Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Jan 30 2020 15:38:00 Hi Nancy! 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 the NB>> bottom shelf to get something way at the back of the top shelf... ;) BM> I would do that at the store where I worked to get to back row of the BM> top shelf of the Jean Wall in the Men's Department. We weren't BM> supposed to: supposed to get a ladder. The ladder was supposed to be BM> in the department, which of course it rarely was. (If each selling BM> department was supposed to have at least one ladder where did they all BM> go?) NB> Like the IV poles in the hospital, they are a gregarious lot, and NB> congregate at the end of the hall, or maybe in the case of the NB> ladders, at some equally unuseful area of the store.... ;) Yes, sometimes we did find two or three or four in a stockroom. 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 getting NB>> something from that part... ;) BM> Old habits..... While my Mother was shopping for clothes Dad and BM> I would sometimes have nothing to do if the store didn't have a BM> hardware or electronics department so somewhat out of boredom we'd BM> space the clothing on the racks. NB> I could see Richard doing something of the sort... although I'm NB> rarely shopping for clothes, and when I do, it's pretty NB> efficient, not giving him time to get into that sort of thing... AFAIK my Mother didn't ask to go shopping all that much: at the time she didn't drive and so had to be taken by Dad and she respected his time. OTOH Dad realized my Mother needed to go shopping, it wasn't a demand and could be done on his time schedule. BM>>>> And so we're off 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 my NB>> fibula that covers where the spiral break was... ;) But I'd just as NB>> soon they stay properly tight... BM> Hopefully they stay snug! On my X-rays I don't see where any lock BM> washers were used and Loc-Tight probably is radiotransparent. NB> Indeed... and probably, whatever sort of stuff they do use... :) ....Comes from the hardware store??!! Probably very similar except stainless steel vs. zinc-plated. Rust does not count towards iron intake! 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 surgery NB>> that might require any sort of sutures/staples... It isn't a regular NB>> question for the records, but it can always be put in later.... BM> Yes, I would too. I was thinking more the case where unconscious and BM> unable to inform. NB> In that case, the records might not be available, either.... NB> Dunno if they do test for allergy on that sort of thing... I NB> suppose worst case scenario, they do the life-saving surgery, and NB> when the staples fester, they have to take them out and suture NB> instead.... ;0 That would sound logical. And possible in the great majority of emergency operations they know on whom they are operating: drivers licenses/other identifications. And the metal staples generally don't react, so minimizes the possibilty on the remaining small percentage. 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.... :) BM> You know Daryl is reading that and making sounds: BM> BOING!!! NB> At least we can't hear the sound effects... ;) I'm not so sure I'd want to see the real-life surgery! OTOH I'd probably find it interesting, albeit with a bit of squirm and squeam, since I had it performed on me. 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. :) BM> In the meantime I did experiment with a battery I wasn't overly BM> concerned about. One of the UPSs around here takes two batteries; had BM> a split-second power glitch which shut off the UPS. Batteries only a BM> little over two years old and worked before. Replaced both batteries; BM> later tested the original: one weak so probably the one that failed, BM> the other probably OK but I won't trust it. This is the battery I used BM> for my experiment. BM> The charger/maintainer has 12v DC on it but outputs closer to 13.5 -- BM> 13.2v is 10% over -- a usual amount for charging. The battery didn't BM> overheat at all -- checked with one of those non-contact thermal BM> 'guns'; actually was a hare cooler than another battery of the same BM> type right next to it. BM> Did test later: had disconnected the battery from the charger, let it BM> sit a while, voltage had settled a bit, connected to the power port of BM> the TV. Turned on the TV and ran for close to three hours. (This is BM> the TV I plan to use during a power failure.) NB> Sounds like the experiment was profitable and gave useful NB> info.... :) Yes, and haven't needed to use the TV on battery as no power outages. Have recharged the possibly damaged battery (the one that was paired with the battery inthe UPS that had shut down some time back) -- but haven't done a 'maintaining' test: not sure I will as the voltage is higher than I think it should be (higher than the 10% recommended) but maybe the voltmeter I'm using for that project is off (so need to compare to a different meter), and do I want another plug-in device slurping that phantom electricity? On-and-off cleaning/straightening/ disposing project at my Electronics Workbench Area in the basement so don't want to distract me from that! 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 things NB>> time consumers... whether or not it is wasting time, as you say, is NB>> in the mind of the consumer... ;) At least to some extent...... BM> True. A waste of time to one person is of vital interest to another. NB> As long as there isn't something pressing that should be being NB> done instead, anyway... ;) Though a break isn't a bad idea. :) The "take the time to smell the roses", though one does need to give sufficient time to weeding around those roses! 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.... BM> Soooo maybe "I Believe Most"?! 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