I was sitting here reading yesterday when two 4x4s pulled up in the yard. Two boys knocked on the door, when I opened it there stood two sons of one of my neighbors. "Mr. Blutranes, Daddy said you was sick and for us to come over here and see if you need us to split wood or get you some wood or something". Well, I got wood enough, but there is something I wanted to do but I need some help, says I. But, you gotta have some big strong muscles to do what Im talking about. The little one (about 10) say, " we got big strong muscles Mr. Blutranes, real strong." I say ok, let me get my hat and we will take a look at it. We go out back where I have 90 bales of spoiled coastal Bermuda hay stacked on pallets. I say, I want to lay these on the ground side by side over there. Why you wanna do that Mr. Blutranes says the older one? I am going to make a vegetable bed and I want these bales to make the ground clear. They look at each other, and then look at me like I am crazy (with respect mine you) and say ok. I give everyone a mask explaining that it would be bad to inhale any dust and to be safe we are going to wear these. I show them what I am talking about and we get started. I tell the little one I need him to help me to move a bale even though I know he is strong, but I am still sick and not very strong and need his help. We get the job done in before dark, a bed @50x5. I ask how much do I owe you boys for that good work? We dont want any money Mr. Blutranes says the oldest. The little one butts in "daddy would whup us if we took some money Mr. Blutranes". I smile and say, tell you what, come next summer you boys come by when watermelons are ripe and we can go out there and you can get the biggest on you want, EACH! Really Mr. Blutranes, thanks Mr. Blutranes! They get on their 4x4s and I say, "tell your daddy I said I will see him later and thank you." As they rode off down the road "haulin butt" a tear came in my eye. It sure is good to have good neighbors Blutranes

yes it's an L shaped kitchen. On the exposed side I measured the dimensions of the finishing panel that covered the side: 30". I didn't measure the depth of that piece of counter. I titled this thread "typical" because there was nothing atypical in the kitchen. Typical were all the small cupboards and their small cupboard doors. Typical was the corner base cabinet that had me stooping down to go fish out the closest pots. Since it's dark (unlit) in there I didn't go hunting further for more pots of different shapes and sizes. Besides, once I had my three pot sizes close by I didn't need to know more. Typical was the cabinet under the sink entirely occupied by moist garbage, detergents, soaps, and cleaning things. I really was glad to have seen it up close. Brand new, and not at all like what I built for myself in my place. I have more than 20 drawers all 24"w or wider. No base cabinets with doors and no wall cupboards with doors. It cost more than the typical kitchen with doors on cabinets, but it was worth the money, to me. On the wall where I have upper cabinets, I installed Blum Aventos HF swing-up or fold-up hardware that holds the "door panels" up in the air without ever sagging or drooping. Adrienne2011, you asked "Did it swoop out or angle out?". I'll say it was an L shape layout, so the counter had a 90 degree turn. The main counter was about 24"d, and the little counter after the corner to the fridge might have been a bit more depth to the back. Or, maybe they recessed the fridge. I know for certain the side panel on the exposed side was 30"wide.

Thanks for advice on headaches. I did tell nurse. She said it was probably my sinus. I also told my doctor about headaches behind my eyes since my teens and how no one had any advice or explanation for that type of headache. He didn't have one either and he didn't relate those headaches to the problem of floaters now as floaters are age related. I use to get bad migraines, but never so bad that I coudn't go to work etc. I get a migraine maybe only once or twice a year now whereas before I was getting them 1 or 2 times a month. Possibly because I've cut out processed foods and cane sugar almost completely. I do know that after I ate a half a bag of gummies (which was a Christmas gift and I'd never buy for myself), I got a headache right after and all the other problems came after. So I think sugar is the root of most problems.

Erasmus, I really don't need glasses even for reading. What I do need is good light. I had my vision corrected by lenses for distance because I exercise and want to see the teacher from the back row and also because I possess a dose of vanity. I'm on the ol' computer machine a lot, and when I'm not I'm reading. For that I use common readers I pick up at my bookstore or drugstore. The optometrist gave me the reading to look for, 2.25 for books, 2.50 for computer. The really big deal is my right eye has astigmatism much steeper lower than higher, and thus can never be perfectly corrected. However, as mentioned, compensation is your friend. I don't notice the difference in vision acuity left to right except in instances like this when I'm writing about it. Otherwise, according to an eye chart, I'm good to pass the driving test. I'm a big proponent of cataract surgery. I did ask, and my surgeon does about 500 a year for many years. I so appreciate the skill of Dr. Mohamed.