–Picked up Sirrus at Roseville Cyclery. They Loctited some bolts.
–Took a swim. Mighty nice.
Month: July 2020 (Page 3 of 4)
–Took Specialized Sirrus to Roseville Cyclery for recall service.
–Added water to pool, and chlorine.
–Played with Exilims a lot. Discovered I’m an idiot: the 1100 allows adjustment of focus and metering areas, while the 260 allows adjustment of focus area only. Similarity of terminology (spot, multi) led me to think that I was changing metering with no effect on the 260. Wrong. I was changing focus area only. The 260 shoots all photos in multi-segment metering. Oh well…
–Rode miles 0 to 8 of the Jedediah Smith Memorial Bike Trail with Tom Elken. Kind of a comedy of errors getting there because of construction, and the 1 and 4 mile markers were invisible.
–Took a swim and a shower.
–Took Grace shopping to The Farmer’s Wife and Safeway.
–Took a swim. Tried the kick board without fins. Went backward…….
–Roasted caf beans.
–Counted teeth on Specialized and InnerLight cogs. Looks like 4th (from high) on Specialized is closest to single-speed InnerLight.
–Cleaned up garage: brought bins of books and boxes inside, hung up the InnerLight, etc.
–Hand-watered plants (hot!) and put bird of paradise in the ground.
–Put some scuba gear together to try it out. Big tank was too heavy for me; used little one by carrying it (too small for tank pack strap). Things work okay, except Dolphin Scuba lost both tank valve o-rings. I have some spares, but they’re not great. Tested Oceanic, Tekna and Scubapro regulators. Scubapro blew the others out of the water–inhalation requires zero effort, the air is just there.
–Barbecued burgers and (for the first time from Bel Air, crappy) corn. Good stuff.
–Found some pitting on the Loveless knife. Sanded and polished a bit, to no great effect. Kind of amazing to me how that just knocks the wind out of my enthusiasm for the knife.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 8 AM.
–Loveless “double nude” hunting knife came in. What a beauty!
–Went to Green Acres Nursery in Folsom. Great place. Got gloves, bamboo supports, green tape, a “fogger” emitter, and a bird of paradise plant. Tomato now looks happy, supported rather than tied.
–Finally learned how to get the Exilim going: take it out of “silent” mode, which disables flash and timer. Since the various sounds can all be turned off anyway, that mode isn’t really needed unless you were at a funeral or something.
–Put tomato plant in the ground. Discovered more hidden emitters. This will never end.
–Still feeling a little peaked.