–Took the Beemer to get gas, fruit, Pajaronian, fritters.
–Bought another Rolex Daytona ceramic.
Month: August 2019
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 9 AM.
–Got paperwork off to Nate Newsom of Valley Funding for loan pre-approval.
–Rolex 5512 and 1680 came back from LAWW. 1680 is nice and runs well. 5512 does not run so well and had dust under the crystal (I cleaned it up). Guess I know which one I’m keeping.
–Left hearing aid battery went out around 9 PM.
–Got water (and replaced lost membership card) at Costco.
–Stopped at Safeway for BBQ fixin’s and dessert.
–Cleaned asbestos off Cremina boiler, then broke dipper tube. Crap.
–Had Oceanic and Scubapro regulators going nicely. Then tried to switch bodies on the Scubapro. Free-flowed again, no matter what, then I noticed some metal threads had moved in the nylon housing, then the Scubapro first stage sort of blew up (even the Oceanic was acting weird). Put the Conshelf first stage on, Oceanic was okay, decided to just ditch all Scubapro D series stuff. Way too complex and touchy.
–Took Cremina apart; Grace blew up when I foolishly mentioned asbestos on the boiler. Reveal only what is necessary…
–Went shopping at Nob Hill. Also got cough drops and Pajaronian.
–Scubapro 350 reg came in, as did Cremina.
–Went to Farm Fresh Produce; bought lots.
–Talked to Nate Newsom of Valley Funding re pre-qualifying for home loan. Looks good.
–Back from Sac. Long hot drive. Beat.
–Went to Sac to look at houses.
–Saw a couple of homes with Darla. Mother Lode, not so nice. Hesperian, very nice–sold today. Time to get on a stick and sell 110 Playa and get (pre-qualified for) a loan.
–Dinner with Tom Elken at Moto Osteria in downtown El Dorado. Very nice.
–Scheduled to meet with David Chapman for lunch tomorrow around Noon. Then Darla Haubner, realtor, at a house in Gold River. Likely dinner with Tom Elken.
–Read The Invention of Morel, possible inspiration for Last Year at Marienbad. Pretty amazing.
–Made reservations at Holiday Inn Express El Doarado Hills for Sac trip 8/21.
–Mowed lawn, pruned some. Beat.
–Replace hearing aid batteries around 6 PM.
–Rained last night, dreary today.
–Played with Scubapro D300. Working yesterday, free-flowing today.
–Finished making strawberry jam with (undetectable) serrano peppers.
–Everything ordered, arrived. a) Watch waterproof tester. b) Scubapro D300 tool. c) Rolex 1675. Cleaned up fantastic, after a scare with the stem. d) Hair dryer.
–Started some strawberry jam.
–Went to REI in Marina to pick up bike wheel truing stand. Pointer that came with it was useless (for disc rotors anyway), but had a brainstorm and put pointer from previous stand on it. Bingo!
–Scubapro D300 regulator came in. Really nice breather. Can’t wait to get the tool (from Thailand) so I can rebuild it.
–Seascape again. 201 pounds, 8 laps, .3 miles on inclined treadmill.
–Went shopping at Farm Fresh Produce and Safeway. Got some great corn at FFP, some awful “blackened” burger patties at Safeway.
–Went to Seascape Sports Club for first day of one-week trial. 2/5 swimming lanes open when I arrived, 4/5 when I left. Swam 6 laps or so, then 10 minutes on the inclined (15 degree) treadmill. Decent facility. I’m wiped out. Hopefully I will improve.
–Roasted some decaf beans.
–Ordered atorvastatin and lisinopril refills from CVS/Caremark.
–eBay seller of bird feeder I ordered a while back asked for feedback. I noticed (and told her) that tracking shows it isn’t even in transit yet. Crap.
–Went to Seascape Sports Club. Got a tour, despite Nordic Naturals tennis tournament. Seems reasonable, so will start a one-week trial tomorrow.
–Climbed up and down Breve a few times. Tough. Useful?
–Made cinnamon rolls.
–Tried to talk to Grace about moving. Nope.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 2 PM–roughly 11 days of use.
–Took Boris T. Beemer to Felton to shop at Wild Roots. Nice produce, crowded aisles. Got some stuff to barbecue.
–Scubapro D400 came in. Seems hard-breathing (and noisy) to me. Broke the pin spanner trying to open it. Real tool coming; couldn’t wait.
–Made baguettes! Not quite as crusty as the first batch, but technique is improving.
–Thunderbird (or someone) still deleting trash. Oldest email in trash today is from 7/29. This is absurd. Checked all settings on Thunderbird and cPanel—should save trash forever. P.S. Just installed Apple Mail. Looks okay; we’ll see if it deletes trash quickly.
–Konosuke western HD2 came in. Blade had been thinned or something, beyond redemption. Tossed.
–Took a walk on the beach; beautiful day.
–Swapped nice-running movement into Steinhart Ocean One Maxi LE. Still can’t wear it because of faux-old lume.
–Got bagels at The Bagelry.
–Returned non-working gold Rolex.
–Shigefusa 210 kitaeji gyuto came. Beauty!
–Rolex Day-Date came in. Nice watch, but (a) gold just doesn’t seem to work for me, (b) day and date can be changed with the stem, but don’t change when time is manually advanced past 12. Will return.
–Did a little yard work. Learned that strawberries under lemon tree are mock strawberries (no taste), not wild strawberries. Bummer.
–Picked up scuba tanks at Aqua Safari.
–Took a shower.
–Shopping at Farm Fresh Produce and Nob Hill.
–Barbecued turkey burgers and corn, plus heirloom tomatoes (yum).
–Sold the Kato 240 for $1,000. Good riddance!