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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 26, 2024 12:27:03 GMT -5
Good Morning, Sneakers. Success this morning at updating the Garmin maps in the car. The worst part was waiting for them to download from the computer. The download speed when I ran a speed test was 316 MB/min., but when actually downloading the maps it read 6MB/min. WWW is sometimes called the "World Wide Wait" for a reason.But I'm glad it's over for another year. One more free update and then I'm not sure what the Garmin rate will be. I've never had anything where you have to buy a map update.Looks like a great day for the Stock Market, at least with 4 hours to go. Dow Jones Industrial Average is up almost 2% and S&P 500 is up about 1.5% with about two and a half hours to go.
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Post by edindetroit on Jul 26, 2024 17:33:33 GMT -5
Made a trip to the bathroom where I had difficulties going. Got a stretched rear end now. A stretched rear end? What in the world!
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 26, 2024 17:56:55 GMT -5
Made a trip to the bathroom where I had difficulties going. Got a stretched rear end now. A stretched rear end? What in the world! There is only one part of the rear end that got stretched but I think if I used the clinical or the slang name for it somebody would say "too much information!" The specific part that had to stretch has a seven-letter name beginning with "a" and ending in "hole." And now you will probably say "too much information!"
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 26, 2024 20:46:28 GMT -5
Headed for bed a few minutes after the ten o'clock news ended.
Went in the business room and grabbed my urinals (waking up every 90-120 minutes for a comfort stop and getting in and out of the bathroom with the walker would take up a lot of time, so I just sit on the edge of my bed and let go, getting back to sleep much faster), and went to the bathroom. Dumped the urinals and sat down on the toilet. Stretched my rear end once again, finished up what I had partially done before nine o'clock. Looked at the cell phone after I left the bathroom and found it was 10:58 PM.
We had some pretty stiff storms between two and four this morning. Local official rain gage showed 2.96 inches during the past 24 hours. Most of which fell during that time. The local official creek gage showed that it went from two feet to eight feet. It has since dropped to less than six feet. Twelve feet is where it starts flooding, roughly twenty feet is where it reaches the house.
Went back in the bedroom and settled down in bed after a few minutes rearranging things. Had Alexa turn the nightlight on and start playing SiriusXM Classic Vinyl.
Woke up every 90-120 minutes for a comfort stop. For the one after we started getting more light through the window than the nightlight, I told Alexa to turn off the lights.
My cell phone alarm went off at 8:30 AM and I had to find my cell phone. It was on the walker tray, I bumped the walker and the phone fell on the floor. Had to hobble to where it was at.
Decided I needed a fresh diaper and T-shirt. The diaper is white, the T-shirt is purple. Got dressed in the T-shirt and a pair of sweats (to keep the living room comfortable, the business room freezes) and went out to the business room. Watched the tail end of the ABC 13 morning news and got the trashbag out of the trashcan. Dumped the paper shredder shreds into the trashbag and sealed it up. Then, I carried it to John's bedroom door, dropped the bag, knocked on the door, and I told him it was trash day. Put a fresh trashbag in the trashcan, which turned out to be a good thing that I did it when I did because Krista needed it to hold bandage debris.
Krista the home health nurse came a bit before nine o'clock. She took my vital signs and changed the bandage on my left big toe. After she left, I went back to the business room. She also asked me the last time I pooped and I said "After the ten o'clock news last night. When I got done and out of the bathroom, I looked at my cell phone and it was 10:58 PM." She said, "You're the only patient I have to remember both the day and the time of day." I said that remembering the time of day helps me remember when.
The ABC 13 morning news was over then, and I switched back to CNBC. Listened to it and got up to get something to wash down my morning pills just before eleven o'clock.
Switched to the thirty minute ABC 13 11:00 AM newscast. Partway through "Jeopardy!" I got up during a commercial break and fetched stuff for lunch, which I rolled on my tray back to the business room and sat down to eat. Started out with an 8.25-ounce can of HEB peach slices. Then, I had two sandwiches. Both with HEB Super Duper Butter Bread, Oscar Mayer cotto salami, and HEB Colby Jack cheese.
At noon, my usual newscast was pre-empted by Olympics coverage. So, I watched the thirty minute FOX 26 newscast. During a commercial break, I pushed my walker into the kitchen and took back the plate, the fork, and the remaining food.
At 12:30 PM, I switched to CNBC. Watched a strong market rally today. Smokey cat decided to sit on my lap between the chair and the desk, and when I had to get up for a comfort stop I put her gently on the floor and she didn't come back.
