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| Started by | joy <jgaylord1@dslextreme.com> |
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| First post | 2018-10-03 15:55 -0700 |
| Last post | 2019-12-22 20:37 -0500 |
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Where is everybody? joy <jgaylord1@dslextreme.com> - 2018-10-03 15:55 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? Gina Man <mangina@davidscrotch.eww> - 2018-10-04 17:13 -0400
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-10-21 18:48 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? Gina Man <mangina@davidscrotch.eww> - 2018-10-22 09:58 -0400
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-10-21 18:50 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? joy <jgaylord1@dslextreme.com> - 2018-10-21 22:19 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-10-26 11:30 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-10-26 15:59 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 13:12 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-11-04 16:34 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 12:48 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 21:10 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-11-05 16:52 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 14:32 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 17:23 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2018-12-14 01:52 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2018-12-18 11:44 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2018-12-22 11:35 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2018-12-26 15:29 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2018-12-27 16:00 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-01 19:48 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-01-03 20:23 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-05 12:54 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-01-08 20:44 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-11 20:03 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-12 13:27 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-12 13:33 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-13 15:36 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 18:21 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-13 23:14 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-14 00:17 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-14 22:02 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-14 23:49 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-14 21:10 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-16 11:29 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-12 14:01 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-12 14:15 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-12 21:38 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-14 20:53 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-01-12 16:56 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-14 20:59 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-12 13:50 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-01-12 23:50 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Woe <woe_is_me@the_bar.room> - 2019-01-13 09:28 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-13 15:31 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 18:17 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-14 21:01 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-15 12:28 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-15 14:56 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-15 20:07 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-01-16 11:54 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 18:13 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-14 21:06 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-01-15 14:43 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> - 2019-01-15 20:12 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-01-17 19:23 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Graham <j.hutson@chello.nl> - 2019-01-20 09:26 +0100
Re: Where is everybody? Graham <j.hutson@chello.nl> - 2019-01-20 09:48 +0100
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-11-05 16:52 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 17:25 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-11-06 22:01 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-10 16:05 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2018-11-11 10:19 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? joy <gaylord3103@twc.com> - 2018-11-12 22:26 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 19:07 -0800
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2018-12-22 11:40 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Sue in Ok <31josiah814ds7@gmail.com> - 2019-10-23 20:12 -0700
Re: Where is everybody? Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> - 2019-10-24 10:19 +0100
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-12-13 18:30 -0500
Re: Where is everybody? Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> - 2019-12-14 15:30 +0000
Re: Where is everybody? Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> - 2019-12-22 20:37 -0500
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-01 19:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <LuPWD.99237$8R4.6351@fx07.am4> |
| In reply to | #76598 |
On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:00:59 -0500, Bob Flora wrote: > My shortness of breath came on fairly quickly. Went to see a > pulmonologist, whose technician ran a series of breath and inhaler > tests. None of the inhalers did anything. Chart went straight up and > straight down. He couldn't find anything wrong. That would worry me a bit. I mean, I hate it that I've been 'asbestosised' but at least I know that, in theory, it's not going to get worse. > >>> Haven't flown in several years and have no desire to fly anymore. As >>> you note, too much hassle at the airports. Our local airport is pretty much hassle free and we will fly from there, but big ones like Heathrow just ruin the holiday before it even gets started. > I've dreamed of taking one of the Viking river cruises down the Danube, > but I suspect it is only a dream. I think I'd never hold up to much > walking that travel requires. That is my main problem. Although the new knee is fine and doesn't restrict me, the other knee does a bit, so I have to be aware of how far I've walked, knowing that I have to get back. > I've done some major repairs to the house since 2014: new concrete > driveway, new gutters, replaced some siding, new windows, new roof, new > furnace, new kitchen appliances, new downstairs carpet and kitchen > floor, newer car, and added a truck. Done, finally, so now I can just > enjoy, along with three Win10 computers and five tablets, which are > still my main hobbies. 2014 was when I started on this place. I've done loads myself but the breathing thing has meant I've had to hire in men to do things like the drive, or basically anything that requires digging. Nearly finished though. I'll soon be joining you in the 'full time hobbies' world. -- Mick.
