WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    edited September 2018
    Viv - I'm liking your plans for more socialising. I'm incredibly antisocial, so it wouldn't do for me, but if I were single I would have to connect more. Force myself. :* My friend who lives in York says it is very good for clubs etc. She joined a walking one.

    Done some writing today and just finished my run. My second podcast was on the Wichita Lineman. Made me think of some of you gals. :D

    The weather is glorious again. DH cut the grass while I was out running. <3

    Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    Finally managed to squeeze a few minutes into my evening to work on cycling club stuff. Given we've got a weekend of events coming up in a month, I figured I'd better get moving!!


    Machka in Oz
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    edited September 2018
    Michelle As someone who has worked the majority of her life on the fringes of the IT department and as the trainer and primary user of custom databases - I’d run not walk away from the position you have at newcomers. In my experience, a custom SQL database for a small not for profit organization with a data set (#of membership tracked) is less than a number in the tens or hundreds of thousands is a nightmare with data locked in a vault only one person will be able to access.

    Without going into details of flat vs. relational databases and the necessity of knowing both the SQL programming language, query structure, and specific makeup and tables in this custom database - - - at the minimum one needs some very in depth education in databases and SQL in particular to access data in these databases in my opinion.

    I think it is a shame they bypassed your experience and feelings when deciding to go this route, I think your instincts (the primary user and data upkeep responsibilities) are right on track. In my experience when something like this database is implemented without a trained STAFF of people to use and maintain, the end result is the average “jane” without SQL skills just keeps her own spreadsheet of data so they can report, access, and add new columns (like 2018 Xmas party volunteers ) on the fly. Then the database designer eventually quits or retires and no one knows the structure of the specific database built for your data (which never was updated for the useful on the fly lists) and it gets abandoned.

    I hope your Newcomers have thought of my reservations and are planning a non-computer professional user interface to get reports out of the data, but I think you will be well away from there regardless!

    My ( unnecessary) 2 cents - (with apologies to our favourite trained and highly educated computer professional, Machka - just being on the other side of the fence, I run, not walk from custom relational databases - especially for small data sets that are easily managed in a flat file database or even excel. I realize with web programming and php pages etc, the website might be able to do cool things with a proper database underneath, - but the reality I saw was the day to day business which was then intended to be run off that same database suffered and untrained non computer programming educated business users tend to create their own data storage and access solutions that fit their own technology level - when faced with such situations).

    Rye getting off her soapbox
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,303 Member
    We had an airplane cruise into the park! Stranger things!! Lol.
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    Aliens at the laundromat!
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    RV Rita
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Machka & Rye ~ I am in awe of your technological knowledge! :)
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    1948Peachy wrote: »
    Machka & Rye ~ I am in awe of your technological knowledge! :)

    Thanks, but lol, all I know is enough to know how much I don’t know. I have served as the user ‘liaison’ or intermediary between the programmers and the end users a time or two, tho, so I’ve seen it in action.

    I am in awe of Machka, her position and education parallel my husband’s in many ways, but he has a several decade head start!

    And for big organizations - complex relational databases SQL, or Oracle based are the bread and butter of data management. But that means the data (accessing or adding new types to it) is out of end users hands. Necessary in big organizations with hundreds of thousands of records! But, IMO this is rarely a good idea in small settings, especially In a volunteer organization without a dedicated IT department.

    Rye
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Barbie: Congrats on a good night’s sleep. It is a gift to savor. :flowerforyou:

    Pip: I love the photo of Kirby with the Airstream in the background. :smiley:

    (((Heather))) You’re doing a decent job of handling the stress and frustration. I am impressed. I’m still hoping for the best. :star:

    M: It sounds as though you’ve found a doctor with the potential of helping you. Yay!!! I hope she is just what you need. :flowerforyou:

    Vicki: I’m so sorry that your friend has pancreatic cancer. It was good that you & your DH have provided a home for his loved motorcycle. I'm sure it eases his worry a little bit. :star:

    Heather: We had to replace the door to an outside storage room a few years ago. We chose a fiberglass door in a matching style to our other outside doors. We’ve been very happy with it. The wooden door that was there before had dry rot and was deteriorating rapidly. Our neighbor also put in a fiberglass door. :flowerforyou:

