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Julie Bove
Nov 16, 2012, 5:07:34 AM11/16/12
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That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds. Gah! I'm not
even picking up on clues about it either. Noticed that my fingers and feet
were swollen but never dawned on me why. BG was up this morning but then I
had a hypo before dinner. So that was kind of weird.
Still haven't heard back from the Endo. about the thyroid but I did have a
weird thing happen. Or perhaps I should say that it wasn't weird at all but
just annoyingly typical. Called the pharmacy to make sure that the Drs.
office transferred Angela's and my prescriptions over. Nope. They did not.
But the person on the phone told me brightly that the Dr. *did* just send in
a prescription for me. I was hoping at least that it would be a thyroid
med. Nope. Simvastatin...again! I have seen my chart. There is a note
there that statins are a severe allergen for me. The Dr. even said that he
discussed my case with the med manufacturer. Not for Simvastatin but
whatever newer med me put me on. Name escapes me but I did say that I was
brain dead. Didn't I? I feel that way anyway...
Eyes are bugging the peewaddins out of me. Not sure there is anything I can
do until I *do* hear back about the thyroid. I suppose it still could be
blepharitis if in fact it was that to begin with. But the Bacitracin that
was prescribed is making them instantly bright red and very irritated. Not
sure I should continue with it. I bought some Similislan OTC Pink Eye drops
and they bring immediate relief and take the redness down to pink. Warm
compresses seem to help too.
And I am still freezing. Would sure like to feel better!
even picking up on clues about it either. Noticed that my fingers and feet
were swollen but never dawned on me why. BG was up this morning but then I
had a hypo before dinner. So that was kind of weird.
Still haven't heard back from the Endo. about the thyroid but I did have a
weird thing happen. Or perhaps I should say that it wasn't weird at all but
just annoyingly typical. Called the pharmacy to make sure that the Drs.
office transferred Angela's and my prescriptions over. Nope. They did not.
But the person on the phone told me brightly that the Dr. *did* just send in
a prescription for me. I was hoping at least that it would be a thyroid
med. Nope. Simvastatin...again! I have seen my chart. There is a note
there that statins are a severe allergen for me. The Dr. even said that he
discussed my case with the med manufacturer. Not for Simvastatin but
whatever newer med me put me on. Name escapes me but I did say that I was
brain dead. Didn't I? I feel that way anyway...
Eyes are bugging the peewaddins out of me. Not sure there is anything I can
do until I *do* hear back about the thyroid. I suppose it still could be
blepharitis if in fact it was that to begin with. But the Bacitracin that
was prescribed is making them instantly bright red and very irritated. Not
sure I should continue with it. I bought some Similislan OTC Pink Eye drops
and they bring immediate relief and take the redness down to pink. Warm
compresses seem to help too.
And I am still freezing. Would sure like to feel better!
mainframetech
Nov 16, 2012, 9:11:31 AM11/16/12
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to do that. Put note on refrigerator for the morning? Works for
me...:)
Good Luck,
Chris
bj
Nov 16, 2012, 11:17:34 AM11/16/12
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mainframetech <mainfr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 5:07 am, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds. Gah!
>
> On Nov 16, 5:07 am, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds. Gah!
>
> For remembering...tie string on finger? But you'd have to remember
> to do that. Put note on refrigerator for the morning? Works for
> me...:)
>
> Good Luck,
> Chris
Notes on bathroom mirror &/or my logbook &/or the kitchen counter is what I
> to do that. Put note on refrigerator for the morning? Works for
> me...:)
>
> Good Luck,
> Chris
do. &/Or on my keyboard for something that needs to be done online.
I use a *lot* of sticky-notes! I have packs of them (& pens) all over the
house handy for writing notes as I think of them.
bj
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 16, 2012, 11:38:51 AM11/16/12
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Na rijp beraad schreef bj :
Post-it on my bg-meter: I'll encounter that anyway. Post-it on bathroom
mirror works also okay with me (or husband).
BTW are post-its the same as sticky notes?
m.
mirror works also okay with me (or husband).
BTW are post-its the same as sticky notes?
m.
BessieBee
Nov 16, 2012, 3:00:08 PM11/16/12
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On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
--
BessieBee
Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Julie Bove
Nov 16, 2012, 5:57:38 PM11/16/12
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school bus schedule. The others I just seem to lose.
Julie Bove
Nov 16, 2012, 5:59:32 PM11/16/12
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when and if I see if and when I take my pills. Not sure the meter would
work either. Because I normally test, write down my numbers and dose(s) and
then shoot the insulin. Then eat. Then take the pills. This morning I
made sure to take the pills before I ate.
Post It is a brand for sticky notes.
Julie Bove
Nov 16, 2012, 6:00:28 PM11/16/12
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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>
> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>
> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 16, 2012, 6:01:30 PM11/16/12
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Na rijp beraad schreef Julie Bove :
Then they lost their stickiness.
M.
M.
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 16, 2012, 6:06:49 PM11/16/12
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Julie Bove schreef :
You dont have a cellphone? I had to get used to it, but I take it with
me wherever I go. Putting it in one of my pockets, or when no pockets
are there: put it in a little holder, then clip that on the waistband
of the pants.
M.
me wherever I go. Putting it in one of my pockets, or when no pockets
are there: put it in a little holder, then clip that on the waistband
of the pants.
M.
BessieBee
Nov 16, 2012, 6:22:21 PM11/16/12
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work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
your routine?
Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their pens?
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 16, 2012, 6:52:43 PM11/16/12
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BessieBee gebruikte zijn klavier om te schrijven :
M.
> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't work
> for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or your
> routine?
Julie complains of braindeadness, so..
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't work
> for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or your
> routine?
>
> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their pens?
Sheesh, waddya THINKING lol
> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their pens?
M.
Wes Groleau
Nov 16, 2012, 9:37:42 PM11/16/12
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On 11-16-2012 15:00, BessieBee wrote:
> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>
> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
Every night before I go to sleep, I make sure the ringer is on and at
> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>
> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
full volume. This morning, I woke up an hour after I should have been
at work. Checked the phone--volume OFF. I remember checking it the
night before, but ....
Shhh!! It happens.
--
Wes Groleau
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise according to his own conceit.
— Solomon
Are you saying there's no good way to answer a fool?
— Groleau
Wes Groleau
Nov 16, 2012, 9:40:43 PM11/16/12
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On 11-16-2012 18:01, Maya Zuiderweg wrote:
>> The only sticky notes I use are the ones with my insulin dose and
>> Angela's school bus schedule. The others I just seem to lose.
>
> Then they lost their stickiness.
I use stinky notes.
>> The only sticky notes I use are the ones with my insulin dose and
>> Angela's school bus schedule. The others I just seem to lose.
>
> Then they lost their stickiness.
So if their sticky fails, I still know they're there.
--
Wes Groleau
“Ideas are more powerful than guns,
We would not let our enemies have guns;
why should we let them have ideas?”
— Jozef Stalin
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 2:28:33 AM11/17/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never clip anything on
the waistband of my pants. People who know me know better than to call my
cell phone because I keep it for emergency use only. I hate cell phones!
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 2:29:53 AM11/17/12
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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>> beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
> your routine?
>
Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>> beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
> your routine?
>
that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
phone or even have it with me at meal time.
> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
> pens?
going to change my insulin.
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 2:30:36 AM11/17/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 2:31:12 AM11/17/12
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"Wes Groleau" <Grolea...@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
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> On 11-16-2012 15:00, BessieBee wrote:
>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>
>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>
> Every night before I go to sleep, I make sure the ringer is on and at full
> volume. This morning, I woke up an hour after I should have been at work.
> Checked the phone--volume OFF. I remember checking it the night before,
> but ....
>
> Shhh!! It happens.
That reminds me! I need to plug mine in.
>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>
>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>
> Every night before I go to sleep, I make sure the ringer is on and at full
> volume. This morning, I woke up an hour after I should have been at work.
> Checked the phone--volume OFF. I remember checking it the night before,
> but ....
>
> Shhh!! It happens.
Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 2:52:07 AM11/17/12
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On 11/16/2012 3:22 PM, BessieBee wrote:
> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>> beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
> work for you or your family.
Damn it, woman! How many times are you going to respond to her brain
> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>
>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>> beautifully!
>>
>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>
>>
> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
> work for you or your family.
dead posts?
Julie and some regulars here are just as bad as Chung and the nut jobs
who have to respond to him a hundred times a day to show how crazy he is.
All that's missing is righteous ranting Randy with 22 abstracts on the
latest studies on brain deadness...
Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 2:52:21 AM11/17/12
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On 11/16/2012 6:37 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 11-16-2012 15:00, BessieBee wrote:
>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>
>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>
> Every night before I go to sleep, I make sure the ringer is on and at
> full volume. This morning, I woke up an hour after I should have been
> at work. Checked the phone--volume OFF. I remember checking it the
> night before, but ....
>
> Shhh!! It happens.
>
But only to brain dead people.
> On 11-16-2012 15:00, BessieBee wrote:
>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>
>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works beautifully!
>
> Every night before I go to sleep, I make sure the ringer is on and at
> full volume. This morning, I woke up an hour after I should have been
> at work. Checked the phone--volume OFF. I remember checking it the
> night before, but ....
>
> Shhh!! It happens.
>
Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 2:52:37 AM11/17/12
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On 11/16/2012 3:52 PM, Maya Zuiderweg wrote:
> BessieBee gebruikte zijn klavier om te schrijven :
>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>
>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>> beautifully!
>>>
>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>
>>>
>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything*
>> won't work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to
>> you or your routine?
> Julie complains of braindeadness, so..
Totally uncalled for comment!
> BessieBee gebruikte zijn klavier om te schrijven :
>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>
>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>> beautifully!
>>>
>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>
>>>
>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything*
>> won't work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to
>> you or your routine?
> Julie complains of braindeadness, so..
Not brain dead enough for asd!!
Get ouuta here!!!
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 3:56:20 AM11/17/12
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make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 5:22:07 AM11/17/12
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long distance from my landline, saving money, and use the cell phone
exclusively for making LD calls without paying any additional fees for
that service of making calls. I haven't used the alarm function on it
yet, but intend to figure that aspect out over this weekend. The camera
function works rather well as a "free" feature.
Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
any benefit to balance it out.
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 5:29:40 AM11/17/12
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On 11/17/2012 1:29 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>
>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>> beautifully!
>>>
>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>
>>>
>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>> your routine?
>>
> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
From what you have told us your home is so small you should be able to
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>
>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>> beautifully!
>>>
>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I probably
>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>
>>>
>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>> your routine?
>>
> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
hear an alarm from anywhere in the house.
>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>> pens?
>
> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr. is
> going to change my insulin.
wouldn't matter. Are you saying that you couldn't learn to use a
different group of colors? Is that your next insurmountable hurdle? Have
you learned to read the names on the pens? It is really a shame that the
world doesn't revolve around you. I'm sure the rest of us would have no
trouble acclimating. :-)
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 5:39:30 AM11/17/12
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or even 3 separate devices. I don't guess elementary logic is in the
Wes book of life solutions to simple problems, that also incorporates
that none of those separate devices relies on setting more than a
single function.
"My dog ate the homework" is of the same caliber as the excuse above.
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 5:49:03 AM11/17/12
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"outsider" <outs...@sometime.individual.net> wrote in message
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hurricane hit, the cell towers were down for about a week. So he had no
phone at all. I am not willing to take that risk. Plus... I hate talking
on the cell phone. The connection is not necessarily good and the phone is
just too small. Plus the jury is still out as to whether or not they cause
brain damage. I don't know if I have an alarm or not. I don't use that or
any camera. I don't pay extra for long distance on my landline either.
>
> Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
> any benefit to balance it out.
Whatever.
> Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
> any benefit to balance it out.
Julie Bove
Nov 17, 2012, 5:51:01 AM11/17/12
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talking, I sometimes can't hear it. I can't hear it if I am sleeping.
>>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>>> pens?
>>
>> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr.
>> is
>> going to change my insulin.
>
> But if pens were all different colors based on the variety of content that
> wouldn't matter. Are you saying that you couldn't learn to use a
> different group of colors? Is that your next insurmountable hurdle? Have
> you learned to read the names on the pens? It is really a shame that the
> world doesn't revolve around you. I'm sure the rest of us would have no
> trouble acclimating. :-)
The pens that I got mixed up are exactly the same color. The labels are
very similar too. They should at least make the label look drastically
different. But they did not. I am probably the only one on this cockamamie
regime as well.
> On 11/17/2012 1:29 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>>> beautifully!
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I
>>>> probably
>>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>> your routine?
>>>
>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>
> From what you have told us your home is so small you should be able to
> hear an alarm from anywhere in the house.
>
I doubt it. Not if the phone is in my purse. If the TV is on or someone is
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/16/2012 5:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:k8660i$ao7$1...@dont-email.me...
>>>>> On 11/16/2012 4:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> That's two days in a row now that I forgot my morning meds.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a calendar and a clock w/alarm on my phone. I'll set either a
>>>>> calendar reminder or an alarm to remind me of things. Works
>>>>> beautifully!
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't work for me because I don't eat at the same time and I
>>>> probably
>>>> wouldn't hear the alarm. I am not always near my phone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>> your routine?
>>>
>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>
> From what you have told us your home is so small you should be able to
> hear an alarm from anywhere in the house.
>
talking, I sometimes can't hear it. I can't hear it if I am sleeping.
>>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>>> pens?
>>
>> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr.
>> is
>> going to change my insulin.
>
> But if pens were all different colors based on the variety of content that
> wouldn't matter. Are you saying that you couldn't learn to use a
> different group of colors? Is that your next insurmountable hurdle? Have
> you learned to read the names on the pens? It is really a shame that the
> world doesn't revolve around you. I'm sure the rest of us would have no
> trouble acclimating. :-)
very similar too. They should at least make the label look drastically
different. But they did not. I am probably the only one on this cockamamie
regime as well.
Trawley Trash
Nov 17, 2012, 8:50:45 AM11/17/12
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:28:33 -0800
"Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
> only. I hate cell phones!
Me too! But I have a cheap Android phone on pay-as-you-go. I almost
"Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
> only. I hate cell phones!
never talk on it, but the alarm function is wonderful. It doesn't
cost anything.
Chris Malcolm
Nov 17, 2012, 10:03:49 AM11/17/12
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making phone calls on a landline phone either. But I do find my small
cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
me. The most useful things it does are
1) when I'm standing at a bus stop it can tell me exactly when the
next buses are due to arrvive, not according to the hopeful timetable,
but according to where the buses really are. As a pensioner in
socialist Scotland I have a free bus pass so that's very handy.
2) I use the timer a lot for cooking, very handy indeed. And my wife
finds I can look up recipes with it faster than she can find one in
the books on her cookery shelves.
3) Out and about it functions as a very knowledgeable GPS unit which
can tell me where I am and devise plans for how to get where I want to
go by foot, bus, car, train, ferry, etc..
4) In shops I can look up the prices and specifications of alleged
bargains on the web. If I decide to buy the bargain in the shop many
shops will price match a web price and accept the phone display as
evidence.
5) I no longer take notes of concerts I might want to hear, films
to see, books to buy, places to visit, etc., I just take a photo of
the details with the camera.
6) I'm a photographer and often find what could be a good
photograph if the sun were in a certain position. I can point the
phone at where I'd like the sun to be and it will tell me when that
will happen. I can even see easily see whether or not it will then be
high enough to clear the top of a tall building.
I don't like cell phones, hardly ever use them. But this device is a
small general purpose portable permanently web-connected computer. I
can sit in a cafe and check my email with it. It does so happen that
along with all these very useful functions you can also use it as a
phone.
--
Chris Malcolm
Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 10:40:31 AM11/17/12
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just like my post did.
But then *you* really aren't the problem. Just like Chung isn't the
problem. Both of you can't help what you are doing.
The problem are those who respond to you, because after all those years
they should know that advising you is a waste of time.
Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 10:41:05 AM11/17/12
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Don Roberto
Nov 17, 2012, 10:42:00 AM11/17/12
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BessieBee
Nov 17, 2012, 11:51:32 AM11/17/12
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On 11/17/2012 1:29 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>> your routine?
>>
> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on
your health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>
>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>> pens?
>
> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr. is
> going to change my insulin.
>
And what if the new insulin has the same color pen as your old one?
>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>> pens?
>
> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr. is
> going to change my insulin.
>
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 12:04:11 PM11/17/12
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On 11/17/2012 4:49 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> My husband has only a cell phone. He is on Staten Island. When that
> hurricane hit, the cell towers were down for about a week. So he had no
> phone at all. I am not willing to take that risk.
