–Went to Chase with Grace to send wire to Christoph for Contax N Digital repair. They needed SWIFT number in addition to the IBAN number he gave me. In process.
–Went for a little shopping at Bel Air.
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–Went to Crate & Barrel at Roseville Galleria to pick up Chemex filters. First use (in a while) not terribly promising.
–Went to UPS store to pick up Shamwari 3.5″ Pretty big, but nice.
–Went to UPS to pick up Canon lens (wrong one for the 5D), 1947 Gillette Tech razor (blades dated it to 1948), and 1947 blades (rustier than they had appeared). Great haul.
–USPS Informed Delivery showed that my CIT Bank check card was coming. It didn’t (the ad flyer that also showed was in the box). I will bet that the fucking asshole who’s been stealing knives got himself a check card. It won’t work, as CIT Bank sent me the PIN under separate cover, but that’s small consolation. This guy needs to be jailed, and of course that will never happen.
–Drove back from Carmel.
–Drove to Carmel; minimal traffic. Picked up the Sea Otter (atrocious knife; spinning pivots, troublesome standoffs, terrible action, will sell immediately), the bit holder (heavy and works well, but the magnet is so strong it’s a joke: it attracts screws from 2″ away, and it’s really hard to get a bit out once it’s in. May try to reduce magnetism; not sure how. Picked up a gorgeous entropic MBK Pinscher with great action. Turns out on closer inspection it has really bad lock rock. Will return.
–Gassed up at a Chevron near the Holiday Inn (super expensive of course) and drove home without incident.
–Entered an Oz knife pre-sale lottery; 150 slots gone in seconds. Fuck bots!
–Drove to PAMF for the last visit with Dr. Brad Duncan. Will miss him. Hope the new guy is as good.
–Then to Watsonville; checked in at the Holiday Inn. Nice room on the 3rd floor, overlooking the slough. Walked to McDonald’s for dinner.
–Went to UPS store (in a sprinkle) and picked up the Gillette contract (military) razor. Case does not look like military, but razor has “S” mark, meaning 1947.
–Sort of figured out how to program the driver on the Reaver flashlight. Now it just comes on bright, rather than cycling through a zillion different modes. However, it appears (even with a new battery) to dim by X percent every few seconds. Annoying, and likely unchangeable.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Went to UPS to pick up another Sham. Scratches all over. Will send the scales to Ted Rooney for zirblasting, polish the blade asbestos I can, maybe sell or swap better blade into the new scales.
–Went back to my old green Samsung 10 with the cracked screen. It’s the only phone I’ve ever owned that reliably sees my hearing aids.
–Took Grace to Rosie’s on Folsom (past Safeway) for brunch. Not bad.
–Then to the Rancho Cordova library where we each got a library card, and I checked out a book of Jack Reacher short stories.Then to UPS where I picked up the Canon 5D Mk II. I put the battery in the (new) charger, inserted the (new) memory card (thank god Grace has a working card reader), then took some shots. They came out fine. Camera is dead mint, with (as promised) plastic still on display screens. Sweet.
–Brief thunder/lightning/rain storm this afternoon. Way cool.
–Went to Home Depot for bird food; refilled the feeder. No birds yet.
–Went to UPS and picked up memory card, 1956 Chemex filters (a real trippy box), a Simpsons Centenary brush (beautiful), and a Reaver flashlight (nice, but will have to look into disassembly tools so I can polish and play with it).
–Went around and around on banks. Think I’ve got things going.