    Lenora: The political candidate you’re talking about sounds like a “nutter.” I hope the election results give you a more realistic person. :grumble:

    Kim: I am so happy to see you post. You have been missed! :star:

    Wellness63: Welcome! :smiley:

    Lisa: Sorry about the frustration with the printer. I’m glad the reboot worked. :star:

    Rebecca: Sorry that the medical support you want for DH isn’t as good as OHSU. :flowerforyou:

    Barbara: DD said she would take care of the tax matter, but she didn’t from what she just said. I don’t know the current status. We see our accountant at 1:30 this afternoon. We count on him for good advice. :star: DD says that she and her husband did not have to pay sales tax. We haven’t heard back from CO lately. That doesn’t mean there is no trouble in my view.

    As I just mentioned, we are going to see our accountant this afternoon to discuss the CO situation as well as review our status. We haven’t heard from the state of CO a second time. Don’t know what that means, if anything.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Viv--Congrates on stepping out of your comfort zone. I understand how you feel about being around new people. I have that problem too and working on it. :)

    Rebecca-Great news on the jeans fitting. I pray you get things worked out with the blood work. B)

    Rita--Interesting and keeps life from being boring.

    Katla--Hope you get good news about the CO problem.

    Barbie--Happy dance for you. So glad you were able to dance and that you know your limit. :D

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,087 Member
    well I am back and non the worse for wear, except I have to go get more bloodwork - specialized blood work.. so will go do that early tomorrow morning fasting in sure.. but will get it done to find out what is up...
    Pip~ that doesn't look good at all
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    edited September 2018
    I know we are not supposed to talk politics but today has been nothing on the U.S. news stations but the allegations against a Supreme Court nominee. It makes me sick to watch the whole thing. Lives will be ruined no matter who you side with.


    Carol in GA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,647 Member
    Pip - OUCH!! I'm going to invest in Band-Aids if you keep this up, lol. Cute photo of Kirby and the airstream!!

    Heather - love your way of dealing with the uncertainty of moving. Sounds like you already have a lovely home that needs a bit of updating to suit your needs, thinking about that and planning is a good way to tackle the stress of the selling/moving. DH and I talk about why keep this big (1700 sf) house and large lot and I look at homes for sale on the internet, and we decide there's no place we'd rather live than here right now. Plus, he's in love with that large collection of who knows what out in his shop that he refuses to start sorting through. I'm guessing there are at least 2 large dumpsters full, lol.

    Vicki - so nice your DH was able to buy Bob's motorcycle. Did you say you had a new employee? You have such a stressful job and being shorthanded on top of it ((((HUGS))))

    Rita     - I always get a kick out of your adventures in Roswell!

    Carol     - DH and I thought when we went to ROKU TV we'd miss local and national news coming from Seattle stations. We don't. I guess we can get CNN and FOX both but we rarely watch them, lol. I read somewhere the more the media can keep repeating and hyping everything and getting people to tune in, the better their ratings and the more they can charge for advertising. When the internet goes down and we lose ROKU we are generally able to get foreign programming on public stations from an old-fashioned antenna. Amazing the things going on in this country and the world that are actually interesting other than whatever circus is taking place. And the best part... no commercials!

    So we just walk away from toxic TV (thanks KarenNY)

    Barbie - glad you were able to attend dance class for a while, and that photo of your furry kids was just great. Happy little family!!

    Allie - sending good thoughts about your blood tests!! I went in yesterday for B12 and D blood tests and noticed the doc added on lipids and CMP - comprehensive metabolic panel. Guess she figured they had me in the chair, might as well go for it. Should be posting the results to my patient page this afternoon.

    Going to be warm this afternoon -- 77f with 82f tomorrow. I just finished sanding the metal legs of our old glass-topped patio table and will spray them with Rustoleum tomorrow before the wind picks up.

    OK ladies, have a great evening!

