{"id":5161,"date":"2020-04-03T11:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T10:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2020-04-03T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T10:19:42","slug":"day-eighteen-of-orca-in-switzerland-plumbing-and-scuba-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/day-eighteen-of-orca-in-switzerland-plumbing-and-scuba-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Eighteen of ORCA in Switzerland \u2013 Plumbing and Scuba Diving."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plumbing and scuba diving are not unrelated. If you understand o-rings and pipe\/hose connections then you\u2019ll be fine. I dismantled a system, cleaned it, and then reassembled it, checked for leaks and then ran the tap to see if all was well. Once I saw that everything was indeed well, I struggled to place the drawers and then moved onto the next issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My website was hacked again so I am now writing this blog post in the day one app, rather than directly to the blog. During a pandemic it\u2019s frustrating to find that your website is hacked because life is already limited without adding new issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook and Twitter have still not been reinstalled on my phone. I see no reason for them to return. The beauty of not having either on your phone is that it takes longer to post something negative, so a negative thought, is abandoned .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=richardsblo09-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B01N6PLP4G&amp;asins=B01N6PLP4G&amp;linkId=f0262f982e0fbacf5477b88430c0ad5f&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\">\n    <\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night I watched two episodes of iZombie and for the first three quarters of the episode I thought I had found something that I would enjoy watching during this pandemic. Since then I&#8217;m not sure. We&#8217;ll see how it goes when I watch an episode or two today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Shop Or Not to Shop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have the nagging feeling that I should go and shop today, so that I can skip the need to go tomorrow or the next day but when I check the fridge I have food for at least three days, and even a fourth. I think I still have a week of reserves so shopping is not urgent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it worth going through the maze in front of the shop, to disinfect my hands, to grab a number, and then to go into the shop and get some drinks, and leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in the good old days, before the pandemic, people such as myself would think &#8220;I want a bottle of Apple juice&#8221; and we&#8217;d walk to the shop, buy a bottle of apple juice and it would take a minute or two. The same behaviour today would see you queue for half an hour. I hate queuing and because the rate of infection is not going down as fast as I would like I am happy to stay isolated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In normal circumstances if I had seen that the sink was blocked I would have gone to buy a plunger and I&#8217;d have had some fun playing with it. Of course my goal would have been serious, but humour is useful in surreal times. &#8220;How was the pandemic for you?&#8221; &#8220;Surreal, but nice&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like writing blog posts because it&#8217;s like having a conversation. You start with an idea and you develop it, and you start to play and have fun, and by the time you finish writing a blog post you have cheered up. The solitary nature of this pandemic is negated for a short moment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Plumbing and scuba diving are not unrelated. If you understand o-rings and pipe\/hose connections then you\u2019ll be fine. I dismantled a system, cleaned it, and then reassembled it, checked for leaks and then ran the tap to see if all was well. 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