Taxable brokerage account was up 1.36% today. All three of my stocks went up more than 1% today.
At 3:00 PM, my usual newscast was pre-empted by Olympics coverage. So, I watched the ABC 13 afternoon news until 7:00 PM.
While I was watching, I paid bills. Medicare Supplement, Amegy Bank VISA, Amegy Bank Flexline, electricity, and cell phones. Had two more bills to pay but not enough money left to cover either one of them. But before Thursday and my Boeing pension, I should have enough for a trip to HEB if we don't get crazy.
Got Michelle to go out and check the mail. Nothing today. I said that they were showing a letter to me from Houston Methodist Hospital. Looked at Informed Delivery for Saturday. One letter for AJ and none for me.
While I was pushing my walker out of the business room, AJ brought me a plate of food. Meatloaf, StoveTop Stuffing, and French cut green beans. Before I could get back in, AJ "recalled" the meatloaf for insufficient cooking. I went to make a comfort stop and a bit after I got done he came back with hot meatloaf and cold everything else.
When the ABC 13 news ended, I turned the TV off and turned on SiriusXM Classic Vinyl.
While I ate, Chalupa got between the plate and my mouth on the floor. Any little drips, she licked up. But I could tell she didn't like green beans. I had to pick the couple that dripped off off of the floor to prevent grinding them into a green mush with my feet.
When I got done eating, I returned the plate and cutlery to the kitchen sink, rinsed out my Houston Methodist Hospital tumbler, and grabbed a bottle of cold tea out of the fridge. Consumed the rest of the bottle and I have about ten ounces in the tumbler.
Isaiah just walked in the business room and got a paper clip. That's the usual thing he wants. Hope I realize I'm running out of small paper clips before he walks in and I only have big ones.
The night is about over. About twenty minutes to when I will turn off SiriusXM and turn on the nine o'clock news when I first wrote this. Will watch the ten o'clock news and take my "every twelve hours" pills and my bedtime pills. Will need to go to bed soon after that unless I want to spend all night in the task chair, which I have done.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 27, 2024 9:23:26 GMT -5
Sneakers--Concerning Urgent care centers, only those connected to a hospital take Medicare. I am aware Biden kept the postmaster general. Wonder what Project 2025 has to say about the postal service. Saw on my informed delivery that the Houston area weather was going to cause delays in that area.
Lorando--Glad I don't have to reload the GPS since Google does it automatically on the phone. Wish we had some on that cool weather, but it hasn't been as hot as it could be with the rain, but weather forecast shows back to triple digits next week and no rain. Window installers will be able to do their work starting Tuesday.
Ed--The Urgent care places here do pretty well. Like retail stores, the number of customers depends on the time of day. Last time I went to UC was early Sunday morning (8AM) and there was one other patient. SIL took her husband on a Friday night and had a wait.
Went to gym and had a decent workout. Saw no one I knew.
Watched the Opening ceremonies for the Olympics. I was not that impressed but seeing Celine Dion sing at the end made it worth the time.
Went to Art Night, first time since Covid and it was okay. Ended up a the winehouse to find out they have another new owner. Son of owner was our waiter. He said I looked familiar and told him I was a retired teacher. Told me History was his favorite subject. Quizzed him on some basic questions and he did well.
Last night was the first good sleep I have had in recent weeks.
Not much planned today.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 27, 2024 11:35:23 GMT -5
Sneakers--Concerning Urgent care centers, only those connected to a hospital take Medicare. That's what I found from the list of providers on the Medicare Website. Fortunately, Friendswood has more than one in that category and the HCA freestanding ER which takes Medicare. I have been to both urgent cares and the freestanding ER.
I am aware Biden kept the postmaster general. Wonder what Project 2025 has to say about the postal service. The main things I found from reading the Project 2025 document (which can be downloaded as a PDF) was they were going to ban the mail shipment of chemical abortion drugs and pornography.Saw on my informed delivery that the Houston area weather was going to cause delays in that area. We didn't get any mail yesterday and for today we have on tap a letter for AJ and a bag of mail-order pills that were the result of Monday afternoon's pdoc telemedicine visit.
