Thursday, July 17, 2025; Karachi

913 am I have been up for over an hour and just minutes ago I finished checking the email messages; I think I should get up and go out at make the shake. The good thing is that since T is no longer here and the attendant has to stay 24/7 there is no need for me to get up before nine and open the front door.

I should write in detail about what happened yesterday when I went to the junkyard.  The younger man showed me one 287 gearbox that he wanted to sell it to me for Rs. 600,000. He said that he does not get these in scrap.  There was a Nestlé factory being dismantled in Canada; he got equipment from there. He has a warehouse in UAE where he put this equipment and ultimately sold it to a buyer in Iran. It was quite amazing to hear this story because the setting we were in, was run down and did not hint to any sign of opulence. 

532 pm Now going to Carrefour. Slightly late because last minute I recalled I had to put clothes in the washer.