🛻 yes. closing out the month
got out fishing. Sunday and early Mon. A tale of woe and no tails
except a smallish pike. however, managed to get him using 6 # test mono. that is a feat
At home, the situation is improving where I believe that I can stay away for a day.
weather is hanging in - warmish and fair
We shall see said the Zen Master
🍶 calling all, who sail the sea [ not me ]
I toss my cookies, leaving the break wall.
in the ' boro. dull, and grey. temperature about 65 and going for 70
🌤a sleep in type of morning. Coffee and typing.
looking out over the spread [ front lawn view ] Slightly overcast and no call for rain
For about a month, I've been consistently, drinking warm water and ginger plus honey. A morning hydration and nutrient scheme. Does it make me joyous .... Nope.
But its a good step in overall health
The Neighbourhood Watch, Whatsapp feed, is bursting w/ news of our mangy, renegade coyote. The brute roams the street and camps out on quite a few lawns. The City has a ' hands off ' policy for wildlife. Meaning ... " we don't touch them and neither should you "
🎭
It's a sunny day in the borough
just had breakfast kind of a late day but any day is good where you wake up. That's what I think. Let's see. Folded laundry got breakfast, banana and yogurt. I was really looking forward to something .... I guess softer a little bit sweet and moist
shopping at Walmart. Just the essentials plus slippers.
Ah, you say. I've been getting by w/ sock slippers. Comfortable but disposable and not a sound environmental choice. ' George ' the Walmart house-brand had soft, full foot slippers for $ 17. so, what the hey !
at checkout the machine rang up 15 instead
On a whim 8 days ago, I ran out used up cans of stain and painted the bad [ weathered boards ] on the deck. My Goodness. The difference. Water beads on the stained boards [ not soaking in ??? ]
Well. Why not finish the job. At Home Depot, stain is $ 55 / gallon. The cans that I used up said ' walnut '
Oh, yeah ! No " walnut " Saleslady goes " so many walnuts "
Baloney ! every shade but .....
Alright bring the sampler home. Between the both of us - we got it down to three likely choices.
How hard can it be for them to make ... WALNUT ... and not change all the names
⛵ our streak of wet goes on
w/ some end in sight - say 2 days more
a slow day unfolds here in the ' boro
zero motivation. still in robe
slept in. mega. and drowsy still
🎴 ... hello Sleepless in Wadsworth
not me
a day of fishing and a full sleep til 8 AM [ still tired ]
we are in a rain pattern. off and on for days
🛞 " ... some say heart is just like wheel ...
sang the McGarrigles [ one is left now ]
the ' boro. dampish and grey. we are in for a spell of wet
three days ago. in a rush of .... we don't know. I said ' you've been looking at the back deck for two years and noticing the rubbed and bare spots on the wood.
In fact, I had made contact w/ a service bloke to give an estimate for re- painting the deck
Methinks that he forgot. Back to the ' fit '. I figured there was left over stain. Since, I seem to buy either redwood or walnut colour --- well ! it had to match one of the three colours now on the deck.
Yes. this ' fit ' has happened before
so. out w/ a broom and garden hose [ to scrape loose stain patches ] and the leaf blower. A quick once over
and roller the ' walnut ' stain on. I covered only the damaged portions [ mainly outside the overhang ] Yes, there are three colours showing. But. the bald spots got covered. I used up three part cans of stain.
Thus, cleared out stuff from the garage and covered the flaking spots. Good job, no. but the eyesore is less eyesore.
🌌 in the ' boro. a change in the feel out there. Yes, cloudy but the temperature has swung down. Eleven days of dry is about to end. We transition into wet fall conditions in a day or so.
Yesterday, met w/ our tax guy. We discovered that ' we ' had failed to take advantage of health premiums. Thus, our nice tax guy suggested re - submitting for several years. I requested four years and the tax guy said that I should have gone for more.
Anyhoo. Tax guy did the figuring and I took receipts for proof.
Ah. Missing one. I had the credit card slip but not the actual invoice. I found the required invoice and discovered a second. One for the deposit and the other for the balance. A difference of $ 1 000.
Eek. Except while in the office waiting - I hear ' arrears of $ 50 000 plus penalty '
I'm not even in that kind of league of mistakes
🪀 in the ' boro
we have dark still. coffee on the window sill and typing on the Chromebook 311 by Acer.
I have been saddened by the change that is coming to my nostalgic favourite Chromebook.
The Dell 5190 was the first Chromebook in the house. Well travelled in the States and the UK. The Dell was not fancy but was reliable and easy to use.
The downside has happened b/c I must choose :
a) use the Dell w/out updates [ security etc ]
b) accept the extended updates but w / most apps forbidden
The truth is that this Acer is as good or better than the Dell - nostalgia aside.
The machine is more powerful and the keyboard is comfortable.
AND we are discussing a $ 300 investment back in 2019 that has lasted til now
⛽...' boro
our ' hot streak ' goes on. There is a drop in temperature on the horizon
🛻 the ' boro is above average by 5 degrees. Sunny and slightly humid
M .. has got my cold and is having a much harder time than I did. BUT she can be a real trooper.
Still I feel bad for passing it along
🛥 SE 16, Monday
this weekend, E .. volunteered to help [ once again ] make the E Tec - GO !
Success.
I took the wrong tool box from the workroom. E .. and I were making sure that we connected the starter the right way.
While I was gone to get the tools, I figured out the setup. By the time, that I made it back down to the boat. E .. had also figured it out and just needed to snug up the bolts. Whew !
E .. asked if we should leave the cowling off so that we could see the moving parts.
I said ' if it doesn't work looking is useless.
First crank, E Tec purred to life. We went fishing
the ' boro. Warm and sunny. hardly a breeze
M . got my cold. I'm still coughing a bit
📤 from the ' boro
very inviting day. sun and breeze and it s a Saturday
my day s far. At the Tiger for ginger ale for M .... I have given her my cold [ bad me ].
As you can guess, I bought more than ginger ale. There was one piece nightgown [ in flannel ] which was cute. Then a box of chocolate assorteds [ amends for the cold thing ]. I found salad and coleslaw on sale. Two bags of kettle chips [ essential ]. And a bag of peanuts.
I cleaned a burner cover. The food splatters etc and sometimes, the blackish marks are hard to remove. I started w/ soapy water [ hardly any difference ]. Next was baking soda [ sometimes a winner, not today ]. I tried a wooden scraper for force [ no ].
Then my idea was ' nev'r dull ' polish. A solvent based cotton batten thingy. and success. I suppose that the seat of the stain is greasy residue, so, the solvent lifts the black. I used a broken chopstick as a scraper.
Then I hand washed my hat. Yes, the washing machine might do but the spinning sometimes deforms the hat. Really, the function of washing is to dilute the sweat and minor stains.
While ' to and fro ing ' downstairs.
I realized that the furnace filter was overdue for a switching out.
And the flurry of activity culminated in exercise.
Lunch of coleslaw and rice w/ chicken and gravy. Watch some telly and a nap.
And here we are
🐺 yesterday was areal trial of whether I had recovered from the ' cold '. Whatever I had needs re - classification. I've read the stuff about hoe to categorize your illness.
I have hybrid illness. I get it all
Yesterday. Overall, I did fine. To hospital and moving through the halls. I dropped M .. at the front doors and went to the parkade.
Oops! My 5 day pass card was invalid. I took a paper tix for pay as you go. Next was the respirologist s office for the X Ray requisition form.
I met M ... at the main registry [ no record of X Ray appt was showing ]. The assistant typed in the X Ray # and got a hit. All was ready.
M .. and I travel to the Imaging Dept. I leave and head back to the lobby and the tix machine.
The office is actually in the parkade. There a nice reception person validated the pass and then, takes my paper tix and gives me a second paper tix to cancel the first in the machine.
M .. was all ready when I returned. Next was the respirologist office and the actual appointment. Short wait and the appointment was an all clear.
To celebrate, we visited a pub and had a pleasant lunch. Shopping at Walmart turned out to be fairly problem free.
I was sweating after getting home as it was a warmish day. I figured that the sweat was a reaction to the exertion and temperature.
Slept a bit and got up and did a subdued exercise routine.
⛴ the story
When I get overtired [ fail to rest when I should ] which happened last week, say, SE 2 - 5, I get sick as in mega cold etc
thus Saturday working on the outboard [ a coolish day w/ wind ] THAT did me in.
vicious cold began on Sunday
Monday. I needed to rest [ no ! ]. the night was tossing and turning and waiting for judgement day
Tues. a disaster. heavy lungs and cotton batten head
back to Monday.
feeling lousy but I was up and busy. I was trying to find a new starter for the outboard.
A .. was helpful and we tried several places [ phone and on line ].
A .. had mentioned a site called ' Total Parts '. While he was running over to Central Marine, he said give Total a try.
" do you want a call back instead of waiting on hold. " Yes. I was patient but after 1/2 h I called back. In the process of dialing, the message window said ' call waiting, Total '
Of course, ' duh ' how do you switch to the call waiting.
Again. Call back. This time I got a fellow ' Sorry. part not in stock '. Here is the Amazon reference.No joy there.
A .. and I decide to contact Central Marine and just order the part / bite the bullet etc.
