Never thought retirement would be like this

Try rolling up (or folding) a towel, lengthwise, and laying it in front of your keyboard, to rest your wrists on. You could also raise your computer up and type standing up.

Or......CTS may be a workplace myth.

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Jim, it is not *Carpal* Tunnel Syndrome. It is *Cubital* Tunnel Syndrome. I had heard of a cubit, but never knew exactly what it was. Now the name makes sense.

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It's the nerve that runs along that path (then around your elbow and up to your neck).

The towel thing might work, if I could make it stay on the corner of the desk. I need a padded desk. Maybe a whole padded room. :playful: Never thought of standing. That would be easy to try. It's probably something I'll always have to be aware of now. You know, the thin skin thing that happens when you, ahem, "mature." ;) Or maybe I could start eating more pizza and build up a fat layer. Then worry about my knees.:D Boy, it sure is a tricky balance to keep all your parts in working order.

It is really not that big a deal at this point. I'm trying to ....

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I had heard that is caused by repetitive motion, which could include using a keyboard....or a skateboard:confused:. They also sell a slim pad, of keyboard length, at an office supply place or website. I learned from Noah that a cubit is 18 inches.....
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I had heard that is caused by repetitive motion, which could include using a keyboard....or a skateboard:confused:. They also sell a slim pad, of keyboard length, at an office supply place or website. I learned from Noah that a cubit is 18 inches.....
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Nancy, you need to stay off that skateboard! So far, my lists of projects for the winter months are....paint the master bedroom, replace the vanity faucet in the master bath (I have already purchased). I hate dealing with plumbing for some reason. I am not going to replace the pipe from the drain, just take out the old faucet and rehook everything back. The plumbing in this house is old and I am not too sure if the plumbers knew what they were doing when they installed. I don't mind replacing light fixtures because you can turn off the power at the panel and be pretty safe but you never know about what that water is going to do when you turn it off and then turn it back on! Then to tackle the basement! UGH I don't know why I have kept so much stuff in totes! We even have a box that my husband insisted I save when he bought A Boze system for the TV. That had to be 5 years ago! I think we will not be sending it back now! Also need to replace some wood laminate planks in the bedroom that are damaged. That will be a "big" job! So I think I will be pretty busy through the winter months. Let's see how much I actually get done! LOL
 
... They also sell a slim pad, of keyboard length....
Jim, I've been Googling Slim pad, and this is the only thing I could come up with. :)

"The Vic Firth Slim Pad, built with very thin rubber, gives this percussion pad the feel of a contemporary marching snare drum." Arm exercises???


Thanks! I like it. :rolleyes:

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... So far, my lists of projects for the winter months are....paint the master bedroom, replace the vanity faucet in the master bath (I have already purchased). I hate dealing with plumbing for some reason. I am not going to replace the pipe from the drain, just take out the old faucet and rehook everything back. The plumbing in this house is old and I am not too sure if the plumbers knew what they were doing when they installed. I don't mind replacing light fixtures because you can turn off the power at the panel and be pretty safe but you never know about what that water is going to do when you turn it off and then turn it back on! Then to tackle the basement! UGH I don't know why I have kept so much stuff in totes! We even have a box that my husband insisted I save when he bought A Boze system for the TV. That had to be 5 years ago! I think we will not be sending it back now! Also need to replace some wood laminate planks in the bedroom that are damaged. That will be a "big" job! So I think I will be pretty busy through the winter months. Let's see how much I actually get done! LOL

Those sound like good projects.

I'm just like you. Electric is easy compared to plumbing. Seldom have I put plumbing stuff together that didn't leak somewhere on the first try. Or worse yet, a few days later. There must be a tip the plumbers try to keep secret.

When you say "tackle" the basement, do you mean de-cluttering? I really need to build some shelves in my basement. Been casing the joint down there and there just isn't much wall space for them, what with 12 windows and 3 doors.:rolleyes: Then I need to de-clutter it.

The wood floor in my bedroom upstairs squeaks loudly, right where you get out of bed in the morning. I keep saying I'll fix it, but haven't. Problem is I can never make it squeak on purpose when I'm looking for the spot. The plan is to just sink some long screws in it straight down and see if that works. It is covered with a rug all the time, and is not that great looking anyway.

Let's do this!!! :giggle:
 
I have heard of sprinkling talcum powder on the floor, at the spots that squeak, working it in the cracks. Can't recall if we ever tried it.
 
Updates:
The oral surgeon who did the tooth bone graft was in an automobile accident and injured his wrist. He will be in therapy for 2-3 months. What an awful thing to happen to a surgeon. They said he has a positive attitude about it. Rescheduled follow-up appointment was yesterday with his partner.

Colored my hair last night---reddish blonde. Waited to do a short straight cut first, and some courage. It turned out better than expected. The brown was looking mousy because there is about 20% gray evenly mixed in now. But will it be worth the trouble to keep it up? Probably not.

The brush piling Sunday was a bigger job than I thought it would be, because I didn't get nearly as much done the previous time as I thought. Finished just in time. Rain started last night. Supposed to be heavier rain tomorrow.

