Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Nov 01 2019 10:07:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Every so often I get a brief throught of what would happen if I fell/ BM>>> collapsed or otherwise became incapacitated. Guess why ever so often BM>>> I 'check up' on others, glance around the neighbourhood, etc. NB>>> It's good for neighbors to check up on each other... :) BM>> Yes: fine line between being observant and nosy. ...Probably not that BM>> fine. NB>> It partly depends on the relationship one has with one's neighbors NB>> otherwise... For years, my next-door neighbor and I were friends, and NB>> we had the spare key to each other's houses... when she went away, I NB>> watched her house, brought in the mail and newspaper, fed/watered her NB>> cats and watered her plants... and when we were away, she did the NB>> same for us... When I was away, and Richard at work, she'd watch for NB>> our son to get off the bus and make sure he was ok... As she got NB>> older, and started to have more health problems, I ended up stepping NB>> in more and more to help her... driving her to doctor appointments, NB>> going in with her to those visits as the extra set of ears/eyes/ NB>> mouth... helping her balance her checkbook, and eventually writing NB>> out the checks for her signature... And I'd also keep an eye on her NB>> physically, through the windows, especially at night, to make sure NB>> she was ok... For a different relationship, it really was pretty NB>> nosy, but in this case, she appreciated it, and it helped her feel NB>> safer, as well... :) She's gone now... the house sold, as I've NB>> talked about before, and different people there... I still kinda NB>> watch out for the house, as I would for any of my neighbors, but NB>> there certainly isn't the same relationship there any more.... BM> Right. Some of the people including us on this block do look out the BM> window and observe what is going on (especially with noises, etc.), BM> but most seem to be behind closed drapes. I don't mind not being BM> chummy but if something doesn't seem right will monitor and possibly do BM> something if the situation warrents. NB> A lot of it is in knowing what the normal pattern is, so that an NB> abnormal one stands out.... :) Right: Dad had taught me "know what's normal, everything else is abnormal". BM>> Agree on the "doing nothing": the body and the mind needs a rest. As BM>> for how long the rest is, all depends. Vacationing at the Pond - BM>> could be an hour staring off into the reflection off the water. Here BM>> at the house, could be three minutes a few times in an hour listening BM>> to a good song. NB>> Depends on what else needs doing... ;) At the Pond, could well be NB>> more than just a mere hour looking out the window at the Pond... ;) NB>> As for the upkeep and all, I leave that to Richard and the kid, NB>> pretty much... or whoever else I might have brought up with me to NB>> take care of things... :) BM> Yes, "all depends". One does not need to constantly work/do something BM> -- take time to smell the roses! Resting/relaxing is not a bad thing; BM> nor is working constantly a bad thing; too much of either is bad. NB> Right.... one needs a healthy balance.... :) As I told various supervisory people over the years, I'll work like heck now so I can be lazy later. :) NB>>> I was being offered it free of charge, a gift... so almost did take NB>>> it... but they might have been able to find a more suitable home for NB>>> it still, and there were some drawbacks (like the operating system was NB>>> Fedora, so I'd either have to learn a lot of new magic spells, or have NB>>> Richard totally overhaul it) that even I could see at a quick look... BM>> Yes, Fedora has its own set of 'magic spells' from Ubuntu BM>> which I use here. one reason I don't want to play with it here. BM>> Nothing wrong with it, the GUI is probably no problem but I use a lot BM>> of command line and that would get confusing. (The Raspberry Pi's BM>> Rasbian operating system is pretty close to Ubuntu.) NB>> A lot of it is what one is used to... and which is close enough to that NB>> to be easily picked up... :) BM> True. The Windows command to display the network connection is BM> "ipconfig"; the one in Linux is 'ifconfig'. No idea why didn't stick BM> with what I'm guess is the 'Internet Protocol' but probably a reason. BM> OTOH nice to use "iwconfig" for the Wireless information; no idea what BM> Windows uses. NB> And I've not a single clue on that one... :) Nor I when I started back in my MS-DOS 2.11 days! NB>>> ... I try to take one day at a time, but often several days attack at NB>>> once BM>> Is that a 'daze'?! NB>> Some daze, yes.... BM> Good news: I'm not confused! NB> Good... ;) Or maybe.... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... When my computer is down, what can I do to cheer it up? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .