Hi Nancy!
BM>>>>> I need to have a colonoscopy done - no rush, just slightly overdue
BM>>>>> on the five-year. [snip]
NB>>>> If you call, worst case probably would be "no, we aren't open for that
NB>>>> yet", but then they'll know that you are wanting to know as soon as
NB>>>> they do open... :)
BM>>> And now probably open with the social distancing. Right now a bunch
BM>>> of But Firsts have lined up.... Though what's new?!
NB>>> Don't want to put that off too long, though... :)
BM>> No, July 3rd as I type this, so half the year gone!
NB>> And have you checked yet...?
BM> Of course not!
NB> And now that it's almost another month later... have you
NB> checked...?
Noooo.... :( This time the excuse is power outage from the storm.
Other things more important; telephone worked but not answering machine.
I did rig up an extension to outside so when we were sitting on the deck
could hear and answer the phone -- old phone plus spare Caller ID box to
filter the spam calls! (Only a couple all week -- maybe they knew the
area had a storm?)
NB>> Hopefully you've run out of excuses now... <G> I got in to our
NB>> Optical Shop on July 1st, and am now waiting for them to call me with
NB>> the news that my new glasses are ready... at that point, will need to
NB>> make an appointment to pick them up and have the final fitting...
NB>> more rigid than before... :)
BM> Right: the need to keep people away from each other, disinfect between
BM> appointments, etc.
NB> Exactly... and now I have the new glasses, and am putting off
NB> letting them know that I think they need a bit more adjustment,
NB> since I'm sure that will require another appointment... used to
NB> be able to just walk in at my convenience....
Those days will be gone for a while. I'm thinking the population will
become resistant, maybe vaccinated like wiped out polio, etc., but not
for several years.
BM>> Have a dental appointment coming up in about ten days -- their parking
BM>> lot is long and narrow with trees and arbor vitae on on the
BM>> sun-coming-up side (east) so you'll know where I'll be!
BM>> Not getting my usual dental hygenist this time so probably won't get
BM>> her room but the view out her windows is almost looking into a small
BM>> ravine: the perimeter is taller trees and shrubs, bird feeders are
BM>> hanging from some branches. The 'ravine' goes down at least a story
BM>> below. While waiting and seated I watch the birds and squirrels.
NB>> Our dentist's office is right on the Erie/Barge Canal, so we look
NB>> out (from just about any room) onto the canal... :)
BM> That could be rather interesting as long as river/canal traffic
BM> passing by for entertainment.
NB> We can also see ducks/geese swimming on the canal, and activity
NB> across the canal.... :)
We saw two very large flocks of some sort of goose last Wednesday (two
days after the storm)! Autumn noticed them -- just happened to look up
as no honking. First flock probably had 30-35 geese -- not in a proper
V-formation as they were changing positions. Second one a couple
minutes later of maybe 15 or 20 geese -- not the same one as the first
flock was seen going off to the East. They too were silent.
NB> ... A flashlight is basically a tin can for transporting dead
NB> batteries.
Pretty much! Good news is had replaced a couple of flashlights before
the power outage so had new ones. Also used the laptop to charge my
cell phone. Have three battery packs which I originally bought as a
backup power for the security cameras on the Raspberry Pi but no output
when being charged/plugged in. Did use in Europe to recharge my phone
on day trips. Had purchased a couple of LED book lights, primarily to
use as a night light in the hotel room (not afraid of the dark but don't
like smacking into furniture and walls!) -- plugged those in to the
battery packs for when using the getting ready for bed.
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