Yea, well, the copper wired phone companies are going to be abandoning
> My husband has only a cell phone. He is on Staten Island. When that
> hurricane hit, the cell towers were down for about a week. So he had no
> phone at all. I am not willing to take that risk.
those expensive networks sooner than later. Folks like me, living in low
density population regions, aren't going to have much choice in the
matter. So your willingness may soon have little real effect.
http://tinyurl.com/atodjth
> Plus... I hate talking
> on the cell phone. The connection is not necessarily good and the phone is
> just too small.
using cellular towers. Besides, you're the one usually complaining
about not having space to store things because they're just too big!
> Plus the jury is still out as to whether or not they cause
> brain damage.
cases it is funny to contemplate. OTOH since it is your husband's
*only* telephone, one wonders why you would allow your primary
source of income to be placed in such jeopardy if, indeed, that's
a real concern to you.
> I don't know if I have an alarm or not.
> I don't use that or any camera.
> I don't pay extra for long distance on my landline either.
phone bill you have no idea whether that's true or not. As a minimum
there are, in many places, separate taxes for intrastate long distance
access and interstate long distance access. Based on the level of
attention you pay to most items in ordinary life, I doubt that you
actually have any idea about the individual elements of your
communications costs.
>>> "I hate cell phones."
>> Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
>> any benefit to balance it out.
>
> Whatever.
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 12:08:18 PM11/17/12
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fingernail polish that are available today? But perhaps they'll dry out
before you use them up, or you're allergic, or you don't like the
colors, or something.
outsider
Nov 17, 2012, 12:20:25 PM11/17/12
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On 11/17/2012 9:42 AM, Don Roberto wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkck51vQ3g
No question which is more interesting.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkck51vQ3g
No question which is more interesting.
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 17, 2012, 4:38:09 PM11/17/12
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Julie Bove heeft uiteengezet op 17-11-2012 :
They cant go anywhere if they are still sticky. They'll stick around.
M.
M.
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 17, 2012, 5:05:30 PM11/17/12
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Julie Bove heeft uiteengezet op 17-11-2012 :
M.("Darwin" at work)
Ozgirl
Nov 17, 2012, 5:17:51 PM11/17/12
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I have an iPhone, it goes everywhere with me as I don't have a home
phone anymore. Was paying for something we never used. I need to be
contactable at all times because of my disabled child and I like it in
the car in case. My other 6 kids phone, text and send photos everyday
and my youngest 3 sons and myself all have an app that can share where
one of us is as any given moment. It is also my alarm ;)
"Trawley Trash" <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:lahkn9-...@jester.gnet...
phone anymore. Was paying for something we never used. I need to be
contactable at all times because of my disabled child and I like it in
the car in case. My other 6 kids phone, text and send photos everyday
and my youngest 3 sons and myself all have an app that can share where
one of us is as any given moment. It is also my alarm ;)
"Trawley Trash" <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:lahkn9-...@jester.gnet...
MI
Nov 17, 2012, 6:47:25 PM11/17/12
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On 11/17/12 7:03 AM, in article agpnal...@mid.individual.net, "Chris
for sun position? I'm a photographer, too. Usually don't like bright sunny
days, but sometimes I want it.
Thanks in advance.
--
Martha
--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ne...@netfront.net ---
Wes Groleau
Nov 17, 2012, 7:38:46 PM11/17/12
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On 11-17-2012 03:56, Julie Bove wrote:
> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I don't
--
Wes Groleau
“A man with an experience is never
at the mercy of a man with an argument.”
— Ron Allen
> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I don't
> make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
And yet you waste time replying to the troll that thinks he's a Don.
--
Wes Groleau
“A man with an experience is never
at the mercy of a man with an argument.”
— Ron Allen
Bjørn Steensrud
Nov 17, 2012, 12:52:22 PM11/17/12
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Hmm - If my old Noka E66 could play an alarm like that, it would force me to
go take my pills -
go take my pills -
Bjørn Steensrud
Nov 17, 2012, 12:54:29 PM11/17/12
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afterwards.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:37:06 AM11/18/12
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"Trawley Trash" <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:lahkn9-...@jester.gnet...
work for my pills. Because I don't take them at the same time each day.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:44:11 AM11/18/12
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"Chris Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:agpnal...@mid.individual.net...
> Trawley Trash <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:28:33 -0800
>> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
>>> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
>>> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
>>> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
>>> only. I hate cell phones!
>
>> Me too! But I have a cheap Android phone on pay-as-you-go. I almost
>> never talk on it, but the alarm function is wonderful. It doesn't
>> cost anything.
>
> I don't like making calls on my cell phone. In fact I don't like
> making phone calls on a landline phone either. But I do find my small
> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
> me. The most useful things it does are
>
I don't have a Smart phone and couldn't afford the monthly charges.
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:28:33 -0800
>> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
>>> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
>>> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
>>> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
>>> only. I hate cell phones!
>
>> Me too! But I have a cheap Android phone on pay-as-you-go. I almost
>> never talk on it, but the alarm function is wonderful. It doesn't
>> cost anything.
>
> I don't like making calls on my cell phone. In fact I don't like
> making phone calls on a landline phone either. But I do find my small
> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
> me. The most useful things it does are
>
> 1) when I'm standing at a bus stop it can tell me exactly when the
> next buses are due to arrvive, not according to the hopeful timetable,
> but according to where the buses really are. As a pensioner in
> socialist Scotland I have a free bus pass so that's very handy.
>
> 2) I use the timer a lot for cooking, very handy indeed. And my wife
> finds I can look up recipes with it faster than she can find one in
> the books on her cookery shelves.
is never in the kitchen.
>
> 3) Out and about it functions as a very knowledgeable GPS unit which
> can tell me where I am and devise plans for how to get where I want to
> go by foot, bus, car, train, ferry, etc..
I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
> 3) Out and about it functions as a very knowledgeable GPS unit which
> can tell me where I am and devise plans for how to get where I want to
> go by foot, bus, car, train, ferry, etc..
pretty useless.
>
> 4) In shops I can look up the prices and specifications of alleged
> bargains on the web. If I decide to buy the bargain in the shop many
> shops will price match a web price and accept the phone display as
> evidence.
I do most of my shopping online. So that wouldn't be of help to me.
> 4) In shops I can look up the prices and specifications of alleged
> bargains on the web. If I decide to buy the bargain in the shop many
> shops will price match a web price and accept the phone display as
> evidence.
>
> 5) I no longer take notes of concerts I might want to hear, films
> to see, books to buy, places to visit, etc., I just take a photo of
> the details with the camera.
I don't go to concerts. I don't really visit places. I buy most of my
> 5) I no longer take notes of concerts I might want to hear, films
> to see, books to buy, places to visit, etc., I just take a photo of
> the details with the camera.
books online.
>
> 6) I'm a photographer and often find what could be a good
> photograph if the sun were in a certain position. I can point the
> phone at where I'd like the sun to be and it will tell me when that
> will happen. I can even see easily see whether or not it will then be
> high enough to clear the top of a tall building.
Well... I rather dislike photographs. No offense. Just not into that
> 6) I'm a photographer and often find what could be a good
> photograph if the sun were in a certain position. I can point the
> phone at where I'd like the sun to be and it will tell me when that
> will happen. I can even see easily see whether or not it will then be
> high enough to clear the top of a tall building.
stuff. Unless it's a cute kitten.
>
> I don't like cell phones, hardly ever use them. But this device is a
> small general purpose portable permanently web-connected computer. I
> can sit in a cafe and check my email with it. It does so happen that
> along with all these very useful functions you can also use it as a
Still can't see why I would need it.
> I don't like cell phones, hardly ever use them. But this device is a
> small general purpose portable permanently web-connected computer. I
> can sit in a cafe and check my email with it. It does so happen that
> along with all these very useful functions you can also use it as a
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:48:06 AM11/18/12
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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> On 11/17/2012 1:29 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>
>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>> your routine?
>>>
>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>
> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on your
> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to *set* the
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>
>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>> your routine?
>>>
>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>
> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on your
> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am eating
my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And
even if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just take
the pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and then my
pills. And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the
door which is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's how I
usually forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
>>
>>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>>> pens?
>>
>> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr.
>> is
>> going to change my insulin.
>>
> And what if the new insulin has the same color pen as your old one?
I don't think I'll be using the old one. They're not adding something.
>>> Have you gotten your insulin manufacturer to change the color of their
>>> pens?
>>
>> Now and it's likely going to be a moot point for me soon because my Dr.
>> is
>> going to change my insulin.
>>
> And what if the new insulin has the same color pen as your old one?
They are changing what I use. And since I don't have the appointment until
Jan., I won't know till then.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:54:54 AM11/18/12
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those that use more than one like.
the kitchen. One is on my nightstand. And the one in the back house is
merely on a board on the wall.
take months to get a landline. I know. We lived there before. We had only
the cell phone for quite a while. and he is there temporarily. So...