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| From | Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-03 20:23 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <q0mcj5$9an$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #76599 |
On 1/1/2019 2:48 PM, Mick wrote: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:00:59 -0500, Bob Flora wrote: > >> My shortness of breath came on fairly quickly. Went to see a >> pulmonologist, whose technician ran a series of breath and inhaler >> tests. None of the inhalers did anything. Chart went straight up and >> straight down. He couldn't find anything wrong. > > That would worry me a bit. I mean, I hate it that I've been 'asbestosised' > 2014 was when I started on this place. I've done loads myself but the > breathing thing has meant I've had to hire in men to do things like the > drive, or basically anything that requires digging. > > > Nearly finished though. I'll soon be joining you in the 'full time > hobbies' world. Shortness of breath created a problem with nerves after three weeks. I slept a bit Jan1- then awake till this AM, nervous wreck. Slept a few hours after visiting doctor and getting some tranquilizers, more or less OK now. Probably the most miserable Christmas holiday I've ever spent. Glad to see you're about to finish up your home renovations. These old houses eventually need some replacements. I'm down to replacing three light fixtures and two recliners-hopefully tomorrow. Fortunately, we've had a fairly mild winter so far, very little snow.
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-05 12:54 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <2O1YD.12486$iL2.1360@fx17.am4> |
| In reply to | #76600 |
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:23:48 -0500, Bob Flora wrote: > Shortness of breath created a problem with nerves after three weeks. I > slept a bit Jan1- then awake till this AM, nervous wreck. Slept a few > hours after visiting doctor and getting some tranquilizers, more or less > OK now. Probably the most miserable Christmas holiday I've ever spent. It was lack of sleep that led me to the doctor in the first place. I found it impossible to sleep properly because the noise of my own breathing would wake me up. Very disconcerting to start with. He tried me on the weakest inhaler but that was of little use, so I use the next strongest and sleep perfectly fine these days. > Glad to see you're about to finish up your home renovations. These old > houses eventually need some replacements. I'm down to replacing three > light fixtures and two recliners-hopefully tomorrow. Fortunately, we've > had a fairly mild winter so far, very little snow. Can't imagine a winter where you live with hardly any snow. Enjoy it while you can. ;-) -- Mick.
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| From | Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-08 20:44 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <q13jmf$306$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #76601 |
On 1/5/2019 7:54 AM, Mick wrote: > On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:23:48 -0500, Bob Flora wrote: >> Glad to see you're about to finish up your home renovations. These old >> houses eventually need some replacements. I'm down to replacing three >> light fixtures and two recliners-hopefully tomorrow. Fortunately, we've >> had a fairly mild winter so far, very little snow. > Can't imagine a winter where you live with hardly any snow. Enjoy it > while you can. ;-) Got the two new recliners, one in the living room with a cloth covered plywood lapboard that makes a great desk and place for a computer and mouse, so I can watch TV and compute at the same time. Finally got over the cold and the nervousness, with the aid of some prescribed tranquilizers that allowed me to get some sleep. Warm (50's) all last week, with a little rain. Now it's going to get cold during Jan and Feb, our coldest months. Weather in The UK seems moderate, although there was a lot of snow in Eastern Europe. What do you think of Brexit? From here May seems to be having a hard time getting it done without losing her office. There seems to be considerable interest in a second vote.
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| From | "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-11 20:03 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <g9ssmoFr0gnU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #76602 |
Bob Flora wrote: > On 1/5/2019 7:54 AM, Mick wrote: >> On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:23:48 -0500, Bob Flora wrote: > >>> Glad to see you're about to finish up your home renovations. These old >>> houses eventually need some replacements. I'm down to replacing three >>> light fixtures and two recliners-hopefully tomorrow. Fortunately, we've >>> had a fairly mild winter so far, very little snow. >> Can't imagine a winter where you live with hardly any snow. Enjoy it >> while you can. ;-) > > Got the two new recliners, one in the living room with a cloth covered > plywood lapboard that makes a great desk and place for a computer and > mouse, so I can watch TV and compute at the same time. > > Finally got over the cold and the nervousness, with the aid of some > prescribed tranquilizers that allowed me to get some sleep. > > Warm (50's) all last week, with a little rain. Now it's going to get > cold during Jan and Feb, our coldest months. > > Weather in The UK seems moderate, although there was a lot of snow in > Eastern Europe. > > What do you think of Brexit? From here May seems to be having a hard > time getting it done without losing her office. There seems to be > considerable interest in a second vote. Gee, Guys, what are we? Getting older or something? (I am commenting on this thread, not just the last comment by Bob.) I decided to peek in on the groups while I am confined to home because of very communicable bacterial conjunctivitis. I am also just recovering from the flu and other woes. I wonder how an inhaler differs from a CPAP machine? (For some reason, the discussion seems not to be alluding to a medicine that one breathes in, but I'm probably just ignorant.) I wouldn't be able to get to sleep without my CPAP machine. Probably stupid comments, but I wanted to chime in on the only recent thread here.
