I Need to Stop Looking up People in the Far Distant Past
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How do I stop people from calling my mom?
Comments (10)Sushi has pretty much summarized the dangers ahead. There is no way to truly screen her calls other than you or your cousin being with her 24 hours a day. Allowing her the freedom of answering her phone, puts her at risk -- for physical, financial, and emotional harm. I'm also a "been there, done that." My mom used to think she was outsmarting telemarketers by telling them that she was a widow and in ill health, so she couldn't afford to buy their products. Some of the callers had her name and some address info. I'd tell her over and over again that she was saying too much and that the callers could come to the house. She'd promise to do better, but the next time I'd see her, she'd proudly relate how she told off a telemarketer. Eventually she moved to an assisted living facility and the situation was better. The address change in addition to the phone number change lessened the frequency of calls. When she moved into the memory care wing, her phone did not move with her. As far as doctors, etc., do what sushi recommends. Make yourself or your cousin the contact person. That's what I did with my mom even before she moved to assisted living. Perhaps you could "train" your mom to always defer to either you or your cousin when answering questions over the phone. For example, "I'm sorry. You need to talk to my daughter/niece about this. She takes care of everything for me." There's always the possibility of changing her phone number to a new and unlisted number....See MoreFB: How to stop the updates from certain people on facebook?
Comments (19)For whatever reason, nothing I posted yesterday went through... Strange! With this one "friend", I had hidden her earlier but wanted to give it another shot so I could see her stuff now and again (forgot why I hid her in the first place). I don't know what I did, but now all she posted got into my notifications. I did have her set to "follow", which is what I have my other friends set to as well, yet they only get on my notifications if I have commented on something (and similar), while for her, everything she did prompted a notification! I didn't mention the notifications part at first because it didn't dawn on me that this is why it became a problem. All her notifications were drowning out everything else. I think it has stopped now though. Hellion, I get what you're saying, but seriously, some people have no internet-social-skills and though I have over 200 friends on my friends list, only about two or three out of them are posting left and right about every thought that goes through their heads. Or they will share everything they saw that they found somewhat interesting. You can think "oh, cool!" and leave it to that, but don't share EVERYTHING that was cool or funny or cute with everyone! It's too much! I used to know how to simply hide these people, but now I can't figure it out. It makes for a much more pleasant experience to be on FB when these people aren't stuffing my newsfeed constantly. I seriously feel like I need to tidy up, just like when I organize a drawer at home....See MoreGarage door opener sometime goes past up limit and stuck on stop bolt.
Comments (7)tim: I don't work for Sears and I'm not a professional garage door guy but if you do some internet searches you'll find that Sears openers are made by Chamberlain, a well respected long-time manufacturer. Further if you search on this site you'll find posts from Don who is a professional garage door guy. Don suggested that the reasons you'll find lots of issues with Sears on the web are 1) They sell a LOT of openers (because bulk inventory results in lower retail costs, lower costs means more sales), and 2) Sears openers are most often installed by DIYers who use the internet to solve problems as opposed to openers installed by GD contractors where the homeowner will call the contractor rather than review/look online. this results in many posts if you do an internet search. Lastly I personally have gotten 15+ years out of a Sears opener (got my monies worth out of a ~$100 opener) before I replaced it with a newer unit with better features (for about $150 which included a keypad remote which retails for ~$40 as an add on). I installed them both myself and have had virtually trouble-free operation. I have no problems recommending Sears openers to anyone....See Morestop asking people for there zone!
Comments (52)As I have said before, I think, USDA zone numbers indicate winter conditions, eg, which shrubs, trees, perennials can survive and over winter. So the lower the number the harsher, longer and colder the winters. When does the winter ends: LFD is a good point to consider the end of winter. It is a statistical number based on historical weather data collected for a given location. It is generally based on 90/10 probability which means there is a 90% probability that no frost will happen after that date . You can also find 95/5 LFD. So that is where USDA zone numbers and LFD meat. Both are related to winter. Otherwise, passed that date there is no or very little significance of zone numbers to summer gardening. JMO Sey Other uses for USDA zone Number: On almost all seed packets there is USA map , showing the zone numbers on it. It is related to sowing seeds of certian vegetables. Again, it is related to LFD. For example you can plant potatoes, onions, cabbage, ... few weeks before LFD...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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