Did You Accomplish Anything Today?

Yes, I finished putting in the new paragraph indents into my manuscript. I write in the word processing program Word Perfect. I love the software. But to publish it it has to be converted to MS Word 2003 version so that the publisher can handle it with their software. I don't like MSWord. There are myriad tedious, time consuming steps. But at least I got this one done. Yea! Tomorrow it's back to the list of things that have to be done. I'm not very technically inclined so the process is slower than for some.
 

Don M. said:
I did some serious work today....cut down 5 big dead oak trees to add to my Winter firewood pile. I cut 4 of them into manageable pieces, but hit a big rock under the 5th one....which messed up the chain on my chainsaw. I was getting a bit tired, anyway, so that was a good excuse to stop for the day. We are having several days of really nice weather, so I'll put a new chain on the saw in the morning, and finish cutting. Then, it will probably take me half a day to haul all those pieces out of the forest. and a couple of hours to break up the big pieces with the log splitter. It's a lot of work, but it helps keep me fairly fit, and cuts the Winter electric bill in half.
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We have a bunch of trees down on our place from the storm a few years ago. You are welcome to them. Grin.
 
Phoenix said:
We have a bunch of trees down on our place from the storm a few years ago. You are welcome to them. Grin.
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Yup, but I've got an endless supply on our 40 acres. I've been doing this for 18 years now, and it helps keep me fit, and saves us between 800 to a thousand a year on our Winter electric heating bill. I like to work outdoors as much as the weather permits.
 

Don M. said:
Yup, but I've got an endless supply on our 40 acres. I've been doing this for 18 years now, and it helps keep me fit, and saves us between 800 to a thousand a year on our Winter electric heating bill. I like to work outdoors as much as the weather permits.
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Wood does not heat my house as good as the electric base boards. We discovered that when we first moved in. My husband has severe scoliosis and can no longer saw the wood. I don't like the kick back of power saws. Plus now I am not willing to burn anything because of the emissions. We are in a serious climate crisis.

StarSong said:
You have to convert it to software that's close to 20 years old? Wow!
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There are newer versions that work, but they are much more complicated to use for this purpose. The publisher recommended this one or the 2007 version. But he said that the 2007 version is more complicated to use for this purpose than the 2003. Newer is not always better.
 
Phoenix said:
There are newer versions that work, but they are much more complicated to use for this purpose. The publisher recommended this one or the 2007 version. But he said that the 2007 version is more complicated than the 2003.
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Gotcha. I have owned various versions of Word and would agree that 2003 was among the easiest to work with, particularly when it came to simple formatting.
 
I dug a 90 foot trench and buried 12/2 outdoor wire in it, to run electricity from the house to our shed. Hubby wired it up to the fuse panel and then the outlet in the shed and it works perfectly.
 
Well, kind off. I uncovered my golf cart, been covered for about two months and wow, look at the seats. I tried a couple cleaners, but they did nothing for-the mold or mildew. We have no Clorox in the house or I would have tried that. Any suggestions?

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Our condo board hs been holding its meetings via zoom ever since COVID-19 emerged. A zoom user has a choice to either call in to the meeting or use a computer with a mic and camera. One of the other board members has been calling in, but wanted to use a camera. He has a cheap no-name camera and was not able to get it running properly and neither could his more computer knowledgeable nephew who does a lot of the IT type tasks for him.

So today he asked me to take a whack at it. It took me a few hours, mostly because Windows decided to do a major update when we had to reboot to load a driver, to find a generic driver and some appropriate software and get things configured properly. I went with Open Source webcam and mixer/EQ software that works quite well, since he doesn't have much money to buy software at this point in his life and other than Windows itself, that is what I also choose for my own computer. Anyway, I got the whole thing up and running and now he can not only participate via video/sound in the board meetings, but also record video of himself playing accordions that he fixes up and sells. He said the accordions sell much faster when there is a video demonstration. He used to play professionally, so he is quite good, and I am sure that really helps. It has become a hobby for him, buying used accordions, fixing the up, and selling them. I am pretty sure he mostly breaks even, but it is a fun thing for him to do. He nearly died from cancer last year, so it is good to see him taking an interest in things these days.

He said he also has a Linux system and I will install the camera on that probably this weekend for him. Then he can choose which system to use as he pleases.

Tony
 
Babysitting grand girls (7 and 4) while their Mama sleeps after working her RN job at the ER last night. Breakfast, hair combed, clothes on, to church... once settled in Sunday school rooms, grandma goes back to the house to retrieve diaper bag she forgot 😆

once home from church, the landlady’s son was pressure-washing the house , so we killed som time outside while he finished around the door. Now -starving 4yo cleaned up and fed lunch... grandma now sipping a fortifying cup of coffee and eating a snack, gathering her energy and wits for the next two hours 😊
 
I've been videoing my neighbour who hired a singer to serenade his estranged wife... .. not sure if she's agreed to have him back, we'll see.. but it was a beautiful thing to watch... both the couple and their children were in tears by the end of the 3rd and last song..

We provided the power for the singer... they didn't have their own.. and the estranged husband couldn't very well ask the wife to supply the power so he could surprise her with a serenade
 
hollydolly said:
I've been videoing my neighbour who hired a singer to serenade his estranged wife... .. not sure if she's agreed to have him back, we'll see.. but it was a beautiful thing to watch... both the couple and their children were in tears by the end of the 3rd and last song..

We provided the power for the singer... they didn't have their own.. and the estranged husband couldn't very well ask the wife to supply the power so he could surprise her with a serenade
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Oh, how sweet that sounds...I hope it goes well for them!
 
Pappy said:
Well, kind off. I uncovered my golf cart, been covered for about two months and wow, look at the seats. I tried a couple cleaners, but they did nothing for-the mold or mildew. We have no Clorox in the house or I would have tried that. Any suggestions?

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I have found that 409 cleaner works pretty well for dirty projects in the past.
 
Yes, I got a few things done today and am feeling better for it; took doggy for 2 walks and gave her a bath, too, and then she charged around the apartment trying to "blow dry" herself. She looks so comical when she does that!
 
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