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| From | Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 13:27 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <_Wl_D.15466$QQ5.12085@fx45.iad> |
| In reply to | #76603 |
wotsit Jean B. sed... > I wonder how an inhaler differs from a CPAP machine? CPAP machines pump air into your nose while you sleep. This prevents the throat from closing. This is used to treat sleep apnoea. Inhalers come as preventers and relievers to treat breathing ailments like asthma and COPD. I use inhalers for my asthma. <waves at Mick> I've been lurking a while waiting for something to reply to.
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 13:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <31m_D.58191$mz2.40461@fx23.am4> |
| In reply to | #76604 |
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 13:27:03 +0000, Steve wrote: > <waves at Mick> <Me waves back excitedly> > I've been lurking a while waiting for something to reply to. Blimey mate. Your desperation to keep usenet alive is even worse than mine. Keep it up. ;-) -- Mick.
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| From | Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-13 15:36 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <BVI_D.27088$f65.16495@fx36.iad> |
| In reply to | #76605 |
wotsit Mick sed... > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 13:27:03 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > <waves at Mick> > > <Me waves back excitedly> > > > I've been lurking a while waiting for something to reply to. > > Blimey mate. Your desperation to keep usenet alive is even worse than > mine. Keep it up. ;-) I dunno, there's barely a pulse and someone has nicked the defibrillator. I've had to bin the google groper filter so that there is something to read...
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-13 18:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <wkL_D.32770$AD1.30634@fx05.am4> |
| In reply to | #76614 |
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:36:01 +0000, Steve wrote: > I dunno, there's barely a pulse and someone has nicked the > defibrillator. I've had to bin the google groper filter so that there is > something to read... There's this great new 'thing' that's getting rave reviews in some quarters Steve. It's called 'book'. Apparently books are just crammed full of things to read, like words. And more words. I mean, whatever will they think of next. Doubt it'll ever replace Facebook though. ;-) -- Mick.
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| From | Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-13 23:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <FDP_D.22266$375.8434@fx40.iad> |
| In reply to | #76617 |
wotsit Mick sed... > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:36:01 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > I dunno, there's barely a pulse and someone has nicked the > > defibrillator. I've had to bin the google groper filter so that there is > > something to read... > > There's this great new 'thing' that's getting rave reviews in some > quarters Steve. It's called 'book'. Apparently books are just crammed > full of things to read, like words. And more words. I mean, whatever will > they think of next. Ah yeah, books. I listen to audiobooks, I can do that while walking etc. But you can't get much of a conversation out of a book and you definitely can't get a reaction from it when you give it a little poke. > Doubt it'll ever replace Facebook though. ;-) Pah, facebook <spit>! There's enough info out there about me without me giving it away on a plate. I really, and I mean really, don't understand peoples willingness to put everything out there. Didn't they read 1984?
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-14 00:17 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <qyQ_D.33951$AD1.2149@fx05.am4> |
| In reply to | #76618 |
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:14:44 +0000, Steve wrote: > Ah yeah, books. I listen to audiobooks, I can do that while walking etc. > But you can't get much of a conversation out of a book and you > definitely can't get a reaction from it when you give it a little poke. Good points. I actually still prefer old fashioned paper books, although mostly I read out of copyright stuff from Project Gutenburg, either on me Kindle or on here. So not much paper. No reaction from either. > Pah, facebook <spit>! > There's enough info out there about me without me giving it away on a > plate. I really, and I mean really, don't understand peoples willingness > to put everything out there. I'm one of the outlaw millions that play on FB with a fake ID. Only on there to look at, and post, pictures of railway stations. If I ever stray from that (extremely rarely) it does seem a bit drossy, and what info they can glean from my alter ego, they are welcome to. > Didn't they read 1984? When does that fall out of copyright? I, roughly, know the plot and the lyrics to the Bowie song, but I've never actually read it. -- Mick.
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| From | Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-14 22:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <OF7%D.48846$Q95.9620@fx41.iad> |
| In reply to | #76619 |
wotsit Mick sed... > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:14:44 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > Ah yeah, books. I listen to audiobooks, I can do that while walking etc. > > But you can't get much of a conversation out of a book and you > > definitely can't get a reaction from it when you give it a little poke. > > Good points. I actually still prefer old fashioned paper books, although > mostly I read out of copyright stuff from Project Gutenburg, either on me > Kindle or on here. So not much paper. > > No reaction from either. > > > > Pah, facebook <spit>! > > There's enough info out there about me without me giving it away on a > > plate. I really, and I mean really, don't understand peoples willingness > > to put everything out there. > > I'm one of the outlaw millions that play on FB with a fake ID. Only on > there to look at, and post, pictures of railway stations. If I ever stray > from that (extremely rarely) it does seem a bit drossy, and what info > they can glean from my alter ego, they are welcome to. > > > Didn't they read 1984? > > When does that fall out of copyright? According to wikipedia it's already out of copyright in Australia, Canada and a couple of other countries. You'd have to wait until 2021 here in Blighty. I, roughly, know the plot and the > lyrics to the Bowie song, but I've never actually read it. I read it must be getting on 50 years ago. What a scary thought! If your email addy is valid I'll send you the .mobi and you can sideload it on your Kindle.
