Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Crane Climbing 2

　　Finally I got it! I climbed up to the operation room of a huge crane in my office. I had tried it once last year but couldn't make it. Since then, I have been feeling regrettable every time I look up at the crane. I took some pictures from the level of the operation room as a token of my successful climbing. Closely looking, there was a long ladder on the arm continuing to the tip. A specialist seems to investigate the crane up to the tip several times in a year. He brings some oil to the tip and puts it on the moving parts. I would never perform such an awful task.
　　You'll know where I took the following picture judging from my former entry (LINK). Stairs to the room were exposed outside and my climbing was thrilling. When I climbed down and stood on the earth, my glove was dirty with the dust and coating material of the handrail. I did a good job cleaning the handrail.(grin)

https://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2020/10/crane-climbing.html

Porsche Taycan

　　An exhibition of Porsche cars was held in an adjacent prefecture and I joined it. I was able to actually sit on the driver's seat of a Porsche Taycan, Porsche's first-ever electric vehicle. Its general appearance was wonderful and the instrument panel was also beautiful. It was gorgeous, but to my sadness the price was also gorgeous. I can't afford the car, but it was refreshing to see such a beautiful car with cutting-edge technologies.

TPMS (Tire Pressure Management System)

　　An alarming sign showed up on the screen of my car, which wasn't familiar to me, but I promptly understood what it was meaning from its design. It was telling me about the low pressure of tires. It would be exacting work to figure out the design which can be easily and correctly recognized by people.
　　Anyway, I brought my car to a tire shop and had all the tires checked. The right front tire was slightly low-pressured. It was taken off and was sunk into water to detect the puncture, but no puncture was found. The air would be discharged bit by bit for long hours. Nitrogen gas was infused into all the tires and the inspection was done.
　　The mechanic pointed out the tire wear at the same time. It's 23 months since the purchase and I drove the car almost 70000km though I used winter tires during winter. I have to think about purchasing new tires next spring.

(Vocabulary)　tire wear タイヤの摩耗　

Jubilant !!!

　　My youngest daughter is a postgraduate student at Oxford University, but she has been working as a trainee physician in Hokkaido, departed from the U.K. just a year ago avoiding the harsh pandemic and the lockdown of the city. She has been making money for her study for a year and decided to visit the U.K. again as it lifted all the restrictions against COVID-19. Her research didn't seem to make rapid progress through the remote lectures.
　　She stayed at home for a few days before leaving for the U.K.. Her stay was like a storm and people around her are always wrapped around her finger. She exchanged greetings with her brother-in-law and his relatives for the first time, and then visited nursery facilities in which her grandparents live. Then she set out for the U.K..
　　Some wonderful news came in today. Her paper which she wrote at Oxford University will be published in an international technical magazine. My wife and I are jubilant now.

 

UberEats

　　I utilized UberEats for the first time. It was really handy and it serves as an aid for students in need due to the coronavirus pandemic. There's no custom of tipping in Japan, but the UberEats application has the function of receiving tips. I tipped 10% of dishes to the delivery boy. The UberEats delivery boys get a message from UberEats whenever they do their businesses. If they can have time for delivery at that time, they take on the task and they can change their free time into real money.
　　Dish delivery service is valuable also in terms of the protection from infection. People can avoid the crowd in restaurants and save their time for movement to the restaurant and waiting for dishes. I would utilize the UberEats often from now on. I admire the person who designed such a wonderful system.