Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 15 2020 21:17:00 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-Feb-2020 09:22 <=- So, that last message, the tagline ended up totally random... Hit [Enter] before I quite looked at what at been brought up... ;) Not that inappropriate, either... ;) 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. You didn't have cleaning staff at night when the store was closed, did you....? But then there are tales where the 'occupants' of a store would come to life after the people all left.... ;) 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... :) BM> Yes: nothing is going to be perfect. One isn't the nurse/maid/butler/ BM> chauffeur/etc. to the other, though there are times when one is BM> injured and needs to be nursed, or come home from work and a cup of BM> coffee is brought. Indeed... :) 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!"). Did you have anyone with you as you waited for the femur fracture to be taken care of...? Richard joined me in the ER when I broke my ankle... 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. That's what I figured.... 20 years ago, I might have considered it a little more seriously... :) 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... ;) 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. It is, after all, a process... :) 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! Right. :) ttyl neb .... 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