Saturday doings
I went to the Hollywood Farmers Market because I needed some veggies and I had some Seniors Farm Direct Nutrition vouchers I needed to use before the 30th.
Nice program. If you fill out the card and send it in, they send you back 6 $4 vouchers (if they don't run out before they get to you) which are good at most farmer's markets and a lot of farm "stands". They have o be spent on locally grown farm products. And you don't get change back.
So I took the bus down (the buses match up really well for this particular trip. Only a few minutes wait between getting off the 71 and getting on the 12. And the 12 stops only a block away from the market so that's good too.
Last time I'd gone I was in a hurry and the first stand I hit had every thing I wanted (well, not everything, but I got enough stuff to make a decent load.
This time I looked over all the stalls before buying anything. A bunch of things I'd *loved* to have bought. Like lots of different kinds of mushrooms. One stall had the *huge* "cabbage mushroom that had to be a foot across and 8" tall. Next to it was a lion's mane mushroom about the size of a volleyball. Alas, the prices for those and all the other mushrooms I saw were in the $16-$20/lb range.
One of the common veggies was Romanesco broccoli. I like it but I'd rather have regular broccoli. In the end I used up the vouchers and a bit of my own money and got brussel sprouts, rainbow chard, onions and some yellow and purple carrots.
One nice thing that the vendors do is if you are using the vouchers, they'll let you grab an extra onion, tomato or whatever to make up the "change".
Having a nice load, and most of what I wanted (couldn't justify broccoli or potatoes, between the weight and the bulk) I headed home.
The stop for heading home is also only a (short!) block away. Caught one after only a few minutes. Alas, I *just* missed the connection to the 71. I texted to see how long to the next one, and decided not to wait the 22 minutes.
Not my best decision, but I was able to make it from Sandy to Fremont in about 15 miniutes and gratefully sank onto the bench there.
After getting off the 71, I was walking along next to the Albertson's parking lot, and I saw a monitor or TV laying face down on the bark dust. There wasn't any visible damage, so I dragged it home.
I left it at the foot of the stairs and after resting a few minutes went back and hauled it up.
I let it sit because it'd likely been rained on or at least had dew and stuff.
A little while ago, I couldn't resist the temptation. I plugged it in and hit the on button. Nothing. Drat.
I tried again, holding the button down longer. This time it lt up!
There's some "funny looking" patches on the screen, but I think they may just be where some liquid got in and dried between the actual display panel and the faceplate.
This is a great find. I'll have to open it up and see if the weird stuff is something I can actually clean as oppssed to being actual damage to the display.
Even if the display *is* damaged, it'd be watchable in a pinch. Which would give me a spare for my TV.
And if it is something I can clean up, it's actually *bigger than my current TV (a 37", this is a 39 inch).
It's got 4 HDMI connectors, but only one set of AV connectors. It does have a VGA connector and a PC audio input jack.
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Nice program. If you fill out the card and send it in, they send you back 6 $4 vouchers (if they don't run out before they get to you) which are good at most farmer's markets and a lot of farm "stands". They have o be spent on locally grown farm products. And you don't get change back.
So I took the bus down (the buses match up really well for this particular trip. Only a few minutes wait between getting off the 71 and getting on the 12. And the 12 stops only a block away from the market so that's good too.
Last time I'd gone I was in a hurry and the first stand I hit had every thing I wanted (well, not everything, but I got enough stuff to make a decent load.
This time I looked over all the stalls before buying anything. A bunch of things I'd *loved* to have bought. Like lots of different kinds of mushrooms. One stall had the *huge* "cabbage mushroom that had to be a foot across and 8" tall. Next to it was a lion's mane mushroom about the size of a volleyball. Alas, the prices for those and all the other mushrooms I saw were in the $16-$20/lb range.
One of the common veggies was Romanesco broccoli. I like it but I'd rather have regular broccoli. In the end I used up the vouchers and a bit of my own money and got brussel sprouts, rainbow chard, onions and some yellow and purple carrots.
One nice thing that the vendors do is if you are using the vouchers, they'll let you grab an extra onion, tomato or whatever to make up the "change".
Having a nice load, and most of what I wanted (couldn't justify broccoli or potatoes, between the weight and the bulk) I headed home.
The stop for heading home is also only a (short!) block away. Caught one after only a few minutes. Alas, I *just* missed the connection to the 71. I texted to see how long to the next one, and decided not to wait the 22 minutes.
Not my best decision, but I was able to make it from Sandy to Fremont in about 15 miniutes and gratefully sank onto the bench there.
After getting off the 71, I was walking along next to the Albertson's parking lot, and I saw a monitor or TV laying face down on the bark dust. There wasn't any visible damage, so I dragged it home.
I left it at the foot of the stairs and after resting a few minutes went back and hauled it up.
I let it sit because it'd likely been rained on or at least had dew and stuff.
A little while ago, I couldn't resist the temptation. I plugged it in and hit the on button. Nothing. Drat.
I tried again, holding the button down longer. This time it lt up!
There's some "funny looking" patches on the screen, but I think they may just be where some liquid got in and dried between the actual display panel and the faceplate.
This is a great find. I'll have to open it up and see if the weird stuff is something I can actually clean as oppssed to being actual damage to the display.
Even if the display *is* damaged, it'd be watchable in a pinch. Which would give me a spare for my TV.
And if it is something I can clean up, it's actually *bigger than my current TV (a 37", this is a 39 inch).
It's got 4 HDMI connectors, but only one set of AV connectors. It does have a VGA connector and a PC audio input jack.
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