Silicon Valley around 2000? when Enron was doing its thing. We frequently lost power, an executive was caught in a restroom when the power went off. I do not know about code. I worked in cost accounting, I was curious and went into the executive restroom and turned off the lights….complete darkness. The other restrooms had door vents, at least on could find an exit. During that time, many employees obtained Uninteruptable Power Supplies UPS for their computers. No Cloud in those days. There was enough light from windows to navigate, even work.

How sad! Sorry about the losses, Sherry. And Nancy. We had our usual cold winter, but no snow cover, which is very unusual. Looks like all registered are up but some are down to one-two small fans, both southern and nothern. I am still not doing too well so only ventured into the yard couple times this year, briefly. Lost quite a bit of seedlings, 75% of last year planted, and a dozen others, including several already established ones, which seemed big and strong - vanished. Well, I was talking about downsizing especially in seedlings, and mother nature did it for me. Sad about the one seedling in particular, it was my favorite. And we are already very dry here..

It seems to me that prescription drugs are best monitored by your actual doctor who has a full understanding of your entire body and your medical history. It sounds challenging to get a doc appointment but if your health and mental health are worth losing the weight, then it seems worth the hoops to jump through to see your real doctor. "Both are totally obsessed with food unwilling to practice moderation." "If you can't pass up 2nds and 3rds at the dinner table and won't find an outlet to burn calories it won't work for you. It's not a miracle drug and still takes discipline." From the anecdotal evidence of the six people I know taking these injections and pills, I have not found the above statements to be true for them at all. The medication takes away their mental obsession with food. And, it makes them feel full fast so they have no desire or mental need to eat 2nds and 3rds. My best friend is taking it and she does feel like it is a miracle for the first time in her life to not be mentally consumed with food. It does not take disciple for her because the cravings and desires are not there to have to resist. For her food is very much like an addiction. Addictions are diseases and will power is often not enough to fight it. (Her doctor has her taking the original diabetes medication in pill form, not injections.) I have obese family members who died from complications due to their obesity. I used to think it was all about the failure of their will power and lack of effort. I now realize they probably battled with willpower and took great efforts on a daily basis not to eat more than they already did. I wish this medication had been availble when they were alive.

you nailed it! tuffy was out of a quarter horse mare, sired by a paint stud named Hank-a-Chief. tuffy's registered name was Tuffer-n-Hank. i had been on the hunt for a couple of years for a nice APHA gelding and had traveled all of illinois, iowa and missouri. on what would be my last travel day, i stopped at a tack shop a couple of hours from home to pick up a hoof pick. standing at the checkout counter, i was looking around on their bulletin board and found an ad for this gorgeous gelding for sale. a guy standing behind me told me he knew that horse and said he was great on trails, 5 years old, newly gelded. when i saw that the phone number was in MY area code, i couldn't write it down fast enough. i called on my way home and wonder of wonders, this guy lived 40 minutes from me! i got so excited and asked if i could stop by and see him before i went home... mind you, it was november, darker than the inside of a cow at 4:30 p.m. but i wanted to see this horse NOW. he told me to come on by so i did! got there and he brought tuffy out of the barn and i almost fainted. he was exactly what i had been looking for. thinking he would be asking way above what i was prepared to pay, i tried to calm my excitement. he told me all about him, that he was great on the trails, sweet as the day is long, very affectionate. i asked why he was selling him and he told me that he had used him at stud for some outside mares and was preparing another young stud to take over those duties so he had him gelded and decided to find him a good home. he offered to let me ride him in his pasture, said he would go ahead of me on his 4-wheeler to light the way with his headlights. he put a bridle on him, i jumped on him bareback and off we went. that horse never missed a beat, trotted right out, loped a couple of big circles then walked calmly back to the barn. the guy looked familiar to me and when i asked him where he worked, i said no wonder i thought i knew him from somewhere. he was a deputy sheriff in the county where i worked and i often saw him at the courthouse while filing paperwork for my boss. i was sure that he was being honest about everything he told me about tuffy so i crossed my fingers behind my back and inquired about his asking price. when he said $700, i almost DIED! even all those years ago, a nicely marked, well-broke APHA gelding would easily sell for $2-3K. i bought him on the spot. this was the day before thanksgiving so i waited until friday to hook up the trailer and bring tuffy home. we put a whole lot of miles on over 23 years, he was my bestest friend and when gary got sick and died, i spent a lot of days sobbing into his mane. i wish i had a nickel for every time on a trail ride, somebody would ask me if i'd sell him. HA! not a chance!! one guy pestered me all weekend once, told me numerous times to just name my price. i finally told him ok, you've beat me down so yeah, i'll take $10,000,000 for him and not a penny less. he left me alone after that. 😂 i spoiled that horse rotten, even got him his own little pet.