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There is life after land line. It only hurts for a couple of months, and by then, I was reminding myself to make a distinct note (as in ta-ra-ra-boom!-dee-yay) where I would lodge the celular this time.Thats the reason I need a land line...
LOL. It's pretty much the only reason we have one. That and the fact that we don't hear as well on our inexpensive mobile phones as we do on our land line phones.
There is life after land line. It only hurts for a couple of months, and by then, I was reminding myself to make a distinct note (as in ta-ra-ra-boom!-dee-yay) where I would lodge the celular this time.
I have found out it costs five pounds a month to run a mobile phone, and as I would hardly ever use it its not worth it, therefore I will not be bothering. I only paid £20 for a cheap phone so its not much of a loss. Maybe I will use it as a paperweight.Me too. I constantly have to use my land line to call my mobile phone to know where I last left it.
Don't know what it's like over there. We have had digital phones for decades now but none have screens for texts.British Telecom, from whom I rent a landline is going digital in the next couple of years. So I will have to buy a digital phone then. I assume that phone will have a screen with text. Therefore I will not need a mobile phone when I go digital.
I don’t recall what service I used to do it, but you can send faxes online. I needed to fax things a few years ago, so I scanned the documents onto files on my pc, then used some service to fax them for free (or maybe for a very minimal fee).I have to message a friend or my daughter, to call me on the laptop.
I haven't had a land line since I left Toronto, but I recently had need for a land line to send faxes. I have a fax, but nothing to plug it into. The cheapest land line is $50 a month here. In the past 6 months I've sent 3 faxes which I can do from the Avondale (7-11 type variety-store gas bar) or the library. Cost me under $10. I'll stick with that.
I have refereed basketball and volleyball games and swimming competitions, served as debate judge numerous times, and take such responsibility seriously. In my never to be considered humble opinion (ha ha) I think any judge who violates the trust put in her/him by deliberately falsifying scores or ruling dishonestly should not just be suspended for a time but should lose that privilege forever. But that's just me.This post is for you FoxFyre, because I know you're a skating fan:
Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier won the World Pairs Championship yesterday. A truly heartfelt congratulations to them. Watching your Nationals this year I asked my friends "When did American Pairs get GOOD?", because it's been a long, long time since there's been an American team on the podium. They skated brilliantly and with joy. That's the way you win it. Skate better than everybody else!
And now the gossip. During the ISU Broadcast of the Pairs, the longtime Eurosport commentators Nicky Slater and Simon Reed had an unfortunate "hot mic" moment, wherein they referred to 2-time World Champion, and Olympic medalist, Megan Duhamel, "that bitch from Canada". The ISU edited the clip to remove the offense, and they FIRED Nicky Slater and Simon Reed, and banned them from ever working for the ISU again.
This is the same ISU which has routinely slapped the wrists of judges caught cheating and manipulating scores and returned them to the judging table of the highest level competition. The guy caught fixing the Ice Dance Judging at the 1998 Olympics, was judging at the 2002 Olympics. The "French Judge" from the 2002 Olympics served a 2 year suspension and was back in 2006. But the commentators are banned for life on a hot mic moment.
I adore Meagan Duhamel. I've been a fan since she was 14 and won the Junior Ladies Champion. What Nicky and Simon said was terrible, and she is not a bitch. Anything but. However, I would much prefer that the ISU treat cheating judges the way they just treated Nicky and Simon.
OTOH, the chief beneficiary of this gaffe may be a recently retired British skater who's been doing a bit of fill-in work for the ISU this year and has been a big hit with fans. He's filming the Finale of Dancing on Ice - a British reality TV show, like Dancing with the Stars, only it's ice-dancing, and wasn't available to take over this week.
I don’t recall what service I used to do it, but you can send faxes online. I needed to fax things a few years ago, so I scanned the documents onto files on my pc, then used some service to fax them for free (or maybe for a very minimal fee).
I have refereed basketball and volleyball games and swimming competitions, served as debate judge numerous times, and take such responsibility seriously. In my never to be considered humble opinion (ha ha) I think any judge who violates the trust put in her/him by deliberately falsifying scores or ruling dishonestly should not just be suspended for a time but should lose that privilege forever. But that's just me.
