Waiting to be impressed

View from inside waiting room, Summit Surgical Specialists, Jan. 15.

Typewriter up for sale! I listed my Corsair Deluxe on Facebook Marketplace last night. So far the messages are just “Is it still available?,” “I’m thinking about this beauty,” and “I get paid in five days and I want to get it then.” Selling things online is a bit fraught. Scammers, unserious people, and ghosting are definite pitfalls. I’ll do my best to avoid and shake off the baddies and wait for somebody who’s serious and wants to take a look at the machine. Local meetup in a public location, cash only. Boom, let’s do it. Once this one sells, I’ll list another one. Might do Craigslist as well. I’ve had good luck in the past selling typers on CL. I just wanted to see how FB was as a sales platform. I’m waiting to be impressed.

Today Starship 7 test launch is scheduled for 2 p.m. Pacific time. I’m excited! Hoping for a chopsticks catch of the booster. That was called off at the last minute for Starship 6—a bit disappointing. This is the first use of a Block 2 Starship, the new design, and the first test of payload deployment in orbit: 10 dummy Starlink satellites will be used for that. If SpaceX gets approval, there might be as many as 25 Starship launches this year; lots of development and testing!

Yesterday we met with Mrs. R’s surgeon and got the rundown on what to expect for her bilateral mastectomy, which will likely happen by the middle of February. It’s not going to be fun, that’s for sure. But he said main recovery should be complete within a month. The first two weeks will be the most critical (and painful). She’ll have drains installed and will need to be very careful in terms of lifting. But she can’t just lie around either: blood-clot prevention means getting out of the recliner and moving around several times a day. We are looking forward to being on the other side of this impending ordeal!