Smoke Test

This morning there was dense smoke - not smog - smelled like 1,000 house fires. Turns out it was flowing down the valley from Butte county and was the smoke from about 27,000 people's homes and businesses.

I don't understand how entire towns get wiped out by fire - this has happened three or four times this year, in places people mostly move to to get away from high rents. And building codes. And professional fire departments.

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At work on time, got right down to running audio tests on the new build. After running a couple, my phone reminded me to call the body shop, and they had the part they just forgot to call me. So I drove out there and left it. Needed a restroom, so peeked into a Subway shop half a block away but they didn't have one for customers, so I walked across the street to In-and-Out burger and used theirs. The sign on the front door said they opened at 10:30 and it was only 10:15, but they were open. I got an order of fries and a chocolate shake, and sat down to kill time waiting for the car. Lame fries - thin and soggy. Chocolate shake had no chocolate in it. Walked back to the body shop and they still were working on it - hung out in their office for another half hour while they searched for screws and clips to attach the part. They finally got it done, labor was $65. A bargain.  

Back to Google.

Was most of the way through the audio tests when I found two that failed. Basically the same test, just using a slightly different audio format. Filed bugs on those. Tall Manager was confused again when he saw. I had NP listen and confirm the bug. Chinese engineers gave Tall manager a work-around, but it only fixed two of the four formats. Pisses me off, because it means another build and another round of tests. These tests passed last build. They boosted the audio levels and I think that helped cause the problem.

Called Got Junk and added a bunch of things to the list.

Lunch was a Safeway Cobb Salad & the last of the mango upside-down cake.

Stayed till 6:30 to make up for the body shop trip, and to finish the audio tests and start down the rest of the list.

Need to train NP and NNP on the AV receiver.

Streamed my ride home, had one midwestern chat friend pop in. Am streaming now, have had two chatters but they are gone now. 

Home, nothing delivered or in the mail worth reading.

Watched PTI and Who's The One? Final episode, they needed to go for 4 matches to 11 in order to win a million bucks and leave with their matches. In the end there were 9 matches, and then suddenly the last two lit up. Phony as all get out. At least two of the women knew they were not the match for the person the program said. But it made for an unexpected sudden happy ending, so lots of champagne showers. I think maybe two of those couples will make it in the real world.

Dinner was pasta shells & bow ties with bacon snippets, American & Swiss cheese with olive oil, oregano, black pepper and thyme. One scoop of chocolate ice cream & some walnuts for dessert. And an egg nog chaser.

Plans for tomorrow:
GOTJUNK arrives between 9:30-11 am. Shut the cats in the bedroom when they arrive
1 pm Sunnyvale Nissan, look at a leaf and talk lease $$
Maybe visit a chevy dealer and look at a Bolt too. Maybe.
Cabaret at Sunnyvale theater??? Maybe.

Andgasm

When you have more than one.

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Busy morning. Did 2 loads of laundry & put them away. Lots of Hawaiian shirts still need ironing.

Junk guy called at 9 that he would be here toward the end of the 9:30-11 window.

Filled the hummingbird feeders. Emptied the stuff out of the big ugly TV stand. Watched college football.

10:30 junk guys arrived. They saved the futon for last. If I had known it would not fit out the guest room door I would have removed the side pieces, but before I could stop them they just broke them off. It was being junked, but it could have been sold/recycled if they hadn't busted it.

Their rates have gone way up since the last time I used them.

As soon as they were done, I set up the now former guest room (it's really my library) with a litterbox, food tower and water fountain, and carried Spot from the bedroom where he had been deposited to keep out from under the junk guys' feet, to what is now his room. Shut the door.

Added a scratching post, toys and his favorite under the window platform from the livingroom. The library window looks out on #8's carport garden. Neighbors are out there a lot, so he'll have something to look at.

The webcam which was in there died, I had a spare but it's the wrong model. I'll have to order another of the right one. The new model can't be seen from my web page, and it isn't supported correctly by my phone app. It's also 16:9 and the others are 4:3.

Spook was totally spooked by the junk guys. She curled up inside the house section of the kitchen cat tree and shut the world out till about 7:30, when she came down and meowed for treats. She is back up on the top tier of the tree now, more normal.

I changed the cartridge in the laundry room litterbox, I hope she uses it.

12:50 pm I headed to Sunnyvale Nissan, I had emailed the salesperson I was coming around 1. It took 20 minutes - slow traffic and lots of stop lights. But he was not in today. His email said he would be. A grey haired Indian guy named Suresh showed me a car. 2018 model - he said the 2019s won't be in till March. But as he went to get the key, I checked and they had 6 2019 cars on the lot. I pointed that out to him and he said that they won't have the 2019s with the extended range till March. These only get 150 miles. I did not point out that's better than the 100 they got in 2017.

He was not very enthusiastic, and frankly the features he showed me were ones I wasn't too interested in except the all-around camera system. I didn't want to take it for a test drive, which surprised him. If I get a Leaf it won't be from that dealership.

Home, put a few more goodies in Spot's room. He has moved into the closet. Opened it himself.

Found a more cobbler-like recipe and baked a peach cobbler. Would have been better if I had used fresh peaches instead of week-old, but baking goes a long way to equalize that.

Had some brie on wheat thins as an appetizer, but the brie was bland. Fried a couple of roti to go with chopped liver & fried onions for dinner, but the chopped liver had turned so all I had was the roti and some of the onions. Had to disposal half a container of chopped liver. Boo hiss.

Watched some more football. Started up my stream on Twitch and have a bunch of people chatting after being on for an hour.

Plans for tomorrow:
Watch football
Meet Janice for coffee
Safeway for salads and microwave lunches