–Picked up the InnerLight from Bob’s Cycles–all seemed good. Put the handlebars on then tried for the brakes. Nope. Those things are such a kluge, with spacers and all, then my back gave out. I’ll take it back to Bob’s tomorrow and have them put a set of hydraulic brakes on it.
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–Went nowhere, did nothing. Grace is still in a really foul mood.
–Took Grace shopping at Bel Air.
–Left a message at Perfect It. No response. Went there, picked up the InnerLight frame. Took it and parts to Bob’s Bikes for assembly ($50).
–Marie for dinner.
–Played with knives and Creminas. Got things mostly sorted out.
–Went to Chocolate Fish for coffee. Had lunch at a nearby Subway.
–Blaze Pizza for dinner: excellent.
–NOS Cremina started acting weird; didn’t seem like the pressurestat was working right. Took it to the workbench, brought out the other two, played around with boiler caps. Noticed big differences in how close the caps came to the cover nuts, mostly because of how far the different nuts would go down (one bottomed out before the cover was real tight). I swapped covers around, bent one to make it fit better, got all three boiler caps sealing fine. NOS machine seems to work now, but I have no good theory as to why or what happened. I should probably move the pressurestat screw back and forth a bit to make sure it isn’t sticking.
–Spent the afternoon going up and down ladders to clear a ton of mud from the gutter on the side of the house near the twins. (The gutter was gushing out water during the recent rain, suggesting the downspout was plugged.) It was, now it isn’t. Meanwhile, I am utterly spent. Clearest evidence yet of how old I am.
–After a ton of searching, and re-re-reconsidering developing software I’ve shelved in the past, I came across Adobe DNG Converter. It takes up 2 gigs, but turns any RAW file (including Contax, which was the point) into a DNG that any developing app can work with (RAW Power at the moment). Wish I’d known about the converter a while back when I was struggling with all the Leica proprietary formats.
Went to McDonald’s Gold River for lunch. Not too great, though they did (re?)install a drink machine. I don’t get it.
–Pulled shots with the two rebuilt Creminas and adjusted their pressurestats upward.
–Met Jill Medici outside the DV gates and gave her the 1Up bike rack. I think it will be too much for her to handle, but it was free…
–Went to Barnes and Noble and got “America’s Best Mysteries 2023”–unreadable. The change in quality of that anthology year to year is bizarre and frustrating. Also got the latest Jack Reacher–seems standard.
–Took down masking paper left over by fence painters.
–Played around with app cleaners–everybody wants me to subscribe. Tried Daisy Disk, deleted some critical stuff, so had to reload Chrome/Edge. What a mess.
–Fences got painted today.
–Got a Blaze garlic/sausage pizza to eat while watching the Niners. Good stuff.
–Slow day, fair amount of rain.
–Made a pan pizza. Okay, but next time hold the Costco polish.
–Got the second Cremina working–no leaks. Will make espresso/steam milk with each, clean them up and tighten the grouphead bolts, then take a trip to Santa Cruz.
–Blew leaves and such out of the garage.
–Went to Koreana Plaza for fruit and cheese. Had lunch at Jersey Mike’s. Stopped at Pep Boys for Evapo-Rust and black spray paint. Turns out I already had Evapo-Rust; just didn’t find it in my search yesterday.
–Cleaned (sort of) and painted the rusted mesh grill on the bottom of a Cremina. Also touched up the frame paint. Not great, but not bad.
–WSJ has (once again) defeated all bypass paywall apps. Had a surprisingly long run, but I think this one will be bulletproof for a while.
–Pretty much finished putting two Creminas together. Both have OE piston seals and so are likely to leak; one more than the other as resistance to pumping is minimal. Bent the near-perfect case and got it to fit on the NOS one. Need to go to Michael’s (or such) and get some paint and Evaporust for the frame on one of them.
–Went to Pacific Skin Institute for a six-month checkup. Sarah Diane Whalen had left (and they are not allowed to tell me where she went); Olga Something saw me. She froze a few things on my head and face, and sayonara. I had to ask her if I could remove my shirt so she could check my trunk. Kind of the opposite of vigilant. Looking for a new derm…
–Started putting two Creminas back together. Moving right along, hoping the Orphan Espresso piston seals don’t leak.
–Went to Bel Air for chocolate cake ingredients. Made chocolate cake.
–Watched Expendables 4. Travesty.
–Went to Sherm’s to pick up chromed Cremina parts. Very nice: I believe they polished everything further before chroming.
–Stopped at UPS. Got Grundig clock radio (way cool), Cremina steam wand tips, Trevor Burger knife (ehhh…), Skiff ceramic bearings (immediately lost a couple; good thing I don’t need them now).
–Played with knives a bit. Also tried to time the Sea Dweller. I need a new timing machine: the big dome on the Rolex won’t let the watch sit right.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Went to the post office to pick up a package for Grace and drop off the knife I’m returning to Recon1.
–Pizza for dinner.
–Went to Costco hearing center for adjustment. She said she just put them back to original, but they are MUCH MUCH louder. Also updated them so graphic equalizer works with aids (instead of just with TV adapter), and added a “listen in noise” program.
–Broke the Xeoleo grinder while cleaning it (on button has no effect). Ordered a nice Fellow Ode to replace it.
–Slow day. Papa Murphy’s pizza for dinner, then watched the latest Mission Impossible movie (Dead Reckoning Part One). Not a real thriller.
–Fence guy came and fixed the picket on the back patio. He also re-did the piece supporting the rear gate, but the gate still won’t close. Will replace.
–Went to UPS to pick up InnerLight decals from Etsy (nice), weaker hand gripper (perfect: 1 is exercise, 2 is difficult, and I can’t (yet) close 3 all the way), and black Oral B (nice).
–Replaced hearing aid batteries at 6 PM (Ray-O-Vac, 5 days + 2 hours).
–Paid first installment of Sac county property tax by e-check.
–Picked up Andre Thorburn knife at UPS. Very nice.
–Called CalPro. A new fence guy came over and said they would implement all the repairs.
–Tried the iPhone to see if it works better with the hearing aids. It doesn’t seem to.
–Took a shower and shave. Used the vintage Gibbs razor. Thought I had it set pretty mild, but it felt fairly aggressive and caused a couple nicks. Back to the closet.
–Went to Jersey Mike’s for lunch.
–Took some pics of abutilon blooms.
–Went to UPS and picked up bit driver and steam wand.
–Tried one-hole steam tip. Slightly better perhaps, but not like I remember (memory is imperfect, of course; it just seems like Creminas were monster steamers).
–Came close to buying a 1964 Rolex Explorer, near perfect, with all papers (including the hyper-rare timing certificate) for $17,350 at Tropical Watch. Waited too long. I might well have been disappointed with the gap between Jacek’s photos and reality, but lord what a package.
–Fence guy came and finished front gate.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries at 4 PM (Ray-O-Vac, 5 days + 3 hours).
–Went to Boa Vista Orchards in Placerville. Total zoo. Went to Hooverville–completely empty. Bought jam and pastries.
–Fixed a too-tight detent in a Shamwari by using my little vise to squeeze the ball in .1mm. Worked great.
–Still no fence repair follow-up visit, promised for yesterday.
–Went to see Dr. Esther Fine, ENT in Roseville. She was referred by the guy who diagnosed/treated my oral thrush. She was quite surprised I got thrush (Grace doesn’t think it was thrush; what could it have been?). Anyway, all good on parotid cancer, no more follow-ups needed. FWIW she was amazed at how severe the surgery was. “Better that than dead,” I said.
–Blaze pizza for dinner. Not as good as the last one.
–Fence guys were due here today to finish up. 4 o’clock, no signs…
–Repaired THREE sprinkler gushers caused by the fence repair guys tromping on things.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Hearing aid batteries failed at 1 PM (5 days, 4 hours (Ray-O-Vac)). New batteries (Ray-O-Vac) in around 1:15 PM.
–Watched an episode of Captain Midnight and decoded the message at the end.
–Fence repair guys finally started. Found more damage (of course) and wrote “more rot but customer did not want to repair” on the invoice to cover themselves; I worry the HOA will not accept this as a full repair.
–Motor City pizza for dinner. Good as usual.
–Went to Staples to get a new printer toner.
–Picked up the near-NOS Cremina at UPS. It didn’t disappoint. Unmarked, many accessories (FOUR filter baskets), all gaskets supple. Turned it on, it idles between .6 and .9 bars, no leaks. One issue: at first the sight glass didn’t work. After a couple of heating cycles, it worked. And a miracle: I took off the OPV fitting as a start to remove/unclog the sight glass. I decided not to pursue it, as it would have required major disassembly. I put the OPV back on, AND IT DIDN’T LEAK! I’ve had so much trouble with these, and the Orphan Espresso copper crush washers that turn into confetti—truly a miracle. Descaling now, on Barb Garrott’s advice. Espresso coming up!
–Took the InnerLight frame to Bob’s Bikes so they could remove fork and bottom bracket: $30. Then to Perfect It for neon green powder coating: $250, two weeks.
–Went to Jasper’s for milk shakes and deep-fried Oreo cookies. Decadent, but tasty.
–Went to Perfect-It powder coating. They will mask, neon green seems to be the right color, $250, two weeks. Started taking the bike apart, will let Bob’s Bikes do bottom bracket and fork.
–Picked up Van Deventer knife at UPS. Another IKBS bearing knife from South Africa. It’s okay, still can’t match a Shamwari for fiddling with.
–Dropped off Noah package and Rooney package at UPS; picked up cheap taps and a POS Chinese-made Paradigm razor.
–Put new hearing aid batteries (Ray-O-Vac) in at 9 AM.
–Went to Bel Air for bagels, milk, dessert.
–Left hearing aid battery died at 9:30 PM: four days and six hours.
–Went to Home Depot to get replacement handles/locks for the three sliding glass doors. Installed, with some difficulty. All good.
–Went to Ken’s Bikes in Davis to get a new tire pump and Kimo Tanaka’s contact info so I can ask him for a new set of decals if I repaint my bike.
–Spent a while with neighbor Kenny (who went by “Jason” as a professional singer/piano player) trying to set up his upstairs TV. Sort of succeeded, but not fully. He had a card table outside his house with “free clippings” from his succulents. I got some and planted them. They’ll die shortly.
–Switching from Edge to Chrome. Microsoft signed me up for a “cash back” program without my knowledge, and it persisted after two attempts to opt out. Screw ’em.
–Rode the InnerLight 14+ miles to River Bend Park again.
–Picked up the Sea Dweller superdome at UPS. Installed it. It’s quite “super” (high), but unlike the $300 True Dome, (1) it came with zero scratches, (2) it didn’t crack when installed, and (3) it does allow the retaining work to work. Fingers crossed.
–Picked up the old Bull Cheka Shamwari at UPS. It’s a mess, as I knew: scratches on scales and blade, broken blade tip, but worst of all (undisclosed) is significant lock rock. While scrutinizing it, I noticed the detent ball was pretty messed up. So I knocked it out, measured it (1.58mm or 1/16″), and ordered some ceramic balls from Skiff. Fingers crossed.
–Played with photo editors in an effort to drop Lightroom. Bought ACDSee and Affinity. Affinity looking good at the moment–extremely smooth. For reasons I can’t fathom, it only does haze removal on jpg’s (which show up as single layer called “background image,” not RAW’s, which just come up as “xxxxx.rwl.” I tried for a while to add a background image, but failed.
–Hearing aid batteries failed and were replaced with Kirkland batteries around 3 PM—almost six days.
–Picked up Gareth Bull Miura at UPS. Useless: no clip (can’t carry, and super-hard to flip without something to hold on to); smooth-opening means off-center and blade play, while centered is virtually impossible to open (too tight); lots of marks on blade, mostly from loose blade hitting liner.
–Picked up Sea Dweller gasket set at UPS. Replaced only a couple of gaskets. Turns out the $300 True Dome crystal, which was super tight to get on, had cracked (too small inner diameter). Further, it apparently was so oversized (outer diameter) that it stretched the retaining ring when I assembled it. Reverting to the old crystal was not possible: the retaining ring was now oversized and would not hold the crystal tightly in place. I spent a while with the Fercal resizing tool trying to reduce the size of the retaining ring–to no avail. I finally ordered another superdome crystal from Hong Kong, hoping it has the right inner diameter to be tight without cracking, and the right outer diameter to hold the crystal on tightly. What a mess.
–Went to Smart and Final for muffins, fruit. Stopped at Bel Air for bagels and cream cheese.
–Homeless person spotted a week ago in Discovery Village (stealing a package) is still around.
–Re-potted several cacti. Probably killed them.
–Took a shower and shave. The NOS Ever-Ready Streamline razor worked fine with a single-edge (shaving) razor from Rite Aid. Really looking forward to the Gem blades I ordered.
–Went to the Sunrise farmers market for cherry tomatoes. Put together another compote, which is cooking as we speak.
–Watched Netflix movie Heart of Stone. Much better than expected.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries with Ray-O-Vacs around 9 AM.
–Quarterly tax auto-pay went through.
–Took Grace to Sutter Urgent Care (Firoz’ office) in Folsom for a blood test. Went to Whole Foods and got stuff.
