–Went to Hooverville Orchards in Apple Hill (Placerville) for pies, jams, and apples.
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–Rode 12 miles with Tom Elken in El Dorado Hills.
–Walked to Bel Air for dessert. Forgot mask. Drove to Bel Air for dessert.
–Got bagels and had breakfast at Noah’s Bagels.
–Tried to set up schedule on pool pump. Not quite there yet.
–Spent some time (re)doing login/password changes. I do believe Chrome was responsible for a lot of the hassles I encountered initially (using Firefox now).
–Put the Suntouch solar controller in Service mode and set up the pump to run at 1,500 RPMs. Will try tomorrow to schedule the pump to run for [calculated] hours every day.
–Got produce at the Sunrise farmers market.
–Played with the pool controller. Actually found a way to increase pump speed, which (for now) eliminated bubbles. Also tried to turn on robot sweeper; we’ll see tomorrow at 10:30.
–Changed BofA Visa payment bank from Bay Federal to Heritage.
–Had lunch at the Beach Hut Deli; went shopping at Bel Air.
–Updated social security email and password.
–Rode east on the ARP with Tom Elken, switching over to the Natoma lake loop. Hoping I can remember enough of it to do again on my own. Tom is golfing tomorrow with Steve Chaump, who retired well from 3COM on an acre in El Dorado Hills.
–Looks like I might be getting arthritis: first joint of left thumb has been “hitchy” and painful for the last few days.
–Picked up repaired Rolex Day-Date at Ivanov’s. Works!
–Spent ALL DAY with the Suntouch pool controller. Got exactly nowhere. Beginning to think it’s not wired correctly to the pump. It can turn the pump on and off, but doesn’t seem capable of running it at specific speeds. Will call Aztec. [edit] Further investigation showed that if you tell Suntouch it’s a VF pump (as opposed to VSF, which the pump label says), you get more items in the menu–like pump status (RPM, GPM, PSI). Pretty sure it was installed as a VF (though with max speed limited to 2,900 RPM, which I bumped to 3,450), then Travis changed it to the “correct” VSF. More to come.
–Camellia tree is blooming in garden. Nice.
–Mowed the lawn, adjusted the sprinklers–many of which were way off. The lawn doesn’t need replacing, just water. Will try to check more often.
–Took a shower.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 8 AM.
–Leica V-Lux 20 came in. Nice. But compared with the C (both 12mp), it doesn’t hold up. I’m guessing it’s the 2.0 lens on the C vs. the 3.3 on the V-Lux.
–Just discovered that you can get a gorgeous diamond-dial Datejust (the only gold is in the bezel) for around $5k, compared to $15k for a Day-Date. After buying a $3,500 Day-Date Dial. And there are thousands of diamond Datejusts on eBay. Oh well…