Subj : Re: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu May 07 2020 22:29:06 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-May-2020 07:48 <=- NB>>> And had it been a bad enough sprain/strain, you might have had to NB>>> reduce how much weight-bearing you gave it anyway.... BM>> I did use a walking stick that night -- 'had' to go out for a birthday BM>> party. Well, the only thing wrong was a tender and fat ankle! I did BM>> avoid slopes: steps were safer as usually had a railing to hang on to. NB>> Railings can be very useful things to help stabilize.... ;) BM> Definitely! And sort of a tangent: I remember a couple of the BM> construction guys walking down the ladder from the still-open second BM> floor (being built) to the ground -- upright, no hands, like walking BM> down a hill. I think to me was approaching amazing because my BM> stability isn't that great, plus the ladder was bouncing a bit. It's what they are used to... almost like gymnasts.... ;) I've seen such going up or down a ladder with their hands full of something like roofing shingles... ;) More power to them.... I can't even go up a ladder without panicking and shaking.... ;0 BM>> (Was before having a cane and the one person we knew with a cane we BM>> couldn't get a hold of until the next day.) NB>> Canes and walking sticks are pretty close to being the same thing, NB>> though... A quad cane is a little more stable than either, though... BM> This walking stick was the kind without the handle: essentially just a BM> thick dowel. Think it was made out of plastic as was light; borrowed BM> from a friend we were going out to dinner with. So a little on the flimsy side for leaning on... but a possibility of helping one's balance, anyway.... NB>> Or just be oblivious.... ;) Now we shouldn't be getting snow, except NB>> as a rogue storm, though.... :) A friend of mine, stuck in Florida NB>> for now, was telling me that a Facebook friend of hers up here was NB>> telling her that we're to be getting snow this next week... I really NB>> don't believe it, since the week out forecast is for highs in the NB>> upper 50s and the lows in the 40s... :) I did see, though, on the NB>> nationwide discussion that the upper Rockies were going to be getting NB>> some snow... maybe the friend confused Rochester with Rockies... they NB>> do start with the same three letters.... Or maybe it was a late NB>> April Fools joke... ;) BM> Or maybe watching the news on the DVR and had forgotten to erase and BM> old showing! ...I like your consideration better! When I was working BM> people were 'always' getting Iowa and Ohio mixed up when we were BM> calling in for a repair, etc. I got in the habit of saying "Iowa - I BM> A" which gave them correct two-letter state abbreviation to enter in BM> their on-screen form, plus sort of a subtle trigger if they're BM> thinking 'Ohio' the 'IA' abbreviation doesn't make sense. Funny how the brain switches up things.... ;) BM> Anyway, here it also appears we're done with snow for this season. BM> Supposed to get into the mid-70's today. Next week and possibly into BM> the following week they indicated the overnight lows could be in the BM> upper 20's. The TV meteorologist commented about even being a really BM> nice day to plant flowers don't do it until after Mother's Day. So, this past Sunday was very warm, high in the high 70s, and then all THIS week it's been chilly, and with the frost warnings almost every night.... and even the chance for snow Fri/Sat... ;( Just wasn't last week.... ;) I don't expect it to stick around, given the way the forecast is also calling for rain.... At least Mother's Day is supposed to be sunny, if still rather cool.... shouldn't be getting a repeat of that Mother's Day snow we got all those years ago.... ;) And local conventional wisdom is to not plant anything before Decoration (Memorial) Day.... This seems to be a year that bears that one out.... ;) ttyl neb .... Try this. I haven't tested it, but I think it will work. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .