🚏 aug 5 in the ' boro

  🚏 sitting w / coffee but weak tea first. Sunny is the view, Eternal Blue. Wind seems fairly still.

A .. will come today and take  M ... to the hairdressers. And fish and chips for lunch [ ???? ]

Project projection screen ..... rating a dismal pass. WL ... gave me a full size projection screen. The frame sets up as 6 x 6 ft w / a base framework  that goes back 3 1 / 2 ft. Downstairs, in the fireplace room it looks like half the room is screen.
Thus, I used half the poles and no base. The frame could sit on a console. The screen needed to be cut down to size. 
I ended up using double sided tape [ very stick and a pain ] to fold the screen over the pole s and tack the free end down. There was a bit a looseness in the surface.
The trial projection was alright but likely 80 % of true appearance on the laptop. Further research verified that the brightness and reproduction would be limited. The projector is rated at 300 nits and for reference that 300 is barely adequate for a computer screen.
Well.
In summary, not a tragic loss. The screen came free and the abridged setup can still be used. The projector is fully portable and I do have ideas about uses

The plans fell thru/ I drove M ... to the hairdressers. 
After. I zipped up to Chartwell Plaza and Yogi s Noodles. A 35. Beef noodle and wonton plus Chinese greens and soya milk. There is Bak choy in the soup as well.
My new favourite. It is food court style eating but 13 dollars. { keep the soya milk please

Next was Bestco [ Asian food store ]. At the hot table area, I bought inari                         
 [ aka ' suitcases 'from our growing up ]. Chicken pot pies [ on the sweet side ]. Frozen corn and dessert

🫖 augustus IV MMXXVI

  🫖 .... truck is back. Woke up at looked out and Ridgeline was in the driveway. A .. back form the airport run.

Ahead ..... ????  Full sun and Eternal Blue. Sitting and ochazuke AND Mc D s coffee first in the driveway

Buy a new TV !!! says M ...
instead, I fiddled for two hrs to produce ' a wavy screen ' for the projector. Analysis : the bristol board was superior
YouTube videos did emphasize that screen irregularites was a big bug a boo. Even expensive screens show the waviness along the edges

So, off to Michael s or Staples for a type of board  that is slightly relective or maybe even matte

🧥 augustus 3

  🧥 ... dreary and sitting tea this morning ... hydration is key

yes. rain overnight. part of the cycle that we are in Ah, El Nino, as predicted, cooler and rainier

on retirement. how can you tell ? Firstly, A ... has my truck for  luggage portage to the airport. BUT air crew strike cancelled flights - with the chance of re- booking, ' tomorrow '. He left his sedan.
While waiting cor news this AM, we began watching ' Pan Am 103 ', the Lockerbie 747 crash [but becomes bombing after 20 minutes ]. Sat and watched
meanwhile, I was exploring screen setups for the projector project in the fireplace room

🥭 🥭 080226

  🥭 🥭 ... peeled my 2 nd mango in 76 yrs. This last was smaller at tangerine size.

sitting in the window seat, tea and watching the rain pelt down. Precipitation was expected      [ part of the swirl around pattern ]
TG, the view is dominated by silver leaf dogwoods, pine and maple

I accomplished the Giant T. run. Slippers and ice cream bars were the target and I spent $ 42 all in. Actually, more or less essentials.

Rain is alternating between threat and buckets - the crash of thunder too !

My latest project is an ' alternate to buying a new TV for downstairs '. That Sony wasn't hooked up to cable and I was using a laptop [ HDMI or Chromecast ]. So, using a projector would be the same. Indeed, the projector was purchased 2025, acknowledging the age of the 2 Sony TV s.
I purchased a 50 inch screen [ tabletop, ?? ] but in the meantime, WL .... offered a full size projection screen.
I spent time on Friday and Saturday, trying to jerry rig a setup. This afternoon, I taped a bristol board to a picture frame. The image produced is better than the screen.That s b / c I can take the flex out of the bristol board but the screen floats on the edges as assembled.

💬 080126

  💬 .... sitting in the window seat ..... at a gray world. we are in an up and down system, rain and such
still a pleasant view
... from ' Dr Strange ' [ the sorcerer ], the quote,   " the bill comes due, the bill always comes due ...."

Yep. feeling the fishing days, ooh, groggy this morning. Well, that was two mornings up at 4 or 5 .... ' ah, the struggle is the glory ... [ from, the Ghost and the Darkness ]

ncl [ neighbour cleaning lady and reconteur ], did the bathrooms and upstairs floors.

from WL .. a projection screen. Full size - half the room. I'm re jigging and using half the aluminum bars and connectors. Picture as projected,  80 % the quality of the TV.
I did move the console out of the way BUT now, I'm thinking suspend the screen from the ceiling [ less bars ] and bring the console back

🐟 073126 ... what you learn ...

  🐟 ..... or should know when you go fishing ..... like today. Full sun and Westerly wind [ began that way, swung S or SW ].

obviously, not in the window seat. However, friends came fishing to the ' bee.

Alright. boat launched w / little hiccups [ very small ]. Engine ran and purred. Even on a Friday, long weekend, out early w / light boat traffic. Friends daughter [ 6 yo ] likes fishing.

Not much doing so she read her book, fished ,read her book.

OK. lessons learned. good people are fun to be with.   Duh !!!!
Pleasant day up there. No pressure [ no fish ] laughing and getting sunburn [ not bad ]
Only out three hours, came home for noodles in N Scarborough. Fell fast asleep while on the computer. 

🛢073026

  🛢typing and ochazuke. summer morning. motorcycles and lawnmowers
Eternal Blue ....

slept thoroughly, feel groggy but can function