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Post by Unclebal on Jul 27, 2024 22:34:50 GMT -5
Had a wonderful time with my family. One thing we did, we went to Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto. An incredible display of fish. In one section, you can walk underneath a very large tank. This tank contains 900 fish, 100 different kinds, including sharks, turtles and may other smaller fish. We also had a round of golf, but that was an afternoon to forget. I have to practice way more. My brothers and I watch a number of TV series. They were called 1923, White House Plummers, Chernobyl, Silo and Vigil. Funny thing about Chernobyl, it's a British production, but of course they were playing Russian people. A terrible disaster. We also went to the Fort Henry National Historic Site, in Kingston, Ontario. Ordinally built in 1812 and then rebuilt in 1832. An impressive fort at the time I'd say. Luckily that Crowdstrike problem didn't happen a day I was flying. The airline I used cancelled their flights until noon that day. soutxed, my city was way above normal while I was away. Much better now that I've returned. Weather out there was nothing to complain about. Take care everyone.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 28, 2024 0:14:01 GMT -5
Last night, I watched the nine o'clock CW 39 news and somebody's ten o'clock news. Then I switched to Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also watched "Nightline" before I went to bed.
Slept, waking up for comfort stops, and I filled both urinals. Got up, got dressed, and got the business room TV on in time to watch the tail end of the FOX 26 five o'clock news.
Was hungry and decided to eat a bowl of Malt-O-Meal Fruity Dyno-Bites cereal with milk.
Nodded off during the news, woke up afterwards and listened to SiriusXM Classic Vinyl.
Took my morning pills about eleven o'clock, ate my lunch about noon. An eight-ounce can of Dole pineapple chunks and two sandwiches. The sandwiches were HEB Super Duper Butter Bread, Oscar Mayer bologna, HEB Colby Jack cheese, all with a coat of Kraft mayonnaise from a jar (as opposed to a squeeze bottle).
Stopped listening to SiriusXM because I though the Astros game started at three o'clock. When I found out it didn't start to six o'clock, I went back to SiriusXM.
AJ and Isaiah were out doing things. When they came back in, the postal LLV was blocking the driveway, so they sat and waited. When they got parked, Isaiah came in with the mail. It had a bag of pills for me that were the result of my Monday afternoon pdoc visit. I was expecting five bottles but only got four because on one medication they sent me two regular pill bottles of them instead of three thirty day white supply stock bottles like they did in the past.
Stopped listening to SiriusXM Classic Vinyl a few minutes before five o'clock. KPRC Channel 2 took a two-hour break from the Olympics for "The Texas Bucket List," the national news, and a longer than usual broadcast of local news.
When KPRC went back to the Olympics I switched to the Astros game in progress. It was in the fourth inning. The Dodgers were ahead 4-0.
Isaiah came to the door of the business room and said we were going to have default food (frozen pizza is "default food" around here). I get tired of default food, I get it so much. Funny thing is that I eat fruit about as frequently as frozen pizza and I never get tired of fruit.
Stayed in the business room to the eighth inning, then it was time for a comfort stop. When I came back out, I sat down in the dining room. AJ, Michelle, and I sat down and discussed the pros and cons of the two Presidential candidates. Michelle was surprised that I'd been out to the Project 2025 Website and downloaded the PDF.
AJ brought me four pieces of pizza and I ate them sitting in the dining room.
Michelle looked at my left leg and said it was swollen. I checked wrapping my hand just above the ankle on each leg and the left one was indeed larger.
Astros won 7-6 over the Dodgers while I was in the dining room.
Got back in the business room, started watching the KHOU 11 ten o'clock news, and took my mealtime pills. Went to eleven o'clock and took my eleven o'clock every twelve hours pills. All I have left to take are my bedtime pills. Made a comfort stop and got more water before I get ready to take them.
Tomorrow, when I get up, I'm going to place a delivery order from HEB. I have $117 left in my main checking account and want to only spend about $100 of it because I have a $15 preauthorized debit that can occur on the 31st of the month.
The only things I have to get are tea, milk, toilet paper, and a pizza cutter. Hope I can get Red Diamond Tea this time because it is cheaper and better than Gold Peak.
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, the rain will be gone. Which is fine with me because I have doctor appointments that AJ will take me to both days. Not going to need to take an UBER. Michelle said she would drive me if she had a license.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 28, 2024 7:47:03 GMT -5
Sneakers--I downloaded the Project 2025 some time ago only to find out it was out of date. Need to get the new one. Why was the letter carrier blocking the driveway?
Uncle--Glad you had a good visit with family. If you were in Toronto, you didn't catch them beating the Rangers? Lucked out on getting to your destination on time.
Not much yesterday. Wife talked to her family as we found out they had 5 inches of rain in two hours Friday night. The Catholic church had a celebration, and few showed up. One needed a pickup to get to the church. Understood after the mass there was a meal but a lot of food leftover.
Placed a pickup at Target as parking on Saturday and Sunday is bad there.