Paying all that money to hook up a landline would be kind of silly. He
could come back here potentially as soon as Jan.
something works for someone else doesn't mean it will work for me. I could
just as easily or in my case not easily set an alarm clock. That wouldn't
work for me either!
Except for once in a while, Anglea's dance pics which I keep in my purse. I
mainly refer to them to show someone a costume that she had on. Usually a
new person to the dance studio who is wondering about the quality of the
costumes. And they are very high quality. They have their own seamstress
and she is very good.
pay a lot of taxes on the phone stuff. And surcharges and stuff. But I pay
a flat rate and there is no extra charge for long distance.
> On 11/17/2012 4:49 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> My husband has only a cell phone. He is on Staten Island. When that
>> hurricane hit, the cell towers were down for about a week. So he had no
>> phone at all. I am not willing to take that risk.
>
> Yea, well, the copper wired phone companies are going to be abandoning
> those expensive networks sooner than later. Folks like me, living in low
> density population regions, aren't going to have much choice in the
> matter. So your willingness may soon have little real effect.
I doubt that. Cell phones won't work for a lot of businesses. Especially
>
>> My husband has only a cell phone. He is on Staten Island. When that
>> hurricane hit, the cell towers were down for about a week. So he had no
>> phone at all. I am not willing to take that risk.
>
> Yea, well, the copper wired phone companies are going to be abandoning
> those expensive networks sooner than later. Folks like me, living in low
> density population regions, aren't going to have much choice in the
> matter. So your willingness may soon have little real effect.
those that use more than one like.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/atodjth
>
>> Plus... I hate talking
>> on the cell phone. The connection is not necessarily good and the phone
>> is
>> just too small.
>
> Your hardwired house phone could very soon be talking to the world
> using cellular towers. Besides, you're the one usually complaining
> about not having space to store things because they're just too big!
I don't store phones. I have two phone tables. One is on the counter in
> http://tinyurl.com/atodjth
>
>> Plus... I hate talking
>> on the cell phone. The connection is not necessarily good and the phone
>> is
>> just too small.
>
> Your hardwired house phone could very soon be talking to the world
> using cellular towers. Besides, you're the one usually complaining
> about not having space to store things because they're just too big!
the kitchen. One is on my nightstand. And the one in the back house is
merely on a board on the wall.
>
>> Plus the jury is still out as to whether or not they cause
>> brain damage.
>
> I know that some folks are really worried about that, but in most
> cases it is funny to contemplate. OTOH since it is your husband's
> *only* telephone, one wonders why you would allow your primary
> source of income to be placed in such jeopardy if, indeed, that's
> a real concern to you.
I can not control what he does. And he is on Staten Island where it can
>> Plus the jury is still out as to whether or not they cause
>> brain damage.
>
> I know that some folks are really worried about that, but in most
> cases it is funny to contemplate. OTOH since it is your husband's
> *only* telephone, one wonders why you would allow your primary
> source of income to be placed in such jeopardy if, indeed, that's
> a real concern to you.
take months to get a landline. I know. We lived there before. We had only
the cell phone for quite a while. and he is there temporarily. So...
Paying all that money to hook up a landline would be kind of silly. He
could come back here potentially as soon as Jan.
>
>> I don't know if I have an alarm or not.
>
> Well you paid for it if it is there.
So? I don't care if it's there or not. Not gonna use it. Just because
>> I don't know if I have an alarm or not.
>
> Well you paid for it if it is there.
something works for someone else doesn't mean it will work for me. I could
just as easily or in my case not easily set an alarm clock. That wouldn't
work for me either!
>
>> I don't use that or any camera.
>
> So it has a camera but they're evil?
No. I just am not into pictures. We have some. I never look at them.
>> I don't use that or any camera.
>
> So it has a camera but they're evil?
Except for once in a while, Anglea's dance pics which I keep in my purse. I
mainly refer to them to show someone a costume that she had on. Usually a
new person to the dance studio who is wondering about the quality of the
costumes. And they are very high quality. They have their own seamstress
and she is very good.
>
>> I don't pay extra for long distance on my landline either.
>
> Unless you either ask your phone company or carefully read a detailed
> phone bill you have no idea whether that's true or not. As a minimum
> there are, in many places, separate taxes for intrastate long distance
> access and interstate long distance access. Based on the level of
> attention you pay to most items in ordinary life, I doubt that you
> actually have any idea about the individual elements of your
> communications costs.
I know that it's true. I see the bill. Just saw it the other day. I do
>> I don't pay extra for long distance on my landline either.
>
> Unless you either ask your phone company or carefully read a detailed
> phone bill you have no idea whether that's true or not. As a minimum
> there are, in many places, separate taxes for intrastate long distance
> access and interstate long distance access. Based on the level of
> attention you pay to most items in ordinary life, I doubt that you
> actually have any idea about the individual elements of your
> communications costs.
pay a lot of taxes on the phone stuff. And surcharges and stuff. But I pay
a flat rate and there is no extra charge for long distance.
>
> >>> "I hate cell phones."
>
>>> Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
>>> any benefit to balance it out.
>>
>> Whatever.
>
> That's the obvious answer from you when you don't have a real answer.
So you say.
> >>> "I hate cell phones."
>
>>> Hate is such a useless function that always costs those who do without
>>> any benefit to balance it out.
>>
>> Whatever.
>
> That's the obvious answer from you when you don't have a real answer.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:58:11 AM11/18/12
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OMG! I have posted about this countless times before. Yes, I did! Didn't
work particularly well because for one thing the pens are a dark gray blue.
Only the brightest of colors work for that. And nail polish isn't cheap!
Well you can get the cheap kind but it is crap and requires many coats. And
because the caps are the exact same colors, I have accidentally put the
wrong cap on the wrong pen when I did put the nail polish on the cap.
Apparently you missed the whole tape fight that went on here recently. I
said that I tried stickers and they didn't work. Turns out those stickers
won't stick to anything. I tried some other stickers and they sort of work
but I had to use quite a lot of them on each pen and they didn't all stay
stuck. I don't think that I should have to go to those lengths though.
But... Whatever.
work particularly well because for one thing the pens are a dark gray blue.
Only the brightest of colors work for that. And nail polish isn't cheap!
Well you can get the cheap kind but it is crap and requires many coats. And
because the caps are the exact same colors, I have accidentally put the
wrong cap on the wrong pen when I did put the nail polish on the cap.
Apparently you missed the whole tape fight that went on here recently. I
said that I tried stickers and they didn't work. Turns out those stickers
won't stick to anything. I tried some other stickers and they sort of work
but I had to use quite a lot of them on each pen and they didn't all stay
stuck. I don't think that I should have to go to those lengths though.
But... Whatever.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 2:58:56 AM11/18/12
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"Bjørn Steensrud" <bjo...@skogkatt.homelinux.org> wrote in message
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constantly text messages me which is why it goes dead.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 3:00:41 AM11/18/12
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"Ozgirl" <are_we_t...@maccas.com> wrote in message
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>I have an iPhone, it goes everywhere with me as I don't have a home phone
>anymore. Was paying for something we never used. I need to be contactable
>at all times because of my disabled child and I like it in the car in case.
>My other 6 kids phone, text and send photos everyday and my youngest 3 sons
>and myself all have an app that can share where one of us is as any given
>moment. It is also my alarm ;)
My landline gets a lot of use. I could never afford an iphone. The phone
>anymore. Was paying for something we never used. I need to be contactable
>at all times because of my disabled child and I like it in the car in case.
>My other 6 kids phone, text and send photos everyday and my youngest 3 sons
>and myself all have an app that can share where one of us is as any given
>moment. It is also my alarm ;)
itself is not all that expensive...at least I don't think so. But here you
are required to purchase the monthly Internet for it. And that's what's
expensive.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 3:12:21 AM11/18/12
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I have no clue what he does. He has been in my KF for years.
asked for. And I don't think I ever will.
>
> The problem are those who respond to you, because after all those years
> they should know that advising you is a waste of time.
Well they should. I just don't get the giving of advice when it wasn't
> The problem are those who respond to you, because after all those years
> they should know that advising you is a waste of time.
asked for. And I don't think I ever will.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 3:12:42 AM11/18/12
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"Wes Groleau" <Grolea...@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
> On 11-17-2012 03:56, Julie Bove wrote:
>> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I
>> don't
>> make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
>
> And yet you waste time replying to the troll that thinks he's a Don.
