WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020

LondonParisTexas wrote: »

Hi I’m looking for extra support and new friends for mutual motivation, exchanges and help on my journey.Thanks for friending me.(I’m a British lady, living in France and my daughter lives in the states hence my pseudo!)

Welcome to the group. I'm a Texan by marriage, an Ohioan by birth and was a Michigander during my formative years.

@MICHELE the days are running into one another for me too. Can tell them explicitly what you would like in terms of communication?
I have a friend who had 3 kids 18-25 living at home in the city and who were often out and she had them sign up to paper posted in kitchen to say which evenings they would be home or not home for dinner.

Would Colby and Jess pitching in financially and in basic helping out (food, cleaning dishes, etc) make a difference? Would it be better to just have Jess there and not Colby or would it be more of a pain to have her alone? I have at least 2 college-age students who quickly locked down in family home with their boy/girlfriend in addition and it seems to be going fine; but they are about 20 yrs old. it surely depends on the characters of the kids, the BF/GF how they are contributing, etc. One of the students is extremely good natured and communicative so if her significant other is also they are probably a boon to the household. Weirdly i realize that at least 3 of my 4 siblings had their GF/BF living at our house as teens or in very early 20s for at least a couple of months. Sometimes it was nice and sometimes a bit heavy, and sometimes a decent if imperfect solution. It sounds like they are not an ideal couple to have around and then it sounds right to say no thanks. Or discuss it.
@MACHKA at least partial shutdown will surely continue until September, here anyway. Great news about your husband's lesser pressure. A DH who cooks, sews and gardens sounds like a keeper.

@LondonParisTexas i'm in France too. welcome. are you in the city or the countryside in france?

@Margaret, me too, keeping trips to a minimum. Since i have many shops around in the "pre-confinement" days i would most often pick up things at least 2x a week. Now 1x a week (to freshen up fresh veggies and fruits and odd bits) is the norm. I only get fruits and veggies than can last long enough to get uncontaminated out of fridge or can be peeled.

@Barbie Sounds like good shopping. and you strip and shower after shopping too.

@Tracey your instructor could type 60WPM with 2 fingers! that's amazing. i was not into my high school typing class. i imagine my grade was just average. I'm really sorry about your work issues.

@Alabaster, 2 simultaneous (world and local) disasters could be hard to deal with.

@Tina Great typing speed!

@Sharon I have never sewed my own clothing. a few attempts over life not really worth it. my friend who is an avid sewer says that for basic stuff (jeans, shirts, etc) the pattern+ good quality cloth (and you need to buy good quality cloth, not thin sheet-type cotton) generally costs more than buying the clothing item, so it's more for pleasure and personal taste than for economy as it was probably in the 30s and 40s (my mom's day).
I'm way stocked except fresh veggies which will need a reboot in maybe 3-5 days.
The senior times are early mornings so there are less germs in the air when they go. That caused a problem for my sister in Ny state though because the senior hour is something like 6-7 but they couldn't buy beer before 8 am (for her DH) in ny state.

@Cathy if we go to supermarket we can have stuff delivered but ordering online at present is only for the the frail etc according to the website (at our own discretion).
So I shop live and for a very big lot i have it delivered (since i'm on foot in the city). Yesterday i would have had delivered but no deliveries on sundays.

Morning ladies
Had to go to the supermarket on Friday, been trying to get a delivery, but no slots for weeks. I have tried a company called Parsley Box which deliver ready meals that can be stored in the cupboard (rather than the fridge or freezer). I ordered some for my mum and decided to put an order in for my son - I did try the lasagne, and it was very tasty. Unfortunately they don't do vegetarian meals, but are planning on adding them to their menu in the Autumn. My daughter is a veggie and I try to eat vegetarian when I can.

I've not been able to get any flour since before March. I'm hoping that as with the toilet paper, this will resolve itself soon, surely everyone must have enough flour by now!

I've been trying to work out Heather's puzzle, thought it might be mph to kph but no. Back to the drawing board

Keep safe
Love Viv UK

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Next clue. This is my alarm clock.


Love Heather UK XXXXXX

See ... I was thinking about adding lines to create new numbers.

12 contains 7 lines
28 contains 12 lines.

11 contains 4 lines
30 contains 11 lines.

10 contains 8 lines
52 contains 10 lines.

12, 11, 10.

M in Oz

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s Coping Calendar Day 23: have a tech free day
Michele was hoping you could see the edges of the stone discs. If not, why not try running the sharpener over a knife blade and see if it works?
Welcome @LondonParisTexas!
LuciB ((hugs)) for Rocky’s situation.
SuziQ the laughing baby and puppy meme! Teasnort!
Machka your “feels like” solution to Heather’s puzzle
Annie our vets are open, you call from your car and they come out and take the pet in, leaving you in the car. Worked for Tumble’s annual and Shadow’s nail clip.
Tracey so sorry to hear about the Administrator causing you such pain. Please take extra good care of yourself during this stressful time.
Tina Mister must wait til June to see a specialist? Surely such a specialist is essential and not locked down? Horrified to hear all that doesn’t work for his pain. Praying he gets some relief soon. At this point, I would skip urgent care and go straight to the ER, preferably one associated with a teaching hospital.
Allie oww! What were you trying to build?
Sharon “…still believed in the perfectability of mankind” Ah yes, those were the days. Had two mini dresses for special occasions, wore my black velvet bell bottoms down to the threads. And Yes to delusional vs cynical! I was in Berkeley then the East Bay from ’68 on, and you?
Kay those bagels look yummy!
Cathy likewise those keto cakes. Angel your isolation partner!
Sue your visitors.
Michele surprised the Salvation Army is open and accepting donations, all our non-profit thrift stores here are closed. The list of places you’ll go worries me. Know your heart is in the right place and you’re doing all this for others, but please reconsider, reduce to essentials and at least decontam after each stop. Take care of yourself!
Beth 110-115 wpm? WOW a speed demon!
Kim “almost nothing is on special sale” yup. Just looked at Freddie’s weekly ad, no bargains, no real sales. Omigosh Kim, that is a BIG snake. What kind?
Julie do you think your fatigue is physical, emotional or spiritual?
Rebecca that sleeping Athena Rose is just the image I needed. Thank you.

Started typing when I “worked” in Daddy’s Railway Express office as a child for a quarter and a Nehi Cream Soda. Didn’t realize he was babysitting me He taught me to type with two fingers, building up to typing the monthly statements for sending out Eventually learned to be more accurate (due carbon paper). Typing I and II in high school on manual typewriter. Ditto what’s been said about IBM Selectrics, keyboards, word processors, computers, Word Perfect and MS Office. Rejoiced at word processing, did not mourn the loss of carbon paper at all. Yes I can still look someone in the eye while typing, but I’m not really listening unless I’m taking notes for meeting minutes. 72 wpm minus 1 for typo.


Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Last day of my holiday. Tomorrow I'm back at work ... but at home. However it does mean that I'll have to drag myself out of a bed about an hour earlier than I have been doing. I'll also have to deal with about 100 emails ... I've seen them come in but have ignored them.

Anyway, I'm still working on 2 papers. Today was technically the due date but we've been given 5 extra days.

I'm well into the the first one and if all goes well, I should be at the writing stage tomorrow.

I have a system for my papers now.

1) Do a little bit of research on the important terms in the instructions so that I have definitions and a few alternate terms.
2) Search for articles on the Library website that talk about the important aspects of the paper. I may have to use alternate terms to find some of the papers. I try to aim for about 5 papers per topic.
3) Create References from the articles I've found. I may delete some if I decide not to use them, but I feel better when I've got a good references page with at least 15 references and in some courses, that alone is worth a few marks.
4) Create Title Page, Contents Page, and structure with all main headings. If I'm running out of time, I don't want to be fussing with this stuff at the end.
5) Read the articles and copy/paste sentences and paragraphs into the right sections of my paper complete with the appropriate in-text citation.
6) And at last ... use what I've got to write my paper. There's a lot of summarising and deleting involved. If I start to run out of time, I tend to be a tad quote-heavy. If I've got more time, more summarising takes place.


