Recent content by Wild1

eventually we will have a vaccine and/or effective therapies and/or better understand the risk factors more precisely and what can be done to prevent. Weeks and months can mean huge progress. Scientists are learning so much every day. We will be MUCH more prepared 3 months from now than we are...

I am from the younger generation but my Grandpa is 96 and means the world to me so I think about this a lot. I see the logic for this policy, but it’s really unfair to seniors. Especially since many seniors (esp. the super-seniors) don’t have the same access to technology/skills/comfort level...

I would agree. And I am not a senior nor at high risk but my grandpa is 96 and I care about him more than anything. I will only go once it is truly safe. Not just for me, but for him as well. I will NOT be relying on a politician to tell me when it is safe. I will let science be my guide...

Even as a member of the younger generation I 100% agree with that. I think Miss Manners would have your back on this one too. I fear the day when people argue that it texting would be the appropriate medium for that kind of thing. Not saying texting should replace all other forms of...

Instant Pot is a brand name of "automated" pressure cooker. It's the most popular brand of this type of appliance. There are other brands too but this is the main one. It does the same thing as a pressure cooker (and much more) but does so more safely/convenience/less oversight. Imagine...

As far as my question is concerned it kind of does count. Do you have a smartphone? Or a flip phone? If you have a smart phone and still don't like texting that's definitely useful information to me. Trying to figure out if Grandpa should step up to a smartphone or not. Trying to figure if he...

But Gary, you only text with your thumbs, you'd be great at it! I can't imagine how well I would text if I had 10 thumbs! ;)

Thanks for all the positive feedback. I have another thread on here about the smartphones themselves. One thing I remember doing when I was young was exchanging letters with older relatives. While it's nice and I almost kind of miss it, I think both of us quit doing it because it is just...

We also have several older, perfectly functional iPhones from when others have upgraded so the phone itself would not be an expense. Just the upgrade in plan. We already have him on our Family Plan for AT&T (for his regular cell phone - flip phone and iPad) so we probably wouldn't want to...

Try adding a little salt. If you have the coarse rock salt even better. Complete game changer. I don't find them that appealing without salt; pretty bland really and just very mooshy.

What are everyone's thoughts on texting? Do you love it, or wish the phone couldn't do it? Or do you avoid doing it anyway and wish your younger relatives would just pick up the phone? Often my mother and I have said we wish we could text him and have him text. (So much easier than email for...

Why or why not? If you have, are you glad you did or are you cursing it all the time and ready to go back to your old flip phone? What problems have you encountered? Thinking about getting my grandpa an iPhone. He is 96 though. He has an iPad and does great with it, and loves it - so I think...

I just cut in half, twist, as Patio Life said, and then for the other half, (and to remove the seed) I just use a knife. I just kind of gently "chop" at the seed. Not technically "the safest" but it doesn't take much. The knife just has to get stuck in to the seed a little ways. Then "twist"...

Anyone here try an Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker appliance thing)? Should have probably asked on here first but I will ask now as he is still undecided on a couple things. Just bought one for my grandpa for his 96th B-day.... (I am aware most of you aren't this old LOL). Wondering how you...

All - wondering if anyone has experience or a loved one who has gone through hormone therapy (to reduce the effects of testosterone, such as Lupron or Casodrex or similar anti-androgen meds) for prostate . If so, how did your body handle it? Were the side effects bad, or not too bad? My...