Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 08 2020 10:06:00 Hi Nancy! 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 in NB>> that way... but it would indeed add a little reach... ;) BM> Nope: I clobbered that one. The worker was using the scissor lift BM> properly, just riding it from one point to another in the store (the BM> controls are in the basket). The joke comment to the ladies was to BM> use it as a shopping cart and reach the upper shelves. NB> Ah, I misparsed that one... I think it might have been only NB> half-kidding though for them as stockers to need something like NB> that to reach the top shelves... ;) There are times it would be handy! LISB4, I had helped Hy-Vee associate helping a customer because neither one could reach an item on the top shelf. The shelf wasn't all that high, just the item the customer wanted was towards the back (front ones being sold and shelf had not been faced). 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 way NB>> that things are held together... and walking on it apparently helps NB>> to solidify that connection, unlike some of the other surgeries.... BM> Right. I thought sure there would be some pain at the fracture site BM> with the two pieces grinding/moving against each other -- sure was BM> painful when I moved before the surgery! Probably whatever medication BM> I was on helped, though I had asked and the reply was something so if BM> there was a problem and I should feel pain I would. And so we're off BM> down the hallway walking with a broken leg. NB> After the surgery, it wasn't a broken leg anymore.... :) Well it wasn't broken apart, true. NB> You'd have the post-surgical pain from the incisions, but they NB> stabilize the leg in the process, so you'd not have that pain Actually I don't recall any pain/tenderness from the incisions. Maybe just buried as part of the healing process and nothing noteworthy. Do recall being surprised at the number of staples 'holding me together'. NB> anymore.... With Daddy, they replaced the top part of the hip NB> with an artificial ball for the socket, the shape of that was a NB> ball at the top going down into a taper that fit into his NB> existing bone, and replaced that top part of the bone... Indeed NB> was better than before... That's good! Yes, have seen pictures of the leg's half of the replacement -- then imagine the surgery: hammer in garden stake, pop on the cap. 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... BM> Yes; apparently works out. NB> Leaves room in the front for advertising.... Or silly signs like maybe "rabid driver! stay away!" to prevent other cars from hitting! 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.... ;) BM> True, just seems odd that well-defined, though have experienced rain BM> showers starting or stopping: in the backyard and at first a few BM> raindrops, then more and then it's a downpour! NB> I guess sometimes the edge can be more well defined than other NB> times... I've seen storms moving in from the Pond... you can see NB> the drops of rain on the water surface, and clearly nothing up at NB> the camp... and then it's raining a few feet from the camp, but NB> still not on the camp itself... and then it reaches the camp.... NB> :) That would be rather neat to experience! I may have: have seen rain coming in but not clearly defined on grass, etc., as it would be on water. 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...? BM> My cousin in Austria, yes. NB> Ok, so the data was going overseas to Austria.... would have NB> started with your service here in the states, but somehow had to NB> get overseas in the process... which, AIS, might have slowed the NB> transmission down for whatever reason... :) He would have had that issue, not me: I had uploaded to a site called Box.com. I think located in the U.S. but not certain, plus could have storage all over the globe. My upload problem could have been caused by multiple issues: a glitch at Box, problems with DSL/onward connections, trying to upload too much at once with a slow line..... 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... BM> Right-click the Firefox icon and select 'Private Window". ...Which BM> doesn't completely hide one from the outside world, just keeps me from BM> getting more unrequested mail. NB> Not something I'd be doing... and wouldn't be using Firefox NB> anyway... :) But I think I follow... ;) Because you're a smart cookie! :) BM> ...I was looking for battery chargers/maintainers yesterday. Have an BM> older one but manual says not for use with the type of battery I need BM> it for (automotive yes, UPS no; and to complicate that some automotive BM> batteries are the UPS type and vice versa. "AGM" if anyone wants that BM> detail.). So looking around in Private Mode, essentially getting BM> information and prices (most are of the OMG type!). Selected one, BM> switch to regular mode and purchased. NB> So you found someting suitable.... :) And I see the example... NB> ;) Yes - the battery charger/maintainer hasn't arrived yet so don't know how well it works yet. From what I read the wrong type of charger can overcharge and/or charge to fast ==> don't want the chemicals inside the battery to boil. 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.....? BM> Entirely possible. Or at least a YouTube post. NB> You can find just about anything on YouTube, or at least so I've NB> heard... that's another thing I don't do... :) I've been on YouTube for something specific and then have been sucked into the suggested videos on more than one occasion; most interesting as I've selected them, some of the "well that was a waste" - just like anything. Have made links to it; an old show's episode to explain a phrase or thought (the 'Festivus' episode of _Seinfeld_, for example). NB> ... Dog for sale: Eats anything - Is fond of children. What is "I'll take 'Misplaced Modifiers' for $600.". ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 43.3% of all Statistics are meaningless. --- 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) .