There were still a lot of wet spots. Came up with a routine something like a relay race, with just one runner.;) I would toss all the branches over the first wet area, then cross over and toss them over the next wet area, etc, until we all got to the finish line. Maybe it was wasted time doing this, but I just think that would have been WAY too much vegetation in the water. There are plenty of stumps left for cover. If the branches were left there they might float down to the drain and cause trouble if the water rises. Who knows?
 
Meanderer, you better not tease me about my hair, or I will send this crew after you. They are a tough bunch.

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Seriously I needed an excuse to post this old picture. This is my father (the boy in front) with his brother and sisters. Add his age to 1919 to date it. Late 1920's? Heading into the Depression. Lots of stories there. Never met the older woman in the middle. Suspect she is a mysterious much older half sister. Looks too friendly.;)

I like very old pictures of relatives. New ones, not so much.

Btw, why did no one smile in old pictures? When did that change, I wonder.:confused:
 
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Why didn’t people smile in old photos?

"How beautiful and haunting old photographs are in comparison with our silly selfies. Those unsmiling people probably had as much fun as we do, if not more. But they felt no hysterical need to prove it with pictures. Instead, when they posed for a photograph, they thought about time, death and memory. The presence of those grave realities in old photographs makes them worth far more than our inanely happy Instagram snaps. Perhaps we should stop smiling sometimes, too".


 
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Meanderer, I was thinking the exact same thing. I have some very old pictures and not in a single one do they have a smile on their face. I will have to dig some of them out for you Nancy. The wood screw should work on your floor, as long as you hit a joist. But unless it is so annoying, I'd let it go. There are some areas where our floors squeak according to the humidity. The more humid, the less squeak. I quess they swell up. Or maybe it's the other way around? Yep, I mean decluttering the basement. Ours is not a "daylight" basement, just poured concrete walls. Thank goodness it stays dry. Now watch it flood!
 
... I will have to dig some of them out for you Nancy...
Maggiemae, that would be great. I'd like to see them.

... The wood screw should work on your floor, as long as you hit a joist. But unless it is so annoying, I'd let it go. ...
Probably a good idea. I've let it go this long. Likely as I get older my hearing will go and I won't hear the squeaks, anyway. :p The talcum powder on the floor didn't work so far. :( It was certainly worth a try.

Water has crept into my basement 3 times since I had the floor poured (almost 30 years ago). It has never made it more than half way across yet. Got to keep that in mind though if I decide to build shelves. Still haven't got a plan I like.
 
Water has crept into my basement 3 times since I had the floor poured (almost 30 years ago). It has never made it more than half way across yet. Got to keep that in mind though if I decide to build shelves. Still haven't got a plan I like.

There is an easy solution to this problem if the water is seeping in through a crack and cracks are pretty common in cement basements. Hardware stores carry hydraulic cement that can be mixed in very small batches like a cupful and applied inside the basement to a crack that is actively leaking. It sets up in five minutes so you have to work fast but it will stop the leak. Just follow the directions on the package.
 
Hi Timetrvlr!

The water doesn't run in through any cracks, it just kind of seeps in. Happens only if there is a heavy rain *after* the ground has already been saturated. I *suspect* whoever built the house might have thrown all their building trash around the foundation and just covered it with dirt and it has rotted and left hollows, but don't know for sure. :rolleyes:

 
Dentist appointment yesterday morning. We got 1.4 inches of rain this week. Now entering the rainy season. College football season is over here! That's all that has happened.

My mother always used the phrase "the gift of gab" in a derogatory sense. She didn't like people who talked a lot. I don't remember her ever saying anything in public, unless she was asked a direct question. It rubbed off. When I was a kid, everyone thought my elevator didn't go to the top floor because I never said anything. Later everyone thought I was just "stuck up."

But here in this diary I get carried away sometimes.

Keeping a low profile until something at least a little bit important happens. The worst thing I can think of is coming across as a Myrna. :p

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See, I can't even keep quiet here about keeping quiet. {sigh}
 
Flipped the breaker (to the fence), locked the goats in the barn, and took off to check the fence today.

On the trip around...

I knew it! The new neighbor has horses! They have finished a beautiful wood rail fence all along the main highway, with sheep & goat wire in the back. Not cheap.

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Only one little tree down on the fence, except for this one leaning against a wood support. Will get it next time.:p

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About a dozen geese still in the lake. Finally got all the trees cut off the back of the dam. Most were little ones.

The breaker for the fence is now the one the pump used to be on. It wouldn't flip back on. Pulled it out and it was burned up on the back side. So it *was* a bad breaker. BUT WHAT CAUSED IT TO BURN OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE??? To Lowes on the way home, and found a perfect match for the breaker. $10. How lucky is that!?!
 
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Those horses look a little overweight, or maybe getting older, but healthy and well taken care of. Some of my goats have the same problems. It's really hard to keep them from getting overweight when you have more than one.

It seems everyone out there has a horse, or two, or 8. You could get them for free when the economy crashed in 2008. Most don't realize how much it costs to keep them, or care. I watched the next door neighbor on the main road neglect two, and both eventually died. Why a renter would want a horse is beyond my comprehension. They moved out long ago, TG. Oops, bringing back old memories and getting off on a rant here. Sorry, it was a bad time. :)
 


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