–42nd Street camera is bad, bad news. Leica ordered on the 15th with USPS shipping is now due on the 26th via UPS. Looking for a way to leave lots of negative feedback.
–Took a swim and shower, after taking a painkiller.
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–Went to Home Depot for weed/feed and a spreader.
–Made pizza for dinner.
–Got some gout in right second toe, due no doubt to dehydration.
–Swam .5 miles.
–Aztec guy came by at 8:00, repaired leak.
–Took a swim.
–Revived the “great white” Rolex 1680. Swapped the LAWW new hands with the hands from the 5513, successfully, to my great surprise. Don’t know why I was going to abandon it. It did have a newer bezel with luminova pearl, but I put the period-correct bezel on it that I bought recently on eBay. The case is really nice–a little wear, a little polish, but thick crown guards. It also has a same-year (1984) rivet bracelet. And it runs great.
–Went to Bel Air for pork chops, corn, apple strudel. Put some farmers market rub on the chops, ate with a farmers market heirloom tomato–what a feast!
–Repotted a couple of cacti.
–Took a swim in the newly-arrived rash guard sun shirt.
–Bought tomatoes, pears, peppers, onions, artichokes at Sunrise Mall farmers market.
–Read “Heart of Darkness.” Apocalypse Now is almost a scene-for-scene, word-for-word takeoff. The horror, the horror…
–Hot, lazy day.
–1971 Rolex rhodium Datejust was running super-bad. Banged it around some, and it now seems to be running fine. Had thought the rhodium dial was newer, but noticed it said “O T SWISS T O” at the bottom. There’s some controversy about this–could be a “sigma” dial, could just be short for “Or” which is French for gold. For sure, markers, hands and (maybe) bezel are white gold, and these dials only existed in the early 70s. This does not explain why the tritium markers and hands glow like crazy under UV, and fade slowly, as the watch is nearly 50 years old. A mystery…
–Took a swim.
–Sent defective Leica V-Lux 40 back to Russia.
–Got some burger patties and corn at Bel Air for barbecue. Harris Ranch patties were terrible.
–Got scuba tanks filled at Dolphin.
–Took a swim.