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I have figured out why some of the tests were run on my husband.

He has heart trouble. He had a stent put in back in 2001. He has had heart attacks, and wears a nitroglycerin patch every day. If I had the money, I would purchase a device that could save his life, or someone’s else’s life.

It is called AED, or ARTIFICIAL EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. They come in different sizes and with different costs. The link that I put in my article showed some that cost 1245$, and some that cost more. Those things are disigned that they can be used by someone who does not have any training at all, and they could be used to save a life.

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Sometimes I wonder if computers are instruments of torture.

Foul-ups happen….yeah right. Memory gets used and vanishes. I want a laptop that has enough memory and doesn’t crack my dining room table.

Is that too much to ask? This computer is great, but it has some problems. Its memory seems to be getting used and I have no idea what is using it up. Right now I am down to 3 gb, sometimes even less. GRRRRRRRRR

It could be worse. I don’t want to think about that.

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We had an emergency tonight and I got some things on the blog messed up.

One of our very close neighbors got taken to the emergency room tonight. When they were done with him after some breathing treatments and shot and meds, he was released. Well, eleven at night is not the time to need a ride from one town to another.

I took off from the computer screen to get him and when I got back, I fouled up something that I was writing. Oh well………………..DELETE sure does come in handy sometimes. I guess that electronics can be more forgiving than paper at times.

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Maybe I should have said, how do you talk to people?

On the phone is a popular way to talk, in person is also good. I also talk online to my brother-in-laws, yes, more than one that is. I know that some will need live chat software for their laptops, others will need new programs for their desk tops. Do people still use desktop computers?

I do, do not have any laptop. Of course, I have learned how to do a lot of talking with only my nouth. I do sometimes get into trouble though. At least when I type it on the keyboard, I have time to think before typing and can delete.

You do not want to know how many times I delete things because of typos. That is another story.

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It seems like everywhere I turn I hear about bluray.

What is it? What does it do? How does it work.

I must be left out of the loop because I only have regular DVD. I still use VHS tapes and watch them, too. I’ve heard that bluray is supposed to be better, but I do not have the machine to find out. Maybe someone will get me one for Christmas. Of course, then I’ll have to get some of those discs to put in and watch, too. Our video collection right now mubers in the hundreds. One of our friends said that we could supply a video store. Maybe a small one. At least we do not have to worry about having things on TV that we do not want to watch.

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My computer is driving me nuts.

I just typed in an article and all of a sudden I found myself on a new page, and what I had been typing was gone. WHAT WHAT WHAT *(&()^**&(_

It makes me wish that I had an external hard drive, instead of the tower that I have. Crazy things happening while I try to blog do not make me a happy camper.

I wonder if it is the new download of my browser? It better not be, cause so far I have had no reason to want another. I need to study this and try to avoid nuts (except for eating that is).

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I love to read. Science Fiction and Historical Romance books are amond some of my favorites.

Now when I heard about plasma mounts, I thought it was about some sort of futuristic gun mount. Nope, it is about mounting a plasma TV set. Learn something new everyday.

I can almost see it - you drive your car down the freeway, some idiot cuts in front of you and cuts you off, you use your plasma gun to give him a flat tire so he can’t do that to anyone else. Maybe not, that would start a new type of road rage, and that AIN’T nice.

Oh well, I used to wish that I could have an old fashioned arny tank for a vehicle so that no one would crowd me on the road. However with the price of gas these days NO WAY. Dreams can be fun.

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We drive a Dodge Caravan.

It is not a new one, it was made in 1989. I always thought that if I needed parts for it I would ask for Dodge parts. Well, I have since learned that Mopar parts would also fit. What is a Mopar? I am not really familiar with all of the auto manufacturers that are out there, so to me the question was not stupid.

All that I can say now is that I am glad that I asked my husband instead of someone in an auto parts store. I have no wish to add to the ‘dumb housewife’ fable that goes around in those quarters. I mean that I replaced the points in a 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger. I even managed to set them perfect the first time. All that I did later was to accidentally drop a screw down the distributor. It only took me half of an hour to set it right, and another one and a half hours to get the (*&^*) screw out of the distributor. Well, I guess that paying someone else to do the tune up on our car was actually worth the money. Our neighbor at the time had fun telling me that our car was hungry as I lay on top of the engine -growling at the screw. Live and learn.

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My husband has recently gone through some pain with his big toenail. Now he’s trying to make himself bald.

Yes, I did say bald. Now, you might wonder what that has to do with singed eyebrows. Well, that is what I am going to talk about.

He likes to keep his hair short. Do you remember the buzz cut? Well, every once in a while, he gives himself one of those hair styles. This time however, the clippers had another idea of their own. It is called shorting out. Suddenly.

I heard a pop, a yipe, and then a loud thunk. Of course being the calm person that I am (ahem), I asked him if he was okay. He said yes, but that he just lost part of his eyebrow. That comment did nothing to calm me down. I checked him out as he brought out the offending clippers. Yup, one of his eyebrows had parts missing. It was a very interesting look for him, but not to be recommended. I trimmed his eyebrows so that they both matched. He gave me the clippers to check the cord for any breaks. It did not have any, but I am not ready to become a widow and I cut the cord so the clippers can’t be used again.

I am thankful that I still have a husband. He was wearing his flip flops at the time of the short and the electricity did not harm him except for the eyebrow of course.;)

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I am still here. I just went through some interesting things with my computer. I learn a little each day. Hopefully the computer survives what I do to it.

Some programs….well, lets just say that my experimenting sometimes has unfortunate results. I won’t dance around about it, although Dansko shoes should help even me to dance, I messed up. Erased somethings that I did not want to have erased.

With the help of my brother-in-law Ed, things are basically back to good operating condition. Here’s hoping that I learn and don’t mess up again.

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