Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Feb 16 2020 10:06:00 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 were NB>> too lazy to return to the proper place(s).... ;) BM> We liked the "the come alive at night" option as there were times when BM> some strange things happened overnight. Nothing bad, but sometimes BM> mechandise and other items weren't in the same place ==> I thought BM> sure I put this away last night, or a stack on the left instead of the BM> right type of thing. NB> You didn't have cleaning staff at night when the store was NB> closed, did you....? But then there are tales where the NB> 'occupants' of a store would come to life after the people all NB> left.... ;) No, the cleaning (and restocking) was done when at least two store employees were in the store. We sort of attributed it to the store's "ghost", which wasn't unfriendly, just got bored once in a while. Much later in the store history was the semi-joke of one of the deceased employees joining in on the deeds. He worked for the cleaning crew, though at that time they also had one or two in the store all day to continuously clean. He also worked in Automotive (attached to the store), I think as a tire mechanic. Anyway, seemed like he was always around, not a bad thing, though also managed to spend plenty of time with his family (his son and daughter worked in the store a summer or two). 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 isn't NB>>>>> a regular question for the records, but it can always be put in NB>>>>> 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... :) BM> I'm pretty sure I was unconscious/dozed off/blacked out numerous times BM> when I initially slipped and fractured my femur and was just sitting BM> there waiting. Other 'boo-boo episodes' fully conscious (and probably BM> thinking "I shouldn't have done that!"). NB> Did you have anyone with you as you waited for the femur fracture NB> to be taken care of...? Richard joined me in the ER when I broke NB> my ankle... Yes, my "partner in crime" joined me. Fortunately was told the correct hospital before leaving: I remember being in the ambulance outside the store and we were just waiting. Medic riding with me told me I was originally to go to Genesis East but something happened and they were deciding where I should go -- Iowa-side hospitals are Genesis, East and West campuses, and Trinity; no idea if the ones in Illinois were being considered: would have been only two or three miles more travel. Eventually did get assigned to Genesis West, which happened to be the closest (East campus would have been about a mile further the other direction). 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 over NB>> 65 yet, though.... And still was in pretty good physical health... :) BM> No, I think her character is around 45, maybe 50, which makes it more BM> plausible to delve into a second career requiring college studies. NB> That's what I figured.... 20 years ago, I might have considered NB> it a little more seriously... :) Yes, age does tend to put a crimp on a few options. ...Could always volunteer, though right now where I am even the scheduling of volunteering would not fit in. BM> Yea!! ...In the meantime was able to condense more schtuph up BM> here because of the tossing and sorting in the basement. Looks better BM> and worse down there: sections are organized, sections appear BM> disorganized because 'holding' ==> have a bunch of smaller boxes, most BM> of which will be cut up and go into recycling but right now want to BM> keep them for sorting; audio cables get rolled up and twist-tied and BM> into a Banker's Box; couplers and adapters also into the Banker's Box BM> but in a small box so they don't migrate to the bottom. That type of BM> usage for the smaller boxes. NB> It is, after all, a process... :) Yes.... And what works for me doesn't necessarily work for anyone else. I do have drawer sets -- metal holder with a bunch of plastic drawers -- years ago built several of those into the wall to hold screws, bolts, nuts, plus various miscellania like LEDs, connectors, etc., etc. The audio couplers would fit in the drawers just don't fit in with my way of thinking: to me makes more sense to be with the cables. 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....? :) BM> That and the cleaning up up here: everything has to go some place! NB> Right. :) Need to get back to it: had downloaded soundtracks from _Perfect Harmony_ (TV show) for Valentine's Day -- burn to CD, create a label, done! ....OK why is Brassero (the burning sofware) just sitting there?? ...Apparently was broken about a year ago from what I read on-line. (I think the last time I made a CD was two maybe three years ago -- all to hard drive or thumbdrive.) Go find other options -- eventually find and gift and hope it works: everything up here will play just about whatever I throw at it: stand-alone audio CD players are alittle picky! Good news: works! :) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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