What is that supposed to mean?
>> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I
>> don't
>> make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
>
> And yet you waste time replying to the troll that thinks he's a Don.
Chris Malcolm
Nov 18, 2012, 6:47:59 AM11/18/12
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MI <quilch...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> On 11/17/12 7:03 AM, in article agpnal...@mid.individual.net, "Chris
> Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 6) I'm a photographer and often find what could be a good
>> photograph if the sun were in a certain position. I can point the
>> phone at where I'd like the sun to be and it will tell me when that
>> will happen. I can even see easily see whether or not it will then be
>> high enough to clear the top of a tall building.
> On 11/17/12 7:03 AM, in article agpnal...@mid.individual.net, "Chris
> Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 6) I'm a photographer and often find what could be a good
>> photograph if the sun were in a certain position. I can point the
>> phone at where I'd like the sun to be and it will tell me when that
>> will happen. I can even see easily see whether or not it will then be
>> high enough to clear the top of a tall building.
> Chris, definitely off topic, but would you please post the app that you use
> for sun position? I'm a photographer, too. Usually don't like bright sunny
> days, but sometimes I want it.
There are several. The one I find most generally useful is Sun
> for sun position? I'm a photographer, too. Usually don't like bright sunny
> days, but sometimes I want it.
Surveyor.
--
Chris Malcolm
Chris Malcolm
Nov 18, 2012, 7:28:36 AM11/18/12
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Julie Bove <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
> "Chris Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> "Chris Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> 3) Out and about it functions as a very knowledgeable GPS unit which
>> can tell me where I am and devise plans for how to get where I want to
>> go by foot, bus, car, train, ferry, etc..
> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
> pretty useless.
Not the one I use. They may be referring to the iPhone apps which I
>> can tell me where I am and devise plans for how to get where I want to
>> go by foot, bus, car, train, ferry, etc..
> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
> pretty useless.
have seen seriously criticised. The standard Google GPS and mapping
app which comes supplied with every Android phone is so much better
than any other GPS unit I know that I've stopped using mine (I have
two) and people with GPS in their cars often ask me to navigate with
mine as backup for when their in-car GPS gets confused.
Google maps can show you superimposed on the road map all road
closures, diversions, traffic jams, slowdowns, etc. in real time. It's
more complete and faster updated than any of the official road closure
and diversion web sites or local radio traffic reports.
--
Chris Malcolm
Don Roberto
Nov 18, 2012, 9:00:54 AM11/18/12
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On 11/17/2012 4:38 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 11-17-2012 03:56, Julie Bove wrote:
>> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I
>> don't
>> make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
>
> And yet you waste time replying to the troll that thinks he's a Don.
>
I'm not getting to you, am I?
> On 11-17-2012 03:56, Julie Bove wrote:
>> How am*I* just as bad? I don't make that many new posts here and I
>> don't
>> make that many replies lately because I don't see much to reply to.
>
> And yet you waste time replying to the troll that thinks he's a Don.
>
BTW - Don is my first name and Roberto is my last name.
Bob is my nym.
Don Roberto
Nov 18, 2012, 9:01:29 AM11/18/12
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Trawley Trash
Nov 18, 2012, 9:34:43 AM11/18/12
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On 17 Nov 2012 15:03:49 GMT
Here the monthly charges are prohibitive for pensioners.
They tried to sock me with $50-$100 a month for unlimited
phone service I will never use and data I can get for free
at access points. I had to ignore what the salesmen told
me about required data services and activate the phone myself.
At home I use my lan connected to high-speed
cable. The cable company calls me regularly on my
cell phone (at 22 cents a minute) to try to sell me TV and
phone service I don't want for another $60 a month.
How much does you smartphone cost per month?
Chris Malcolm <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> But I do find my small
> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
> me. The most useful things it does are...
> But I do find my small
> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
Here the monthly charges are prohibitive for pensioners.
They tried to sock me with $50-$100 a month for unlimited
phone service I will never use and data I can get for free
at access points. I had to ignore what the salesmen told
me about required data services and activate the phone myself.
At home I use my lan connected to high-speed
cable. The cable company calls me regularly on my
cell phone (at 22 cents a minute) to try to sell me TV and
phone service I don't want for another $60 a month.
How much does you smartphone cost per month?
take...@nsiblityforyourlife.net
Nov 18, 2012, 11:52:03 AM11/18/12
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Your phone came with an instruction booklet, the same booklet can be
downloaded from your phone makers website, making it easier to read
and search.
The alarm on a smart phone is usually a part of the clock program.
Meaning it is all in one. On mine I have the clock, which I can also
set up to display multiple time zones, and countries all at one, a
timer, an alarm clock that I can program multiple alarms for, I have
15 set right now, and when they go off they display exactly what the
alarm is for, (example: Time for work) and a stop watch. All built
into the same app, preloaded at purchase of the phone.
Why should people waste their time trying to help you, if you are to
lazy to the read the manual? And to lazy to do what you need to do to
end the useless drama you create in your life?
The time for change in your life is long past due.
Cheri
Nov 18, 2012, 12:03:29 PM11/18/12
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<take...@nsiblityforyourlife.net> wrote in message
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> Why should people waste their time trying to help you, if you are to
> lazy to the read the manual? And to lazy to do what you need to do to
> end the useless drama you create in your life?
As opposed to writing several unhelpful paragraphs as a sockpuppet? I
consider THAT a huge waste of time!
Cheri
news:4h4ia8pcicgikbocb...@4ax.com...
> Why should people waste their time trying to help you, if you are to
> lazy to the read the manual? And to lazy to do what you need to do to
> end the useless drama you create in your life?
consider THAT a huge waste of time!
Cheri
feels...@rmeicreatemyowndrama.org
Nov 18, 2012, 12:16:47 PM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:12:21 -0800, "Julie Bove"
<juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> The problem are those who respond to you, because after all those years
>> they should know that advising you is a waste of time.
>
>Well they should. I just don't get the giving of advice when it wasn't
>asked for. And I don't think I ever will.
>
What are you really looking for when you post anything here?
<juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> The problem are those who respond to you, because after all those years
>> they should know that advising you is a waste of time.
>
>Well they should. I just don't get the giving of advice when it wasn't
>asked for. And I don't think I ever will.
>
Do...@nameaswellasatitle.org
Nov 18, 2012, 12:19:55 PM11/18/12
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is however used to seeing people with the same family names marrying
each other. What you get from that has nothing to do with me.
goo...@goober.org
Nov 18, 2012, 12:25:31 PM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:03:29 -0800, "Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com>
wrote:
As much as replying to someone you consider to be a sockpuppet?
wrote:
BessieBee
Nov 18, 2012, 12:58:35 PM11/18/12
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On 11/18/2012 6:28 AM, Chris Malcolm wrote:
> Google maps can show you superimposed on the road map all road
> closures, diversions, traffic jams, slowdowns, etc. in real time. It's
> more complete and faster updated than any of the official road closure
> and diversion web sites or local radio traffic reports.
>
What kind of drain is that on your phone's battery? Or, do you keep it
> Google maps can show you superimposed on the road map all road
> closures, diversions, traffic jams, slowdowns, etc. in real time. It's
> more complete and faster updated than any of the official road closure
> and diversion web sites or local radio traffic reports.
>
plugged in?
It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
--
BessieBee
Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
BessieBee
Nov 18, 2012, 1:08:14 PM11/18/12
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On 11/18/2012 1:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:k88fau$4er$1...@dont-email.me...
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
>> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
>> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on your
>> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>
> Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to *set* the
> alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am eating
> my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And
> even if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just take
> the pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and then my
> pills. And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the
> door which is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's how I
> usually forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
isn't brain dead.
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 18, 2012, 1:08:53 PM11/18/12
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Bjï¿œrn Steensrud heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
I have Samsung from 2000, it _does_ have an alarm: if you take the
trouble to find out which buttons when and where to click in, youre way
over time for your meds lol
M. (got an iPhone for a present on which I listen and watch old
muppetshows, Victor Borge, Peter Sellars, etc, great fun ;-))
trouble to find out which buttons when and where to click in, youre way
over time for your meds lol
M. (got an iPhone for a present on which I listen and watch old
muppetshows, Victor Borge, Peter Sellars, etc, great fun ;-))
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Nov 18, 2012, 1:20:18 PM11/18/12
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On 11/18/2012 12:14 PM, Susan wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
> called my "antique" phone) a Samsung Galaxy III. Love it.
