Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 10 2019 19:16:12 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Dec-2019 09:02 <=- 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 real NB>> walker, I never tried to carry anything else... but then I had to keep NB>> all weight off my right ankle/leg for 10 weeks while the tendons NB>> reknit, so was hopping on one foot with the support of the walker.... NB>> once that was done and the pin taken out, I was allowed to walk again, NB>> and things were more back to normal by then... I was using the ride-em NB>> carts for a while in the store, though... BM> Hopefully you avoided the urge to peel out! Those carts just wouldn't.... :) One could walk faster than those would go... but they were handy when one can't walk because it's too painful, or would cause more problems.... :) BM> As for the walker, again two different requirements: I was urged to BM> walk and bear weight (even the morning after surgery) while you were BM> to keep the weight off. Yup... Hip surgery they do usually get the patient up and moving right away.... knee or ankle usually there are other factors that need to keep weight off of them.... I had a friend that broke his ankle not that long after I did, and he was able to walk on his a lot sooner than I was.... his was just a simple bone break, while mine pulled tendons and twisted... BM> For both of us the walker was more a means to not fall over while BM> moving around. Exactly. :) 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... :) BM> He must be real good then! Or has a sufficient reputation with the BM> general public if the dealers and other shops did it themselves would BM> cast a doubt. I think it's just that he's very good, and has the equipment.... 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 lift... BM> I knew it! Cars computers do talk to other computers! Probably BM> explains why us humans sometimes loose cars in parking lots: "I _know_ BM> I parked it over here". Did; the car moved because it wanted to talk BM> to a different group of cars! Um.... no. The mechanic has to physically connect the car to the state computer via a cable... :) 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 wallet NB>> or car.... BM> Hmm: we get a whole sheet of paper on which the current year's sticker BM> is removed from and stuck to the rear plate. Different states, different ways of doing things.... Ours might be a whole sheet, but it has the windshield sticker to peel off, a registration card to punch out, and a section that is a receipt for what we just paid for that 2-year registration.... 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 from NB>> front or back of the car (our state requires both)... But there, too, NB>> the police could run the registration number through the computer and NB>> see if it's up-to-date... they might still give a ticket, to give NB>> incentive to get to DMV and get the replacement quickly... :) BM> Iowa requires both plates also; every so often discussion of having BM> just the rear plate to decrease expenses. Don't know what happens if a BM> plate falls off or is stolen; have seen plates hanging by one bolt but BM> don't recall seeing a car without a plate and not having a temporary BM> tag. We don't on-purpose check to see if the plates are present, BM> though I do sort of glance while walking by as part of a cursory BM> overall check. I see it here a lot more than I'd have expected.... there are times we wonder whether the owner of the vehicle is trying to pull a fast one, and have one plate of the set on each of two vehicles... no way to know unless one had stopped the car and really read the registration sticker... and/or ran the plates through the computer to see which vehicle it was registered to.... ;) 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.... BM> Plus ansiweather doesn't have an option for gusts, just sustained. BM> And along the weather line, supposed to be seasonaly nice here for the BM> next several days, then I think it was Monday the temperature goes from BM> upper 40's into the lower 20's. Today the high of 50ø was at about 3am... and it's been going down steadily since.... down in the 30s now....and to have a low tonight in the lower 20s... Highs tomorrow are only supposed to be in the 20s... 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 user NB>> volumes making things fluctuate.... BM> High usage would seem to just do a slow down, not a loss of the DSL BM> signal. The good news is everything seems to be back to normal, BM> including my download and upload numbers. That is good news. :) ttyl neb .... "Press to test." 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