Subj : Browser Scareware To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Dec 15 2022 07:23:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Hey! watch it: that's sharp! DS> That was my reaction when the paramedics pricked my finger to DS> check my blood sugar last Friday. I haven't had a lancet prick in ages -- had to do it occasionally in class. First the stabbing into one of the most senstive areas on the body, then that darn flap of skin. DS> I had a rapid heart rate, and DS> with having congestive heart failure, I thought I was going back DS> into atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation. The doctors (and I, DS> afterwards) suspected that it was caused by not taking the blood DS> pressure medication after eating the small sausage biscuits, as I DS> didn't think that'd be enough to keep me from getting sick, as DS> some of the other medicines need to be taken with food. The heart DS> rate has stabilized, but I may have to increase the dosage on the DS> blood pressure medicine. (Or more accurately the doctor advising you of the dosage increase!) Guess now you'll have to be extra-careful of eating and your medication schedule. You're more delicate than they thought! BM> And the security alarm gets triggered while it tries to figure which BM> window got broken! DS> Microsoft on the latest Update?? Could be! I haven't been following as the only device I know of running Microsoft around here is this Virtual Machine. Everything else is Ubuntu or Raspbian/Raspberry OS (so Linux). ...Well, not sure what the televisions, etc,, are using. Did see a headline Linux is getting more and more attacked -- like that is coming as a big surprise! BM> I called my ex 'Moonshine' because I loved her still! DS> I'll drink to that!! Bottoms up! ...Possibly literally: that stuff can be strong! BM> I spend too much time at the computers also: the usual e-mail, trivia- BM> type sites for keeping the mind going (not all that into game-playing). BM> Updating/repairing/revising the various computers around here. DS> Q: Do you Sysop, take this BBS, to be your lawfully Wedded DS> Spouse?? A: Well, it's in the bedroom, but I think I'm the one DS> getting screwed. If someone was in a comic they'd have that spinning icon over their head! BM> Though that can cause all sorts of surprises: some good, some bad! DS> Did you ever pan Dora?? :P She's everywhere! She's everywhere!! ...There was a couple-minute segment on the radio years back and that was the tag - well, "he's". Can't recall the details but I think was "Super Chicken" -- bumbling super-hero dressed as a giant chicken. Lots of puns, some double- entendres. BM> I will sometimes spend hours and sometimes days looking up BM> how to do a step: not the step is that complicated, just no programming BM> training so it's like trying to create an ornate wedding cake using a BM> Duncan Hines cupcake mix. ...In the end may not be pretty but it does BM> the job! DS> I'd rather have someone do the cooking for me. But, with a DS> shortage on funds and food, I'm back to eating only 1 meal a day, I wonder if you qualify for Meals On Wheels? https://agingarkansas.org/who-qualifies-for-meals-on-wheels/ ...Well, according to the generalize quidelines you seem not to but doesn't hurt to ask, and they might be able to point you to some other agency. DS> and I may try to sleep the rest of the time. I hope my new DS> Medicare plan next month will allow me to do better on the DS> groceries. As it is, with Lyft, I only go out twice a DS> month...then I'm looking at 4 walls all the time. Had it not been DS> for my hobbies, I'd probably just isolate myself entirely, and DS> waste away. Well you now have tic'd the lack of transportation box! BM> Yes, some medications require food before or after; not following that BM> advice can really screw things up. So far nothing all that nasty a BM> side effect with my prescriptions. I do check their monographs for BM> potential side-effects that may be sneaking up. DS> Overmedicated?? We have a prescription for that!! :P "Ask your doctor about 'Syde-FX'!" BM> Yes. Along those lines one of the hospital groups did some changing BM> around, though not in direct response to COVID and RSV: they closed an BM> emergency room at one hospital on the West End and added one to a BM> facilty on the East End. Sounds population-biased, doesn't it?! The BM> "West" site is only about a mile from the 'main' hospital. (The West BM> site is now mostly treatment for cancer and some other specialities.) DS> Two former area hospitals were changed into medical training DS> facilities. (Wondering if your qualify as a training patient?!) BM> Yes, after a hospitalization, even a relatively minor one, one doesn't BM> want to stress! No storms up here, though a couple of mornings was BM> _very_ foggy. House is on a bluff and usually when there is fog in the BM> area when I look outside it's "yeah, there's a bit of gray in the BM> distance". The couple of mornings it was very noticeable when looking BM> across the street! DS> Another round of severe weather in the Arklatex and DS> Arklamiss...with more tornadoes, wind damage, large hail, DS> flooding, and unfortunately, some fatalities as well. Your general area of the country was on the news. ...My Mother (living in southern New Hampshire about 45 miles north of Boston) is fretting about the snow storm forecast for this weekend. Overnight here in the Quad Cities some snow flurries -- can see some snow on the lawn. That storm tracked north and might be the one my Mother is going to get. DS> Much colder weather is coming for my area, with highs only in DS> the 40s, but I know it's much colder up in Iowa. It's supposed to get up to around 37ø; was 31ø when I checked at 6:15. DS> ... I have a rock garden. Last week, 3 of them died. 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