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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited July 2018
    DanaTA said:

    Is the UPS made by APC?  If not...well, there you go.

    That said, beeps and sirens are always annoying.  I got a couple of new APC units that say you can silence the alarm without shutting the unit down.  A nice feature, especially if it's only powering the modem and router.  It should have plenty of uptime for just those things.  computers with hard drives spinning, fans spinning, CPU glowing...well, they won't last very long attached to those things...long enough to save your stuff and power down, though.

    Dana

    I've always used APC UPs'es.  I've found that the higher end ones for home use have good features, software and quality.  The lower end ones, not so much.  I currently have three APC "BACK-UPS PRO-1000" units.  Love 'em yes  Unfortunately, it's getting close to time I'm going to have to think about replacing batteries. no  ($$$) frown  Although I ended up with three because a couple of times I found it not that much more costly to get a whole new unit including the battery while on sale rather than to just go out and get a proper replacement battery.  Later when money isn't so tight I pony up and get a proper battery for the old unit. enlightened

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 15,102
    kyoto kid said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ..sounds more like a prison than a place to live.  Denying access to restroom facilities should be illegal.

    It is more like a prison than a home.  At least I have unsupervised time otherwise it would be exactly like a prison.  I feel like staff are more important than clients.  I had to change seats in the van I rode because a staff had to sit where I sat.  I had to sit behind where I originally sat.  They said it was a respect thing.  I felt like they thought I was crazy for being confused about it.  I feel like I am not important other than for the money I pay to stay here.

    ...this is why, as difficult as it is for me some days to do certain tasks, I am opposed to going into an assisted living situation like some feel I should.  If I want to stay up late working on a scene or my stories, I can, there is no "lights out" time.  The only rules I have to deal with are my own and a few very minor ones for the building I live in (like after 10:30 PM it's quiet time which I actually enjoy after the last place I lived in).

    Even though we have home grocery delivery here, I still walk to the market (unless the weather is bad, then I take transit) as I like picking out my own items (particularly produce, meats, and fish) rather than have someone else do that (and it saves money too).  

    I find remaining independent in spite of the physical difficulty sometimes, makes life overall, more enjoyable. 

    My parents refuse to go into assisted living even though they need it. They constantly fall and end up calling 911 to have them get them on their feet. They said they are going to start charging them cause it happens so often. They can barely support themselves physically. Me and my brother keep trying to convince them to do it but they aren't budging. They both walk with either a cane, walker or wheelchair. They take turns in the wheelchair. If they went into assisted living me and my brother wouldn't have to worry so much cause there is always people there to help.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    ...fortunately I am not at that stage though am looking to get a "walking stick". I also go to market a couple times a week so that helps to keep the load light (I use a shoulder bag for the heavy items). Sidw stop hand chopping things like garlic and ginger as well as hand shredding cheese as it became too rough on fhe hands.
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    kyoto kid said:
    ...fortunately I am not at that stage though am looking to get a "walking stick". I also go to market a couple times a week so that helps to keep the load light (I use a shoulder bag for the heavy items). Sidw stop hand chopping things like garlic and ginger as well as hand shredding cheese as it became too rough on fhe hands.

    Walking sticks are fun.  You can get into mischief with walking sticks whilst you are growing older disgracefully.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    ...true, you can shake them at those young whippersnappers when you need to get a point accross.
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited July 2018

    Canes (walking sticks) have several useful purposes too.  They help establish "yes, I qualify for the movie discount" honors.  They provide a quick, safe, "foot in the door" or "I'm next in line" indication.  They help sharpen your eye/muscle coordination when alone in the elevator and you get to practice aiming the tip at the buttons.  Don't worry about the germs or archaic chewing gum on the bottom of the cane tip, just walk down the stairs on your way out.  The cane also helps you walk down stairs when avoiding dirty elevator buttons.   I find my cane very helpful establishing need when I take my car to the mechanic and hobble out into their office and weakly ask if someone could drive me home while they work on my car. (It only takes them a few minutes and I give a worthy tip)

    The next time you see a person with a cane getting out of an elevator alone, have a chuckle or two and let somebody else push the buttons.devil

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 15,102
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited July 2018

