Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 01 2020 08:51:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> I'm a little surprised that the guy was allowed to use the cart NB> in that way... but it would indeed add a little reach... ;) Nope: I clobbered that one. The worker was using the scissor lift properly, just riding it from one point to another in the store (the controls are in the basket). The joke comment to the ladies was to use it as a shopping cart and reach the upper shelves. 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..... NB> With the hip, that is indeed the case... put together in such a NB> way that things are held together... and walking on it apparently NB> helps to solidify that connection, unlike some of the other NB> surgeries.... Right. I thought sure there would be some pain at the fracture site with the two pieces grinding/moving against each other -- sure was painful when I moved before the surgery! Probably whatever medication I was on helped, though I had asked and the reply was something so if there as a problem and I should feel pain I would. And so we're off down the hallway walking with a broken leg. 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. NB> Some states do only have a rear plate... Yes; apparently works out. 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). NB> Using in racing could explain it... the new paint job might have NB> been because of having a new sponsor, or maybe because there was NB> some damage needing repair, and might as well change the color NB> while we're at it... ;) Makes sense! 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." NB> Well, the storm does have to have an edge somewhere.... ;) True, just seems odd that well-defined, though have experienced rain showers starting or stopping: in the backyard and at first a few raindrops, then more and then it's a downpour! 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! NB> Isn't your cousin in Germany....? Or were you sending to another NB> cousin...? My cousin in Austria, yes. BM> (Nerdy fun: run in private mode and note where sites think you are.) NB> That is rather nerdy... one needs to know how to do that in the NB> first place... Right-click the Firefox icon and select 'Private Window". ...Which doesn't completely hide one from the outside world, just keeps me from getting more unrequested mail. ...I was looking for battery chargers / maintainers yesterday. Have an older one but manual says not for use with the type of battery I need it for (automotive yes, UPS no; and to complicate that some automotive batteries are the UPS type and vice versa. "AGM" if anyone wants that detail.). So looking around in Private Mode, essentially getting information and prices (most are of the OMG type!). Selected one, switch to regular mode and purchased. 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. NB> I didn't look for any written explanations, just counted the NB> characters in the longest allowable taglines... ;) When I do my tagline sessions I'm adding to the file so just go by the end point of the longest taglines. NB>> ... How can I run amok? I don't even own one. BM> Have you checked in the online manual? NB> You mean it might be documented somewhere.....? Entirely possible. Or at least a YouTube post. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... January 1, 1890: Pasadena, CA, staged first Tournament of Roses Parade. --- 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) .