Sunday, 16 August 2026

🧑‍💻 airwoman of VIII

  🧑‍💻 ... what is the title ? I mis typed and the auto correct offered ' ........ ' you got it

I will look it up onAI

Slow start to the day. Rice, fish and cabbage for brekkies. Beer at 11:45 AM
Did manage a run to the Tiger, for $ 58 but ...... I bought a XL light tan cotton mix over shirt for summer as a cover up [ anti sun and anti bugs - b / c the bugs have been nailing me, especially, below the hat line ]

On fishing. Spring and into June brought work on the marine railway. I figure July 15 was my first fishing trip out. Since, maybe, 5 trips. All short - leave early / come home early. 

5 bass and shut out the last 4 trips.


Saturday, 15 August 2026

💎 15 augustus

  💎 ...the Ides of Augustus, is upon us. Well, sitting and re  hydrating. Clouds are gray and threatening.

barely awake but should make tea ? n'est - ce pas ......

on sleeping culture or habit .... I was finding myself, alternately warm ish and then cool. Wearing a robe to bed seems to be the solution

revisio. sunny day / winds gusting. fine summer weather

exercise on schedule. hit the benchmarks



Friday, 14 August 2026

🍣 on the 14 th of the VIII

     🍣 ... is this part of the ' blogger-verse ' ? or more

Sitting and typing ..... casino app 201 and ochazuke
errands are Shoppers and oil change at Speedy

the morning report : Speedy. mechanic said that he was glad to see the car in good shape. Cost, all in, oil change and quick once over $ 120.

Shoppers was quiet and in and out accomplished. Detoured by the Liquor store. As a reward, naturally.

Thus, both vehicles are reliable and the Subaru hits the road soon 

Fishing. Dad took us fishing at 6 y.o. or so And three score and ten later, still doing it and looking forward as well 




Thursday, 13 August 2026

🍑 13 th of the VIII

    🍑 .... 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 ' 




Wednesday, 12 August 2026

🌀 ...Summer Wind ....

  🌀 .... 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

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

🚙 XI of eight - imous

  🚙... 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



Monday, 10 August 2026

🛺 X of eight MMXXVI

  🛺 .... 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