Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 22 2020 10:10:00 Hi Nancy! 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). NB>> That can be an issue... there have been a few times that I've had to NB>> have Richard reach something way in the back on the top shelf... just NB>> couldn't reach it on my own.... :) BM> Right: just have to get someone taller/with a longer reach. Or of BM> course the mechanical version: standing on something. NB> Yup, that can work, too... Sometimes even Richard has to stand on NB> the bottom shelf to get something way at the back of the top NB> shelf... ;) I would do that at the store where I worked to get to back row of the top shelf of the Jean Wall in the Men's Department. We weren't supposed to: supposed to get a ladder. The ladder was supposed to be in the department, which of course it rarely was. (If each selling department was supposed to have at least one ladder where did they all go?) BM> ...I have sometimes purchased an item I wanted which was back on the BM> shelf a little ways and semi-automatically brought a few forward. BM> Sort of a combination of while I'm here help someone find what I was BM> looking for and my time in retail. NB> Yup, Richard does the same... and part of it is also the NB> semi-automatic from when he used to do overnight stocking at NB> Wegmans... He's often "facing" the shelves, even if we aren't NB> getting something from that part... ;) Old habits..... While my Mother was shopping for clothes Dad and I would sometimes have nothing to do if the store didn't have a hardware or electronics department so somewhat out of boredom we'd space the clothing on the racks. 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. NB>> It had been surgically put back together again... :) BM> Plus I can accurately state I may have a screw loose! NB> Let's hope it isn't, though...! I could also, from the plate on NB> my fibula that covers where the spiral break was... ;) But I'd NB> just as soon they stay properly tight... Hopefully they stay snug! On my X-rays I don't see where any lock washers were used and Loc-Tight probably is radiotransparent. 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'. NB>> You are lucky you could use the staples... my body reacts to them, and NB>> the sites fester.... I have to have the old-fashioned suture thread... BM> That would be bad!! Know people have reactions to certain metals used BM> in the stud for earrings. I don't think that information is in medical BM> records. Suppose a quick allergy reaction test could be done. NB> I make sure I tell any surgeon/doctor before I have any sort of NB> surgery that might require any sort of sutures/staples... It NB> isn't a regular question for the records, but it can always be NB> put in later.... Yes, I would too. I was thinking more the case where unconscious and unable to inform. NB>>> anymore.... With Daddy, they replaced the top part of the hip with NB>>> an artificial ball for the socket, the shape of that was a ball at NB>>> the top going down into a taper that fit into his existing bone, and NB>>> replaced that top part of the bone.. Indeed 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. NB>> Probably somewhat similar... Actually, as I recall, the "stake" NB>> part and the "cap" part were already part of one piece... don't NB>> remember exactly how they got it to stay in the bone, though... may NB>> have used medical super glue or something... :) BM> My wonderment is how they get the rod/stake inside: I think my rod is BM> about a foot long -- maybe nine inches -- so figure 4-6" is in one BM> portion and the other 4-6" sticking out and has to go into the other BM> piece. Maybe some insertion room gained by angling but most I'm BM> guessing is stretch/pull apart. (Anyone queasy yet?!) NB> They do make an incision at the top of the leg along the hip... NB> probably gives enough "wiggle" room.... :) You know Daryl is reading that and making sounds: BOING!!! 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..... NB>> Ah... so you upload there, and then he goes to retrieve it from NB>> there.. I see... Of course, it could be located just about anywhere.. BM> Correct, and potentially multiple places with cloud storage. The BM> first year I had sent a thumbdrive. Sent in a regular #10 envelope, BM> protected the thumbdrive in a cardboard tray. Fortunately I had kept BM> small as found out at the Post Office the envelope needed to be kept BM> semi- flexible to go through the sorting equipment, else a charge for BM> hand- sorting. Next option would have been in a small box, and even BM> though a small item (the thumbdrive) should not use a tiny box: have to BM> get labels, postage, etc., on! NB> Lots of factors... :) Yes, and most make sense. Too small a box and no room for labels + postage + documentation. Plus small is easier to get lost! 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. NB>> No, that could be a problem.... BM> Tends to make a mess! NB> True. :) In the meantime I did experiment with a battery I wasn't overly concerned about. One of the UPSs around here takes two batteries; had a split-second power glitch which shut off the UPS. Batteries only a little over two years old and worked before. Replaced both batteries; later tested the original: one weak so probably the one that failed, the other probably OK but I won't trust it. This is the battery I used for my experiment. The charger/maintainer has 12v DC on it but outputs closer to 13.5 -- 13.2v is 10% over -- a usual amount for charging. The battery didn't overheat at all -- checked with one of those non-contact thermal 'guns'; actually was a hare cooler than another battery of the same type right next to it. Did test later: had disconnected the battery from the charger, let it sit a while, voltage had settled a bit, connected to the power port of the TV. Turned on the TV and ran for close to three hours. (This is the TV I plan to use during a power failure.) 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). NB>> I have friends here that spend a lot of time following the suggested NB>> videos... and apparently don't find it too much of a time-waster... ;) BM> "Wasting time" is in the mind of the opinioned person. (Bet as is BM> that won't take off as an everyday saying!) To me playing video games BM> 'all the time' is a waste of time and I'm quite sure people think me BM> sitting in front of a monitor and pecking at the keyboard is a waste of BM> time. NB> I generally are a little more measured, and simply call such NB> things time consumers... whether or not it is wasting time, as NB> you say, is in the mind of the consumer.... ;) At least to some NB> extent...... True. A waste of time to one person is of vital interest to another. NB>> ... IBM: It may be slow, but at least it's expensive. BM> OTOH they do have some rather detailed manuals! BM> ... IBM: [I]ncredibly [B]oring [M]anuals. NB> Hmmm... that seems a bit biased.... 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