Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jan 14 2020 02:20:24 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-Jan-2020 10:06 <=- 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 that NB>> to reach the top shelves... ;) BM> There are times it would be handy! LISB4, I had helped a Hy-Vee BM> associate helping a customer because neither one could reach an item on BM> the top shelf. The shelf wasn't all that high, just the item the BM> customer wanted was towards the back (front ones being sold and shelf BM> had not been faced). That can be an issue... there have been a few times that I've had to have Richard reach something way in the back on the top shelf... just couldn't reach it on my own.... :) 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.... :) BM> Well it wasn't broken apart, true. It had been surgically put back together again... :) 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 BM> Actually I don't recall any pain/tenderness from the incisions. Maybe BM> just buried as part of the healing process and nothing noteworthy. Do BM> recall being surprised at the number of staples 'holding me together'. You are lucky you could use the staples... my body reacts to them, and the sites fester.... I have to have the old-fashioned suture thread... 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... BM> That's good! Yes, have seen pictures of the leg's half of the BM> replacement -- then imagine the surgery: hammer in garden stake, pop BM> on the cap. Probably somewhat similar... Actually, as I recall, the "stake" part and the "cap" part were already part of one piece... don't remember exactly how they got it to stay in the bone, though... may have used medical super glue or something... :) 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.... BM> Or silly signs like maybe "rabid driver! stay away!" to prevent other BM> cars from hitting! Haven't actually seen that one yet... but yes, similar... :) 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 times... NB>> I've seen storms moving in from the Pond... you can see the drops of NB>> rain on the water surface, and clearly nothing up at the camp... and NB>> then it's raining a few feet from the camp, but still not on the camp NB>> itself... and then it reaches the camp.... :) BM> That would be rather neat to experience! I may have: have seen rain BM> coming in but not clearly defined on grass, etc., as it would be on BM> water. Yes, it is easier to see where the rain is landing when you see the ripples on the 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 started NB>> with your service here in the states, but somehow had to get overseas NB>> in the process... which, AIS, might have slowed the transmission down NB>> for whatever reason... :) BM> He would have had that issue, not me: I had uploaded to a site called BM> Box.com. I think located in the U.S. but not certain, plus could have BM> storage all over the globe. My upload problem could have been caused BM> by multiple issues: a glitch at Box, problems with DSL/onward BM> connections, trying to upload too much at once with a slow line..... Ah... so you upload there, and then he goes to retrieve it from there... I see... Of course, it could be located just about anywhere... 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... ;) BM> Yes - the battery charger/maintainer hasn't arrived yet so don't know BM> how well it works yet. From what I read the wrong type of charger can BM> overcharge and/or charge too fast ==> don't want the chemicals inside BM> the battery to boil. No, that could be a problem.... 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... :) BM> I've been on YouTube for something specific and then have been sucked BM> into the suggested videos on more than one occasion; most interesting BM> as I've selected them, some of the "well that was a waste" - just like BM> anything. Have made links to it; an old show's episode to explain a BM> phrase or thought (the 'Festivus' episode of _Seinfeld_, for example). I have friends here that spend a lot of time following the suggested videos... and apparently don't find it too much of a time-waster... ;) BM> ... 43.3% of all Statistics are meaningless. That few....?? ;) ttyl neb .... IBM: It may be slow, but at least it's expensive. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .