Room For All

[Redbaron]

Good morning! Happy Wednesday! We gather around the Coffee Cart in spirit, for tea, coffee and muffins, as well as to converse about e-books, readers and library fines, as well as whatever else comes to mind. All is ready, all are welcome, C'mon in and join in the chats!

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[Luce NDs]

And on a NU turn virtue-AL books may vaporize faster than paper, or stone --- Freud on things carved into a stoned mine(d) ... willies and desires can do that to yah as defined in anther thread about cynics ... and the world moves on to a NU daze! Spectacularism drives many folk to an early failure ...

Alas I was not supposed to speak of such cults ...

 

[paradox3]

Hey everybody. Please be alert for tripping hazards on sidewalks. I fell on one a few days ago. The concrete blocks can easily raise and end up at a different grade levels. I think the roots of trees are often responsible.

I am noticing this everywhere now!

Thankfully I was fine after the tumble.

Two guys in a janitorial services truck did a U-turn and came over to assist. It was so kind of them and much appreciated

 

[Waterfall]

Hey everybody. Please be alert for tripping hazards on sidewalks. I fell on one a few days ago. The concrete blocks can easily raise and end up at a different grade levels. I think the roots of trees are often responsible.

I am noticing this everywhere now!

Thankfully I was fine after the tumble.

Two guys in a janitorial services truck did a U-turn and came over to assist. It was so kind of them and much appreciated

Thanks for the reminder, hope you're okay and no bruises.

 

[Waterfall]

I hope everyone is okay out east, Nova Scotia received quite an historical snowfall. Some of the pictures show an epic amount of snow.
Let us know how you're doing.

 

[Northwind]

I'm glad you are unscathed after your fall Paradox.

This is an early day for me. Biopsy day has arrived. I also have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. Hopefully that means I'll start my new meds soon. Like tomorrow?

 

[Nancy]

Do you use your phone or other device?

I use my i-pad, but also my phone. I think it is cool to have a book always with me because it is on my phone. The print is better on the i-pad, so that's what I read when I'm home.

Glad you got some help after your fall @paradox3. I fell early in the season, and had a devil of a time getting back up, so now I walk with poles if it is the least bit slippery.

 

[Mendalla]

I use my i-pad, but also my phone. I think it is cool to have a book always with me because it is on my phone. The print is better on the i-pad, so that's what I read when I'm home.

I use an old Asus Android tablet for reading. I have Libby and Hoopla on it, both for library borrowing, and then the Scientific American app since I have a electronic subscription. Plus a generic epub/pdf reader called Readera that I can use for other books, e.g. stuff I grab from Project Gutenberg.

 

[Delightful Life]

Hey everybody. Please be alert for tripping hazards on sidewalks. I fell on one a few days ago. The concrete blocks can easily raise and end up at a different grade levels. I think the roots of trees are often responsible.

I am noticing this everywhere now!

Thankfully I was fine after the tumble.

Two guys in a janitorial services truck did a U-turn and came over to assist. It was so kind of them and much appreciated

Where'd you land?

Glad it wasn't a lipstand

Coming up to my new home I tripped on a flagstone and fell on my right elbow and skinned my knee through my thick pants with no rip -- weird how that can happen. My hips were sore for a day after lol

 

[paradox3]

Where'd you land?

I fell forward onto the grass beside the sidewalk. I bent my elbows and held my hands in front of my chest. Most of the weight went through my forearms.

My face came close to the ground but I didn't hit it.

Glad it wasn't a lipstand

That would have been worse.

Coming up to my new home I tripped on a flagstone and fell on my right elbow and skinned my knee through my thick pants with no rip -- weird how that can happen. My hips were sore for a day after lol

I have some sore muscles but nothing very significant

 

[KayTheCurler]

Soothing pats to those who have fallen - those who fell in the past - and those who will fall in the future. It hurts! I managed to break the same wrist twice several years apart and now have arthritis in it.

 

[paradox3]

Ouch @KayTheCurler

 

[Northwind]

My hamstrings twinge at the idea of falling. Falls happen so quickly.

So the biopsy didn't happen today. The radiologist came in and looked at the ultrasound images etc amd said he wouldn't be able to do it safely. I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. Apparently there are other ways to get the information

 

[Mendalla]

No recent falls here but it's a perpetual worry with me. I am clumsy at the best of times and age is not helping my coordination or sense of balance so it is definitely something I am becoming more conscious of.

 

[JayneWonders]

Wow, that can be frustrating Northwind; however, glad that he was cautious.

 

[Northwind]

Wow, that can be frustrating Northwind; however, glad that he was cautious.

I'm feeling okay about it. I guess I'm in a "roll with it" mode. I just read the report from last weeks abdominal ultrasound that was written by a different radiologist. He thought the lesion would be accessible. That being said, I don't know what zone x or zone y means on the report. I'll ask the doctor today

I have a whole new appreciation for one day at a time

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

Report from NS: where I live, we got “ only” 30 cm, which with snow drifts still closed some roads out in the open. No power outages here. Different story up in Cape Breton, where they had up to 150 cm and are still digging out on side streets. The radio is full of nice stories of people helping each other and a a story of 100 guests stuck in a hotel for the weekend with two hockey teams who ended up shovelling snow for others and serving in the dining room. I was glad I got my snowblower out in time- when we had the last storm aI had it in the shed with the lock frozen. The snowdrift in front of it was up to my son’s hips when he blew me a path to the back door.

 

[KayTheCurler]

Ouch @KayTheCurler

It isn't fun, but several other joints are bothersome too. Getting older seems to have more challenges than I was aware of back in the day.

 

[paradox3]

It isn't fun, but several other joints are bothersome too. Getting older seems to have more challenges than I was aware of back in the day.

Isn't that the truth?

 

[Delightful Life]

If we could all be like her

Stronger
Faster