work. Now he gets to the office early just to make his own cup with it and the fancy electric one he bought two years ago just sits there. He says the slow part is what he likes, it wakes him up better than the coffee does.