Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 31 2019 18:58:36 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 21-Dec-2019 09:39 <=- BM>>> Hopefully you avoided the urge to peel out! NB>>> Those carts just wouldn't.... :) One could walk faster than those NB>>> would go... but they were handy when one can't walk because it's too NB>>> painful, or would cause more problems.... :) BM>> The ones at Hy-Vee seem like they could really get some speed up but BM>> probably just because of the motor and gear noise. Never seen one BM>> race down the straight-away(!). NB>> Sometime when there are plenty available, and you have extra time, NB>> it might be an interesting experiment to try to ride/drive one... :) BM> I was kidding with two of the women stockers the other day as a guy on BM> a mobile scissor lift was scooting by about using one of those (the BM> lift) as a shopping cart. Evolved into a would be handy for the two BM> ladies to get to the top shelves. They're not petite but not quite BM> tall enough to reach the top shelves easily. I'm a little surprised that the guy was allowed to use the cart in that way... but it would indeed add a little reach... ;) BM>> I think I told you some time back when the physiotherapist came in the BM>> morning after my surgery (had it some time in the early evening) and BM>> said we were going for a walk -- (me, something like) "you have the BM>> right patient? I just had surgery last night" -- thinking errors BM>> happen, easy enough to misremember the room number, etc. "Nope" and BM>> explained safety features of the belt and harness for support should BM>> I start to fall. ...And we were off! And no, no problems; I don't BM>> recall any tenderness much less pain. NB>> Yes, I remember you mentioning that... My dad had the same reaction NB>> to his first encounter with the PT the day after his hip surgery... ;) BM> Logically it would seem to give some time for the bones to mend; OTOH BM> if there's something in there holding one's pieces together..... With the hip, that is indeed the case... put together in such a way that things are held together... and walking on it apparently helps to solidify that connection, unlike some of the other surgeries.... NB>>> Different states, different ways of doing things.... Ours might be NB>>> a whole sheet, but it has the windshield sticker to peel off, a NB>>> registration card to punch out, and a section that is a receipt for NB>>> what we just paid for that 2-year registration.... BM>> Another difference: Iowa's is yearly. NB>> Ours used to be, but I guess NYS decided that the savings in paperwork NB>> was worth going to a 2-year... BM> Probably. There has also been talk of going to a single plate -- just BM> the rear plate. I guess the police prefer two plates but it seems not BM> a requirement. Some states do only have a rear plate... BM>> Right: a possibility. A few years ago we would drive by a parked car BM>> and it would be gone for a few days then back a different colour. Not BM>> constantly, but maybe three times a year. Could see that fly on the BM>> wall: "The plates are registered to a red Toyota, your Toyota is BM>> green." "It used to be red." .... NB>> So the plates were still the same each time....? I suppose that NB>> someone might be into changing the color of the car, like some people NB>> like to redecorate every season... Or the car was being driven by NB>> a Toyota salesman and it got changed out periodically.... BM> AFAICT it was the same car because of the bumper stickers. Plus it BM> was an older car and a car salesman would probably drive a current BM> model. Almost seemed like the car was used in racing as seemed like it BM> sometimes had a number on the side, but not the past year or so (and BM> appears to be the same car). Using in racing could explain it... the new paint job might have been because of having a new sponsor, or maybe because there was some damage needing repair, and might as well change the color while we're at it... ;) BM>> Might be the beginnings of weather system we had a few days ago: had BM>> the 40's, then one afternoon dropped 20-25 degrees. Beware the 'light BM>> flurries' at the end!! (Last I heard our "chance of flurries with no BM>> accumulation" was 1.1 inches.) NB>> Around here, the forecasters habitually waffle on the amount of NB>> potential accumulation... especially with lake effect snow, which NB>> can be in narrow bands, affecting only certain parts of the area... NB>> Overall, lately we've ended up with less than the predictions, though NB>> others in slightly different parts of the area had more than the NB>> predictions.... BM> Yes, we can have a storm come through and it will be all rain in BM> southern eastern Iowa (Burlington), all snow in northern eastern Iowa BM> (Dubuque) and mixed here (Davenport/Bettendorf/Quad Cities). Or "why BM> is your car all wet?" "It was raining on house>." "Huh: no rain here." Well, the storm does have to have an edge somewhere.... ;) BM>> Yes, especially as I uploaded some vacation pictures to my cousin and BM>> that took -- not sure how long: started in the afternoon with a small BM>> test run -- slow but OK. Early evening half of the remainder -- BM>> couple files failed; got those. Mid-evening the other half, ended up BM>> letting run overnight but only about half uploaded. Restarted the BM>> session in the morning and was able to upload the remainder without BM>> issues. Just slow, and that's due to me not having an all that fast BM>> DSL option (normally don't need). NB>> Some of it might have been due to it going overseas, too.... BM> I think they're located in the U.S, but who knows how the data got to BM> them: data feed to (say) California busy? Run it through to Japan and BM> back the other way! Isn't your cousin in Germany....? Or were you sending to another cousin...? BM> (Nerdy fun: run in private mode and note where sites think you are.) That is rather nerdy... one needs to know how to do that in the first place... NB>> Oh... and I checked out the tagline limit in Bluewave, it's a 70 NB>> character limit here.... MultiMail's might be 75... BM> OK, thanks. I took a semi-quick look here but didn't see a number. I didn't look for any written explanations, just counted the characters in the longest allowable taglines... ;) NB>> ... How can I run amok? I don't even own one. BM> Have you checked in the online manual? You mean it might be documented somewhere.....? ttyl neb .... Claustrophobia: The fear of Santa Claus --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .