An inquisitive old fart with a camera
Short walk today, just a few blocks as my foot is hurting. I was surprised to see this mess a block from our house.
Looking back the way I came, you can see there is no problem with the trash containers there. Little mysteries….
Just because. A delightful little plant among several I traded for some cacti a month or so ago in the weekly street fair.
If you look closely, you might detect the anomaly here. Actually, it signifies improvement in Uruguay, which actually mostly has been a thing in the twelve years we’ve been here.
Almost exactly three years ago, I suggested Maybe a checklist before we do the next bathroom. Have a look.
Alvero has retrieved the refrigerator from a block away. Did he not anticipate people would leave things in it? Were the failed Macintosh keyboards offensive? Or did someone else leave something really offensive?
I suspect the latter, but don’t expect to find out soon. I glanced through our Union Vecinal Whatsapp group but saw no mention.
Why don’t I ask, you wonder. I guess that would be because I find it potentially interesting, but also kind of so what?
The sky a couple nights ago. Two stops down, otherwise unaltered.
…that pliers grew from seeds?
I’ve gotten back into infrared saunas, perhaps ironic now that spring is here. But when I come back after it’s been warming, there’s a burning-plastic sort of smell I can’t quite place. Yesterday, a few minutes in, the sauna turned itself off. Power outage? I hit the button and it came back on. And then I heard it.
So, off to the electrical store tomorrow. Why the adapter? When we first got here, I immediately replaced the Schuko plugs on several new appliances with tres-en-linea (above). But then it occurred to me that it might void the warranty. I’ll replace the two ruined t-e-l with one Shucko.
A few sightings on the Rambla in Montevideo today
A dog walker with 12 dogs.
An apparently inexplicable design in the 1,300 meter marker (the whole beachside road/sidewalk is over 22 km long).
A manhole within a manhole. Hmmm.
In our local empty-lot-turned-park, this curious addition appeared last week, on its own concrete slab. If it looks like an old refrigerator, there’s a good reason.
But why?
I don’t know, but I decided to install a tribute to the various Mac keyboards that have died on us, partly or fully. This is three of them, retail value here (new) USD 480. I have one more to add.
In the best tradition of AppleEssence™ (Apple [planned] obsolescence) the keyboards are not repairable. I have one more to add, bringing the total to USD 640. *sigh*
Post mortem for la máquina
I rarely throw away anything that can be taken apart, without taking it apart. La máquina actually had a few challenging bits, and I had to cut apart a bit of a plastic fan to remove screws, so it remains a mystery to me as to how that part of the thing was assembled.
The gear assembly with bevel gears that change the rotation 90 degrees. Quite remarkable to imagine designing or manufacturing things like this.
And this clever spline. The rounded bit goes into the rounded indentation on the shaft, protruding a bit, and the gear slides over it, so that it has to spin when the shaft spins.
Once assembled, it’s held in place by the gear it mates to. OK, enough of this. I must have something more important to do….