As for the hot mic thing, that was really unfortunate and probably was uncalled for. I can't really judge fairly though not knowing what the relationship or circumstances might have been. Lots of stuff go on behind the scenes in many of these cases that we don't see on television and never know about.
I don’t recall what service I used to do it, but you can send faxes online. I needed to fax things a few years ago, so I scanned the documents onto files on my pc, then used some service to fax them for free (or maybe for a very minimal fee).
Is this a knee replacement or repair? I think you may have said at one point but I can't remember which.OK, there are a few if's, and's or but's, involved but my surgeon's office called today, and the target date for my knee replacement surgery is May 4th. I'm so happy that my actual surgeon is doing the job, since there was talk of putting surgical teams together to get caught up. I don't want some "fill-in" surgeon. I want one the top othopedic surgeons in the Province. I made a point of asking for this man.
I have an appointment with the surgeon on April 7th. They'll need a clearance from my Cardiologist, plus they'll be doing their own tests on my general health before surgery. He might want to see me before signing off.
I need to organize home care for the first couple of weeks after surgery, at home, until I can get around on my own. I'll do a big shopping before I go to the hospital - restock the pantry. And make sure I have lots of prepared meals in my freezer.
Lots to do.
It’s a replacement, Foxfyre. I may be looking to Beautress for rehab tips.
The electricians arrived early this morning. I had to get dressed before letting them in.
They turned off the power and then opened up the electrical panel. The head guy looked at the open panel and said “Holy shit” in a voice that told me he’d never seen anything like it.
By tomorrow night, I’ll be able to use my new microwave!!!!
Looks like they're actually going to correct at least some of the problems. That's great. As for the knee rehab, it is one of the more painful I hear but like the hip replacement, the pain is only temporary and then gets quickly better. Those of my friends and kin who have had that surgery did very well though those that went into it with a determined attitude to do the rehab and get through it in good shape did a lot better. The one who didn't never quite got the full function that she could have had.It’s a replacement, Foxfyre. I may be looking to Beautress for rehab tips.
The electricians arrived early this morning. I had to get dressed before letting them in.
They turned off the power and then opened up the electrical panel. The head guy looked at the open panel and said “Holy shit” in a voice that told me he’d never seen anything like it.
By tomorrow night, I’ll be able to use my new microwave!!!!
I've never met you in real life, but from what I have gotten to know you here, I think you don't have a lot of quit in you and you'll do fine.Yeah, I've heard that one a LOT, Foxfyre. I'm a good patient. And very determined to get back out on my bike as soon as possible. I'm planning on getting out on my bike as much as possible between now and then to strengthen my legs.
One of my friends had a knee replaced last year. She did some "pre-surgery therapy", and she said the recovery was fairly quick. But she's a few years younger than me, too. She's still working full time.
I am so in love with these electricians. I had heard good things about this company, but holy cow! They changed the electrical panel, and completely rewired the apartment, covering all of the work order items and a few extras besides, because the work order brings it up to code, but their standards are higher.
Where they truly won my heart was when they were changing the plugs with reverse polarity, which one of the assistants was doing. He told his boss that the "TV plug" in the living room tested as OK and that really surprised me. Nothing has killed my electronics faster than that plug. So I said "Are you sure? That plug killed my home theatre system.".
Without responding to me, the head electrician said "Brandon, take it apart and check to be sure". Then he said to me "It tested OK. We're going to check it to be sure". When they took it apart it was all kinds of wrong, and had extra wires connected to the plug. A few of them. I was so shocked that the man believed me. In all my life that has never happened. I've always had to convince the mechanic/tradesman/guy I hired I had some idea of what I was talking about.
We had some discussion about the sewing room power bar. 2 sewing machines, TV, cable box, iron, table lamp, and in the summer, a window air conditioner, all plugged into the only wall outlet in the room. I'm careful not to have everything on at once. I said I'd really love another outlet in the sewing room, and he replied "I'm sure you would, and I'd really like to give it to you, but there's no wires, so there's only so much I can do".
As a bonus, they took out the old baseboard heater in the living room, and installed a brand new one. Now I have some backup heat until the Landlord fixes the furnace. The old baseboard heaters work but they are so old they're scary, and they were so full of dust I was afraid it would catch fire when I turned it on.
They finished today, and I used my new microwave at suppertime.
