Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 22 2020 03:12:42 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Feb-2020 10:06 <=- 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 closed, NB>> did you....? BM>> No, the cleaning (and restocking) was done when at least two store BM>> employees were in the store. I thought that was somewhat unlikely, actually.... NB>> But then there are tales where the 'occupants' of a store NB>> would come to life after the people all left.... ;) BM> We sort of attributed it to the store's "ghost", which wasn't BM> unfriendly, just got bored once in a while. Much later in the store BM> history was the semi-joke of one of the deceased employees joining in BM> on the deeds. He worked for the cleaning crew, though at that time BM> they also had one or two in the store all day to continuously clean. BM> He also worked in Automotive (attached to the store), I think as a tire BM> mechanic. Anyway, seemed like he was always around, not a bad thing, BM> though also managed to spend plenty of time with his family (his son BM> and daughter worked in the store a summer or two). And so, after he died, y'all just figured he still couldn't stay away....? ;) NB>>>> Or, on emergencies, they might just play it safe and not use NB>>>> staples... 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... BM> Yes, my "partner in crime" joined me. Fortunately was told the BM> correct hospital before leaving: I remember being in the ambulance BM> outside the store and we were just waiting. Medic riding with me told BM> me I was originally to go to Genesis East but something happened and BM> they were deciding where I should go -- Iowa-side hospitals are BM> Genesis, East and West campuses, and Trinity; no idea if the ones in BM> Illinois were being considered: would have been only two or three miles BM> more travel. Eventually did get assigned to Genesis West, which BM> happened to be the closest (East campus would have been about a mile BM> further the other direction). That worked out fine, then.... A similar thing happened to me for my ambulance ride for the ankle... the closest hospital to the incident happened to be full up, and so was the next nearest, so they ended up taking me to a third hospital, which I think may be the closest to our house, actually... :) 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... :) BM> Yes, age does tend to put a crimp on a few options. BM> ...Could always volunteer, though right now where I am even the BM> scheduling of volunteering would not fit in. I'm not really physically up to the regular grind of volunteering on a regular schedule, either, any more... and wouldn't be able to do anything that required lifting more than 15 pounds or so.... 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... :) BM> Yes.... And what works for me doesn't necessarily work for anyone BM> else. I do have drawer sets -- metal holder with a bunch of plastic BM> drawers -- years ago built several of those into the wall to hold BM> screws, bolts, nuts, plus various miscellania like LEDs, connectors, BM> etc., etc. The audio couplers would fit in the drawers just don't fit BM> in with my way of thinking: to me makes more sense to be with the BM> cables. One has to organize how one would be looking for the things, and by what makes sense to one's self... ;) 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. :) BM> Need to get back to it: had downloaded soundtracks from _Perfect BM> Harmony_ (TV show) for Valentine's Day -- burn to CD, create a label, BM> done! ....OK why is Brassero (the burning sofware) just sitting BM> there?? ...Apparently was broken about a year ago from what I read BM> on-line. (I think the last time I made a CD was two maybe three years BM> ago -- all to hard drive or thumbdrive.) Go find other options -- BM> eventually find and gift and hope it works: everything up here will BM> play just about whatever I throw at it: stand-alone audio CD players BM> are a little picky! Good news: works! :) Good that it finally worked for you... :) ttyl neb .... An optimist is simply a pessimist with no job experience. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .