NO AI PIE - BI-ANNUAL MAINTENANCE - ANGEL FLIGHT - JIBBER JABBER

Machines sent me happy birthday wishes this past week. Caring machines, me thinks. They do not forget. Their wishes last a day or two in the inbox then vanish. 

BUT, my analog wife bakes me an apple pie. Deep pie dish, Fuji apples, apple pie filling and a crust from Aldis. That is as I requested. The pie also vanishes, but aided by human's hands.

There is a lot of love in the pie photos below. My wife is a strong proponent of the birthday day being all to do about the person on that day. "It is your day and we will do anything you want." She gives many yeses on my birthday. 

It was my "job" to cut the first and second slice. The two slices came out as expected and wanted. Mostly intact, but not all intact. A spoon was needed to get the dregs left behind. The dregs are placed on top of the slice and each slice leaves no debris behind in the pie pan. A perfect pie, like the photos above, does not bleed out. It oozes while holding onto the contents of the next slice.

The slices were warm and my wife sat across the kitchen table as I took the first bite. She was leaning forward with a hopeful look that her husband would be pleased with her work. 

In the world of apple pie-making, she hit this pie out of the park. Perfect in all of the important pie criteria. This pie begged overdosing. Completing the first slice, pushing the plate aside and then digging into the remainder of the pie pan with a spoon. Eating, "umming and yumming" out loud. Only common sense prevented the eating of the whole pie, half the pie! I could have done that; nearly done a half pie for sure. I believe there are others reading here with the similar skeletons in the closet. 

The bride also received two thumbs up for dinner that night.

 

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BI-ANNUAL MAINTENANCE

Drained the fuel out of the small 2500 watt generator and filled with new fuel. Makes a difference as old fuel can clog and cause carburetor problems. That has been a "thing" in my life time, carburetor "varnish". It's real and results in poor engine performance to failure to start and run. Fresh fuel twice a year solves the problem. Generators also need to be run from time to time with a load on them to help with lubrication. 

In the video above, I have one air conditioner and a fan on high plugged in to the generator. It started on the 4th pull and purred. There was a high degree of satisfaction at listening to the little generator work for an hour. Gotta be a man thing!

If the world as we know it ends I can run a window air conditioner and a small freezer/refrigerator for a few days. To what end? It sounds like a good idea for now and if nothing else, that's OK. 

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ANGEL FLIGHT

Turn up the sound. I think you may like this.

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JIBBER JABBER 

Cataracts have me tilting my head now like a bird to a new noise to see around the clouds in my eyes. To the point that I am scheduled to have both lenses replaced in the near future. Procedure takes from 5 to 7 minutes per eye and one eye will also receive a few incisions to help correct slight astigmatism. Like slicing the top of bread dough changes the shape of the loaf, small incisions work the same way to change the shape of the eye to become a better lens. 

The doctor visit this past week was extensive with high-tech tools mapping my eye and computing the exact shape of the lens to be implanted. All I had to do is not blink for a few seconds while the machine whirred, designed the lenses and snapped pictures. Pressures were measured and time was spent looking inside and at the back of eye and optic nerves. 

The doctor finished up the examinations with a concise and detailed explanation of the operating procedure. I was impressed with his knowledge, skill sets to do all of this and his ability to explain in layman's terms. He asked if I had any questions and completed the examination with asking permission if we could pray together for the Lord's blessing. 

I will be in good Hands.

Thanks for the visit this week.