Went to hear a local musician with another couple at the Italian restaurant. Meal was expensive for Harlingen.
Talked to daughter the death certificates are ready, but she asked they be mailed as no one had time to drive from Victoria to Corpus Christi (about 90 minutes each way).
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 28, 2024 8:59:00 GMT -5
Why was the letter carrier blocking the driveway?
She got out of the LLV to look in the back for my package of pills. Our driveway is directly adjacent to the mailbox. It wasn't blocked for long.
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Post by lorando (NW PA) on Jul 28, 2024 16:40:04 GMT -5
Good Afternoon, soutxed. Five inches of rain in just two hours sounds like a real gully-washer. Are you still in a drought, or have the recent storms taken care of that? Or was the rain limited to the San Perlita area? I spoke too soon about Covid. My ushering partner and his wife came down with it and were out today. They just got back from Colorado, so they must have been exposed to it there. Let's see, it's been 8 days since I had any contact, so I think all is well.
Hello, Sneakers. I bought a roll of 100 Forever Stamps just before they went up in price. I already had 13 left from my last roll. At the rate I use stamps, they might last longer than I do. That's a sobering thought. Forever Stamps are a good name for them!
Hey, Uncle. Glad you had an enjoyable time in Ontario. The Toronto Aquarium sounds like a place where you could lose all sense of time. Think of all the back up systems they must have in place to keep the fish healthy. Before I retired, our second graders went to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn every year, and it sounds very similar. I was always waiting for an invitation, but alas, no such luck 😢. What a shame about the wildfires in Jasper National Park. But they'll give some of the young growth a chance to thrive. We had some smoky smell and milky looking skies last week, but not sure which fire(s) it came from. Nothing like last year though.
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Post by Unclebal on Jul 28, 2024 16:42:58 GMT -5
My cat is sleeping very close to me when I go to bed. Doesn't want me to disappear again, I guess. I'll be leaving town this Friday, for the yearly family reunion. So she will have to do without me again, but not for as long this time. soutxed, still haven't seen a Blue Jays game in person. I've been hoping the Jays would keep losing, so they will get a new manager. Like Don Mattingly who is their bench coach, but it hasn't happen yet. Seeing they were going to play the Rangers, I thought they would lose some, but that was not to be. lorando (NW PA), one problem with Ripley's Aquarium, being summer, it was somewhat crowded and lots of children. But you could get lost in there. Mind you, there were lots of exit signs, but you didn't really exit. They could have been "walk this way" signs. It is too bad about Jasper National Park. One third of the Jasper townsite has been destroyed by the wildfires. They say the fire will continue for a few months. Take care everyone.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jul 28, 2024 18:58:26 GMT -5
Hello, Sneakers. I bought a roll of 100 Forever Stamps just before they went up in price. I already had 13 left from my last roll. At the rate I use stamps, they might last longer than I do. That's a sobering thought. Forever Stamps are a good name for them! I am still going strong on the roll that I bought early in 2018, well before we got hit with Bidenflation and twice a year rate increases. I have wondered how much that roll of 100 cost. I have got the E-statements back to 2011 but it seems like a lot of work. The proverbial needle in the haystack.
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Post by edindetroit on Jul 28, 2024 21:27:15 GMT -5
We didn't get any mail yesterday and for today we have on tap a letter for AJ and a bag of mail-order pills that were the result of Monday afternoon's pdoc telemedicine visit. Will you still be eligible for pdoc when Medicare ends it at the end of the year?
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Post by patty7841 on Jul 28, 2024 22:06:22 GMT -5
Ed: Do you state that Medicare is eliminating primary care docs for next year? So much will be disappearing next year, the following year, etc.
Sneakers: You should elevate your left leg if it is swollen. I hope your toe is not infected. Good luck with that. That is too bad that Michelle does not have a license. Gee, no one in the household has a license but AJ and you (and you cannot drive anymore). It is tough on AJ.
Soutxed: Glad that your son's death certificate is on its way. It took long enough. So now your DIL can move and get the benefits she deserves.
Uncle: So glad that you had a good time. The aquarium would have been my favorite part of the trip. I wish they had aquariums that were closer to me than Boston. I never go to the city. You are busy. You will be leaving again for a family reunion!!! How nice. Enjoy yourself.
lorando: Wow!!!!! You bought 100 stamps? That is a lot. I hardly use stamps. If I mail most things, I use a stamp (never often though). However, the last letter to a credit card company and a co-pay money order went certified mail. Now that is expensive but I have to make sure the envelopes get to their destination.
Have a good week Everyone!!
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