>
> Susan
That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and
loves it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a
glass of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> On 11/18/2012 12:58 PM, BessieBee wrote:
>
>> It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>> don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>> heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
>>
>
> I looked at them both and chose (an upgrade from what Verizon's rep
> On 11/18/2012 12:58 PM, BessieBee wrote:
>
>> It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>> don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>> heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
>>
>
> called my "antique" phone) a Samsung Galaxy III. Love it.
>
> Susan
That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and
loves it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a
glass of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
outsider
Nov 18, 2012, 1:21:16 PM11/18/12
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outsider
Nov 18, 2012, 1:22:16 PM11/18/12
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outsider
Nov 18, 2012, 1:23:55 PM11/18/12
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On 11/18/2012 12:08 PM, BessieBee wrote:
> On 11/18/2012 1:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k88fau$4er$1...@dont-email.me...
>
>>> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
>>> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
>>> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on
>>> your
>>> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>>
>> Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to
>> *set* the
>> alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am
>> eating
>> my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And
>> even if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just
>> take
>> the pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and
>> then my
>> pills. And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the
>> door which is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's
>> how I
>> usually forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
>
>
> Well, then... Sounds like you have no choice but to hire a helper who
> isn't brain dead.
In case need can be proved, most US states provide that.
> On 11/18/2012 1:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>> news:k88fau$4er$1...@dont-email.me...
>
>>> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
>>> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
>>> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on
>>> your
>>> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>>
>> Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to
>> *set* the
>> alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am
>> eating
>> my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And
>> even if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just
>> take
>> the pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and
>> then my
>> pills. And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the
>> door which is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's
>> how I
>> usually forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
>
>
> Well, then... Sounds like you have no choice but to hire a helper who
> isn't brain dead.
Cheri
Nov 18, 2012, 1:26:45 PM11/18/12
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<goo...@goober.org> wrote in message
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No, less...much less, nothing worse than a *complaining* sock puppet.
Cheri
news:tb6ia89fo9nkkp3ig...@4ax.com...
Cheri
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Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 18, 2012, 1:40:08 PM11/18/12
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Julie Bove drukte met precisie uit :
insulin?
When I read the above: "an alarm wouldnt help" I understand completely,
because I also have different times for taking meds, i.e. differing
from day to day.
What keeps me from forgetting (not always, but mostly) is my having to
take bg-readings. According to what I measure I take insulin, Movicol,
eat, or I wait for some minutes and measure again. I write the results
of the measurement on a post-it, which I stick on the etui of my
bg-meter, also noting (with abbreviations) which med I took.
Pancrease is a tad more difficult, I have to take it _during_ a meal
(any meal). I came up with an egg-alarm, costs next to nothing, I set
it at the beginning of the meal on 5 minutes, I start eating, when it
goes off I take the Pancrease.
M.
> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:k88fau$4er$1...@dont-email.me...
> news:k88fau$4er$1...@dont-email.me...
>> On 11/17/2012 1:29 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>> news:k86hro$knu$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> "BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
>>
>>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>>> your routine?
>>>>
>>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>>
>>>> Dammit, woman! You have an excuse for why absolutely *everything* won't
>>>> work for you or your family. Do you ever try something "new" to you or
>>>> your routine?
>>>>
>>> Of course I try new things. But I can tell just by seeing that on paper
>>> that it wouldn't work for me. It's not like I sit around next to my cell
>>> phone or even have it with me at meal time.
>>
>> And you're perfectly unwilling to make a small change in your routine to
>> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
>> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on your
>> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>
> Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to *set* the
> alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am eating
> my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And even
> if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just take the
> pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and then my pills.
> And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the door which
> is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's how I usually
> forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
Julie, what I dont get is: are you talking about only pills or also
>> solve a problem that *could* have an impact on your health. Which is
>> worse, your dislike of a cell phone or risking the negative impact on your
>> health when you "forget" to take your meds?
>
> Again... An alarm wouldn't help me! First of all I would have to *set* the
> alarm. I'm not a psychic. How am I supposed to know what time I am eating
> my breakfast the next day? I don't! Each day is different for me. And even
> if the alarm did go off? Then what? It's not like I could just take the
> pills right then. Because I usually take my insulin first and then my pills.
> And if I get something like a phone call or someone comes to the door which
> is often the case, then I forget what I am doing and that's how I usually
> forget to take my pills. An alarm isn't going to stop that.
insulin?
When I read the above: "an alarm wouldnt help" I understand completely,
because I also have different times for taking meds, i.e. differing
from day to day.
What keeps me from forgetting (not always, but mostly) is my having to
take bg-readings. According to what I measure I take insulin, Movicol,
eat, or I wait for some minutes and measure again. I write the results
of the measurement on a post-it, which I stick on the etui of my
bg-meter, also noting (with abbreviations) which med I took.
Pancrease is a tad more difficult, I have to take it _during_ a meal
(any meal). I came up with an egg-alarm, costs next to nothing, I set
it at the beginning of the meal on 5 minutes, I start eating, when it
goes off I take the Pancrease.
M.
KROM
Nov 18, 2012, 2:17:53 PM11/18/12
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galaxy s 3 is the best phone out there right now and everyone is selling it
very cheap or free black Friday..
KROM
"Susan" wrote in message news:agsnp2...@mid.individual.net...
x-no-archive: yes
On 11/18/2012 1:20 PM, BessieBee wrote:
> That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and loves
> it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a glass
> of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
>
Tom has had an HTC Incredible (lost it on a golf course) that he loved,
and now a Motorola RAZR MAXX that he bought for battery life that he
thinks is just too big. He likes the Galaxy better than either of thoee.
The guys in the Verizon store strongly recommended the Galaxy over any
of them, and it was cheaper than the IPhone as an upgrade.
Susan
very cheap or free black Friday..
KROM
"Susan" wrote in message news:agsnp2...@mid.individual.net...
x-no-archive: yes
On 11/18/2012 1:20 PM, BessieBee wrote:
> That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and loves
> it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a glass
> of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
>
and now a Motorola RAZR MAXX that he bought for battery life that he
thinks is just too big. He likes the Galaxy better than either of thoee.
The guys in the Verizon store strongly recommended the Galaxy over any
of them, and it was cheaper than the IPhone as an upgrade.
Susan
th...@neisnotyourenemy.org
Nov 18, 2012, 3:29:02 PM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:58:35 -0600, BessieBee
<Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote:
>On 11/18/2012 6:28 AM, Chris Malcolm wrote:
>
>> Google maps can show you superimposed on the road map all road
>> closures, diversions, traffic jams, slowdowns, etc. in real time. It's
>> more complete and faster updated than any of the official road closure
>> and diversion web sites or local radio traffic reports.
>>
>What kind of drain is that on your phone's battery? Or, do you keep it
>plugged in?
>
>It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
The same people who make the iPhone apps make the android apps.
<Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote:
>On 11/18/2012 6:28 AM, Chris Malcolm wrote:
>
>> Google maps can show you superimposed on the road map all road
>> closures, diversions, traffic jams, slowdowns, etc. in real time. It's
>> more complete and faster updated than any of the official road closure
>> and diversion web sites or local radio traffic reports.
>>
>What kind of drain is that on your phone's battery? Or, do you keep it
>plugged in?
>
>It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
If you like to use GPS, android is better. The best out there being
sprint navigation (no iphone app yet) which updates with google maps.
Android phones use memory cards that you can swap to add memory to
your phone and not get locked into a limited amount.
Android phones can have much larger screens if you are into games and
movies.
Find my iphone is a great app if you misplace your phone or it is
stolen. You track your phone via GPS, have it display a message of
your choice if it is lost and hopefully found by an honest person to
return it and how to do so. You can activate a sound that will not
turn off with the phones pin being entered. And you can wipe it's
memory remotely.
I can track my iphones and ipads where ever they are using that app. I
can also help anyone else with an iphone using mine to track theirs.
Several people where I work were not only fired but arrested for
stealing iphones and ipads thanks to the app.
I believe androids have similar apps, and phone carriers have their
own versions like sprint's family locator or the Norton mobile apps.
