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Jen: The last egg of the season is in flight three. It looks well on its way. In other words, it looks like it could hatch any day. I am no longer set up here to handle a chick. And because I didn’t check the logs until the last minute, I didn’t collect the things I need to take care of a chick. So, if it’s there Monday I’ll collect everything I need. If it’s not there Monday, I won’t.

I called Robot Coupe and got some answers. The first thing to do is fix the slicing disc with the parts you have. In the green crate is the slicing disc and a gray knob with a metal piece that is threaded on both ends. OK. Unscrew the metal piece from the knob. Stick the small end of the metal piece (the end that came out of the knob) through the hole in the bottom of the slicing disc. When the metal piece pops through the top of the slicing disc, screw the knob back on. Ta Da! Now the knob should be attached to the slicing disc. This may be a little bit of a challenge without the socket wrench. But when it’s tight, the disc-knob will screw into the base as it should.

I’ve ordered another knob and blade and requested delivery to N. Solandra. They will fix the slicing disc I have here. The cost was about twenty four bucks.

Another problem with the Robot Coupe is the way the slicing disc sticks to the plastic spindle. It shouldn’t do that. So – one, you need to clean off the ‘sticky’, and two, you need to stop doing whatever is making it sticky. Think about what you’re doing. Something about what you’re doing isn’t working. And whatever it is that isn’t working is trying to tell you it isn’t working. If I can help, let me know.

I was able to get the old cage out and the new cage in. The old cage is on the patio. It has a few pieces I would like to get when I’m next there. So, please don’t throw it away. Anyway, the new cage should be easier to keep clean. And it looks like it has more and better steel, so it should last longer.

A new idea came to me from the fifth dimension – private v. public. Florida’s statutes are only concerned with the public exhibition and public sale of exotic wildlife – the statutes, and as a consequence FWC regulations, are not concerned with private exhibition or private sale. This should mean that a FWC license is not necessary to sell birds privately. The difference between public and private may also have relevance in dealing with local zoning … but I don’t know … yet. I may have to return to the fifth dimension for an answer.

So … your turn.

David