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
    Ttyy
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,946 Member
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  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Bad news on the bathroom floor - going to take longer and be more expensive than we had hoped, as the previous owners laid concrete board over already rotted flooring instead of replacing it. To keep the rot from going into the floor joists, we have to replace quite a bit of the sub-floor, and rip up the tile while we're at it. Well, not us, but the contractor. Grrf. Better to know now than later, but not a problem we welcome right now...

    Oh well. We can't cure it without throwing money at it, so we'll endure it.

    Thanks for the baby fix, Janet!

    Later, y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited September 2018
    Janetr That's an ADORABLE photo.

    Lisa Bummer about the flooring.

    Everybody who made suggestions about the grandson's computer - No, I can't do anything about my son being in control of that computer...but I could give him (again) the list of websites that have to have firewalls down. That's a great suggestion. Then if he does it again, I will give him the list again. As many times as l need to. He'll get embarrassed after awhile. I hate to do that to him. Actually I don't. He needs drugs. :#

    Karen in Virginia
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
    stats for the day:

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.56min, 11.9mph, 131mhr, 1.5mi= 80c
    apple watch- 64c
    TREADMILL jog- 52min, 9.55min mi, 5.8-6.6sp, 132ahr, 158mhr, 5.24mi= 495c
    apple watch- 560c
    ride gym 2 dome- 5.09min, 17.3amph, 145mhr, 1.4mi= 77c
    apple watch- 46c
    ride puy 2 sumn station- (included, falling, fixing chain and getting on road again) 14.07min, 12.7amph, 126ahr, 154mhr= 178c
    apple watch- 123c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5min, 10.06min mi, 138ahr, 149mhr, .5mi= 73c
    apple watch- 56c
    jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4min, 9.47min mi, 127ahr, 149mhr, .4mi= 66c
    apple watch- 52c
    ride sumner sta 2 dentist/Tacoma, windy - 1hr, 2min 9sec, 145mhr, 11.6amph, 12mi= 551c
    apple watch- 488c
    Ride dentist 2 hm- 8.28min, 9.1amph, 129mhr, 1.2mi= 66c
    Apple Watch- didn't turn on

    total cal 1586
  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    Michelle - No, you did not muddy yourself at all.

    Lenora
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    barbie so happy to hear you were dancing today <3<3<3
    NYKAREN
  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    The correct spelling of the medication is SEROQUEL. I take two 400mg tablets at night - because it makes me 'sleepy if I take them every 12 hours'; my MD agreed that I could take it that way. It's cheaper, too! I get the generic brand (double up) because the 800mg only comes in 'brand name'; and it would about $95+ through my mail order instead of the $20 I pay for a 90-day supply. I also take Geodon and Clonazepam (anti-anxiety). Thankfully the LINX procedure I had earlier in the summer means that I no longer have to take "Nexium" or "Pepcid"; therefore I can 'attest' to the fact - for me - that my head is a lot less fuzzy than it has been for 12+ years. My surgeon told me that I should tell my GYN 'thanks' for sending me to him. LOL!!! I think I WILL tell him to NOT put any woman on "Nexium" long-term.

    Lenora
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,194 Member
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  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Barbie - So glad you were able to dance today!

    Michelle - if they no longer need/want you, why are you waiting next year to step away. Let them handle it and walk away to make you happier. You matter.

    I went into town to pick up the hubs and I's passports at his office (he is traveling this week). I love this weather...it was 65 this morning. I love that you see people that are in boots and sweaters because they are so glad it is finally coolish while others are still in shorts and flip flops because it warms up during the day and they are hanging on to Summer.

    I got the yard mowed today. For some reason, my stupid watch is draining the battery when I wear it while I mow. I can do a 2 hour walk/run with it in workout mode and make it through the rest of the day with 50%+ battery life still left. When I mow just wearing it, it drains it. It didn't use to, just the last 3 times. It is extremely weird. Hopefully todays update will stop that.

    Went to the gastro doc this morning. I am having a screening colonoscopy next Tuesday. They are going to do an endoscopy as well while I am under since I was having extreme heartburn when I increased my fat. I have gotten that under control with my diet, but since I will be out anyway, they are going to do it to be sure nothing is going on. He really doesn't think there is, but I have had an acidic stomach since I was a toddler so he's going to check it out.

    Have a great evening ladies!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country

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