Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Oct 04 2019 18:02:26 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Sep-2019 09:40 <=- Continuing on afternoon of 4 Oct.... BM>>> True. The Burning Bush in the back yard has the snippable branches BM>>> gone now; need to saw the remainder as larger than can be trimmed with BM>>> the loppers. And as those are hidden from the front/usualy viewing BM>>> angle not at the top of the list to be done any more. Will get done, BM>>> but got some other projects to get caught up on (weeding and other BM>>> trimming) and may as well wait a couple of weeks as those larger BM>>> branches need to be bundled anway, and may as well put them out during BM>>> the free Fall Clean Up weeks. NB>>> Sounds like a reasonable plan.... :) BM>> And LIS in other messages, just too hot out there to do extensive yard BM>> work. One thing to work up a sweat, another to just be standing and BM>> dripping profusely! NB>> For sure.... no need to put yourself at risk, either.... BM> Agree. Not doing a marathon or the like. In those events probably BM> would be someone around to assist or at least get help should I BM> collapse. In the back yard (or even the front yard as a low-traffic BM> street) could be baking and attracting flies for some time. Good reason to wait for better weather conditions... or at least someone around to make sure that you'd be noticed sooner than later... :) BM>>> "Different strokes" and all that! I don't mind 'hustle and bustle' BM>>> (up to a point!); sometimes think during the newsshots of the floor of BM>>> the New York Stock Exchange that's one job I definitely would not want: BM>>> "now" is too late! Of course some people thrive on it. NB>>> Yup, some people thrive on it.... but I'm with you... I'd not want NB>>> that job, either.... 'hustle and bustle' is ok in the short term, but NB>>> I'd not want it constantly.... BM>> To me it's fun as something exciting and different but overall like my BM>> low-key lifestyle. OTOH sittin' on the veranda shooin' flies is too BM>> laid back for me. Again would be nice for a vacation, but I like a BM>> little more excitement than that. (Also makes me cringe at the BM>> thought of the shuffle board retirment community.) NB>> Low-key, but not deadly boring... ;) I'm with you on that... ;) BM> On the Vienna Trip I went into 'vacation mode': the low-key "don't BM> have to do anything" but still kept a schedule -- loose one as had BM> things to do but generally didn't matter if 15 minutes late. OTOH I BM> did find myself 'revving': enough of this sitting around - let's do BM> something! That last rarely happens for me... usually just too many things still happening to think that there's been too much sitting around... :) NB>> ... I think I'm getting used to touhc tpying ! BM> I tried that excuse and it didn't work. For some reason did make BM> me think about those 'curved' keyboards ==> instead of the traditional BM> in-a-straight-line rows of keys the keyboard is split in half and the BM> key rows slanted or curved to accomodate the natural positioning of tha BM> hands and arms. Never had the opportunity to try one; probably BM> wouldn't make all that much difference comfort-wise as I'm a BM> two-finger-thumb-spacer type of typist anyway. Probably spend more BM> time correcting as the keys aren't where I'm used to the being! I've never tried the split keyboard either.... And you are probably right about the more time correcting, too... I was offered a small notebook-type computer to replace my laptop, nice thought behind the offer as it would have been an upgrade in a lot of ways, but I demurred, at least until I'd have a chance to check with the Wizard... He mentioned that one drawback would probably be the smaller keyboard, which would interfere with where my fingers expected to find keys... ;) BM> ... Our new improved keyboard even has an ANY key! WOW...! (Daryl would say that the blondes would need that one) ttyl neb .... Hearts are still red muscle meat, a sort of gateway offal. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .