I'm caught up on shipping, with the only things still here, things that sold overnight and today. I got up at 2, had my coffee and vitamins and nuts, futzed around with Ebay stuff, and was out the door at 5.
The drop-offs went fine, but I'd gotten really hungry, and pulled the bike and trailer up in front of Ono Hawaiian Kitchen to see if they sell egg rolls because these "Hawaiian" places here on the mainland are hardly Hawaiian, but are really Chinese. But, no egg rolls. I had $8 on me, and got the crispy shrimp appetizer, which came to $7-something and I just told the gal to keep the change. I got a couple little things of tarter sauce in those little cups too.
When I had my food I just put the bag in the box I had on the bike trailer, and found a nice place by the curb to set up and eat. The appetizer was supposed to be 6 shrimp but they gave me 7, that was nice. And they came on a nice bed of shredded cabbage, which I ate every last bit of. While I was eating, though, a skinny shirtless scumsucker on a bike rode by and circled around, then returned and circled again. The 2nd time, I'd gotten up and moved my "getter stick" where I could grab it in a hurry and stick him with it, He didn't come back.
Maybe eating over behind H Mart is better, because any scumsuckers in the area are going back and forth to go to the McDonald's where they beg, try to steal, fight, etc. Fortunately scumsuckers don't seem to bother H Mart much at all. Scumsuckers might even be a bit afraid of the Korean H Mart workers, who take breaks behind the store and have some chairs and things set up.
I did my usual route finding packing materials, got some veggies, and got some more sign vinyl, blue as well as white, to give to the protesters.
I got back, put things away, picked out some vintage test equipment brochures to list on Ebay, washed my hair and face and tried out my new razor, and it works fine. Very basic compared to the 1940s/1950s Gillettes my dad had, but it works and is simple - only three parts. I was sure I'd nick myself or fuck up somehow, but nope, got a very nice shave.
I had some time to practice, and got about half my usual time in when Ken pulled up. At least I could blow crazy high notes and I'd call it a good one. Ken dug up some stuff he had here, a control panel with lots of meters on it that he's going to use out at "the property" which is 200 acres or so out in Patterson. He's got people living out there and it's kind of our "ultimate plan B". Once he'd dug out the parts and pieces he wanted, we settled down and talked about tech stuff for a while.
Ken left at 11:30 which is early for him, and I cooked up tons of scrounged vegetables topped with beef. This veggie-scrounging has been working pretty well. I know I was spending at least a dollar a day on green onions, and probably a few dollars a day in total on veggies.
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