I slept until three and dozed until 0530.  I got up and see my BP is 105/68 and that is low. P is 55. After a while, it is up t118/72 and 59.  My oximetry overnight was poor again. 

I deliberately put off taking the bisoprolol at night to see the effect.  I'm afraid I am not keeping careful notes and there are too many changing

I read the news and it is now 0743 and the eastern sky is just brightening. Our dark season is approaching. I called peter's pharmacy to ask about flu shots and at first they said Thursday. I asked if they have cancellations and he said if can be there at ten there is an opening.

That was twenty-five minutes away and I have a twenty-minute drive. I was not yet dressed, but I was there on time and got the shot.  I bought groceries and drove home.

In the afternoon I decided to make quiche. We had quiche for super and at eight I had a Zoom meeting and was in bed by nine-thirty.

I slept until 5. My BP is 103/68. P is 57. My weight is unchanged. My oximetry overnight was poor again and I don't know why. 

I can make guesses.  For one thing, I have not been walking for the past few days and the weather has changed so the furnace is running more. I've also had a few beers and when I returned from Ontario, I had not for two weeks.. 

At 0846 BP is 128/76 and P is 53. 

I did not do much all day it seems.  At seven after supper, I held a Zoom meeting for those wanting to take a cruise up to The Broughton Archipelago next summer.

I was in bed by ten.

I slept until 4. My BP is 113/72. My weight is up two pounds. My oximetry overnight was poor again and I still don't know why.  I have a phone appointment with my GP this afternoon.

Video: Jason Whitlock Sits Down With President Trump
This a great interview with several others linked on the page.

WHITE LIBERALS ARE RUNNING UP BILLS ON BLACK PEOPLE’S CREDIT CARDS

I didn't watch this.  It is pretty bad, but offered for what it is worth
(WATCH) ObamaGate Movie with Dean Cain & Kristy Swanson

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This has to be good.  I'll watch when I have time.
On sampling, I see that the audio is poor.
"Bias, Hatred, & Rudeness" - Trump Posts Full Raw '60 Minutes' Interview, Then Posts Pence's

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USA Today Refused To Publish Hunter Biden Scandal Op-Ed, So Here It Is

Human Rights Watchdog Says Governments Using Pandemic To Crack Down On Online Dissent

Rapid testing arrives in YYC on November 2

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At two, my doctor called and we chatted.  I have some tests tomorrow afternoon in Three Hills.

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Think what you may of DJT, but whatever he may be the other guys are ten times worse. How can he be so patient with such rude questioning?

"After filming the interview, Trump tweeted “for the sake of accuracy in reporting, I am considering posting my interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, PRIOR TO AIRTIME! This will be done so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about.”

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The coffee grinder arrived yesterday and the coffee came today so I tried them out.

The grinder seems to be as good as I hoped.  The Amazon reviews, as always, were hard to appraise since I always read the negative reports as a balance to the rave reviews, but it is hard sometimes to know if they even apply to the product being considered.  Sometimes, for some reason, it is obvious the review is for some other product entirely.

The electrical problems on Cassiopeia surfaced again last night and the clients had gone to Fisherman's Wharf in Cowichan Bay to tie up.  Today Omar went up to work on the issue and he suggested we call in an electrician.

When the electrician arrived, Omar called me and put him o the line.  I told him my suspicions and I sent him the schematics.  In a while he called back and had decided the main switch is defective.  The switch is installed in a way that it is almost impossible to access the switch itself behind the wall and I said to butcher the wall where it is mounted to access it if necessary.  We'll fix the wall later. 

At this point, I'll do most anything to salvage the remaining six days of the charter.  They are worth $1,500 so that should cover the cost of repairs. 

The other option was to bring in a replacement boat but that would take some time and further inconvenience the clients.  As it stands their main inconvenience is having to spend a day in Cow Bay and spending time in Cow Bay is no hardship.

If we swapped boats, Cassiopeia would have to be returned to Sidney and the problem would still have to be fixed eventually anyhow.  The obvious solution was to fix the problem here and now.

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At seven, I watched the final Presidential Debate.  It went much more smoothly than the first and unlike in the first debate which had horrible moderation, the moderator of this debate, Kristen Welker, was excellent. She asked intelligent questions and showed no bias.

Trump did quite well but faded in the stretch.  Maybe he tired. After all, he just recovered from the virus and has been out campaigning. Biden made a pretty effective speech at the end.  Trump didn't. I noticed that Biden referred to Trump as "Abraham Lincoln" at one point.

Looking at the US political gestalt, it seems to me that things are settling down.  I hope so.  Are the riots continuing?  If so, I am not hearing about them.

The Biden corruption story has been sobering, and as it spreads even if the devoted Dem followers doubt the story, they seem less rabid.

To my eye, Trump followers, being more conservative by nature have always been less inclined to demonstrate and have not been involved in the burning and looting.  Trump fans have turned up in large enthusiastic numbers at rallies, though.

After the debate, we watched Back to the Future III.

I was in bed around eleven.

I slept until 5, dozed until 6 and got up.

I hear on the radio that Norquay ski hill at Banff is open tomorrow. We are having an early winter.

It seems the weather long cycle is moving toward the cooling phase. I wonder how long it will be before cooling, if it continues, is blamed on fossil fuels?

