I got my pedometer at Walmart for under $2.00. All it does is track steps or mileage. It clips on my belt or rides in my pocket. It is made by Sportline and is about as big around as a silver dollar and probably weighs less.
The Grumpy Old Man [woman] Topic
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I got my pedometer at Walmart for under $2.00. All it does is track steps or mileage. It clips on my belt or rides in my pocket. It is made by Sportline and is about as big around as a silver dollar and probably weighs less.
My first pedometer had what they called a "wake up" feature. You had to do some substantial movement before it started registering steps. The cheap one I bought to replace it would register steps for any little movement you made. Can't seem to find that feature on them now, at least not on the reasonably priced ones. Maybe they had problems with it, IDK.
Well today's moan is about my shower. While laying in the bath last night, I heard a clunk and discovered that my shower drain and trap had fallen down below the floor. So today has been spent trying to source a replacement and repair the existing trap. Needless to say, the repair did not work and the replacement is proving rather difficult to find.
Oh well.
Oh well.
It certainly is, Nancy. It certainly is. The best I could do was to find the parts on eBay and wait for them to arrive on Monday. So, no shower for at least a week.
fureverywhere
beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
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I need to be able to wake up early with a song in my heart and a smile on my face!! Oh well, I tried. I can't get out of bed without looking looking like grandma on The Adams Family!
Better than waking up looking like Uncle Fester eh wot?
The best I could do was to find the parts on eBay and wait for them to arrive on Monday. So, no shower for at least a week.
I'm sorry about your shower, I can only pray you have a second bathroom?
Better than waking up looking like Uncle Fester eh wot?
The best I could do was to find the parts on eBay and wait for them to arrive on Monday. So, no shower for at least a week.
I'm sorry about your shower, I can only pray you have a second bathroom?
Well I am def justifiably grumpy today. Looking out of the window this morning, I noticed that it was not as windy as forecast. So, I went out cycling only to discover that the wind was there. Just hiding from me. And it was strong. However, I pushed on. Discovering that I had a soft tyre, I fixed that. Adjusting my saddle as it wasn't right either. And on my way home, pushing away from a junction, the chain snapped! And the chain tool was not in my cycle bag.
So, I had to push the bike home. Fortunately, I was not far from home at this point and took the short cut back. Over a barbed wire fence, through a field of bulls and home! That saved me about 3kms. However, one of the bulls jumped a fence and threatened to stampede over my front garden. Fortunately, he decided to jump another fence into a field.
Oh, and when I went to buy a new chain, the shop did not have what they promised online. So, that was another trip to another 2 shops before I got my chain.
A grumpy day!
So, I had to push the bike home. Fortunately, I was not far from home at this point and took the short cut back. Over a barbed wire fence, through a field of bulls and home! That saved me about 3kms. However, one of the bulls jumped a fence and threatened to stampede over my front garden. Fortunately, he decided to jump another fence into a field.
Oh, and when I went to buy a new chain, the shop did not have what they promised online. So, that was another trip to another 2 shops before I got my chain.
A grumpy day!
fureverywhere
beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
- Location
- Northern NJ, USA
I really feel there are some days when we should just stay under the bed and not come out. My only grumpy today is about school aged kids. It's happened more than a few times now that I've almost been toppled by running children. At the pizza place, the supermarket and other stores...walking in front of the school today. I mean I'm in better than average shape, but still unsteady on my feet sometimes. These kids will go zooming by. Where are their parents? Oh lumbering along with a cart or stroller and gaily chatting on their phones. Sometimes they might say " Oh sorry". If your little angel knocks me over and I break something...you will be very sorry
I share your sentiments, fureverywhere. The school holidays start here next week and I am already looking forward to when the l'il darlin's go back. I am hoping to saviour the peace of the next few days before the chaos kicks in.I really feel there are some days when we should just stay under the bed and not come out. My only grumpy today is about school aged kids. It's happened more than a few times now that I've almost been toppled by running children. At the pizza place, the supermarket and other stores...walking in front of the school today. I mean I'm in better than average shape, but still unsteady on my feet sometimes. These kids will go zooming by. Where are their parents? Oh lumbering along with a cart or stroller and gaily chatting on their phones. Sometimes they might say " Oh sorry". If your little angel knocks me over and I break something...you will be very sorry
fureverywhere
beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
- Location
- Northern NJ, USA
I think it's just children in general. I mean I still see wee ones I could swoop up and hug to pieces. But for the most part...I raised five of them. I enjoy my peace and quiet now. Well as peaceful as it can be with two at home. Daughter with TV and video game noise, son on his headset talking to online buddies. If I'm at the library we geezers stick together. If we hearing screaming from the children's area we all scowl and grumble in sync.
Well today's moan really is justified. Having spent the morning trimming a contoneaster hedge and digging up some roots, I filled a 1 ton builder's bag with the debris. As I set off for the recycling unit about 1 mile from my home, I pulled over to talk to a neighbour who told me that the unit was closed and that most other units had been closed. There is now only one unit available in a town some distance from me.
The recycling unit is constantly busy and I myself use it many times during the year. Only recently I had to make 3 trips per day with a 1 ton bag full of garden debris while clearing a patch of garden. Furthermore, we had no word of this and had I not spoken to my neighbour, I would have made a wasted trip to the unit and been left wondering what to do with a bag full of garden waste.
When I got to the unit in the town, it was understandably busy and there seemed to be fewer skips for waste than my own local unit that has been closed. Bearing in mind that this is a quiet Wednesday morning, I hate to imagine what it will be like trying to get in here at a weekend or public holiday.
Grrrrrrrr.......... letter going to my local Councillor.
The recycling unit is constantly busy and I myself use it many times during the year. Only recently I had to make 3 trips per day with a 1 ton bag full of garden debris while clearing a patch of garden. Furthermore, we had no word of this and had I not spoken to my neighbour, I would have made a wasted trip to the unit and been left wondering what to do with a bag full of garden waste.
When I got to the unit in the town, it was understandably busy and there seemed to be fewer skips for waste than my own local unit that has been closed. Bearing in mind that this is a quiet Wednesday morning, I hate to imagine what it will be like trying to get in here at a weekend or public holiday.
Grrrrrrrr.......... letter going to my local Councillor.