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-14 23:49 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <Wd9%D.81247$9A2.3455@fx09.am4> |
| In reply to | #76620 |
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:02:21 +0000, Steve wrote: > According to wikipedia it's already out of copyright in Australia, > Canada and a couple of other countries. You'd have to wait until 2021 > here in Blighty. Perhaps I'll go to Australia. Or maybe not. > I read it must be getting on 50 years ago. What a scary thought! 50 years ago everything was a scary thought, looked at from the here and now. > If your email addy is valid I'll send you the .mobi and you can sideload > it on your Kindle. Still charging me Kindle but the epub version opens nicely on this laptop. So it will get read soon enough. Ta again. -- Mick.
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| From | "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-14 21:10 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ga4tooFk384U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #76618 |
Steve wrote: > > wotsit Mick sed... >> >> On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:36:01 +0000, Steve wrote: >> >>> I dunno, there's barely a pulse and someone has nicked the >>> defibrillator. I've had to bin the google groper filter so that there is >>> something to read... >> >> There's this great new 'thing' that's getting rave reviews in some >> quarters Steve. It's called 'book'. Apparently books are just crammed >> full of things to read, like words. And more words. I mean, whatever will >> they think of next. > > Ah yeah, books. I listen to audiobooks, I can do that while > walking etc. But you can't get much of a conversation out of a > book and you definitely can't get a reaction from it when you give > it a little poke. > >> Doubt it'll ever replace Facebook though. ;-) > > Pah, facebook <spit>! > There's enough info out there about me without me giving it away > on a plate. I really, and I mean really, don't understand peoples > willingness to put everything out there. Didn't they read 1984? > > I am swimming in books! I adore them! I have never joined facebook, but even when doesn't join, facebook is tracking you. It is really maddening because if one isn't a member there seems to be no recourse. (Facebook comes on my Samsung droid. I also see it in the midst of all the crap that is connecting whenever I go to a site....)
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| From | Steve <steve-usenet-posts@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-16 11:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <XAE%D.10275$q54.7602@fx15.iad> |
| In reply to | #76626 |
wotsit Jean B. sed... > > Steve wrote: > > > > wotsit Mick sed... > >> > >> On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:36:01 +0000, Steve wrote: > >> > >>> I dunno, there's barely a pulse and someone has nicked the > >>> defibrillator. I've had to bin the google groper filter so that there is > >>> something to read... > >> > >> There's this great new 'thing' that's getting rave reviews in some > >> quarters Steve. It's called 'book'. Apparently books are just crammed > >> full of things to read, like words. And more words. I mean, whatever will > >> they think of next. > > > > Ah yeah, books. I listen to audiobooks, I can do that while > > walking etc. But you can't get much of a conversation out of a > > book and you definitely can't get a reaction from it when you give > > it a little poke. > > > >> Doubt it'll ever replace Facebook though. ;-) > > > > Pah, facebook <spit>! > > There's enough info out there about me without me giving it away > > on a plate. I really, and I mean really, don't understand peoples > > willingness to put everything out there. Didn't they read 1984? > > > > > I am swimming in books! I adore them! > > I have never joined facebook, but even when doesn't join, facebook is > tracking you. It is really maddening because if one isn't a member > there seems to be no recourse. (Facebook comes on my Samsung droid. I > also see it in the midst of all the crap that is connecting whenever I > go to a site....) Cookies. I don't log in to the web browser when browsing and I delete the cache and cookies regularly and use an adblocker. I use the Bromite browser on my phone, it's Chrome but with an adblocker and the tracking removed. If I'm feeling extra paranoid I use a VPN and incognito mode. I rooted my Samsung phone when it came out of warranty and removed the crapware that Samsung put on it. Facebook, Amazon, the Samsung appstore etc. But I think without rooting it you can still disable the unwanted apps. Settings > Apps > select your app and disable it. That's prolly safer than rooting and deleting the app.
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 14:01 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <Aqm_D.58193$mz2.37548@fx23.am4> |
| In reply to | #76603 |
On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 20:03:16 -0500, Jean B. wrote: > Probably stupid comments, but I wanted to chime in on the only recent > thread here. Not stupid Jean. I still don't know what a CPAP machine is, even after Steve explained it. But I know what an inhaler is ;-) Getting old? Certainly but it's not old age that is my (breathing) problem, just old practises. No-one told me about asbestos back in my (comparative) youth. We just worked, breathed it in and then did it all again the next day. Years later when I *was* fully aware, I started praying that it wouldn't kill me cos it's a nasty way to die. Well my prayers were answered, or so they say, it ain't gonna kill me but my breathing capacity is reduced significantly by the damage caused. Quite manageable but it does make a difference. I need a shot or two from my inhaler to sleep at night, for instance. Hope your 'other woes' are improving, particularly the conjunctivitis. Not nice, that one. -- Mick.
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| From | "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 14:15 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <g9usm9F9tprU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #76607 |
Mick wrote: > Not stupid Jean. I still don't know what a CPAP machine is, even after > Steve explained it. But I know what an inhaler is ;-) > > Getting old? Certainly but it's not old age that is my (breathing) > problem, just old practises. No-one told me about asbestos back in my > (comparative) youth. We just worked, breathed it in and then did it all > again the next day. Years later when I *was* fully aware, I started > praying that it wouldn't kill me cos it's a nasty way to die. Well my > prayers were answered, or so they say, it ain't gonna kill me but my > breathing capacity is reduced significantly by the damage caused. > > Quite manageable but it does make a difference. I need a shot or two from > my inhaler to sleep at night, for instance. > > Hope your 'other woes' are improving, particularly the conjunctivitis. > Not nice, that one. I was very sorry to read about your asbestos exposure, Mick, but glad to hear it's not going to "get you". It seems like our pasts are catching up with us!
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| From | Mick <mick.fanner@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 21:38 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <r7t_D.58493$mz2.28836@fx23.am4> |
| In reply to | #76608 |
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:15:19 -0500, Jean B. wrote: > I was very sorry to read about your asbestos exposure, Mick, but glad to > hear it's not going to "get you". It seems like our pasts are catching > up with us! That's so true. My two 'favourite' A words, arthritis and asbestos. Without those two, I'd still be 18 years old. ;-) -- Mick.
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| From | "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-14 20:53 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ga4sotFjsgrU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #76609 |
Mick wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:15:19 -0500, Jean B. wrote: > >> I was very sorry to read about your asbestos exposure, Mick, but glad to >> hear it's not going to "get you". It seems like our pasts are catching >> up with us! > > That's so true. My two 'favourite' A words, arthritis and asbestos. > Without those two, I'd still be 18 years old. ;-) > Unfortunately, I may have more to say on this topic in a couple of days.
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| From | Bob Flora <florab@roadrunner.com> |
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| Date | 2019-01-12 16:56 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <q1dnq0$sul$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #76603 |
On 1/11/2019 8:03 PM, Jean B. wrote: > Bob Flora wrote: > >> Finally got over the cold and the nervousness, with the aid of some >> prescribed tranquilizers that allowed me to get some sleep. >> >> Warm (50's) all last week, with a little rain. Now it's going to get >> cold during Jan and Feb, our coldest months. > > Gee, Guys, what are we? Getting older or something? (I am commenting > on this thread, not just the last comment by Bob.) > > I decided to peek in on the groups while I am confined to home because > of very communicable bacterial conjunctivitis. I am also just > recovering from the flu and other woes. > > I wonder how an inhaler differs from a CPAP machine? (For some reason, > the discussion seems not to be alluding to a medicine that one breathes > in, but I'm probably just ignorant.) I wouldn't be able to get to sleep > without my CPAP machine. > > Probably stupid comments, but I wanted to chime in on the only recent > thread here. Well,hello, Jean B. Haven't heard from you in many years. I see you've had a rough holiday also. I've been feeling bad since the first week in Dec, just now feeling half decent. Not getting old, AM old. :-( l'm not sure what a CPAP machine is, apparently something you wear to help you breathe at night. An inhaler is a tube attached to a small bottle that emits a gas that opens up breathing passages that are congested from a cold or worse, used intermittently. There is an emergency inhaler used in extreme cases. Didn't have that problem, it seemed that oxygen just wasn't getting to the muscles. Like you I only checked in here occasionally, because the site is so seldom used. Just replied to Mick, an old friend who visited us on his trip to the US in 2001. Guess that dates all of us because I remember you from about the same time. Cheers!
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