I can't believe what people believe.

Want to know who is actually dying of (with?) #Covid? Back to the Milwaukee coroner’s office. Here are four of the first seven cases right now: pic.twitter.com/EWPUKk9Nvt

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) October 23, 2020

This about sums it up for me.  I started out a skeptic but about now, especially after comparing 'news' sources, reading Twitter debates about masks, cases, deaths, politics, and generally following current events, I am totally disillusioned.

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Shirley called and wanted help with her computers, so I went over and spent a few hours updating them.  I also had an appointment for blood tests at the Three Hills Hospital Lab at three so drove to town, went to the lab, then bought groceries and returned home.

The roads were snow covered in spots and there was the occasional white-out passing trucks. Somehow conditions always look clearer to the camera than to my eye.

Supper was salmon steak and birthday cake.  I had bought a little one and candles when in town. Katrina is nineteen.

I went back to Shirley's for a while after supper.  These updates and scans take time and there is a lot of waiting as each process completes.  No sense sitting there while that is underway. There is a bit more to do, but I decided to leave that for tomorrow and went home.

Katrina and I watched Kim's Convenience for a while before she remembered she had an assignment to complete.  She is taking online courses.

I cleaned up the kitchen and, before bed, I checked the furnace and found the ring had lifted a bit.  The ashes were quite high, so I shoveled them, had a shower and went to bed around ten.

I still have the new furnace sitting waiting to be installed, but did not get right down to it when I returned because I was not feeling great and I also have a bin of coal to use up. I made a weak start a time or two during the past week but it is time now to buckle down.  I now have a month ahead of me before I am scheduled to fly to LA for Thanksgiving.

I slept until six.  The oximeter fell off my finger during the night and I didn't bother putting it back on.  I had three hours of data and it did not look too bad compared to some nights.

Looking out today, it is still dull and cold and it seems that in spite of the flurries yesterday we hardly have any snow accumulation.  The forecast has improved, though.  Sun today (maybe) and above freezing temperatures are expected mid-week.

I cleaned the grate in the morning and that makes a big difference in performance. It was really clogged up.  I thought I had done it not long ago, but time flies.

After lunch I had a long nap with vivid dreams.  One dream went on and on. 

I was up a hill and was being annoyed by someone or something so I went down to the parking lot and got into my Merc. However, someone had disabled the keys on my Merc by taking the top off them (I know.  Makes no sense.) and putting a small white label in the place of the top. She (the perp) let/helped me solve that issue but I found she had taken a critical part and thrown it down the hallway.  We were in a house by now, and the part was in the upholstery in some room or another. 

I was hunting for it when and I finally realised I was asleep and dreaming so I could just wake up and that would solve the problem.  So I woke up.  Whew!

I wonder if this life is like that?  Just wake up and the dream is over?

I went to Shirley's and initiated the Win 10 upgrade to V2004 on both machines and the installation of Microsoft 365.  That took time.  I went home for supper and returned after to finish.

Then Katrina and I watched more Kim's Convenience and talked to Jon on the phone, deciding whether to buy ski passes or not.  So far K is undecided how long to stay in Canada,  the only certainty is that she plans to go home to Aliso Viejo by Christmas.

I was in bed around eleven.

I woke at six.  I feel fine and the oximeter report is about as good as it has been so I'm back to normal.  I see a few short excursions to low SpO₂, but that is how things have been all along. 

My weight is up again, not that I have been watching my weight.  I guess I'll have to buckle down.

I have a hearing appointment at 1PM in Balzac, so I will be driving to town.

I decided to but Microsoft365 after installing it on Shirley's machines. .

China's Elite-Capture Strategy & The Bidens

Sweden Refuses To Impose New Lockdown Measures, Saying People Have Suffered Enough

How 'Expert' Worship Is Ruining Science
Big tech and big media are betraying the truth—and the people.

Human Rights Watchdog Says Governments Using Pandemic To Crack Down On Online Dissent

One Man's (Data-Driven) Journey From Zombie Apocalypse To Lockdown-Skeptic
Skip down past the first two thirds of the article to get to the good stuff.
The video is excellent and sums up what rational folks already know.

Fact Checking the Fact Checkers of the Presidential Debate - Viva Frei Vlawg
Good exposé of bias in 'fact checking'

Visualizing All Of Earth's Satellites: Who Owns Our Orbit?

In Mexico
Nightmare at IMSS: husband with Covid opens window into the bureaucracy

I drove to Costco and had a hearing test, then ordered a set of Kirkland Signature 9.0 hearing aids which are apparently actually Phonak Brio 4s.  Cost is $1250 after the Alberta Government pays a share.  They are not everything I hoped but they are very advanced and should get me through the next year or two.

I returned home and had a nap, awakened by a call from Bert.  I had phoned Meijers and Fen on the way home and decided to have a supper tomorrow night., then called Bert with no answer.  He was calling back.

Katrina will have been here 10 days as of tomorrow and neither of us is sick.  I am dog-tired lately but I am blaming old age.  Just the same, I'll take precautions to maintain separation.

I made macaroni for super and am now, at eight, tired enough for bed.

I stayed up a while longer and was in bed after ten.