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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
OMG SIX, that's effing AMAZING!!!!

Wow!

I mean, just ... WOW!

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Good thing about your aunt not bringing your grandmother over if there is that much ice around your place.

Your grandmother was very lucky you were walking behind when that happened. I suggest next time walk beside her and if she will allow it, take her elbow or hand then maybe you can prevent the fall before it happens. Had to do things like that with my mum once in a while.

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She'll allow it. I think up until that point I didn't want to assist her, even though I'd hover closely around her anytime stairs were involved just in case. She needs to get exercise after that hip surgery a few years ago and she just won't do it. The doctor said she could have walked without a cane if she did, but she needs two of them to get around now.

But after that fall, I'm not taking any chances anymore. Until she starts exercising I've got to be supporting her from now on.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Nice job Six.

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Thanks!

Sorry about the gross pics, but I don't think anybody could truly believe how bad it was unless they saw them.

I've now got around 1,800 pics just of work in the kitchen. At least I have a cool journal of what I've been doing for a large part of the last year and 10 days.



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Originally posted by Brenda:
I understand. I also understand the stubborness of older women. My mum and my aunts were like that too. Need a lot of patience to deal with them for sure.

Yes, exercise will help that hip too.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Don't worry those pictures just show how much work you put into the area and that's a good thing.

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I understand. I also understand the stubborness of older women. My mum and my aunts were like that too. Need a lot of patience to deal with them for sure.

Yes, exercise will help that hip too.

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She's actually not nearly as stubborn about a lot of things as she used to be. I kind of miss that about her sometimes, but I'm sure it makes my Aunt's job a lot easier most days.

She'd let me hold on to her while she's walking. I just didn't want to do it before because she's already relying far too much on those canes she shouldn't have to use anymore if she actually got some exercise. But after having her fall on top of me probably being the only reason she wasn't back in for hip surgery, those days are over until she gets some exercise.

My aunt says the plan is to work with my uncle on getting her some personal training with her health insurance. My uncle was looking into it, but then my cousin was diagnosed with Leukemia and they've had a lot of things they're dealing with right now.

Hopefully soon.

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Brenda:
Temp sitting at -4C. Got to warm up a bit more if it is going to snow.

SIGNY: warm up to snow?


JSF: I also had a question mark in your exchange, but likely not the same reason as you.
Brenda had said the temp was 10 degrees F. And that it was good. And you agreed. Before covid I usually said my fave temp was between -10F and 10F.
And now Brenda says it is 25F.
None of that sounds cold to me.

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Brrrr!!!!

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JSF: But yes, snow is more difficult when it gets too cold. Up at cloud level is colder than ground temps, so snow falls up to about 40F. Lower temps make it harder to encounter an even colder front which causes the precip.

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That was kind of my explanation to myself: pptn occurs at fronts, where two air masses collide and one forces the other up vertically. But if you're smack-dab in the middle of a cold air mass, you're unlikely to encounter another air mass of ANY kind ... either colder OR warmer... so no pptn occurs. Correct?

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JSF: Today I noticed the Fox River was frozen over in Green Bay, I hadn't been paying attention. Probably not enough to walk on. Fox is one of the largest rivers in WI, and historically was a critical and crucial navigable waterway - for transport and trade to the frontier west of the Mississippi.

But now I recall that yesterday 40 people got stranded on an ice shelf which detached and blew almost a mile away in the Bay of Green Bay. 5 agencies had to assist in the rescue.

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One of my Canadian friends is originally from Rainy River. Is that nearby?

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JSF: Was is you that posted about Boost/Ensure?

Thanks for the tip! I don't know why it took me so long to think about it, but I've had a hard time maintaining an adequate diet, and it finally occurred to me that it might help.

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I always recommend Boost, never ensure. I say against ensure, unless it has some specific useful purpose.