My husband and I got out for another beach walk. It's lovely out there. I wanted to take Rhody out for a walk around the yard, but it was rainy and windy all day.


M in Oz

Good morning ladies!

Karen in VA - that time lapse of the gal growing up is fabulous!

Has anyone heard from NYKaren? I think she was taking some time off from us? Hope her Rachel is home and everyone doing well in her family. I made a big pot of lentil soup a few days ago and dumped some curry paste into it, thought of her.

Carol - have you heard anything re Lenora? I think of her and her family too - her own fragile health.

New ladies - as you can see, once we get to know you, you become a part of our "family" ;-).

Typing - I used to type around 60 WPM. I was born with oddly short pinky fingers, so have learned to substitute ring fingers for some of the keys depending on the keyboard. Glad I learned it!

Kim - do you know what kind of snake that is? I could use him in our garage: I've caught 5 mice traps out there in the past week.

We're supposed to have a sunny, warm day. The plan is to attack more of the garden and flower bed area - get the tomato holes dug while the dirt is still damp, before the clay soil sets up.

Wishing you all a good week.

Lanette
SW WA State

sh0tzz99 wrote: »

I hate group projects and even chose my master's degree program because the university promised no group projects. Like Machka, I usually ended up doing most of the work and got frustrated by my groupmates' lack of effort. I was beyond furious when one of my instructors in that program made us do a group project. The good news is that my 2 partners actually stepped up and one of them is now a very dear friend. I even still keep in touch with that instructor.

However, I still hate group things and I hate talking on the phone, but much prefer that over a Zoom call. The appeal of Zoom happy hours escapes me.

Tina in CA

I was hoping that a Masters in IT would involve us each working on our own projects on our own computers ... but when the number of students in the program increased from about 100 to about 500, the teachers started wanting group work.

I've had a few group projects that have been successes. Of all the group projects I've done over the years, they probably amount to about 10%.

In one, each group had to present a topic each week for 5 weeks ... something like a 5 minute powerpoint. There were 5 of us in each group and we were told that we could arrange the workload however we wanted. Most groups stood at the front in their group of 5 and each did a small section of the topic. Our group looked at the number of topics and looked at the number in our group ... and decided to each take one topic. That worked really well and we got a great mark.

And that is, I think, how group work should be tackled. Divide it up and each work on your own section. After all, in business, no employer hires 5 people to do one job. 5 people might be on one project, but you're each working on your own section.

In another, complete opposite, story ... I was in a group where we had all sat down and divided the project. We agreed we would each work on our own sections, and on a certain date, we would share them to see if other group members had feedback. Then we would put it all together. 3 members of the 4 were really good. 1 kept emailing us, wanting to meet so that we could all tell her what to write. I kept offering her suggestions but told her that we were each doing our own sections Finally right near the end she came up with about a paragraph combined with a long whiny email saying we had excluded her. The other 3 of us ended up doing her section and it was a mad scramble to get it in on time. We didn't get a great mark ............ and she wanted to complain to the teacher that she had put in all this work and didn't get the mark she expected!!!

But probably the worst one was another group of 4 where one would not participate in anything at all ... and then near the end, he started sabotaging our work! We were all supposed to be working in one particular shared drive ... and after we discovered what he was doing, we moved it all to another one without telling him.

Personally, I like to work at my own pace on my own stuff, and I will take whatever mark I'm given. Most of the time I think it's a fair mark given how much effort I put into it.

Fortunately the two papers I'm working on now are individual.


M in Oz

LANETTE ~ Lenora has just recently begun emailing again. We will see if she will check in with us here.

KIM ~ That snake looks scary but I guess it isn't poisonous or you wouldn't be holding it. I like your sun hat.

MACHKA ~ Love the flowers. Oh, how I wish I was able to get out in the yard and work again.

Carol in GA