Month: August 2021 (Page 3 of 4)

–Replaced a drip emitter at a tree near the side fence that looks like it’s distressed. We’ll see.

–Sold one of the Les Baer TRSs to Nathan for $2,000. Went to Turner’s first (too busy) then The Gun Range. Nothing like standing for an hour with a bad back.

–Called Grace to tell her I was heading back. Her phone didn’t ring. Sent her a text message. Later noticed a red warning under the message: “not delivered.” She refuses to entertain any thoughts of getting a working phone, of course.

–Ran the pool pump up to 3,400 to get rid of solar bubbles. It pretty much quit–because the water level, which I had just increased, was too low for that much pressure. I dropped it down to 3,200 and added a bunch of water. Bingo! Pressure is between 15 and 20 psi and there are zero solar bubbles. Dropped it to 3,000 and everything held. Will drop lower and try to find a speed that works. I have a vague recollection of doing this before and giving up when the bubbles returned after a while. Hope to do it better this time, and maybe run the pool at a slightly higher than desired rpm for a shorter time every day, watching to see when it hits temperature.

–Watched an episode of Dr. Blake with horrible subtitle sync. Watched S05E04 of Rick and Morty; stupefyingly bad.

–Lowered RPMs on pool and aux2 to 2,500. That cured the over-pressure issue; it’s down from 21 to 16 psi now.

–Put an ad in at calguns.net for one of my Les Baer Thunder Ranch Specials (why do I have two?); it sold immediately.

–Took a swim. Back does seem to be getting better.

–Cleaned up outside a bit.

–Went to Costco for an eye exam. Pretty thorough I thought. I have cataracts between stages 1 and 2 (out of 4). Should be years before they cause significant problems.

–Marie for dinner.

–Very smoky out today.

–Looked at Mini Coopers. Plenty available–in Reno.

–Cleaned bird bath. Top part was coated in a cement-like substance that didn’t come off even with a Foredom wire brush. No idea what that is.

–Took a swim.

–Tried to get Grace to switch iPhones. Didn’t work.

–Took a swim.

–Made appointments with PCP for back, dermatologist for skin, and Costco optical for glasses.

–Somewhat depressed: can’t stand or walk; giving up on coastal home; probably selling the Beemer before I wreck it, and can’t find anything to replace it that looks like fun.

–Up early at Holiday Inn Express Watsonville to get breakfast and make Grace’s 10:30 PAMF appointment. Breakfast was crap: pre-packaged tiny muffins, bagels–nothing hot like bacon or eggs. For $250, we deserved more.

–New case tube and tool came in for Rolex Datejust. Interestingly, the new cheapo tool worked much better than the expensive Horotec tool–which didn’t really work at all. Anyway, watch is good now.

–Had breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express. Drove to Corralitos Market and stocked up on sausage. Went to La Selva Beach. Bought a sandwich at El Patio, shared it on the bluff. Saw some bottlenose dolphins in the water! Walked to Triangle Park, hung around for a while, then Willie showed up. Handshake, hug and selfie. Checked in at the Holiday Inn Express in Watsonville. Kelly’s Bookstore was closed, so we went for an early dinner at Appleby’s. Menu seemed smaller than before, but food was fine.

–Back pain still there, since early May it seems. Not optimistic about the outcome of this.