🍑 .... sitting and sipping hot and sour soup. the view is sunny and still. Rain ? likely hanging round. As mentioned this is the El Nino pattern for the summer.
Sleep was knockout city. Tired of what
follow up : the standard system for my Boat and ETec, does not connect the primer circuit to the engine. Thus, pushing in the key would not prime the engine. BUT, there is a note saying to pause before turning the key - aha, a pause, as in ' push twice '
🌀 .... came blowing in .....
August 12 mixed day. Up at 5:15 A On the road at 6 A. Coffee and BLT ( sad, w / egg and no mayo - dry and mediocre)
Bass boat launch was trouble free. Engine balked and caught. Fishing was meager. Not super hot. Breeze intermittent and refreshing.
Now. The hiccups. On the stairs down to the river, a shed size tangle of branches semi obscured - everything after a tree limb snapped! After fishing we cut a path. ( not me, b / c I was phone trapped explaining the mess to A ... )
Starting the ETec 1. Today, I turned the ignition key, waited for LED s to cycle and turned the key ' On ' .... pushed in the key in twice. Engine caught, purred )
The conundrum : the written instrxns mention that the ETec is self starting. But IT doesn't! That move is called ' priming '
Instructions are not correct. The start up needs the prime action
Over the years, I have waffled back and forth ... but now, I think the engine needs the priming
Live and learn
🚙... dreary in the ' boro. Cuppa and looking out on gray, cloud cover high 90 %
predicted T storms, I believe. While I sit and wait for an oil change and check. This business, Speedy, is new but reputedly, reliable
We shall see said the Zen Master
How an oil change turns into $ 1 100. B / c the shop suggested, change the spark plug and drain and refill the transmission. Further, details, in fall 2025, I opted for 2 transmission fluid drain and fills. The math says that approx 1 / 3 of the transmission fluid is in the engine parts and doesn't exchange. I did 2 transmission exchanges to clean out approx 80 % of the transmission fluid.
When the shop today, said the transmission fluid needed an exchange, yes, good timing.PLUS, the hop suggested changing the spark plugs. And, since I cannot recall, changing the plugs .... well, likely time ? right !
there you go, $ 1 100
And the Subaru goes in Friday
Dinner was throw together but delish. Potatoes pan fired til golden. Scallops wrapped in bacon, mixed veg
🛺 .... shady out there [ no Eternal Blue showing ] Tea and typing .... looking out on the street
A day of errands. License and Health card renewal s. Easy and quick. Them. Lunch out at Tara Pub
Rare afternoon outing. Quite successful. Best of all, it helped build M ... s confidence
🫘 .... sitting and typing, 2 day old coffee. Sun and the Eternal Blue. Still got that the humid feeling as we are in that loop or cycle [ storms etc ]
And I am getting bit [ as in insects ]. Watering the wild flowers this AM, right on the calf. Poof, just like that
Sunday rituals incl a trip to Giant Tiger. And coleslaw, breads and eggs
The day is sunny and humid. Breeze is essential
Exercise completed. Nothing outre to report
Dinner was M ... s chili and garlic bread
🛵 or 26 / 08 - 08. Late getting to the blog. We were readying the house for the NCL and I was playing w / the ' new ' foyer light up lantern. Bigger and brighter, very deco
dreary outside. rain is around and about
sun popped out. still humid as all get out
House is cleaner. All floors on the first done plus the kitchen
Well done. I mean the house feels like someone cared, always a comfort.
Yes, we need help maintaining the place.
c.f. moving out or seniors residence. easier but then you are paying someone to walk and do things
🚕..... sitting and typing. Tea and rice cooking
Long day, Wed. Up at 5:15 AM home at 8:30 PM
Hot and humid day, broken by clouds and sudden downpours BUT we were in the boathouse, each time. Plus, the work was all to make recovery of bassboat simpler
How are you feeling tired but up. Weren't you supposed to sleep, like - forever, guess not b / c I was up at 7 AM
Visited the Speedy garage not " Muffler, anymore " recommended by the neighbour. A competent advisor addressed the need for an oil change etc. Going in next Tuesday.
Walked in to Princess Auto, $ 48 late - I escaped. Some fishing jigs ( $ 6 for 10), re use owels and gloves plus string lights.
the string lites are LED and programmable. In the front foyer, seasonally, there is a welcome to " Las Vegas " flashing sign. The sign is 7 inches tall. Soon to be replaced by a 30 inch tall lantern cage [ glass sided ] and yes, string lights - suspended in the glass sided enclosure.
Stay tuned for the latest pix
