2023 July pt 2

Saturday night, there was a dark beer fest at the PBC. The beer was mostly disgusting. Abramo, Melita? his wife, Eoin + his youngest son, Tony and Vonne, Cathy, Andrew+their buddy Liz were there, met Hezy and Mikaela who runs the Thrusday readers group. Sunday, went to Yum Cha with Has, Amir and Fiona, then went to Tony and Evonne's. I sharpened their knives. Tony totally butchered the edge on their chefs knife. It's better now, yet still moderately crappy. We took the dogs for a walk. A pretty good weekend I'd say.

Nice weekend - lazy Friday, Saturday went on a knife sharpening course with Steven Pavicic. Beforehand I felt that going to a 4 hour session on knives may be overkill, given the average YouTube video goes for 5 minutes. But we were all following closely as he thrilled us with info on metal structure, the advantages of Japanese vs Western knives, different stones, and the effect of different honing steels. It's clear why diamond honers are no good, as they will deeply score the blade point; take off a lot of material and giving serrations the edge. He showed how to use the index finger to keep the angle, and work the burr off. With some amazement, we tested on paper. Everyone sliced through with ease. 

Me parking at the Bondi WasteWater Treatment Plant (formerly sewer plant). Rockstar parking, work on the train, why would ya drive?

Went to the Central Coast on Friday night. Holly and Lola came with Frankie and Ruby, so with my two boys, no space in the car. I went on a 70 stop bus ride down every street with a speed bump or roumdabout for the 14kms home. Let's say I went through a lot of new places, but couldn't see anything in the dark.

Saturday - lazy day, sharpened the knives, went to the dog beach and found a new way home via Swadling Park which chops a half km off the walk, had snooze, cooked chicken over the fire and potatoes in it. Played Scattergories with the girls.

Sunday put up two bike hooks and shelves in the shed. Took a couple of hours, sanded the door on the garage and filled it. Came home late!

Had the local roof co make up a custom flashing, dropped it into place. It fit like magic. Next door thought it was a pro job.

Mark got himself a new car. Can't say it's the most environmentally friendly.