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Well, it's October 10th and it is a real fall day. The temperature barely made it to fifty degrees and it was cloudy all day long. Herb and I chatted for a while with the OWITIJ (one who is teaching in Japan) this morning. It was abbreviated because Herb needed his computer to address some crisis at his job and that process sucks up all the bandwidth that we have in the house. OWITIJ had just returned from swimming and talked about her friends and her job in Okaki. She's going to chat with us again Sunday.

There was no biking from this house. I made a trek to the Apple store in Rosedale to try to buy a replacement battery for this laptop. When I arrived at the store I discovered that they are remodeling and won't be selling anything there until the 13th. So I'm getting by with the old battery and a long cord to an electrical outlet to keep it juiced.

There was outside tennis at 5 p.m. with the geezers. We all played in sweatpants and sweatshirts or jackets against the chill. A new guy came tonight and claimed special treatment for being the oldest guy on the courts, of the eight who were playing. But he was only 61 and had to settle for 5th oldest. He didn't seem too crestfallen, and he was a good player. We squeezed in two and a half sets before the light began to fail and we were forced to stand around and shoot the breeze (or something). The prediction for the rest of the week appears to be more of the same, so we'll be moving the game inside soon enough.

My new used racket purchased on eBay has not yet arrived, so my racket stringer has not yet been pressed into service. I'm planning to use different colored strings so that I can tell the difference between the rackets and perhaps crown a favorite.

There is no photo on this blog today.