Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Dec 04 2019 09:02:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Yup, you had a different situation... :) BM>> Right - six month temporary while I healed. Will admit to being a bit BM>> biased as for me it was a convenience versus a requirement. Not a BM>> health issue where shuffling 100 feet is a problem. NB>> I had one of those before... now mine is permanent... I'll admit it's NB>> somewhat of a convenience, but the extra walk can be a problem for me.. NB>> I do tend to use the shopping cart as somewhat of a walker, too... :) BM> I had a small reusable grocery bag (the rectangular woven kind) BM> attached to the front of my walker via a shower curtain clip for BM> transporting smaller/lighter items. When graduated to a cane used a BM> plastic bag the newspapers come in to carry a bottled water around: BM> wrap the handle portion around my hand plus grasp the cane. (Other BM> hand was holding on to the bannister,) NB> I never really got into that sort of thing... while I was using a NB> real walker, I never tried to carry anything else... but then I NB> had to keep all weight off my right ankle/leg for 10 weeks while NB> the tendons reknit, so was hopping on one foot with the support NB> of the walker.... once that was done and the pin taken out, I was NB> allowed to walk again, and things were more back to normal by NB> then... I was using the ride-em carts for a while in the store, NB> though... Hopefully you avoided the urge to peel out! As for the walker, again two different requirements: I was urged to walk and bear weight (even the morning after surgery) while you were to keep the weight off. For both of us the walker was more a means to not fall over while moving around. BM>> Specialists will tend to be expense "just because". Could even see BM>> where the dealer would send a customer to the specializing mechanic BM>> for certain repairs: the dealer not being specialized enough. NB>> That is the case with one of the mechanics we use.... even the NB>> dealers send any air conditioner problems to him.... BM> That mechanic/shop must be real good with air conditioners! Or else BM> more cost-efficient to have one shop equipped with the Freon/etc. BM> capture devices. (If a small dealership like "Jeff's Car Corner" BM> would make sense to send out certain jobs, where as "Green Buick GMC" BM> has a service building almost bigger than all of Jeff's Car Corner.) NB> It's the big dealers that send their cars there, too... He is NB> good with air conditioners... :) He must be real good then! Or has a sufficient reputation with the general public if the dealers and other shops did it themselves would cast a doubt. BM>> Iowa for whatever reason eliminated vehicle inspection decades ago - BM>> before I moved out here in 1975. New Hampshire I'm pretty sure was BM>> (and still is) twice a year -- maybe just once a year. Remember BM>> thinking no inspection not making sense: not for the "how does one know BM>> the car is safe" but more for courtesy items like brake lights and even BM>> headlights. (I've driven with a burnt-out headlamp -- can see but BM>> 'seems a little dark'.) NB>> Here the inspection is yearly, partly for safety (brakes, lights, NB>> wipers, horn, windshield cracks, CV joints and similar) and partly NB>> for emissions... BM> Which to me makes sense. Can check headlights and brakelights by BM> oneself (reflection) or easier to have someone else look. Wipers, BM> horn and cracked glass also easy (though ignorable). Mechanicals and BM> emmissions -- is that why people don't crowd up against my rear end BM> any more?! NB> The car computer talks to the state computer and tattles on the NB> emissions... the rest of it the mechanic checks, either while NB> pulling the car into the bay, or while the car is up on the NB> lift... I knew it! Cars computers do talk to other computers! Probably explains why us humans sometimes loose cars in parking lots: "I _know_ I parked it over here". Did; the car moved because it wanted to talk to a different group of cars! BM>> As for the registration stickers on the plate, they're supposed to be BM>> applied over each other. I take a paper napkin, towel, etc., to wipe BM>> the old one clean before applying the new -- the "stick'em" is really BM>> strong but always a hare afraid if don't make some attempt at cleaning BM>> the stack of stickers will fall off, especially after a few years' BM>> worth. Never heard of any such incident. NB>> But one can easily imagine it... and the disconcerted driver when NB>> stopped by police... I'd think that running it through the> computer NB>> would show that it actually was up-to-date, though.... BM> AFAIK one is supposed to have the registration sheet - the one the BM> sticker as attached to -- in the car. As you said would presume easy BM> enough to check if the registration was current. NB> That too... ours is just a card we punch out and keep in the NB> wallet or car.... Hmm: we get a whole sheet of paper on which the current year's sticker is removed from and stuck to the rear plate. BM> LIS, I've never had a problem with and never heard of a sticker BM> falling off; could see someone taking a knife or screwdriver and BM> peeling off just to be but seems like there would be sufficient BM> left to make it obvious was there at one time. NB> Sometimes there's the problem of the whole plate going missing NB> from front or back of the car (our state requires both)... But NB> there, too, the police could run the registration number through NB> the computer and see if it's up-to-date... they might still give NB> a ticket, to give incentive to get to DMV and get the replacement NB> quickly... :) Iowa requires both plates also; every so often discussion of having just the rear plate to decrease expenses. Don't know what happens if a plate falls off or is stolen; have seen plates hanging by one bolt but don't recall seeing a car without a plate and not having a temporary tag. We don't on-purpose check to see if the plates are present, though I do sort of glance while walking by as part of a cursory overall check. BM> Cooled off a few degrees since I started this REP earlier and the BM> ansiweather reports indicate the wind has died down some -- just BM> hasn't registered those howling wind gusts! NB> Gusts are harder to measure.... Plus ansiweather doesn't have an option for gusts, just sustained. And along the weather line, supposed to be seasonaly nice here for the next several days, then I think it was Monday the temperature goes from upper 40's into the lower 20's. BM> And no more DSL issues -- maybe they checked yesterday to see what BM> they screwed up the other night and fixed and rebooted this morning! NB> Could be.... :) Or maybe the issues had to do with abnormal NB> user volumes making things fluctuate.... High usage would seem to just do a slow down, not a loss of the DSL signal. The good news is everything seems to be back to normal, including my download and upload numbers. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestions: Defrost." --- 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) .