Month: September 2019 (Page 3 of 4)

–Another Konosuke Fujiyama came in, from Bernal Cutlery. A keeper, finally.

–Replacement garbage disposal came in from Home Depot, missing some parts. Scrounged some bolts and spent the day trying to install. No go. Uninstalled it, took out the original sink ring, and will try again tomorrow with the replacement sink ring and a longer PVC drain pipe.

–Returned too-wide sink disposal to Home Depot. Bought disposal installation kit (PVC pipes) and plumber’s putty.

–Bought skin cleanser for Grace and hearing aid batteries at CVS. (Mixed up old and new batteries last night, so needed something prior to eBay batteries arriving.)

–Scubapro dive knives came in. Kinda crappy, pitting for example.

–Went to Target for deodorant and eye drops, McDonald’s for lunch.

–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 7 PM, after 11 days. Turns out the ones I ordered from eBay were size 10, not 13 as needed. I’m an idiot. Ordered some 13s.

–Kirill Yuzh noticed that crystal was mis-installed on ceramic Daytona I sent for consignment. CRAP! Asked him to return it. Good thing I didn’t put the warranty card in it.

–Heard from Randall Frey (Army, Afghanistan) that brass Tekna arrived in time for his dive trip to Philippines.

–Fixed EUFY wheel that was clogged with hair.

–Shopping at Farm Fresh Produce and Safeway.

–Went to Shoppers Corner for salami, cheese, apples, oranges.

–Took out the garbage.

–Rolex Daytona came in. Nice. All stickers, 0 beat error, no name on warranty.

–Went to Dr. Kim for root canal. Went fine. Two more visits: build up tooth, then crown.

–Rolex Daytona coming tomorrow, after many threats from me.

–Watchco Seamaster came in. Runs nice, so put it in best case to keep. As usual, tossed two movements because I couldn’t get the @#$% stems in properly.

–Rolex GMT 1675 crystal came in–a top hat with a large bevel, as was originally on the watch. I installed it, taking the opportunity to clean up a lot of gunk under the crystal retaining ring. Good job. Wondering whether to put same crystal (incoming) on 1680, which currently has original “no bevel” top hat, which MAY make the dial of the watch look slightly smaller. Tough choice.

–Had some Insight Ethiopia this morning. Good stuff, with berry aspects, but my tastes are changing towards darker roasts.

–Went to Chalk It Up, took pictures, got a t-shirt (undated).

–Went to new Temple Coffee on P Street (formerly Insight), found they stopped putting dates on roasted beans. Bye. Went to original Insight and got some dated beans and green beans.

–Grace dislikes inside of 1900 Studebaker.