🎀 ... and the big three - oh

    🎀  ... a fading month of October. 
The view. Full sun and full wind. The day pops !

The driveway. Slathering is the term. A layer of thermoplastic topped w / asphalt repair goop.

An interesting term or phrase ' I'm 80, and there is so much drama about aging '

Rice cooker blues. Alright. We have rice cookers that have stood the test of time. The metal bowl takes a beating. Scratches etc. Likely, these aluminum surfaces are coated w / less reactive material than the aluminum itself. However, wear and tear, leads to leaching of some plstic coating into the food.
To wit. I purchased a ceramic lined rice cooker. Amazon purchase for $ 26. Arrived on time, yet from the beginning, the toggle control was gimmicky. It ceased to function after 2 weeks.
OK. Amazon agrees to swap out the defective one w / a new one. E Z peasy. Staples the office supply outfit, does all the return hassle.

Meanwhile, Amazon shipped the new one - one day service.

New rice cooker is here and awaits trial by me

We shall see said the Zen Master

🍠 ... on the 261029

  🍠 ...  another month dwindling away ...... ' time keeps on drifting into the future ... ' ?

The view from the window seat - hazy, fog ?? cool and wind seems still

Inspected the driveway crack repair. The crack formed at the join between the original driveway asphalt and the repair asphalt from ten years ago when waterproofing the foundation wall was done. The join was obvious and the seam split. If there was a place to happen, then this juncture had advantages. The slope favours water running away and the garage overhang somewhat shelters the area.
Yet, some action was required. As mentioned, retail crack filler does not work on deep [ more than a 1 / 4 in or wider than your little finger ]. Pli - stix was meant to form a solid surface for such crevices.
I asked the associate at HD to wait while I read the description concerning length of the Pli - stix. Well, the package had 30 ft and I needed 20, perfect.
Now, of course, having had to split the licorice into lengths of 1 / 2 width and mostly, as it turned out into 1 / 4 widths, I used 4 ft or less. The instructions suggested pulling the licorice to thin the sections [ fat chance ].
Thus, splitting the lengths was simpler.

There remains the job of filling the finer cracks w / crack repair. You squeeze out the gunk w / a grease gun [ like for caulking ]. That is this afternoon, w / promised temperatures of 20 C

Apparently, not good enough. The neighbour saw the ' patch ' effort and said ' too many inconsistencies [ I did the fill in poorly ]. Positive part is that what I filled in was crucial. Now, I paint over [ asphalt over ] the portion that I deep filled.
Ugly but  - will it do ?

🍆 ... twenty eight times .....

  🍆 .... the sun has been  round the ......  Eternal Blue

Coffee and typing. Sore wrists, sore bum / sore finger - Pli - Stix has its revenge

a bit dull out there / cool / wind is stirring.

Well. It was take the old guy to lunch day. Noodles at Yogi s [food court stall ].

Returned home and rested a bit. THEN out to the driveway .... the project ....
approx. 1 / 3 left to go, as I began. Somewhere in the last 40 min, I discovered ' super hot ' on the control wheel of the heat gun .... like SUPER --- >. Little lakes of thermoplastic were forming .... like magic.
long story short .... likely would have saved 30 minutes over the two days.

Next. Go over the area w / a driveway crakc sealer. Starting w / the crack sealer is a non starter.
The formula is too liquidy and will not / cannot pool and harden. Thus, the base layer of thermoplastic was needed.
An aside. The directions for Pli - stix include clean the area. So, I'm flicking out sand. Then I read ' if the cavity is deeper, use a filling or or sand ' Right, chase out the sand and then put it back if needed.

Oh, my

🌃 on the 27 th ....

  🌃 ...... of the month. A quiet morn, some misty white up high in the Eternal Blue
coffee and typing.

on the horizon, chore wise. Pli - Stix, or a ribbon of thermoplastic that is stuffed into asphalt cracks and then melted [ by me ]

follow up : sitting on my bum, struggling w / black thermo plastique. Procedure, is to cut small lengths and pack the Pli - stix into the asphalt crack. Well !
Myabe b /c its fall but that stuff didn't want to go into the ' abyss '.
Finally, after much trial and error [ mostly error ] The solution ......
Cut the licorice length wise [ even twice, to make 1 / 4 thickness pieces ]

Then pack the thin slivers into the crack [ narrow at the bottom ] MELT and let cool, pack again .... repeat if needed
Yes. Eventually, most of the 22 ft crack or seam got treated ...
whats left is finish and go over spots where more Pli - stix is needed .... yes, re melt

all in 3 1 / 2 h

🛻 twenty six days in .....

  🛻 ... carry on truckin ' ... the only way

patchy sky and still air ...  a good feel

I am working on the cracks of doom [ the driveway ]No, not big but need attention OR
re pave the sucker [ $ 5 500 estimate ]. So, do a litte work now

Interesting event at the Home Depot. I drove 10 Km to a branch that had Pli - Stix. This product is asphalt repair substance in a licorice diameter strand. You unroll the licorice and stuff it into the crack. Then melt the licorice [ asphalt repair ] into the crack so tht it binds and fills

I had to ask for help. The associate got a ladder truck and took down the Pli - stix. I said ' wait b / c I need 20 ft in total '. While I am reading the description - the associate yells down ' hey, this is what I need too ! '
Weird.

🏡 on the twenty fifth

   🏡  ... the view is lovely ... dun in dominance and the Eternal Blue is slightly hazy up high

typing and trying to wake up. For the day : did a search for paving tar

found some. how useful [ ?? ] moved some dirt to the front of the drive where re - grassing needs doing

helped the neighbour figure out how to re install a roof rack and load a ladder

Decided to stop early. could do more but ' sufficient for the day '

🛶 26 / 10 - 24

  🛶   .... the long term outlook for weather. certainly, a stable fall. Up and down swings seemed to have been dampened [ El Nino ? ]. Further along, mild ??? temperatures for late fall into Winter

typing and coffee [ done ]. the cleaning neighbour is here.

sparkling day, full sun / Eternal Blue

not much got done

I did exercise. Elliptical - free weights, calisthenics for 35 minutes and 400Kcal 
Oh yeah, sweat.