Weekly Notes 04/2026
I have a sore throat and a cold. I think I got it from Uma, and she got it from school. I have also been talking a lot in meetings this week, and that’s not helping. Also, it’s very cold.
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I have a sore throat and a cold. I think I got it from Uma, and she got it from school. I have also been talking a lot in meetings this week, and that’s not helping. Also, it’s very cold.
I often find something that still doesn’t feel 100% right. These days, it has been the cold start and the choke. After the bike came out of restoration, it had a cold-start problem. The usual solution was to use the choke without throttle, and that mostly worked. During the recent six-month service, I...
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The weekend and the week were busy as we wrapped up at Thrissur, traveled, and got back to work after the holiday season. Uma’s school also restarted this week after the holidays. We are back to regular programming.
It’s been a hectic week with lots of things running in parallel, and some are set to conclude in a few weeks. It is the last 20% to 30% of the work that takes the most time. I think I will be swamped through the holidays.
It’s been a good week. I got lots of work done. I am still lagging on some tasks due to dependencies, but I am almost there. I should be on track before Christmas. Also, I have been able to do two workouts at Stairs (P.T.), one generic session at Gold’s, and one pickleball...
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