–Creekside Endodontics said they would charge me $960 for the consultation. I blew up, called to cancel, and was informed that Delta would cover part of a $2,100 bill and I would pay $960–for consultation AND same-day root canal. Okay. Thing is, I don’t think a root canal is the issue here, but we’ll see. Then I had to fill out a 127-page medical history + legal forms, on my phone. Gettin’ real tired of the way medicine is going.
–Went to UPS to pick up (a) a Faith Evermore spinner (great design, too small), (b) an LIC EDC Smoothie spinner, (c) an Uchigumori stone I ordered from Bernal Cutlery. The stone has promise for polishing cladding, but there will be a learning curve. The Smoothie spun okay twice, then sort of quit. I used all of my bearing tools trying to get the bearing out (and crushed a plastic collar to death), then put it in the vise and used big Channellocks successfully. The first Fushi bearing I put in it sort of failed quickly, and the second seemed to work. Very hard to press in. The spinner also has some judder when spinning, and does not spin for a really long time. My theory is they drilled the hole too small, so the bearing gets deformed, tilted and/or crushed when inserted, thus affecting spin.
–Went to Staples to pick up some Post-It notes, but–though the sign was still there–Staples has been replaced by a kitchen/bath store and a bedroom/mattress store. Crap.
–Sold and sent a second knife (Kono Fujiyama 240) to Kevin Cao. I hope the knives make it to Sweden: Pirate Ship was way too cheap and easy for those transactions.