Friday, September 16, 2022



Highlights: Back to WFH again after a few days in RWC. I got the EDF reports run and over the fence and made some improvements too. Tommy bought the new iPhone. He has 3 "hickeys" on his neck, won't answer direct questions about them, and I'm stressing over his possible choices. I don't want him going down paths my family and I have traveled or compromising his opportunities. Such a timeless scenario this is. I couldn't talk to my parents and struggle to get him to talk to me. Jen's still in WA, and returns Sun PM. Lauren's staying in SAC this weekend and likely coming down next. I am going to get up early, go to the Leigh Rummage sale and flea market and then focus on the garage for the entire day sans a run to see David/Julia at my mom's again or perhaps inviting them over instead. I tried swapping out the turntables, learned some things and managed to get the original working better by replacing the broken piece on the needle arm head with the other's. I also took apart some of the underpinnings related to the spindle and eject and with some modest modifications to improve the grip on the turntable by the rotor, I now have things functional where it returns and stops at the end of playing. I still want to try and swap the spindle mechanism but that looks like a lot more work and for the moment this is enough.