Monday Morning Mists

Another day in paradise, well maybe not. Commenting about the local weather is similar to the weatherman in Yuma talking about the rain. As Yuma doesn't get much rain we get fog, overcast, drizzle, and sunshine. Today we cut the dog walking short and went just over three miles not the usual 5 miles.

white skate

The water here is murky at times and ugly after it rains. A red (green tide) also makes it unpleasant. To view sealife underwater bright overhead sunshine works best.

What you see next to the rocks that line the marina vary with the seasons and mating behaviors. Garibaldi's swim by and stay close to the rocks and are easy to spot. Spotted skates are usually in groups. Skates are not string rays.

Larger rays do show up here but they stay in the deeper water between the docks, Large bat rays show up and while paddling my stand up I have gone over several large ones. 

Sea Stars are rare here 

Too many idiots remove the sea stars from the rocks and idiots may out number the rocks.

Have been trying to sell my Fuji track bike on Craigslist and this morning the ad need to be renewed,  Last week the price was lowered but this morning the higher old price was still showing. Friday a buyer said he was going to come by Saturday but never did. Rode my mountain bike yesterday and even got mud on the tires. Today I am going to put the S-Works back in my double shore closet and get out a road bike. My go to store bike is a road bike with flat bars and a single free wheel. It was set up as a fixie but the chain gets sloppy as the frame has vertical drop outs. 

Trying Again

The WiFi at the marina kept getting worse and stunk. The provider (Beacon) was fired and another vendor was hired. That was in November last year. The new service wasn't any better so I went to AT&T and got a landline with DSL and a modem. The speed was no where near the speeds offered and the reason given was the old dock wiring. The DSL is slow but it doesn't drop out or disappear.

Then my Samsung phone got smashed when my German Shepherd knocked me over. A visit to the AT&T store resulted in my canceling leaving me without a phone.

Happy posing

People had been telling me about free phones and they said go to the 99 Cent Store and get a free phone. (Sure)... I did and though the phone is not an IPhone or Galaxy it does work and the carrier is free (FREE).

For Sale

In the period between smashing my phone and getting another one I used my Tablet or Laptop for connecting but the problem there is the inability to text messages.

Yesterday I put my track bike on Craigslist for sale. The text notifications started beeping within a few minutes. Wow, I thought that was too quick. And it was. I had not seen this crap before but then again I have not been selling lately on Craigslist.

These so called buyers didn't care about the bike only If it was still available. Offers included courier pickup,  Instant cash into my PayPal account starting requirement was my E-Mail address. Since I have not fallen off a turnip truck recently I balked at giving the so-called buyer (fucking assholes) any more info. These scams kept on coming one with an offer of an extra $50.00 bonus.

In hopes of slowing this crap I added info to my posting saying "Cash only pickup local only"