Month: December 2020 (Page 1 of 4)

–Took a couple pics with one-day-old batteries in the N Digital, useless. Returned it, over the seller’s vehement objections.

–Wolfman satin finish razor came in: flawless. Feels good in hand, too. Wish I could heft a few of these razors without knowing their prices to see if this is just a sort of Tiffany effect (I paid a fortune, it must be good).

–Tristan da Cunha cap came in. A little small, but cool.

–Opened all heating vents everywhere. Reset temps and times.

–Both Contax cameras came in. Working model didn’t work well until I put new high-end AA batteries in. Now everything seems to work. Photos are dim and (perhaps) red-toned; I hope to remedy at least the dimness with a 1.4 lens just ordered from Japan (current lens is a Vario 3.5). Not as scuffed up as I had feared. Non-working one has a great case, but doesn’t write to memory. Also (as I recall from a previous non-working N Digital) it will not go into RAW mode using the “Custom Settings” or “Custom Modes” menus (that is, it won’t go into RAW mode at all–just defaults to jpeg). Found a guy on youtube/instagram who might be able to swap bodies, but that’s probably too risky, especially given that the working one isn’t really bad.

–Thor tamper came in. Sort of ugly wood (I knew that), heavier than expected, works fine.

–Grace is in a snit.

–Bell Brothers came by at 8 AM and got the heat pump running. I don’t know when they might have shown up if I hadn’t called them yesterday.

–Went to Black Sails (twice) to pick up the coffee I ordered yesterday.

–Painted black numbers in on the Gillette red dot, and a red ring on the Eclipse Red Ring. Came out pretty good.

–Recycled all the Christmas wrappings/boxes.

–Took a shower.

–Swept the ashes out of the fireplace. Didn’t help much with the odor.

–Went to Target and got a HEPA air purifier. Didn’t do much either.

–Went to the Folsom Blvd. farmers market for almonds, mandarins, radishes.

–Made a THICK crust pizza for dinner.. Turned out pretty good.

–Opened Christmas presents with coffee cake and coffee.

–Had apple pie and ice cream for dessert.

–Went to Bel Air for eggs. Dropped off a Christmas card for Imelda.

–Put a Christmas tape on the reel-to-reel, got it playing.

–Replaced hearing aid batteries at 8:30 AM.

–Rolex diamond dial Day-Date was supposed to be here by Noon; not here at 5:30.

–Left hearing aid battery went out at 5:30 PM.

–Bell Brothers heating guy came this morning (early). Turns out we have two heat pumps (not one pump/three zones). The second is only accessible via the hatch on the house wall above the garden. The “sequencer” on that failed, and will be replaced for $350. Whew!

–Downloaded and watched “Bad Boys for Life” on the TV. Glitzy, but preposterous. Bad guys not only didn’t shoot straight, a lot of times they didn’t even shoot. Etc.