Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Oct 05 2019 08:44:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Continuing on afternoon of 4 Oct.... That was only yesterday! 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. NB> Good reason to wait for better weather conditions... or at least NB> someone around to make sure that you'd be noticed sooner than NB> later... :) Every so often I get a brief throught of what would happen if I fell / collapsed or otherwise became incapacitated. Guess why ever so often I 'check up' on others, glance around the neighbourhood, etc. 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! NB> That last rarely happens for me... usually just too many things NB> still happening to think that there's been too much sitting NB> around... :) Uh-huh! At the Pond there are things to maintain/repair/etc.; don't think the hotel would appreciate me adding outlets, painting the walls, hanging pictures, etc. ...At my Aunt's probably could have added a few outlets -- surface mount to replace exetension cords, but not a project that needed to be done, especially on a short-ish visit. (Their electric outlets are generally spaced on the wall like here in the U.S., just one plug instead of our two per socket. Even the new/remodel construction. Rare to have two outets side-by-side to compensate.) 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! NB> I've never tried the split keyboard either.... And you are NB> probably right about the more time correcting, too... I was NB> offered a small notebook-type computer to replace my laptop, nice NB> thought behind the offer as it would have been an upgrade in a NB> lot of ways, but I demurred, at least until I'd have a chance to NB> check with the Wizard... He mentioned that one drawback would NB> probably be the smaller keyboard, which would interfere with NB> where my fingers expected to find keys... ;) Yes: when I switched keyboards the new one was slightly smaller and some of the typing errors were landing on the wrong key because the hands/fingers swung too far, based on the old keyboard's dimensions. As for the notebook computer, I probably wouldn't have let a smaller keyboard deter me, though agree with you checking with The Wizard first. If zero-cost probably a yes, though even then sometimes a ton of drawbacks offsetting the super-low cost. BM> ... Our new improved keyboard even has an ANY key! NB> WOW...! (Daryl would say that the blondes would need that NB> one) Though he might be more concerned about them using White-Out on the monitor to correct typing errors! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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