However, A .. kept saying ' Total Parts on line says ' 5 in stock '. So, on my phone, I hit the order button. Name and address / credit card AND the system says ' in process '
Call A .. and say don't go to Central. Well, figuring there was a system flaw - we waited for cancellation
NO. emails arrived 'here is your invoice ' , ' shipping label created ' etc
The starter came Tues at 11 AM
🗼the struggle as I use the Duet as a tablet
thus, I've got a cold. Slightly lethargic and chest is heavy
' boro is dampish looking today. plus cool
I will stay home and cmmiserate w/ myself
🏨 the ' boro reports
weather a fine autumnal day. me, I've got a cold
crap
follow up. Friends
A .. gave up a Saturday and we tried to install the newly repaired starter. We got spinning but no engagement to turn the flywheel assembly.
We brought the offending starter back home. And then bingo bango. E ,, calls and we arrange that he should pick up the starters [old broken and new broken, as it were ]
Our overall thinking is - buy a new starter. These mechanisms are not renowned for longevity and break on whim it seems.
Thus, we begin anew w/ trying to repair the Etec
First, great guys around me. And I acknowledge their help
the daga continues
🌆 in the ' boro [ BTW, just switched from Duet keyboard to the peripheral one
thus this morning, the Duet has functioned w/ headphones, TV and keyboard plugged in via a dongle [ multi port hub ]
cost. I've mentioned the Chromebook roster of laptops and Duet. Well. all, 3 Dell 5190, Duet and Acer CB 311 equal the cost of my first Dell laptop [ PC ]
downside. yes. I've discovered that still Garmin for example uses the Microsoft interface [ Windows ] that is a pain
now. I could add Windows as an extension.
weather. the ' boro is damp and still darkish to dim
🎰 and the ' boro is sunny but fall is on the horizon. night temperatures are much lower, now.
a quietish day here. no appointments [ these rule our lives ]
decidedly, typing on the ' Duet ' which is the combo " laptop and tablet " is troublesome
This typing is on the straightforward Acer CB 311 laptop. Nothing fancy. Reliable and easy to use.
Thus, I have made provisions to use an external keyboard when using the Duet. The advantage to Chromebooks is how easily they accept peripherals e.g. keyboard. As well, at the computer station [ yes, it is a real computer corner table ] there is also a 19 inch TV connected to the Duet.
Admittedly, this arrangement can be involved but if I'm sitting for a time or typing a piece e.g.' blog entry ', certainly worth the effort
AND I adopted the system, quite a while ago. Unfortunately, I was in the habit of using the Duet propped up in the spare bed downstairs ....
NOT good for my back, for sure
Lately, then, I've concentrated on using the computer station in the ' den ' or computer room in our way of speaking
When I purchased the Duet, I was joining the tablet age. The YouTube channel that I often watch is ' Chrome Unboxed '. Two years ago or so, the channel lauded the breakthrough that was the Duet.
Up to that time, tablets failed or were less than robust at handling android apps. In essence, the Duet was equipped w/ a ' ARM ' processor. The processor could easily handle Android apps and allowed multiple peripheral connections.
As well, I was anticipating the End of Updates for the Dell 5190 [ then, my go to laptop ]
It turned out that Chrome OS extended the end of use by at least three years.
Wow ! quite the bonus
Except ..... many apps were not suitable for the ' added ' updates to Chrome OS.
In the end, the Duet became essential.
Post # 4211
Okay I'm going to try dictating this blog entry . Spoken into the phone and translated.
So in the ' boro we have Sunny. Seemed cool this morning and I think the day is going to top out somewhere on 75 F which is actually pretty good.
We've got nothing much on tap,
Margaret's got Falls Prevention clinic.
Other than that pretty quiet I would think. Well, sort of quiet.
I'm off to exercise right now
blood pumping and lungs lunging
plus 💦 sweat
Notice: yes dictated and translated
BUT there was judicious editing
Falls Prevention went well
We are at a pub ' the Working Dog '
A treat on the way home
🚁 a heliocopter or helicopter
M .. s sister and daughter did the Las Vegas ride to the Grand Canyon
in the ' boro. sunny, starting cool and headed for seasonal at 70 - 74 F
M .. is getting an endoscopy to verify that her ulcer is healing
⛽ the gas was 15 cent cheaper than the city
today was recovery day, from the Q ' and Saturday / Sunday
I was sore and tried to figure why ?
huh, you're old
everything hurts
scary part, I took it easy [ real easy ! ]
🚣 Septembrus primus
Thus, the Etec had a fit and stopped . for about ten days, the engine was balking on the start.
The guys helped ( they did it all ) we visited the neighbour [ boat rep and lots of contacts ]
we received some trouble shooting advice from a mechanic by phone
Found the problem on inspection, I noticed a ring piece hanging on [ very suspicious ? ]
we re - connected w/ the mechanic and discovered that we had half a ring and likely a part of the starter assembly
Sure enough, after some disassembly, the starter had jammed against the flywheel [ b/ c the ring had broken ]
And we'll attempt to expedite the work. Which entails repairing the starter. E .. had called his uncle and uncle said ' bring me the two starters ' [ faulty starter form last year and this one just taken out ]
Uncle will try and cobble a whole starter out of the two
