Prepping for BBQ tonight – Part 1


This is the first cook-up since the BBQ was ‘modified’ and hoping I don’t get complaints. Why is that… see the photos.

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Fan cat scarer

This is a quick temporary solution to deter prowling cats. The actual Cat Scarer is back in the workshop waiting for a smaller motor to be delivered because the present motor is from a hand vac cleaner is a over kill and (even with short duty cycle) draws to much from the AGM 12V / 3.7A battery.

Cat Scarer waiting for a smaller motor.

 

 

 

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Eyes – Left eye update good news

Left eye update – good news 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
At my last check-up one month ago I was about 2 weeks into the 6 – 8 week DMEK recovery period. Had another check-up today and we are done with the left eyeball :-) I do have one more to-be-sure check 9th December – yay.
After that I’ll be off for the usual eye test to get a reading lens (opted distance lens) for one of my frames.

Drop schedules have changed – for the better.
I was taking Prednefrin Forte 8 times a day and Chlorsig 4 times a day. I now only have to continue with Prednefrin Forte, Chlorsig not needed any more; That is/was for infection control which mitigates donor rejection.

My next post will be titled ‘Amazon Alexa Drop Reminder’.
Feeling good and looking good… I’ll be back.

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Alexa Eyedrops Reminder

The reminders use eight Routines with the following schedule:

9am double drop
11am single drop
1pm double drop
3pm single drop
5pm double drop
7pm single drop
9pm double drop
11pm single drop

 

 

I mentioned in my last ‘happy’ post that after my check-up today the 4 hour one is not needed anymore (begone) so I am going through the 4 double-drop routines to change them from 2 to 1 drop.

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Google TV Streamer

Arrived yesterday and with no further delay this afternoon unpacked and  hooked up with the OTG cable and 4-port hub plus mouse and keyboard.

The streamer includes a smart hub (Google Home) and while I was setting up the apps it went out on the network and sniffed out all the devices and registered them with Google Home.

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Al’s Kitchen – Curry Puffs

For this 2nd attempt I decided to do another fold over.


The actual cooking is very familiar to me… and the recipe. I have been doing this as a Savory Mince for years to have on a bed of Basmati rice, toasted sandwich or in a Jaffle Maker.

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Amazon Alexa Users Group

I just joined the Amazon Alexa Users Group and this is my first introductory post-

I am new here and thanks for opening the forum door :-)
I am a retired tech guy from Melbourne Australia and like most people started in the usual way adding smart lights and sockets but over the last few years I have taken the home automation thing outside – into the yard.
I have a nice workshop and besides wood working I do other stuff like electrical and electronics and enjoy designing and making something from thoughts transferred to a paper sketch.

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Eyes DMEK recovery

With regard to my previous eyeball post ‘This morning the world around me looks better – and brighter’ DMEK recovery is progressing well, distance vision is good and hoping there will be further improvement considering I am in the early stages of the 6 – 8 week recovery period. Close up is still a bit blurred but really concerned about that because I did opt for a distance lens.
My prescription reading glasses are of course now useless so what can we do about that? This morning while shopping decided to go looking for those el-cheapo reading glasses and ended up at the Reject Shop. I selected three glasses, 1.5, 2.5 & 3.0 to give me the best chance to see the computer screen (and keyboard) at 1/2 metre distance and yep… the 2.5 pair works well. After 10 months of not being able to use a soldering iron I can once again tin the stripped ends of insulated wire with the 3.0 pair. The 1.5 works well on workshop power tools mitre saws, band saws and table saw.

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Eyes DMEK Check-up

Back home after eye appointment-
Left the IRIS clinic in Glen Iris and homeward bound back down the M1 – I was driving :-)
Yep… drove there and back, eye doc very happy all good and now I (we) can have a one month break next app 25th Oct – Yay
6 – 8 weeks for full recovery and fingers crossed we don’t have any donor rejection issues.

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OTG cable for Google TV Streamer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This will allow connecting a 4 port hub to the Google TV Streamer for external storage, keyboard/mouse (for setup) and mini keyboard dongle etc.

 

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