Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Feb 22 2020 09:34:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> I thought that was somewhat unlikely, actually.... Some stores do have overnight stockers. 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). NB> And so, after he died, y'all just figured he still couldn't stay NB> away....? ;) Yup! 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). NB> That worked out fine, then.... A similar thing happened to me for NB> my ambulance ride for the ankle... the closest hospital to the NB> incident happened to be full up, and so was the next nearest, so NB> they ended up taking me to a third hospital, which I think may be NB> the closest to our house, actually... :) So worked out for you and Richard! The hospital where I was taken when I fractured the femur was furthest from the house by maybe two miles but ended up they called in the apparently best orthopedic surgeon: the nurses' comments on "oh you have Dr. so-and-so" indicted he was very highly thought of; AFICT he was very good. :) Don't know if he would have been on-call at the other hospital and therefore doing my surgery. Appears to have worked out quite well for me. 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. NB> I'm not really physically up to the regular grind of volunteering NB> on a regular schedule, either, any more... and wouldn't be able NB> to do anything that required lifting more than 15 pounds or NB> so.... I forgot about your 15-lb. limitation. I might help but it would be for a very short-term commitment: busy here, and "don' wanna". 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. NB> One has to organize how one would be looking for the things, and NB> by what makes sense to one's self... ;) Right. Various ways of filing and sorting aren't necessarily right nor wrong. Years ago when I got started with computer building the intent was to do it in the basement -- it can get very cold down there in the winter! Maybe almost 60ø, but need a light jacket to stay down there for any length of time. 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! :) NB> Good that it finally worked for you... :) Yup! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Stupid; politically correct: All foam, no beer --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .