Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Feb 09 2020 09:22:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> We weren't supposed to: supposed to get a ladder. The ladder was BM>>> supposed to be in the department, which of course it rarely was. BM>>> (If each selling department was supposed to have at least one ladder BM>>> where did they all 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.... ;) BM>> Yes, sometimes we did find two or three or four in a BM>> stockroom. NB>> Where, of course, only one (or maybe possibly two) would have been NB>> needed at one time.... BM> Right. ...So maybe the on-the-surface inanimate ladders did have a BM> little life in them: they liked to congregate to socialize! NB> One does wonder at times... with where they all tend to end up... NB> couldn't possibly be that humans had moved them all there and NB> were too lazy to return to the proper place(s).... ;) We liked the "the come alive at night" option as there were times when some strange things happened overnight. Nothing bad, but sometimes mechandise and other items weren't in the same place ==> I thought sure I put this away last night, or a stack on the left instead of the right type of thing. NB>> I could see Richard doing something of the sort... although I'm rarely NB>> shopping for clothes, and when I do, it's pretty efficient, not giving NB>> him time to get into that sort of thing... BM>> AFAIK my Mother didn't ask to go shopping all that much: at the time BM>> she didn't drive and so had to be taken by Dad and she respected his BM>> time. OTOH Dad realized my Mother needed to go shopping, it wasn't a BM>> demand and could be done on his time schedule. NB>> That worked, then... :) BM> Seemed to be part of a sign of a good marriage: respect between the BM> two. For time, likes/dislikes, etc. NB> Indeed is a good sign of a good marriage... :) Yes: nothing is going to be perfect. One isn't the nurse/maid/butler/ chauffeur/etc. to the other, though there are times when one is injured and needs to be nursed, or come home from work and a cup of coffee is brought. NB>>>> I make sure I tell any surgeon/doctor before I have any sort of NB> surgery NB>>>> that might require any sort of sutures/staples... NB> It isn't a regular NB>>>> question for the records, but it can NB> 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.... Dunno NB>>> if they do test for allergy on that sort of thing... I suppose worst NB>>> case scenario, they do the life-saving surgery, and when the staples NB>>> fester, they have to take them out and suture instead.... ;0 BM>> That would sound logical. And possible in the great majority of BM>> emergency operations they know on whom they are operating: drivers BM>> licenses/other identifications. And the metal staples generally don't BM>> react, so minimizes the possibilty on the remaining small percentage. NB>> Or, on emergencies, they might just play it safe and not use staples... NB>> hard to say... ;) BM> That's a possibility too. Hope neither one of us have to find out! NB> True... I think I've had enough emergency situations already... NB> and fortunately remained conscious when they happened... :) I'm pretty sure I was unconscious/dozed off/blacked out numerous times when I initiallty slipped and fractured my femur and was just sitting there waiting. Other 'boo-boo episides' fully conscious (and probably thinking "I shouldn't have done that!"). BM>> I'm not so sure I'd want to see the real-life surgery! OTOH I'd BM>> probably find it interesting, albeit with a bit of squirm and squeam, BM>> since I had it performed on me. NB>> I'm sure I'd find it interesting... Probably I should have gone into NB>> medicine myself, but it's too late now... ;) BM> If only you watched television: there's a show called "Carol's Second BM> Act" about a teacher -- and I don't recall why she stopped teaching -- BM> who went to med school and is currently a resident in a teaching BM> hospital. NB> I think I've heard about that show.... I'd bet that she wasn't NB> over 65 yet, though.... And still was in pretty good physical NB> health... :) No, I think her character is around 45, maybe 50, which makes it more plausible to delve into a second career requiring college studies. 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 info.... :) BM>> Yes, and haven't needed to use the TV on battery as no power outages. NB>> Just as well... :) BM> True! And though I didn't read ahead when starting this reply I BM> decided I should recharge the battery. No bad weather predicted (maybe BM> an inch overnight). Do need to compare the output voltage of the BM> charger with the voltage from a UPS -- as I said before the charger BM> seems to be outputting way too high a voltage. Not all that hard to do BM> but delaying as want to continue cleaning up in the basement and so up BM> here. Plus Autumn is coming over this afternoon..... NB> Valid But Firsts... ;) Yea!! ...In the meantime was able to condense more schtuph up here because of the tossing and sorting in the basement. Looks better and worse down there: sections are organized, sections appear disorganized because 'holding' ==> have a bunch of smaller boxes, most of which will be cut up and go into recycling but right now what to keep them for sorting; audio cables get rolled up and twist-tied and into a Banker's Box; couplers and adapters also into the Banker's Box but in a small box so they don't migrate to the bottom. That type of usage for the smaller boxes. BM>> Have recharged the possibly damaged battery (the one that was paired BM>> with the battery inthe UPS that had shut down some time back) -- but BM>> haven't done a 'maintaining' test: not sure I will as the voltage is BM>> higher than I think it should be (higher than the 10% recommended) but BM>> maybe the voltmeter I'm using for that project is off (so need to BM>> compare to a different meter), and do I want another plug-in device BM>> slurping that phantom electricity? On-and-off cleaning/straightening/ BM>> disposing project at my Electronics Workbench Area in the basement so BM>> don't want to distract me from that! NB>> Reasons enough to set it aside, at least for now... :) BM> Especially as I am _finally_ getting to it!! NB> The Electronics Workbench Area project, you mean....? :) That and the cleaning up up here: everything has to go some place! NB> ... Floppy Not Responding...Format HARD DISK instead (Y/N)? Oh let's not! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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