–Got coffee at Peet’s, groceries from Safeway that I missed yesterday. No Pillsbury rolls at Safeway or Raley’s. Got some First Street rolls at Smart and Final.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 6 o’clock.
Month: December 2021 (Page 2 of 4)
–Woke up cold this morning. Thermostat was set for 76, temp was 71. This happened a year ago: our heating system just isn’t sufficient to keep my bedroom as warm as I’d like when it gets fairly cold outside. I might try (again, or harder) to set the lead-in temperature higher.
–Rolex 14060 crystal came in. Played around with stuff last night and realized that the Rolex bezel resizing tool really wouldn’t do anything for me. There are different size bezels for different models, and (so far) the bezel always goes on and off the watch okay. It’s fitting the insert into the bezel that still mystifies me: when they go in, they go in fairly easily; when they don’t, they really don’t–I’ve broken a couple trying to force them. I THINK I’m trying to mate correct insert and bezel, but who actually knows?
–Really slow day. Tried to reset the pool controller. We’ll see.
–Tried again to reconcile all Rolex watches/parts. I believe I have it down: Menta 14060 is ready after case refurbishment; 5513 has a nice (maybe original, maybe service) bezel/insert waiting for when Phil Ridley returns it; made an offer on eBay for a nice service bezel for when the 1680 comes back from Rolliworks.
–Finished charging the new Honda battery. Turns out I had hooked up the charger backwards yesterday. Wow……..
–Went late to the Folsom farmers market (12:30). Google said open until 1:00; famers said 12:00. Stopped at Bel Air for some Sumo oranges and bear claws.
–Made a pizza for dinner.
–Cleaned up the cacti a little; re-potted the barrel cactus.
–Cut the (already-pruned) branches off the tree in the lawn; they’ll be firewood.
–Everest strap came in for the (sold) Daytona. Really not impressed: Couple of small pieces of not-very-supple leather. Tossed it.
–Ordered a Rolex 16610 from Tropical Watch via Lunar Oyster.
–Another slow day. Dropped off the Nourse’s package at UPS for USPS.
–Had a terrible time last night trying to verify my identity at Coinbase (after I thought I already had). Finally uploaded driver’s license photos (webcam didn’t do it well enough to allow verification) and all seems to be good now.
–Got a smaller rain shower head at Home Depot. Looking forward to using it.
–Presents arrived from Susi and (I’m guessing) Tom and Kati.
–Finalized my crypto portfolio (bitcoin, ethereum, solano) with $10k of algorand. I’ll be rich soon.
–Still no word from NAPA Auto Parts on the battery. Really pisses me off.
–Slow day, though sunny.
–Got bagels (4 sesame, 9 plain) at Noah’s.
–SIM tray for Samsung came in. Finally a match to the Prism Black color (my fault for not reading listings carefully enough).
–14060 bezel/insert from Italy came in. Insert has luminova pip, to my dismay. And after a lot of confusing playing around, it looks like all of my 14060 inserts (real and fake) only snap into the fake bezel from wholesaleoutlet990 on eBay. I ordered another (too expensive) bezel from them. I also ordered the Rolex bezel expansion/shrinking tool from Star Time Supply. Though: even if it allows me to snap in an insert, the bezel will then be too loose on the watch.
–Set up my account on Coinbase, preparatory to buying $10k each of bitcoin, ethereum, algo and ada.
–Google tells me I have patulous (open) eustachian tube, likely due to the radiation therapy. There are treatments, but it doesn’t sound promising.
–Made pizza for dinner.