Posts made by wtg

Smerconish did a lengthy intro to his show today. Much to consider in what he says....8 min video...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/smerconish-has-donald-trump-changed-america-or-revealed-it/vi-AA1tNpc4#details

Have fun!

@ShiroKuro I think a lot of health care professionals are under pressure to push the patients through and the way the system is set up can force them to cut corners. I posted about what happened to Mr wtg during his knee replacement, with errors being made by the doctor's office, the surgical center, and even the pharmacist at Walmart. I caught a bunch of stuff; heaven help you if you don't have a knowledgeable advocate. I don't know that they were lackadaisical, but they definitely made mistakes.

It certainly isn't perfect and can use a ton of improvement, but what we have access to is still much better than what a lot of other people have to contend with.

Yea, my Android phone suggests emojis for my texts all the time. And if I send a text with a question ("Do you want to go for a walk?") and the recipient doesn't answer, the next day it asks me if I want to follow up because I haven't gotten a response.

Thanks Google, I don't want or need the help. There's probably a way to turn it off but I haven't chased that down yet...

@ShiroKuro A few years ago I probably would have thought that you were being too concerned about running into problems, but after following @Daniel thread about what happened at places like New College, it's pretty clear that things are changing in academia in a bigly way.

It's too simplistic to write these concerns off as TDS. Trump is providing a powerful platform and paving the way for people like DeSantis, Paxton (TX) et al. They represent what a lot of people in America seem to want.

Seems like moving forward with your paper is the right thing to do, but the reality is there is potentially much at stake if you do.

I don't know what to tell you. I'm not sure what I would do.

There are a lot of health professionals who don't take blood pressure correctly, so your podiatrist isn't alone.

Medical students and measuring blood pressure: Results from the American Medical Association Blood Pressure Check Challenge

My doctor measures blood pressure correctly, but not all of the nurses in his office do. They don't pay attention to feet dangling or arm position. And they often measure over clothing, which isn't the way it should be done.

Instead, they used that cuff that goes around the wrist. I have never had an accurate reading from one of those.

My doctor doesn't recommend the wrist BP monitors because he doesn't find that they are very accurate. I also found that to be the case, but I haven't tried one in probably 20 years.

We've found the gel packs to be much better than ice. Bought a couple of these more than 10 years ago. We just keep one in the freezer, just in case we need it. Hard to believe, but they haven't leaked yet, even after all these years. The come in all sorts of sizes. We have this squarish one, but we also have one that is long and narrow that we use for back pain.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UPRVD4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can use a towel around it so that the skin doesn't get too cold. We bought the separate sleeve with a velcro clousure to put ours in. I see 3M sells the gel pack with the sleeve in one package:

https://www.amazon.com/3M-1570-Nexcare-Reusable-Plastic/dp/B000GCNE96/ref=sr_1_11?s=hpc&sr=1-11

The gel packs vary quite a bit. The Comfort Gel one that we have gets really cold but stays pliable even when just taken out of the freezer. I bought another one, in a different size, at Walmart for Mr wtg's knee surgery and ended up returning it. When we froze it, it became pretty hard and the plastic was brittle. We thought it would crack and leak in no time. Def read the reviews for whatever you might buy.

On a laptop if you hover over an emoji it displays a description. That one is "speaking head in silhouette"

I’m surprised that so many of us are using trays. I thought we were outliers because we don’t use much ice. Seems like everyone we know wants the thru-the-door ice and water dispensers.

Anyway, ordered these for starters. Wirecutter gave them a good review. The sliding top keeps them from evaporating as fast, and in theory help to prevent the cubes from picking up odors from the freezer. And you can slide it back part way if you only need a few cubes.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/OXO-Softworks-Ice-Cube-Tray-2-Pack-Blue/5739179816

Think I might also go for the silicone jumbo cube maker like @AdagioM and @Rontuner have...they just sound like fun....

I saw this earlier this morning but was holding off posting about it. But it seems like it kind of belongs in this thread.

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation

We really don't use that much ice and neither of us drinks cold water. We've decided not to hook up the water that supplies the ice maker and water dispenser that are in our new frig. We had the water hooked up on our old unit and found that the ice cubes mostly evaporated before we got around to using them.

While we don't use much ice, we do use it occasionally. The last time we had ice cube trays they were either the metal ones with the lever on top, or the plastic ones that are so rigid that it's hard to flex them to pop the cubes out.

Function ranks #1 (easy to fill and to pop out the cubes). Cool ice cube shapes are a distant second but might be fun.

So who uses ice cube trays in the 21st century? Got a favorite kind?

Why does it seem appropriate to re-watch Judgment at Nuremburg?

You’re your very own monster - exactly what led to Trump’s rise..

That statement saddens me deeply. As does calling people stupid because they voted for Trump.

Trump has always been for Trump, and he has been ruthlessly effective at getting what he wants, no matter what the cost is to others. It may well be true that there was discontent simmering among Americans, but Trump took that discontent and amplified it and pitted us against each other for his own gain for the last eight years or more. Some people got angry and others were appalled. But nearly the whole country fell for it and we've been fighting each other for years.

Trump is pure genius. And pure evil.

Think about what Jimmy Carter did with his life after he lost in 1980, and contrast that with what Trump has done with his since 2020. Speaks volumes about how one person can influence the world.

We need to find our inner Jimmy and leave Donald in the dust.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a simple response Thursday as to whether he would leave his post if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to.

“No.”

Powell, speaking to reporters after Fed policymakers cut interest rates again, tried during his press conference to avoid the political fray. Still, he made clear that he’s not going anywhere. He declared that it’s “not permitted under the law” for presidents to remove members of the independent central bank..

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/07/congress/feds-powell-says-trump-cant-fire-him-00188311

You have snow and I still have a tomato plant in the back yard that is flowering and that has some small tomatoes on it. Usually we have a killing frost the second or third week of October.

Weird.

I think @Rontuner and @ShiroKuro hit the nail on the head. DJT is in it for the money. And the glory - he thrives on adoration.

Which makes him a useful idiot for the Steve Bannons and Vladimir Putins of the world.

@Steve-Miller said in Reports from the heartland:

If you're considering buying an new appliance...made in China

Mr wtg and I were just talking about this. Our washer and dryer are getting up there in years...