Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Dec 11 2019 10:03:00 Hi Nancy! 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! NB> Those carts just wouldn't.... :) One could walk faster than NB> those would go... but they were handy when one can't walk because NB> it's too painful, or would cause more problems.... :) The ones at Hy-Vee seem like they could really get some speed up but probably just because of the motor and gear noise. Never seen on race down the straight-away(!). 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. NB> Yup... Hip surgery they do usually get the patient up and moving NB> right away.... knee or ankle usually there are other factors that NB> need to keep weight off of them.... I had a friend that broke his NB> ankle not that long after I did, and he was able to walk on his a NB> lot sooner than I was.... his was just a simple bone break, while NB> mine pulled tendons and twisted... Just a little nastier! I think I told you some time back when the physiotherapist came in the morning after my surgery (had it some time in the early evening) and said we were going for a walk -- (me, something like) "you have the right patient? I just had surgery last night" -- thinking errors happen. easy enough to misremember the room number, etc. "Nope" and explained safety features of the belt and harness for support should I start to fall. ...And we were off! And no, no problems; I don't recall any tenderness much less pain. 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. NB> I think it's just that he's very good, and has the equipment.... And probably the licensing. Probabyl cheaper for the dealers to send customers to the one mechanic and shop than pay for the equipment, etc. 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. NB> Different states, different ways of doing things.... Ours might NB> be a whole sheet, but it has the windshield sticker to peel off, NB> a registration card to punch out, and a section that is a receipt NB> for what we just paid for that 2-year registration.... Another difference: Iowa's in yearly. 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. NB> I see it here a lot more than I'd have expected.... there are NB> times we wonder whether the owner of the vehicle is trying to NB> pull a fast one, and have one plate of the set on each of two NB> vehicles... no way to know unless one had stopped the car and NB> really read the registration sticker... and/or ran the plates NB> through the computer to see which vehicle it was registered NB> to.... ;) Right: a possibility. A few years ago we would drive by a parked car and it would be gone for a few days then back a different colour. Not constantly, but maybe three times a year. Could see that fly on the wall: "The plates are registered to a red Toyota, your Toyota is green." "It used to be red." .... 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. NB> Today the high of 50ø was at about 3am... and it's been going NB> down steadily since.... down in the 30s now....and to have a low NB> tonight in the lower 20s... Highs tomorrow are only supposed to NB> be in the 20s... Might be the beginnings of weather system we had a few days ago: had the 40's, then one afternoon dropped 20-25 degrees. Beware the 'light flurries' at the end!! (Last I heard our "chance of flurries with no accumulation" was 1.1 inches.) 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. NB> That is good news. :) Yes, especially as I uploaded some vacation pictures to my cousin and that took -- not sure how long: started in the afternoon with a small test run -- slow but OK. Early evening half of the remainder -- couple files failed; got those. Mid-evening the other half, ended up letting run overnight but only about half uploaded. Restarted the session in the morning and was able to upload the remainder without issues. 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