–Stopped at UPS to pick up clock radio (pretty nice), Truedome Sea Dweller crystal (looks a LOT like the crystal that came on the watch, which I suspect is a service crystal), and Ever-Ready Streamline razor (cool, looks NOS).
–Left hearing aid battery (Ray-O-Vac) died around 9 PM (five full days).
–Rode the InnerLight on ARP west to River Park–14.5 miles. Kinda tired.
–Played around with my journal on WordPress, trying to make it private. No luck yet. Did successfully use phpmyadmin in control panel to dig out of a couple holes. [Edit] Finally got it to where vstat.com IS my journal and anyone but me who navigates there will be confronted with a login screen. If I really wanted to do something with vstat I could register wsf-journal.net or some such and move the WordPress site there. Given the power of imgur.com to host pics and videos (for selling) though, it’s not clear what I’d do with vstat. Maybe virtual statistics——–there’s a thought!
–Rode with Tom Elken in El Dorado Hills.
–Took Grace shopping at Food Maxx.
–Put new Ray-O-Vac batteries in the hearing aids at 9 AM.
–Took a shower and shave. Used an old Gillette head on a Cooncat Bob handle. Head was quite aggressive. Surprisingly, that may be what I want: extra care resulted in zero nicks, and it was an incredibly close shave–my cheeks are totally smooth, which almost never happens. The second pass felt like there was no blade in the razor, because the first pass was so close. Complicated, though: I’ve tried four times to tolerate a Blackland razor, but I just can’t: it feels like a dull blade is at right angles to my face. Much to learn…
–Went to harbor Freight, mostly for a switchable magnet to use in blade polishing. Got it. Didn’t work. It holds the blade, but I found I could exert much more pressure (with control) just using my hand. Oh well…
–Papa Murphy’s pizza for dinner (finished off the gift card from Mark Solich). Good.
–Right hearing aid battery died around 8 PM (almost five days).
–Rolex 1665 Sea Dweller came in. Took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together–with great skill and good tools. Runs fast, but nicest one I’ve ever seen.
–After lots of trouble setting up the Razr phone, went back to the Galaxy since the Razr doesn’t seem to pick up the hearing aids as quickly. Plus the Galaxy just has an all-around better operating system implementation, seems to me. Wish it came in magenta.
–Sent the proper forms via email to Cal Pro for fence repair.
–Stopped at Bel Air for bagels, milk, cream. Tap to Pay failed (with Razr this time).
Went to Jasper’s again for dinner. Woman said she is 56, man is 60, they are unrelated, and man wants to retire after 36 years there. She’s not sure if she’ll stay on or not, she said. (I’m guessing she knows and is just being cagey.)
–Saw Dr. Bellinger re heart: all good.
–Cleaned up papers etc. on desk.
–Put new hearing aid batteries in at 9 AM.
–Went to Costco for hearing aid check. Lots of gobbledygook, got some domes to try. Learned that one removes domes/molds the same as one removed receivers in the Resounds: depress a tiny button and the wire+receiver pulls right out. This is good, because the alternative I was facing was trying to yank out the wire from the speaker itself–way too risky. So now I have two complete sets of receivers: one with molds and one that accepts Philips domes (not available on the web) and also Starkey/Oticon domes (easily available). The domes she put in are too large (they hurt), so I ordered some smaller ones. Unfortunately, aids are tuned differently for mold/dome, so I might get sub-optimal results just switching by myself without tuning. She was shocked at my four-day battery life, suggested I might want to send the aids back to Philips. We’ll see.
–Went for a bike ride with Tom Elken in El Dorado Hills. Nice day, nice ride.
–Left hearing aid battery went out at 9 PM–four days +.
–Went to Chalk It Up. Pretty good, great weather, good food truck hamburger for lunch. Grace’s arthritis is acting up, so she didn’t go.
–Stopped at Smart and Final for fruit and muffins.
–Rained last night. Gave me a chance to wipe off the Weber.
–Made pizza for dinner.
–Got a refund from eBay on the first Galaxy Flip.
–Switched back to the iPhone to see if (1) the Philips hearing aid app had any more bells and whistles. It doesn’t. I have a theory (will test) that the app adds absolutely nothing: I can use phone settings to answer all calls on hearing aids; there are no wind noise or “venue” choices in the app; etc. It MIGHT be required for the TV box, but I doubt it; (2) Apple Wallet works better than Google Pay.
–Barbecued beef burgers and such. Tasty.
–Went around and around and around with eBay on the Sea Dweller–three different customer service reps. Unbelievable difference in competency. Last one said to ask seller for invoice. I did. He said “Will do.”
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around Noon—five days. These are Kirkland batteries. Hoping a brand name lasts longer.
–Won the 1665 Sea Dweller on eBay for a stupid low price of $14,101. When I went to pay, I got an error message saying “Seller does not ship to California” (seller was supposed to ship to the authenticator anyway). Messaged seller (who’s sold many watches, all through the authenticator he said) and he professed ignorance, said he would call eBay. I called eBay hours later. They replicated my problems, said they hadn’t heard from seller, suggested I ask him to call them OR send me an invoice. Still waiting.
–Heard from Pacific Skin Institute. Sarah Diane Whalen is leaving them (for parts unknown), so my October appointment will be with a nurse named Olga Karaputa. Great.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Made pizza with Grace’s birthday pizza dough from Williams Sonoma ($18). Box contained flour and (lots of) salt, but not the promised yeast. Made dough, made pizza, it was fine, though salty.
–Went to Bel Air for cookies. Tried Tap to Pay with (new) Ally account. Got the checkmark, but the terminal did not react, much as it was with Heritage with a live checker yesterday. Went BACK to Heritage account, will try again some day.
–Went to Bel Air for fruit, burger patties, corn, Grace’s juice, gallon jugs of Crystal Geyser. Used Tap to Pay, my phone said it worked (switched from Heritage to Ally last night after talking to an Ally help person), but it didn’t show up on the register, so I had to use a card. Grrr….
–Barbecue for dinner. Tasty, but both sets of old corn cob holders (Grace got for her birthday) were pretty useless. Grrr……
–Resurrected the Leica SL2. Fine camera when you’re not using one of the monster L lenses. Tried the 50 Summicron M f2 (with adapter), really liked it. tried the 28 aspherical with adapter (it was already 6 bit coded), not wild about it. We’ll see.
–Walked to Bel Air for bagels and cream cheese.
–Took Grace to dinner at Jasper’s—which, it turns out, is closing to turn into a taqueria. Crap.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 2 PM–four days.
–Polished the new McGizmo waterproof flashlight–was a mess, looks great now.
–Motorola Razr came in. Good shape. Took some doing, but finally have it set up better than the Galaxy. Still working on getting apps to front screen May not work for all.
–Stopped at Bel Air for pizza and dessert.
–Dropped off the Cremina groupheads for chroming at Sherm’s.
–Put gas in the Beemer.
–Sac Heart called at 2:00 to cancel my 3:55 appointment and reschedule. Great.
–Went to Costco to pick up new hearing aids. They are loud, but will take some getting used to before I know if they really help comprehension.
–Eufy battery came. Machine makes chirping noises and lights up when plugged in, but does nothing (yet) when taken away from charging station. Oh well…
–Went with Grace to Smart & Final for lots of stuff.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Not much, really.
–Went to Folsom farmers market for tomatoes (they were out of dried apricots).
–Fried pork chops in Erie spider skillet. Not bad.
–Went with Grace to the dentist. One big cavity filled, one temp crown fitted. Lots more to come.
–Marie for dinner.
–Had Chromatic Coffee’s Opus for breakfast, after rave reviews for a dark roast at home-barista.com. Don’t like it.
–Took the Beemer to Placerville, first for jam and apple pie at Hooverville Orchards, then for lunch at Mel’s Diner. I stopped in at Old Town Grill, but there was a line and it seemed un-air-conditioned.
–Old Shamwari came in. Pretty rough shape. I cleaned it up a bit, then put the (heavily scratched) bolsters on a Bergeon satin wheel and made them wonderful. Posted in facebook with before/after photos and got a huge response.
–Super hot day.
–Picked up the Samsung flip phone at UPS. Nice but (as I of course knew) it doesn’t do anything different except flip. And it only sees the left hearing aid.
–Got bagels and cream cheese at Bel Air.
–Doug of Douglas Electric came over with Sal and replaced five smoke alarms. These are now hardwired (as they were), interconnected (ditto) and have 10-year lithium batteries.
Picked up Kob Knobs and Cremina at UPS. Cremina seems workable, though it looks like I’ll have to rechrome the grouphead. Took forever to get the lever pin out of the piston rod—I had to cut it with a hacksaw, then drive it out. Machine seems only to be missing the lever and portafilter.
–Went to Bel Air for pizza dough and pepperonies. Made pizza for dinner. Duh.
–Finished re-doing the back sprinklers. Totally wiped me out. Had to take a two-hour nap.
–Did much work on sprinklers in back patio. As usual, lines were already installed. Put a riser/emitters on the two bushes by the barbecue. With a lot of cutting and patching, put emitters on the three bushes in back. Then discovered another line and decided to redo everything and put emitters on that line. Grace took a look and noted that the line I used was actually a soaker line, with emitting holes every foot or two. Exhausted and pissed, I quit for the day. Tomorrow I’ll go back and redo what I first did, with emitters on a new line, then block off the soaker line. Only good thing was discovering a cut off line buried 3-4 inches deep, which I’m sure was responsible for the low emitter pressure I noticed at first. Blocked it.
–Picked up the Caran d’Ache pencil at UPS. Nice, but not thrilling. Then to Bel Air where I got ciabatta rolls and jam, and used Google “tap to pay” on my phone. Worked like a charm.
–Walked to Bel Air for stuff, forgot my wallet. Walked home and drove back. Grrr…..
–Walked to Bel Air for potato salad and corn. Forgot wallet. Walked home, drove back and paid. Installed Google Pay. We’ll see.
–Barbecued burgers and corn for the second day in a row. Good corn this time.
–Washed sheets.
–Worked some more on the Cremina grouphead. Got it to where the piston has full motion, though there’s a slight hitch at the end. Now to get the grouphead chromed and the machine reassembled.
–Went to Costco to look at hearing aids. Pretty thorough discussion; buying a Philips with custom ear molds.
–Took a shower and shave.
–I cut and fitted tubing to take AC condenser water away from house.
–Made tomato compote. Perhaps because I used Early Girl rather than cherry tomatoes, it came out really soupy. But also super delicious, the very definition of umami.
–Fixed sprinklers in front and side after a trip to Home Depot.
–McDonald’s Hazel for lunch.
–Went to Folsom farmers market for tomatoes and squash.
–Then to Bel Air for bagels.
–Took Grace for a DEXA scan at Sutter Imaging in Carmichael.
–Started moving money from CIT Bank to Ally. (1) Tried to use Zelle at CIT Bank to send $800 to a guy for a knife. Got a blowup error message. Sent it via Ally without a problem. (2) CIT Bank has been requiring one-time passcodes (via text) for a while now. I asked them why–especially since I say each time “Yes, this is my private computer”–and they just responded with robo-speak about different devices, IP addresses, time of day, etc. Ally and CIT both have their issues, and CIT has higher interest rates, but their interface is not good.
–Rode to River Bend Park. It is huge, though not as picturesque as I had thought at first. Might scout out alternate locations for picnic with Tom and Sandy.
–Bought a frozen Motor City Detroit Deep Dish Pepperoni pizza for dinner. Once again, pretty good.
–Went to Sac Heart to return the belt case for the telemetry unit.
–Then to Jersey Mike’s for lunch.
–Returned the Bioflux telemetry unit to Sac Heart. Forgot to bring the stupid belt case. Back tomorrow.
–Watched “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.” Really really liked it. Sad to hear he’s gone.
–Rode the ARP with Tom Elken. Good ride.
–Simpson Eagle G3 Manchurian LE faux ebony came in. Removed a couple of small scratches, inadvertently putting a large groove in in it. Managed to mostly polish out the groove. Unfortunately (since it came from Sweden) the guy put it in the wrong Simpson box. Will swap, I guess.
–Went to Bel Air for potato salad, bagels.
–Watched the movie 65.
–Went to the Folsom farmers market for tomatoes, dried apricots, squash.
–Set up sprinklers in front and side areas to run 10 minutes on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (Sac county says 3 times a week max).
–Got all drippers hooked up and working in the side yard. Yay!
–Downloaded and watched Tomb Raider (the one without Angelina Jolie)–apparently for the second time in not too long. The memory continues to go.
–Played with side sprinklers, got four drippers workng.
–Gave up (again) on the iPhone: couldn’t send or receive text messages yesterday, and battery has been draining quickly without obvious reasons. Back to Android.
–The front patio is now all sprinklered up. On to back and side.
–HD Lawn came early and replaced two sprinkler control valves for $370. Then I spent a couple of hours setting up (most of) the sprinklers in front. Looking good so far.
–Refund check for ~$3,700 came from American title. Apparently we overpaid property tax and didn’t cash the check they (say they) sent us eight months ago.