    Complaint:  Had a scare yesterday.  My blood pressure went sky high for a couple hours.  I had a headache come on quickly, I felt weird and dizzy.  I grabbed my BP machine and instead of the normal (for me) 115/75 it read 180/120. surprise  I wasn't sure the reading was correct so I tried it couple more times all giving the same magnitute readings.  Never having had pressure that high before and feeling so weird I called 911.  I didn't want to risk passing out or having a stroke while driving a car but I also didn't want to raise a fuss if this turned out to be nothing, so I requested the 911 people to simply contact the local fire department's ambulance (they're cheaper than the big city ambulance) and they came to check me out.  Unfortunately, when they got here they didn't have a qualified medic so they called the city ambulance and they came too.  Now I had a parade of emergency vehicles with lights flashing, parked on the main road blocking half a lane of traffic.  So much for not raising a fuss. frown

    All this took about a half hour before somebody with a proper BP machine came in to check me out.  By that time the pressure had gone down a bit to around 170/115.  We discussed my options, they took my BP again and it continued to wind down and I was feeling better so I declined to go with them and said I'd contact my doctors or call them back if I got worse again. indecision

    To make a long story short (too late), apparently I had too much salt during my mini-adventure to Erie the previous day and the bag of potato chip munchies, McDonald's breakfast, salty steak at Outback Steakhouse and salty dinner at home, then Spam and eggs for breakfast the next morning, compounded by the disruption of the timing of my BP medications during the mini-adventure, it all conspired to peak my BP at about 11:00AM yesterday.  Thankfully, I was back to normal a few hours later and have been OK since, but damn it, now I really need to watch my salt too. sad

    Non-complaint:  Neither ambulance company charged me anything for the non-transport visit.

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,410
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:

    Is the UPS made by APC?  If not...well, there you go.

    That said, beeps and sirens are always annoying.  I got a couple of new APC units that say you can silence the alarm without shutting the unit down.  A nice feature, especially if it's only powering the modem and router.  It should have plenty of uptime for just those things.  computers with hard drives spinning, fans spinning, CPU glowing...well, they won't last very long attached to those things...long enough to save your stuff and power down, though.

    Dana

    I've always used APC UPs'es.  I've found that the higher end ones for home use have good features, software and quality.  The lower end ones, not so much.  I currently have three APC "BACK-UPS PRO-1000" units.  Love 'em yes  Unfortunately, it's getting close to time I'm going to have to think about replacing batteries. no  ($$$) frown  Although I ended up with three because a couple of times I found it not that much more costly to get a whole new unit including the battery while on sale rather than to just go out and get a proper replacement battery.  Later when money isn't so tight I pony up and get a proper battery for the old unit. enlightened

    I go right to them when it's time to replace a battery.  They recycle the old one, send a return sticker to put on the box, so you don't have to pay for the shipping.  Schneider Electric website.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,410

    That does sound like a scary time, LG!  Glad you're OK now!

    Dana

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited July 2018
    DanaTA said:

    That does sound like a scary time, LG!  Glad you're OK now!

    Dana

    Thanks,  Yeah, me too.  Don't want to go to the emergency room.  With these types of problems they stick you on a cart and call in all sorts of doctors you've never seen before and will send you bills 5 months from now because they'll take all sorts of tests and get to use their machine that goes "bing" and find something wrong.  It's a rule, they must find something wrong.  It justifies having the machine that goes "bing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc Then you have to stay in the hospital for 3 days and have to pay daily for cable TV access and tasteless food and endure the person in the other bed in the room, and be connected to bags of stuff so that you don't run away.  All this whether or not your symptoms dissipate in a few hours or not, because they have to "observe" you. frown Nope, I can't do that right now because tomorrow,... tomorrow evening I get to go to the symphony again, yay! smiley  Ticket already in hand.  Talked about it a couple days ago (pg 31).  Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto at Chautauqua.  Yay! yes

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    edited July 2018

    ..agh, more stuff for G8.  I cannot afford to buy into G8 considering the base morphs and merchant resources needed to make it useable.  I hate it when they abandon the former version for the "new Shiny".

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,435
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:

    That does sound like a scary time, LG!  Glad you're OK now!

    Dana

    Thanks,  Yeah, me too.  Don't want to go to the emergency room.  With these types of problems they stick you on a cart and call in all sorts of doctors you've never seen before and will send you bills 5 months from now because they'll take all sorts of tests and get to use their machine that goes "bing" and find something wrong.  It's a rule, they must find something wrong.  It justifies having the machine that goes "bing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc Then you have to stay in the hospital for 3 days and have to pay daily for cable TV access and tasteless food and endure the person in the other bed in the room, and be connected to bags of stuff so that you don't run away.  All this whether or not your symptoms dissipate in a few hours or not, because they have to "observe" you. frown Nope, I can't do that right now because tomorrow,... tomorrow evening I get to go to the symphony again, yay! smiley  Ticket already in hand.  Talked about it a couple days ago (pg 31).  Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto at Chautauqua.  Yay! yes

    Best part of the Python sketch you cite there for me:

    "Is it a boy or a girl?"