Lots of reasons to go either way.
dono...@withoutcherispermissionorshewilllabelyounonexistant.org
Nov 18, 2012, 3:32:24 PM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:26:45 -0800, "Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com>
wrote:
Then stop complaining oh digital version of a human without a life.
wrote:
irea...@manual.org
Nov 18, 2012, 3:35:00 PM11/18/12
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>On 11/18/2012 1:20 PM, BessieBee wrote:
>> On 11/18/2012 12:14 PM, Susan wrote:
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>
>>> On 11/18/2012 12:58 PM, BessieBee wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>>>> don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>>>> heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I looked at them both and chose (an upgrade from what Verizon's rep
>>> called my "antique" phone) a Samsung Galaxy III. Love it.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>
>> That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and loves
>> it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a glass
>> of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
>>
>
>With any of them, I highly recommend use of Juice Defender and high
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>
>>> On 11/18/2012 12:58 PM, BessieBee wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's time for me to get a new phone - upgrading from the iPhone 3. I
>>>> don't know if I want another iPhone or an Android. I'm leaning very
>>>> heavily to an Android but haven't made any decisions yet.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I looked at them both and chose (an upgrade from what Verizon's rep
>>> called my "antique" phone) a Samsung Galaxy III. Love it.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>
>> That's the one I'm leaning very heavily toward. My son has one and loves
>> it also. My husband got one of the first... then dropped it in a glass
>> of milk. He now has a basic stupid flip phone. /-:
>>
>
>power saving mode in general, otherwise your charge last for a very
>short time even in sleep mode.
>
>Susan
Never had an issue with an android or my iphones regarding batteries.
Watching movies is the only thing that drains them quickly.
Never had to install an app to manage the phone either.
I...@leyou.com
Nov 18, 2012, 3:50:32 PM11/18/12
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W. Baker
Nov 18, 2012, 3:52:54 PM11/18/12
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BessieBee <Bess...@dreadfulbitch.com> wrote:
That is what I have because the letters adn numbers are larger and here is
no way in heaven that I woudl either be taking pictures or texting, but
with this one I can see to put in my own phone directory numbers. I
actually went into Cerizon and asked for the stupid phone which they
denied having until I gave them the name(then Samsong Knack-no longer
used) and they said "oh Yes," and went into a back room and took it out of
a big drawer. they just hated to admit they still carried these. For the
ciaully limied they are great! too much visual clutter for me on the new
imitato computer phones these days.
Wendy
no way in heaven that I woudl either be taking pictures or texting, but
with this one I can see to put in my own phone directory numbers. I
actually went into Cerizon and asked for the stupid phone which they
denied having until I gave them the name(then Samsong Knack-no longer
used) and they said "oh Yes," and went into a back room and took it out of
a big drawer. they just hated to admit they still carried these. For the
ciaully limied they are great! too much visual clutter for me on the new
imitato computer phones these days.
Wendy
Bjørn Steensrud
Nov 18, 2012, 3:21:25 PM11/18/12
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Maya Zuiderweg wrote:
Bjørn Steensrud heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
I can set alarms with good granularity, a bit like a colleague used to set
his Lotus Notes client to pop op alarms all the time :-)
Have to see if that calliope music can be downloaded and put to use.
>M. (got an iPhone for a present on which I listen and watch old
>muppetshows, Victor Borge, Peter Sellars, etc, great fun ;-))
I want a Samsung Galaxy III - well, better a Motorola, since they are the
only ones that stood up to patent extortions from Microsoft. I do
emphatically not want to pay Microsoft for using an Android phone that does
not have a line of MS software in it.
Bjørn
Bjørn Steensrud heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
>> Don Roberto wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkck51vQ3g
>>
>> Hmm - If my old Noka E66 could play an alarm like that, it would force me
to
>> go take my pills -
>I have Samsung from 2000, it _does_ have an alarm: if you take the
>trouble to find out which buttons when and where to click in, youre way
>over time for your meds lol
:-)
>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkck51vQ3g
>>
>> Hmm - If my old Noka E66 could play an alarm like that, it would force me
to
>> go take my pills -
>I have Samsung from 2000, it _does_ have an alarm: if you take the
>trouble to find out which buttons when and where to click in, youre way
>over time for your meds lol
I can set alarms with good granularity, a bit like a colleague used to set
his Lotus Notes client to pop op alarms all the time :-)
Have to see if that calliope music can be downloaded and put to use.
>M. (got an iPhone for a present on which I listen and watch old
>muppetshows, Victor Borge, Peter Sellars, etc, great fun ;-))
only ones that stood up to patent extortions from Microsoft. I do
emphatically not want to pay Microsoft for using an Android phone that does
not have a line of MS software in it.
Bjørn
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 4:23:43 PM11/18/12
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> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:37:06 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Trawley Trash" <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:lahkn9-...@jester.gnet...
>>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:28:33 -0800
>>> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
>>>> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
>>>> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
>>>> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
>>>> only. I hate cell phones!
>>>
>>> Me too! But I have a cheap Android phone on pay-as-you-go. I almost
>>> never talk on it, but the alarm function is wonderful. It doesn't
>>> cost anything.
>>
>>If mine has an alarm, I don't know how to use it. But again, it wouldn't
>>work for my pills. Because I don't take them at the same time each day.
>>
>
>
> Brain dead indeed.
>
> Your phone came with an instruction booklet, the same booklet can be
> downloaded from your phone makers website, making it easier to read
> and search.
I have zero interest in an alarm on my phone and I wouldn't use it.
> <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Trawley Trash" <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:lahkn9-...@jester.gnet...
>>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:28:33 -0800
>>> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes. I have one. It's in my purse. But I don't keep my purse with
>>>> me when I'm at home. I don't have pockets ever. And I would never
>>>> clip anything on the waistband of my pants. People who know me know
>>>> better than to call my cell phone because I keep it for emergency use
>>>> only. I hate cell phones!
>>>
>>> Me too! But I have a cheap Android phone on pay-as-you-go. I almost
>>> never talk on it, but the alarm function is wonderful. It doesn't
>>> cost anything.
>>
>>If mine has an alarm, I don't know how to use it. But again, it wouldn't
>>work for my pills. Because I don't take them at the same time each day.
>>
>
>
> Brain dead indeed.
>
> Your phone came with an instruction booklet, the same booklet can be
> downloaded from your phone makers website, making it easier to read
> and search.
>
> The alarm on a smart phone is usually a part of the clock program.
> Meaning it is all in one. On mine I have the clock, which I can also
> set up to display multiple time zones, and countries all at one, a
> timer, an alarm clock that I can program multiple alarms for, I have
> 15 set right now, and when they go off they display exactly what the
> alarm is for, (example: Time for work) and a stop watch. All built
> into the same app, preloaded at purchase of the phone.
There are no apps on my phone. It's not a Smart phone.
> The alarm on a smart phone is usually a part of the clock program.
> Meaning it is all in one. On mine I have the clock, which I can also
> set up to display multiple time zones, and countries all at one, a
> timer, an alarm clock that I can program multiple alarms for, I have
> 15 set right now, and when they go off they display exactly what the
> alarm is for, (example: Time for work) and a stop watch. All built
> into the same app, preloaded at purchase of the phone.
> Why should people waste their time trying to help you, if you are to
> lazy to the read the manual? And to lazy to do what you need to do to
> end the useless drama you create in your life?
drama.
> The time for change in your life is long past due.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 4:31:37 PM11/18/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
message news:WoWdndWHXf4RtjTN...@giganews.com...
> When I read the above: "an alarm wouldnt help" I understand completely,
> because I also have different times for taking meds, i.e. differing from
> day to day.
> What keeps me from forgetting (not always, but mostly) is my having to
> take bg-readings. According to what I measure I take insulin, Movicol,
> eat, or I wait for some minutes and measure again. I write the results of
> the measurement on a post-it, which I stick on the etui of my bg-meter,
> also noting (with abbreviations) which med I took.
> Pancrease is a tad more difficult, I have to take it _during_ a meal (any
> meal). I came up with an egg-alarm, costs next to nothing, I set it at the
> beginning of the meal on 5 minutes, I start eating, when it goes off I
> take the Pancrease.
> M.
than usual. My life on many days can be hell from the time I get up to the
time I leave the house. Some days I just leave the house when I don't need
to just to escape it. I don't know why but the phone and the doorbell are
both ringing far more than they usually do. Mostly it is stupid, time
wasting stuff.
The other day I got a phone call from the people who take donations from
Value Village. They were telling me that they would make a pickup on the
28th and I wanted to tell them that I would leave the stuff by the garage.
But they had to go into a long winded thing about how they had changed their
name and then they wanted to verify my address and such. The woman on the
phone was soooo slow to do this! All the while I was trying to do something
else.
Yeah, people tell me not to answer the phone but I just can't do that. I
never know what is going on with my dad and I was expecting a call from the
Dr. And then I never know if my husband might need something. So I feel
like I do need to always answer it. And my phone is such that I can't see
who is calling until I pick it up and take it out of the holder. So I have
to do at least that.
And then when I stop what I am doing to do something else, I tend to forget
what it was that I was going to do.
