Thursday 03/13/2025
Nothing pressing this morning, so I worked at trying to figure out how to get the new Mini to share its backup drive with the laptop, like the old iMac did. Kept getting frustrating problems for no clear reason, and no help from the internet. Late in the day it occurred to me to fire up the old iMac and look again at how the various options and things were set on it. One tiny difference from what I was doing on the Mini. And that was it. Suddenly the laptop could see and use the backup drive on the Mini over the network.
At 10 there was a meeting presenting Zip Cars. Channing House has secured a special rate with Zip Car, and two Zip Cars are stationed in our garage. But if they don’t get used enough they will be stationed in our on-street parking area and will be available to anyone in the neighborhood. However the Zip Reps did not make a convincing case to me, why I would rent a Zip Car instead of taking a Lyft there and back. The problem is, you rent a Zip at about $15/hour, and that is charged whether you are driving or not, until you end the rental. And you have to end the rental, dropping the car off the same place you picked it up. So, a complete trip.
So suppose I wanted to go down to the Museum to lead a tour at noon. I would have to start the rental at 11 because I want to be there before noon. Then I would come home about 1:30. So 2 and a half hours rental time, $50 give or take. A Lyft down plus one back would cost at least $10 less. Medical appointment, same deal or worse. The only time the rental makes sense is a multi-stop errand run. Which I don’t do. So I left the meeting early.
Practiced my concert one time. Then at 4:45 I went down and met Joanne in the lobby and we walked to a new (to us) restaurant, Ethel’s Fancy, for dinner. This was fun, very interesting high-end food prep. Like one appetizer was a tiny loaf of bread baked in a special way, with special butter made with rice milk (I think it was). The loaf was hot, right out of the oven, and designed so it was easy to cut into four thick slices, and the butter just melted straight into it. Another we had was “sesame pancakes” which were fat little pancakes about 2 inches in diameter crusted with sesame, and a side dish of a sauce that involved fish roe and avocado. It was all good — and Joanne insisted it was her treat because she had gotten a nice tax refund.
Sitting up late now, well past my usual bedtime, to see the lunar eclipse. If I get a good picture I’ll put it in tomorrow’s post.
Codgerville 