🏪 and its octoberish the 3 rd

🏪  .... and a late session here. coffee  / breakfast / and cleaning neighbour is here

full sun and Eternal Blue

🛺 and it the second day

  🛺    ...october it is. view is limited to 50 yds. dark out htere at 5:40 amish.

2 day old coffee, and typing

re inventing the wheel. again. The topic is ' how to carry your cellphone ' or really - drop mitigation. Assuming the cellphone will get dropped.

Ideas. wear a lanyard w / phone attached. Ah, 2 short and the phone becomes a heavy necklace. 2 long and the phone be - comes a pendulum. 
next is the belt holster. yes, always there but cumbersome depending on length of time carried and also - what else is on the belt.
There is the pocket solution, pant pocket and the phone becomes a cushion ( shatter city there ). Shirt pocket and the phone launches over the concrete as you bend over. [ this last is my specialty ]

latest attempt. A lanyard. a plastic detachable clip. a cloth eyeglass case and drawstring. The options, a ) at length and tucked into a pocket. The cloth case prevents easy sliding.  AND the lanyard is still around your neck. If it is a ' kangaroo ' style pocket, the whole assembly can be pocketed.
On my jac shirt, the lanyard passes thru the pocket 's button hole for extra attaching.
Or detach the clip as needed and the lanyard is a light chain and the cloth bundle is free to move around

Like mentioned. another go at the wheel

We shall see said the Zen Master

Experimental dinner. Boxty or Irish potato pancakes. Mash + grated potato. Add flour, baking powder and buttermilk. Fry them up

Verdict. Good to very good. Criticism mild 

Served w / green peas and mixed meat leftovers. 

🛢 the first of October

🛢 ... the Halloweenie month and thanksgiving too !

dampish looking out there.  coffee was re heated and milked. and sleep is still here

Oops ! 

Currently, I'm watching the launch and deployment of James Webb Space Telescope 

Thousands of scientist s and technicians launching this beast from French guinea.

AND Donald Trump 

deliberately, screwing the World over.

Cosmic Justice awaits that  ............

🚆... and three 0 arrives

 🚆 ....and goes September
coffee is ' on ' the hob. the view is gray ish w / high cloud

the major adjustment is the new phone. getting used to the different actions

last night, was Leacock Let s Meet Up [ LLMU ]. Normally, we sit in the open food court. and we did but arbitrarily decided that three people can head to a restaurant. I offered to drive and we headed upstairs. However , just peeking over we saw two stand alone eateries. One was Sansotei Ramen.

Took a flyer and got surprised. Menu choices were reasoanbly priced and the ramen was close to terrific.
Very quiet and they let us sit a jabber. Turns out that KL had never had ' ramen ' that didn't come in a package

So, all round - great choice

Chores. Decided a week ago, that having a dash cam in the car is useless unless you know how to operate the gizmo. First, how to identify the model. Take a photo and let Google image find the model #. Not quite but Google narrowed the model down to two. And YouTube did the rest.
BUT the instructions were a 26 min video. OR / read a manual in Chinglish / good luck.

Finally, correlated the instructions w / my model, close, enough. THEN the dash cam started to lock on ' record ' which is alright but the time was wrong.
Thirty min of troubleshooting and maybe, maybe the dashcam is working

Next. I was trying to forestall ice up problems that occurred last year. Since May 2026, there is a new heating cable and gutter screen [ keep the leaves out ]. I wanted to have the run off un hampered as the water leaves the downpipe. I created a waterfall effect, except the bottom piping froze. This freeze up required dis assemblying the pipes. So, I built a open trough system [ using an old vacuum shoot form a Toro leaf blower ]. After much, mental gymnastics, I have a way to put up the open trough. Not beautiful but functional [ maybe ]

🚜 29 on the charge ..... into Sept and beyond ....

 🚜  .... coffee [ check ] and the view is gray w/ high cloud cover, as in a blanket

What they don't tell you. New phone, ' lets transfer data. Done. But not all your apps are there.

Thus, take the old phone [ sorry 6 a ..... really ] and c.f. the screens. --- Oh, security controls.Oh, healthcare app .... . So far, its 6 and a bunch more I can tell ....

Richest of all. I bought a transparent case, drop protection [ absolutely ] THEN, I actually considered not using the screen protector that I added to the phone bundle.
Are you kidding me   ... Dumbo ! 

Job 1, then this AM. Follow up, protector went on smoothly. Quite pleased, can be a finicky task
Follow up, the sun broke out again. Quite the day

Noon. meeting at the bank. Setting up a new account

6:30 P was the meeting of Leacock people. Only 4 tonight. We started the standard greeting in the food court then progressed to Sansotei Ramen. Terrific meal.

A full day, all told

🛸 on the two eight of nine

   🛸........ alrighty, coffee is finished making noise ...
the view is gray and traces of wet on  the ground. cloud cover is complete

and the sun broke out for the bulk of the day. 

NEWS of the house.
Consumerism rampage.
 I bought a new phone.
 Pixel 6a was the phone this morning. And by 4 PM a Pixel 9 a showed up at the door.

WHY ? a new phone. I dropped the 6 a [ too many times ] and replaced the screen. But I didn't check to make sure that the shop restored the screen sensitivity. 
One year of updates remained. 

However, the gossip was that the 9 a was the most reasonable priced unit [ at $ 500 , if it got there ] c.f. the Pixel 9 / 9 pro / 10 / 10 pro. For the year, Pixel 9 a has been $ 679, even after the Pixel 10 dropped. Last night, you got it .... $ 500.

Lets admit that the others have features not found on the 9 a. But in truth, the 9 a is more than I need [ as in, I won't use 30 % of the new stuff ]. 
Yet, it will be fast and complete. And updated for 7 years, security and software

And realize the 9 a cost less than the Pixel 6 a. 
So, $ 500. yes, time to move

🚚 27 th of Sep

  🚚 ..... blueberry tea and the view is Eternal Blue and sun. 

In the kitchen, another shot at Japanese curry. Carrots and potatoes were sliced thin. Added some cabbage sliced a tad thinner than in the package. Add chicken stock and microwave at least 6 min.
Meanwhile, onion and garlic are slow sauteed. Then add mostly cooked veg. Use some more chicken stock for liquid. Pepper and Old Bay spice. Simmer for ten minutes and withdraw some liquid. Use the paste cubes from Japanese curry package. Dissolve the paste and then remove pan from heat. Now, swirl in the dissolved paste. Return to heat, let bubble.
The rice is microwaved w/ stock and after 1 min, I added gravy and leftover green beans. one more minute and add curry blend to one side of the rice.
Lunch. Nicely done. Definitely a success. And there are leftovers here. 

I did organize the corner desk. Tidy upped and such