    "It's a bit early to begin imposing roles on it, isn't it"

    (Pardon if my faulty memory has messed up the quote, but I think I have the gist of it there.smiley)

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546
    frank0314 said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

    Sounds great.  Problem is staff wants everything off by ten pm so how would I use a cpap machine if it has to be off by ten pm?

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,435
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    frank0314 said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

    Sounds great.  Problem is staff wants everything off by ten pm so how would I use a cpap machine if it has to be off by ten pm?

    And CPAP machines are noisy. I  have a friend who uses one. I haven't heard it, I'm just taking his word for it.

    I know several people who have taken sleep studies. They ALL were told they have sleep apnea, so I'm suspicious of it being a similar racket to everyone being told they need a hearing aid after having a "free" hearing test. frown

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546
    Tjohn said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    frank0314 said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

    Sounds great.  Problem is staff wants everything off by ten pm so how would I use a cpap machine if it has to be off by ten pm?

    And CPAP machines are noisy. I  have a friend who uses one. I haven't heard it, I'm just taking his word for it.

    I know several people who have taken sleep studies. They ALL were told they have sleep apnea, so I'm suspicious of it being a similar racket to everyone being told they need a hearing aid after having a "free" hearing test. frown

    I cannot hear you.  Honestly I can’t hear you.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Tjohn said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    frank0314 said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

    Sounds great.  Problem is staff wants everything off by ten pm so how would I use a cpap machine if it has to be off by ten pm?

    And CPAP machines are noisy. I  have a friend who uses one. I haven't heard it, I'm just taking his word for it.

    I know several people who have taken sleep studies. They ALL were told they have sleep apnea, so I'm suspicious of it being a similar racket to everyone being told they need a hearing aid after having a "free" hearing test. frown

    I cannot hear you.  Honestly I can’t hear you.

    I hear just fine.  Most of the people around me just mumble.  I'm beginning to feel like my father:  "Speak up and quit mumbling."

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:

    That does sound like a scary time, LG!  Glad you're OK now!

    Dana

    Thanks,  Yeah, me too.  Don't want to go to the emergency room.  With these types of problems they stick you on a cart and call in all sorts of doctors you've never seen before and will send you bills 5 months from now because they'll take all sorts of tests and get to use their machine that goes "bing" and find something wrong.  It's a rule, they must find something wrong.  It justifies having the machine that goes "bing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc Then you have to stay in the hospital for 3 days and have to pay daily for cable TV access and tasteless food and endure the person in the other bed in the room, and be connected to bags of stuff so that you don't run away.  All this whether or not your symptoms dissipate in a few hours or not, because they have to "observe" you. frown Nope, I can't do that right now because tomorrow,... tomorrow evening I get to go to the symphony again, yay! smiley  Ticket already in hand.  Talked about it a couple days ago (pg 31).  Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto at Chautauqua.  Yay! yes

     

    the sound the machine makes is chi-ching >.<

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Tjohn said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:

    That does sound like a scary time, LG!  Glad you're OK now!

    Dana

    Thanks,  Yeah, me too.  Don't want to go to the emergency room.  With these types of problems they stick you on a cart and call in all sorts of doctors you've never seen before and will send you bills 5 months from now because they'll take all sorts of tests and get to use their machine that goes "bing" and find something wrong.  It's a rule, they must find something wrong.  It justifies having the machine that goes "bing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc Then you have to stay in the hospital for 3 days and have to pay daily for cable TV access and tasteless food and endure the person in the other bed in the room, and be connected to bags of stuff so that you don't run away.  All this whether or not your symptoms dissipate in a few hours or not, because they have to "observe" you. frown Nope, I can't do that right now because tomorrow,... tomorrow evening I get to go to the symphony again, yay! smiley  Ticket already in hand.  Talked about it a couple days ago (pg 31).  Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto at Chautauqua.  Yay! yes

    Best part of the Python sketch you cite there for me:

    "Is it a boy or a girl?"

