–Went to PAMF Santa Cruz for EKG (me) and blood draw (Grace).
–Glued cocobolo handle to Fujiyama. Went well with the right (mix-in-the-applicator) epoxy.
–Marie Callender for dinner.
Month: October 2019 (Page 3 of 4)
–Power went out last night at 11:20. Came back on today around 2:00 PM.
–Went to Monterey BMW for first oil change. Lunch at Fandango, walked along Ocean View.
–Waited all day for PG&E to cut power. 3 PM, nothing yet. Still okay at 11.
–Scuba hoses (for air blower) came in. Listing said 32″; hoses are 26.5″. Will return.
–Went to Dr. Liao in Los Gatos. She shaved a suspected basal on upper right shoulder for biopsy, froze several AKs on face, froze some cosmetic sunspots (maybe free for nothing).
–PG&E threatens to cut off power starting around 4 AM tomorrow fro ~36 hors. Assholes.
–Continued trying to polish Fujiyama. Dulled it so much that sharpening ruined the edge/profile. Tossed it. Gotta find a way to keep the blade dead flat on table while polishing.
–Got a new hummingbird feeder at Ace, went shopping at Safeway.
–Had a nice BT (heirloom) sandwich for lunch.
–Continued efforts at polishing hagane of Fujiyama. Looking good.
–Went to “craft fair” at Crystal Bay Farms. Many pumpkins (bought one), not so many crafts.
–Got some ground turkey at Nob Hill to barbecue with corn, squash, heirloom tomato. Best turkey burgers ever, perhaps because of high-fat (13%) turkey.
–Got the Cremina installed in kitchen. Works well, steams better than the Rocket.
–Finished up Cremina. Put pressure gauge on it and got .8–.9 bar, then noticed pressure gauge fitting was cracked and leaking. Ordered another.
–Ordered a bunch of stuff using eBay bucks.
–Got bagels at the Bagelry. Bad traffic at 10 AM for no apparent reason.
–Finished building a Cremina. Works, no leaks. Problems: (1) Boiled grouphead too long in citric acid; chrome became spotty. (2) Heated citric acid solution in boiler with top off to descale heating element. Solution bubbled out when hot. Hopefully I dried it sufficiently so it won’t develop any rust/scale issues.
–Barbecued pork chops, corn, asparagus. Yummy!
–Feeling crappy after flu shot yesterday.
–Park Tool truing stand and rotor tool came in.