–Got produce at the Sunrise farmers market, cream cheese and apple streusel at Bel Air.
–Gillette Fat Boy razor was “delivered” today, but it wasn’t in the mailbox. I hope the neighbor who got it by mistake and kept it is happy.
Month: October 2020 (Page 1 of 4)
–Pool pump and sweeper are finally working perfectly according to schedule!
–Carved a pumpkin.
–Played with pool controller. ALMOST got it completely figured out. Schedules are still not 100% set, and of course I have no clue wrt Solar.
–Left hearing aid quit around 9 PM.
–James from Aztec came out and set up the pool controller. Put in a sales pitch for the Easy Touch controller, $1,399. Will probably do that. [edit] Just went through all the controller functions, and I think I understand it–including various pump speeds. May not need an Easy Touch. Will likely need someone to come out in March to get solar going, but I’d need that no metter which controller was active, probably.
–NTH watch, another Seamaster homage (like Borealis Estoril and MKII), came in. Nice. Don’t know which of the three will end up “permanent.” Probably the black-dialed Estoril I don’t have yet.
–Swept around pool. Controller not working, so put it on “schedule” pump.
–Took a shower. For shaving, tried one of the vintage Gillette Super Blue blades I bought for a potential “collector” Fat Boy. Incredibly, it worked as well as the Derby Extras I’ve been using. Maybe anything works if you only shave once a week.
–Swept pool after last night’s winds.
–Sent off requested Borealis Estoril watch band link to Brian Ravert.
–Watered the milkweed plants.
–Went for a 10-mile bike ride; cold and windy. Went out to Hazel and rode the three entrances to the Lake Natoma loop: one going out of the Aquatic Center parking lot that goes below/east of the river/lake and “ends” in Folsom; one on the far side of Hazel that goes down a steep incline to the upper/west side of the river, which turns out to be the American River Parkway/JSMBT with mile markers that Tom and I rode–and ends at Beal’s Point; and one that goes steeply down the near side of Hazel to the Nimbus complex/ARP. Will have to study maps to see how to do an actual loop, since Folsom and Beal’s Point are not that close together.
–Rolex 1803 in white gold from 1967 came in. Nice. Bracelet from 1971 extremely stiff (like it was just rebuilt), too short (ordered a link on eBay, may need more) and clasp is very hard to open (again, maybe because of rebuild).
–Played with pool, finally got sweeper running (perhaps only because solar was running).
–Made pizza for dinner.
–Took a walk on the Gold River nature trail. Saw lots of squirrels and stacked rocks.
–Played with the Suntouch controller a bit. Useless.
–Roasted caf and decaf beans.
–Brought some long acorns back for the squirrels. They went crazy, eating and burying them. Cool.