Wes Groleau
Nov 18, 2012, 4:38:51 PM11/18/12
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On 11-18-2012 02:44, Julie Bove wrote:
> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
> pretty useless.
You've been lied to.
--
Wes Groleau
“To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying
Amen to what the world tells you you should prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
> pretty useless.
You've been lied to.
--
Wes Groleau
“To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying
Amen to what the world tells you you should prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Wes Groleau
Nov 18, 2012, 4:43:15 PM11/18/12
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On 11-18-2012 07:28, Chris Malcolm wrote:
> have seen seriously criticised. The standard Google GPS and mapping
The serious criticisms are 90% B.S. Apple and Google couldn't agree
on contact terms, so Apple created their own. Being new, it had more
errors than Google's. Critics tremendously exaggerated Apple's errors
and pretended that Google doesn't have any.
I do prefer the Google/Apple hybrid to it's an all-Apple replacement.
But the flames against the new one are mostly ridiculous.
> Julie Bove <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
>> pretty useless.
>
> Not the one I use. They may be referring to the iPhone apps which I
>> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones are
>> pretty useless.
>
> have seen seriously criticised. The standard Google GPS and mapping
The serious criticisms are 90% B.S. Apple and Google couldn't agree
on contact terms, so Apple created their own. Being new, it had more
errors than Google's. Critics tremendously exaggerated Apple's errors
and pretended that Google doesn't have any.
I do prefer the Google/Apple hybrid to it's an all-Apple replacement.
But the flames against the new one are mostly ridiculous.
Wes Groleau
Nov 18, 2012, 4:45:09 PM11/18/12
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On 11-18-2012 13:30, Susan wrote:
> The guys in the Verizon store strongly recommended the Galaxy over any
> of them, and it was cheaper than the IPhone as an upgrade.
It might be better. But most salesmen base their recommendation on
> The guys in the Verizon store strongly recommended the Galaxy over any
> of them, and it was cheaper than the IPhone as an upgrade.
their profit, not on technical merit.
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Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 6:01:47 PM11/18/12
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"Wes Groleau" <Grolea...@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
news:k8bkhb$h5e$1...@dont-email.me...
> On 11-18-2012 02:44, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones
>> are
>> pretty useless.
>
> You've been lied to.
Apparently not because someone (don't remember who) said that some are no
>> I have a GPS unit and I've been told that the ones on the Smart phones
>> are
>> pretty useless.
>
> You've been lied to.
good.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 6:02:26 PM11/18/12
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"Susan" <su...@nothanks.org> wrote in message
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> x-no-archive: yes
>
> On 11/18/2012 4:38 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
>
>> You've been lied to.
>>
>
> Seriously.
> On 11/18/2012 4:38 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
>
>> You've been lied to.
>>
>
>
> The superiority of Tom's navigation app on vacation had a lot to do with
> my decision to finally trade in my Model T cell phone for a smart phone.
> It was better and more reliable than my Garmin and no extra device to
> worry about.
I've never worried about my Garmin and I don't have to pay a monthly fee to
use it.
w...@tever.org
Nov 18, 2012, 6:04:09 PM11/18/12
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s...@rttermmemwhatwasisaying.org
Nov 18, 2012, 6:08:42 PM11/18/12
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>Yeah, people tell me not to answer the phone but I just can't do that. I
>never know what is going on with my dad and I was expecting a call from the
>Dr. And then I never know if my husband might need something. So I feel
>like I do need to always answer it. And my phone is such that I can't see
>who is calling until I pick it up and take it out of the holder. So I have
>to do at least that.
issue. You can always call people right back after the screening the
calls.
>
>And then when I stop what I am doing to do something else, I tend to forget
>what it was that I was going to do.
>
the problem when you see your doctor.
Julie Bove
Nov 18, 2012, 6:14:52 PM11/18/12
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<s...@rttermmemwhatwasIsaying.org> wrote in message
news:cdqia85kt1qffj8g2...@4ax.com...
>>Yeah, people tell me not to answer the phone but I just can't do that. I
>>never know what is going on with my dad and I was expecting a call from
>>the
>>Dr. And then I never know if my husband might need something. So I feel
>>like I do need to always answer it. And my phone is such that I can't see
>>who is calling until I pick it up and take it out of the holder. So I
>>have
>>to do at least that.
>
> An answering machine or a stand alone caller ID box will solve that
> issue. You can always call people right back after the screening the
> calls.
>
then call someone back. That just wastes even more of my time. I also think
that screening calls that way is rude. And anyone who does it to me, will
no longer get calls from me.
>>
>>And then when I stop what I am doing to do something else, I tend to
>>forget
>>what it was that I was going to do.
>>
>
>
> You really need to talk with someone about that, if you can remember
> the problem when you see your doctor.
I did. Many times.
>>And then when I stop what I am doing to do something else, I tend to
>>forget
>>what it was that I was going to do.
>>
>
>
> You really need to talk with someone about that, if you can remember
> the problem when you see your doctor.
outsider
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Chris Malcolm
Nov 18, 2012, 7:29:18 PM11/18/12
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Trawley Trash <tr...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2012 15:03:49 GMT
> Chris Malcolm <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> But I do find my small
>> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
>> me. The most useful things it does are...
> Here the monthly charges are prohibitive for pensioners.
> They tried to sock me with $50-$100 a month for unlimited
> phone service I will never use and data I can get for free
> at access points. I had to ignore what the salesmen told
> me about required data services and activate the phone myself.
>
> At home I use my lan connected to high-speed
> cable. The cable company calls me regularly on my
> cell phone (at 22 cents a minute) to try to sell me TV and
> phone service I don't want for another $60 a month.
> How much does you smartphone cost per month?
7 UK pounds. That's a package deal with far more call time, far more
texts, and far more data usage than I'm ever likely to use. In fact
it's the smallest contract they do, but compared to a teenager I have
very small communication and data needs :-) It might be even cheapr
for me were I to switch the phone to a PAYG contract, but at #7 a
month it's not an urgent question.
--
Chris Malcolm
> On 17 Nov 2012 15:03:49 GMT
> Chris Malcolm <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> But I do find my small
>> cheap Android smartphone so useful that I carry it everywhere with
>> me. The most useful things it does are...
> Here the monthly charges are prohibitive for pensioners.
> They tried to sock me with $50-$100 a month for unlimited
> phone service I will never use and data I can get for free
> at access points. I had to ignore what the salesmen told
> me about required data services and activate the phone myself.
>
> At home I use my lan connected to high-speed
> cable. The cable company calls me regularly on my
> cell phone (at 22 cents a minute) to try to sell me TV and
> phone service I don't want for another $60 a month.
> How much does you smartphone cost per month?
7 UK pounds. That's a package deal with far more call time, far more
texts, and far more data usage than I'm ever likely to use. In fact
it's the smallest contract they do, but compared to a teenager I have
very small communication and data needs :-) It might be even cheapr
for me were I to switch the phone to a PAYG contract, but at #7 a
month it's not an urgent question.
--
Chris Malcolm
Maya Zuiderweg
Nov 18, 2012, 7:42:44 PM11/18/12
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Na rijp beraad schreef Julie Bove :
Julie, this is a way too hectic life youre living, no wonder you forget
your meds. I'd rather say: why _wouldnt_ you forget your meds!
Maybe a different approach is needed, i.e. not come up with what I DO
to remember my meds, but rather what I DONT do, so I am not be too
stressed out so I forget the main thing: taking my meds in time.
Without the latter I would not function at all..
As this is a personal matter, I'll only tell you that for instance my
husband, who's experiencing quite some stress now, goes to a
physiotherapist to learn to get his breathing right.
Just an example Julie, to let you know that there IS help out there to
battle your hectic (way to busy + unstructured leads to stress) life.
If I only think of the 4 insulins you take I can not find it difficult
to understand that you get things messed up!
M.
M.
your meds. I'd rather say: why _wouldnt_ you forget your meds!
Maybe a different approach is needed, i.e. not come up with what I DO
to remember my meds, but rather what I DONT do, so I am not be too
stressed out so I forget the main thing: taking my meds in time.
Without the latter I would not function at all..
As this is a personal matter, I'll only tell you that for instance my
husband, who's experiencing quite some stress now, goes to a
physiotherapist to learn to get his breathing right.
Just an example Julie, to let you know that there IS help out there to
battle your hectic (way to busy + unstructured leads to stress) life.
If I only think of the 4 insulins you take I can not find it difficult
to understand that you get things messed up!
M.
M.
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