Walking to a car, it's the place where a conversation becomes momentarily
awkward, and often comes to a complete halt after a few failed attempts to shout over the large American sedan or
SUV. Emerging from the autopause, the appropriate sentence is "What were we
talking about?"
Jane and I were walking to the parkinglot-
talking of memories past when upon arriving at the car we put our grocieries in the trunk. In order to get into the car, we went thru the autopause and felt
weird that we could not see each other. We had time to think independently for a moment, and when we backed out into traffic, Jane said "What were we
talking about?"