" When Will There be Good New "

 a Jackson Brodie mystery from ' Case Histories ' by Kate Atkinson - turned telly episode

Older series but one of the best, according to me, and since that I've never heard a peep about this show - only me

Dull and gray, setting up for 20 - 24 h of rain. And here it comes

And there was no good news in ' Case Histories '  life going on - like it didn't care < and doesn't, we all know that >

We are prepping for Turkey Day tomorrow. I even stirred the sausage mixture for stuffung < Mom s recipe > and was helpful 2 other times. M might let me have some turkey tomorrow.

We shall see said the Zen Master

Friday in the 'burbs

 post # 3170

Garbage day, or recycling and compostible wet material. Yes, plase take our garbage.
Internationally, not so much. Countries have been returning our garbage - as unfit for use or re-use.

A gray day, boding the rain that is forecast for 2 days.

At one time, say 3 yrs ago, our internet service had a cap of 8 Gb and pay as you go after that < at $1 per Gb > Below find our current usage : ( scary ! )

Total Usage (GB)    143         w/ one day left and one day not on record yet

As well, we had dial up or DSL through the phone line and maxd out at 8 Mb per sec. Currently, we are 1 Gb download  and 60 Kb up  

OMG, can't even begin to think about what has happened. Mainly, Amazon Prime and Netflix and YouTube and CV 19. Oh, and binge watching " StarTrek : Enterprise " who are desparately fightng the Xindi

Positive

 outlook. Really. The glass is half full but it seems that no matter how you cut it - 4 oz is 4 oz ...... and is less than 8

The glass is half empty ..... 4 oz is missing but you'll spill less

On tap for today was a ' weekly ' lunch w/ A. I've decided that he needs the time to chat almost as much as me. Background. A is married w/ two daughters and wife and constant contact w/ Mom - in - law and sister - i n - law < as in 3 times a week >.
Thus, I think its guys only lunch that he seeks .We tried Chinese dim sum again at Fortune Restaurant. A is the owner of QMH. A former student now friend, we talk fishing but mostly cottage related items

BTW, find below the pix for ' more apples '

The verdict was ' light and subtly sweet, and moist '. A 'winner, winner chicken dinner ' kinda effort.
To note, the recipe was in grams and mL.                       < European ? > A while back, I had chosen the gift of small scale for the kitchen just for times like yesterday. You can convert to cups etc but sometimes the conversions can be controversial. To the point, this morning, I Googled 80 g of flour and got 3 answers ranging from 1/2 C to 1 C.

I believe 1 C < + or - > could be correct.

Excuses, excuses

Oh, you're a fisherman too ! Lets see : wind from the wrong direction, water is too high, fish are stupid

 Okay. That was yesterday. I don't fish all day. Morning fish, afternoon is rest and fiddle. You know about the  morning. I caught 5 fish off the dock after bringing up the boat. Yeah.
But the trolley worked and the boat ran fine. No lotto boat launch, yesterday.

Lunch was basically homemade soup and instant noodles thrown in. Very tasty. I watched 2 crap videos < parts of each > fell asleep. I woke and decided to do some housekeeping w/ the boat.

I'd noticed the grease gun in  the boathouse and found a tube of lithium grease. I'd been meaning to grease the steering linakge. I took the grease tube down to the boathouse. I hadn't used the grease gun in a while. However, the instruction are on the tube.
EXCEPT that they did not warn you that its easy to mis - screw on the housing. I did. 
There I am - two handfuls of lube like eggs in my two hands. Nowhere to put the stuff except on a bolt thread < yeah >. Finally, I found the way to do it right. There was only enough for one side. I carried three rags of grease upstairs.
BTW, the wind died in the afternoon. A lovely sunny day emerged. No, not even tempted to go out. I used the time to chill.
Drove home.

How was your day. In truth, a very relaxing day but no fish.

" Welcome to my morning, Welcome to my day " John Denver.

Today, I'm baking ' more apples than dough ' cake. Supposedly, you want the apples not necessarily the cake part. The method is one bowl that you add eggs, sugar and milk then add the flour < bit wise > and blend. Baking powder and apples follow.

We shall see said the Zen Master - after 1 hr and cool that is

All the Way

 to 5:30 AM today. Whoo - whoo !

Watched StarTrek : Enterprise and had coffee

On BBQ mods. Guess that I should have documented in photos.
You know somehow looking at BBQ parts - doesn't sound exciting........ it is not exciting .......... naked girls, maybe ....... BBQ parts NO !

For lunch, we got Kentucky Fried Rat < KFC > -        the ' 2 can dine meal ' for 9.99 ( actually not bad, 2 chicken pieces, 3 chicken strips and 2 small fries )    Oops ! you had to buy a drink. I chose Ice Tea b/c its not carbonated - I can drink it later < like tomorrow >

The rain in Spain - fell on Toronto, is still falling. I noticed that the pressure is rising indicating a clearing trend. I'm going to try and fish tomorrow. Wish me luck.
The forecast has 70 but winds are N - NE at 14 Kph gusting to 18. That N wind brings weather and on the 'bee, there is no place to hide except for Jubilee Channel.

Nothing ventured - nothing gained AND this season is winding down.Maybe 3 times left.

Advice

 from 2 years ago, suggestd more pictures or graphics. I'm guessing that other sites or blogs do this.

Of course, occassionally, there will be a picture. However, the blog never was going to be popular. For instance, I didn't know that              ' blogspot ' is difficult to find and thus individual blogs are difficult to find. As well, once, I was able to jump ahead or over to other blogspot sites. I can't seem to do that anymore.

Anyhoo, couldn't sleep after 4:30 AM. I went for coffee < like that will make you sleep ! > and watched ' StarTrek : Enterprise ' in season 2 , ep 28 or so. 

As well, I spent the mid afternoon, re - creating the wheel. My term, for retrofitting items for my needs. The cheapie BBQ came w/ a flavor bar or shield - it is lousy at its job. Thus, a few weeks ago, I bought a slotted tray and ceramic briquets < heat retainers > and swapped out the flavour bar for heat / flavour briquets. Unfortunately, the supports had to be bricks < real brick pieces > Very clumsy and also blocked air flow. I tried to find a BBQ grid that would support the briquets. Not that easy < one for $ 20 was too large - cut it to size ? >.

I maintain a supply of left over - well actually eveything. I found a grating from an oven < ? > that was 2 inches too wide. Yes, I cut the grate to size. I used wire strands from a lawn sign and spanned the BBQ. The grate sits on top < oh, one brick to prop up the front edge, can't get away from those bricks > I replaced the briquets on their new home. Fired up the BBQ and heat tested the grate.

The final proof was cooking hotdogs for dinner. The result was OK. I think the briquets work and work better w/ the cut to measure grate.

Thus, my investment for a new flavour system is $ 10. We shall see said the Zen Master

Whoa !

 I missed posting yesterday.
Ah, the world went on

Dang old world just keeps spinning along - don't it

Well, Friday was meet for lunch day w/ A. The process gets me out. We did Chinese yesterday at Fortune. No vaxx check and no social distancing - other than only 5 tables of 15 were occupied
Interesting. A Chinese gent got up and came back w/ a tub of hot water and tongs. Everyone < all 6 > dipped their dishes < bowls, cups and plates > in the hot water.
I looked at A and he said ' old tradition of washing the dishes at the table '. Really !

I came home w/ ' treat of the week ' from Butt N Ben '. Empire biscuits for M and apple squares for me plus I bought custards tarts. What the heck. The world keeps spinning