Boost for humans or pets who need nutrients. It's a delivery package for vitamins and minerals. Pet's who have had their teeth pulled and lost appetite, for toy dogs 1/3 of an 8oz bottle per day.
For people to repair, rebuild muscle, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin. If your muscles are expected to be sore tomorrow, a Boost before bed will reduce or erase that soreness. Boost supplies the vite & min, sleep at night is the time.
Boost is not really help for GI issues, flu, etc.



I say only get the "original" Boost, although Nestle recently abandoned the formula there had been for more than 50 years. Not protein, glucose, women's, or other nasty crap that Nestle has screwed up.

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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
It's been a hot couple of days. House seems to remain cool enough without aircon so long as I leave the blinds down and ceiling fans on and then open up in the evening. Went for a forest walk yesterday evening and saw two swamp wallabies - not together. They are the cutest little things..like this

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There has been a baby boom on the west coast here, of the whale variety. 2 different groups have increased their numbers. A group of Humpbacks had 21 calves born in 2021 which is almost double from 2020 and the Southern transient orcas had 11 calves born in 2021.

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It's been a hot couple of days. House seems to remain cool enough without aircon so long as I leave the blinds down and ceiling fans on and then open up in the evening. Went for a forest walk yesterday evening and saw two swamp wallabies - not together. They are the cutest little things..like this

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I hope your step mom recovers quickly, SIX. Best of health to her, your dad, and you.

Dear daughter's virtual trainer is also sick with what she hopes is "just a cold". For her, it probably will be.

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There has been a baby boom on the west coast here, of the whale variety. 2 different groups have increased their numbers. A group of Humpbacks had 21 calves born in 2021 which is almost double from 2020 and the Southern transient orcas had 11 calves born in 2021.

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Cool!

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I hope the dray stays too, BRENDA.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
JSF, my surgeon recommended Premier Protein, so I ordered some online. I the meantime I'm making do with whey protein mixed in with milk, Cream of Wheat and stuff like that. Next time family goes shopping I'll ask for Boost.
The other part is, I need to get more exercise. But it's so easy just to bundle under the covers and sleep..

I think I better start by doing partial squats bc right now very unsteady on my feet.

Sounds like YOU got quite a workout, tho!

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Your grandmother was very lucky you were walking behind when that happened. I suggest next time walk beside her and if she will allow it, take her elbow or hand then maybe you can prevent the fall before it happens. Had to do things like that with my mum once in a while.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Thanks for the tip! I don't know why it took me so long to think about it, but I've had a hard time maintaining an adequate diet, and it finally occurred to me that it might help.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
There has been a baby boom on the west coast here, of the whale variety. 2 different groups have increased their numbers. A group of Humpbacks had 21 calves born in 2021 which is almost double from 2020 and the Southern transient orcas had 11 calves born in 2021.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
JSF, my surgeon recommended Premier Protein, so I ordered some online. I the meantime I'm making do with whey protein mixed in with milk, Cream of Wheat and stuff like that. Next time family goes shopping I'll ask for Boost.
The other part is, I need to get more exercise. But it's so easy just to bundle under the covers and sleep..

I think I better start by doing partial squats bc right now very unsteady on my feet.

Sounds like YOU got quite a workout, tho!

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for a walk in the rain soon. 8C right now and last night had a good dose of fog roll in.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Getting the fridge back on the temporary boards was a bit tricky, but I managed it without doing any damage. I pulled it far enough away to install and caulk/paint the baseboard trim behind it, and I'm getting ready to roll it out onto the 2nd set of temporary boards so I can cut out and lay the permanant protective platform for the fridge and get it rolled back onto it.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

I had to go backwards a bit to try to catch up to the current conversations.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Your grandmother was very lucky you were walking behind when that happened. I suggest next time walk beside her and if she will allow it, take her elbow or hand then maybe you can prevent the fall before it happens. Had to do things like that with my mum once in a while.

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Sometimes one can't keep a person from falling entirely. What I've learned is that you can ease a person down safely.

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