    "It's a bit early to begin imposing roles on it, isn't it"

    (Pardon if my faulty memory has messed up the quote, but I think I have the gist of it there.smiley)

     

    lol

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited July 2018
    Tjohn said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    frank0314 said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Mistara said:

    got up for a reason, but forgot why.

    I have no clue.

    I want to take a sleeping thing but I need a reason why and I could not think of a reason why other than I could not sleep last night.

    A sleep study? I took one and figured out I have sleep apnea so have to wear a cpap machine every night. In a 30 minute window I stopped breathing 80 times so they put the mask on early cause they didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer without it. Been sleeping with it for 4 yrs now.

     

    Sounds great.  Problem is staff wants everything off by ten pm so how would I use a cpap machine if it has to be off by ten pm?

    And CPAP machines are noisy. I  have a friend who uses one. I haven't heard it, I'm just taking his word for it.

    I know several people who have taken sleep studies. They ALL were told they have sleep apnea, so I'm suspicious of it being a similar racket to everyone being told they need a hearing aid after having a "free" hearing test. frown

    About CPAP machines, if you really need one it's good to know!

     But the "free" hearing test?  Yep, I was almost caught by that one. indecision Yes, I have problems hearing high frequencies.  No, I don't believe getting a $3000 hearing aid not covered by my insurance will keep it from getting worse over time.  And what is a hearing aid for me anyway?  It's a tiny audio amplifier with a customized tone control curve that emphasizes the relevant high frequencies.  I can navigate the world without one thank you.  And if I once in a while get a teenage girl with a squeeky voice at a McDonald's counter I'll just give her the line; "I'm sorry, can you please slow down, us old people listen slowly."  It usually works without casting blame.  And at home for watching television or listening to music while puttering anywhere around the house I have a nice set of comfortable, quality, wireless headphones that allow me to adjust the treble sufficiently and they cost less than even 1/20th of a hearing aid. smiley

    Can I still appreciate live symphonies?  Yes, I can pick out all the instruments except that I just watch the guy hitting the triangle as if it were made of soundless foam. frown

    And do I miss parts of some conversations when not listening closely?  Yes, especially if they're women with high voices but most people I end up talking to seldom say anything worth listening attentively to anyway. indecision

    And why does a hearing aid cost $3000 anyway?  Korea should be able to pump them out like M&Ms for $100 and then perhaps another $100 for the custom ear fitting process.enlightened  $3000, bah humbug! angry

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    kyoto kid said:

    ..agh, more stuff for G8.  I cannot afford to buy into G8 considering the base morphs and merchant resources needed to make it useable.  I hate it when they abandon the former version for the "new Shiny".


    imo, new store offerings are ho-hum lately.    i gave up buying anything g8f cuz i can't fix her toenails bug in carrara.  can only hope they fix the toes for g9f

    and it's like the g8males are using the same male resource, texture stops below the hairline, looks too weird.


    dog8 was a bit exciting.heart  almost enough to turn on Cora8ty pc 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    made an appt with another eye dr she's a retina specialist.

    it's scary crossing the street, cars pop out of the fog.  can barely see the traffic light change, gonna get wrinkles from power squinting. 

     

    there's a fitness place 2 busses away with aqua robics class and silver sneaker yoga.  think i could handle it.   

    thinkin bout finding a spa for aromatherapy wrap.  sounds soo lovely.
    why should only be vicki has the sweet life  lol

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    what was that website that sold the female/male resource photos?

    i remember an 's'  3 letters?

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    3D dot sk?

    Mistara said:

    what was that website that sold the female/male resource photos?

    i remember an 's'  3 letters?

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    edited July 2018

    ..ugh! 94 F's right now. (real feel 100° due to humids)  90s through next Wednesday with the hottest being Sunday (97°)  Fortunately not the 117° Van Nuys CA had the other day, but as I've seen before, the forecast can change by then.

    Glad I just got that big container of Espresso Madness Ice Creme.(currently enjoying a big waffle cone full).

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  • SummerhorseSummerhorse Posts: 684
    Mistara said:

    what was that website that sold the female/male resource photos?

    i remember an 's'  3 letters?

    https://www.3d.sk/

    Glad you came out of that OK, LG, that must have been horrible!

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    thanks for the linkie  smiley

     

    Espresso Madness Ice Creme?!!!heart

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    grump  thread locked and i wasnt done explaining my point

    guess is lucky is locked lol

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