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No experience with D-mannose but for the water consumption, have you tried a tracker bottle? I love the designs from 64 hydro, but there are tons of them out there you can buy. It can be useful for some people to help them remember how much they drank and if they are behind for the day. Have you talked to your Dr about lemonade (the real stuff not the countrytime crap)? My sister's Dr has her drinking that to help with the hydration and the UTIs she gets from kidney stones. Not positive if the lemon is for the stones or the UTI though.

Is it too much to hope that since the authorities specified a specific date range for the receipt charge, that they were observing the glass booth to document who was there? Seems to me it would be quite easy to see all occupants of that little shed from the public right of way. This whole thing is awful, but it would make my day if it turned they had evidence like "on day X, IP address 1.2.3.4, which the ISP has verified was servicing the car lot at the time, downloaded this filth. Agent Y certifies that this series of photographs were taken at that time indicating that the defendant was the only person in the building at the time of receipt"

Tonitown states that residential dwellings must follow Arkansas fire code. Arkansas fire code says that residential dwellings follow the international residential code for requirements of means of egress. That code says: Basements, habitable attics and every sleeping room shall have at least one operable emergency escape and rescue opening. it defines the emergency escape and rescue opening as: EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING. An operable exterior window, door or similar device that provides for a means of escape and access for rescue in the event of an emergency. So if there are actual bedrooms in the warehouse and not just an open floor plan, then a building with one door and no windows is NOT to code for a residential dwelling, either for a single family dwelling or for a multi-family dwelling. Which begs the question: did they ever even apply for a proper COO for that building?

I understand completely about the car thing. My dad is a lot like your mom with the mobility issues. His occupational therapist recommended that we get a special tool to help him get in and out of the pickup truck. It was called a "Car Door Automotive Handle Standing Aid Cane" They cost about $15 and are also useful for the lower cars. For the broader issue of caring for someone with long term issues, we hired what I've been describing as a private social worker. It's a local company that has been helping us navigate all the issues. We gave them all the info from the VA and the LTC policy, a rough budget, and what our needs were in regards to assistance inside and outside the home. They then did the legwork in telling us what was available, how much it was going to cost, what paperwork was needed where and when, etc. They also have a rolodex of the "good" companies to work with based on our needs and preferences. They can also step in and act as patient advocates with Drs and hospitals. They were instrumental in helping us straighten out an issue last year with a hide and seek UTI he had. He'd end up in the ER due to being unable to get up after falling, and they'd say he had a UTI, start him on antibiotics and the next day decide they were wrong and it was just his blood sugar. It was back and forth with this routine for 2 months before we called the company in and they helped us get the attention of the right people that he could not be released until they figured out why his blood sugar was going so high all the time. The hospital eventually found an unusual UTI that required IV antibiotics to clear up. You may find something similar would help you guys set up a short and medium term care plan for your mom.

My understanding is that because wood is permeable, you just plain can't get all the smoke residue out unless it was already sealed so that you only have to worry about the surface. You can however, clean the surface thoroughly and then cover it with a non-permeable clear shellac. This basically locks the remaining smoke residue on the inside of the shellac. The problem is, if it is antique, then that may destroy the resale value. The question is: does this furniture have enough value that it is worth the time and effort to rehab it, or are you better off just dumping it through something like freecycle or even taking it to the dump and washing your hands of it? We ended up trashing the stuff we inherited because it was just cheap knockoffs and it wasn't worth trying to get the smoke out once a surface clean failed.

Me too. I got my second dose Tuesday and felt fine the rest of the day but woke up around 2am Wednesday with the fever and a headache. Fortunately work was fine with me logging on long enough in the morning to tell them I was taking a sick day and then going back to bed. I could have worked through the fever and just been uncomfortable, but the headache was bad enough there was no way I could have faced a computer screen for hours at a time. I feel fine today. Hopefully you've recovered too!

Yeah I thought the same thing, especially since she has what look like matching shoes. Then I remembered that for Nurie's wedding, one of the bridal party colors was that approximate shade of green, so that's probably where the dress came from. At least she found a use for the dress...

I'm guessing they don't want to drive to Greensboro either, but if they are willing to go that far, they can stalk the FEMA page for the mass vaccination site. About 24 hours before they are going to open up new slots, they will post the time that they will open up. Since they post thousands of appointments at one time, they don't fill up instantaneously. The other thing they can do is see if any of the hospital systems in the area have standby lists. In Chapel Hill, UNC health has a twitter feed where they post left over doses at the end of the day, you just have to be within 20 minutes of the facility at the time you want to claim one. There's no pre-registering or call lists, it's all up to the individual to monitor the twitter feed at the announced time. I don't know if UNC health is doing the clinics at UNCA or if it is being done through another system, but checking with local universities to see if they have standby procedures for their clinics may help too.

I saw this headline in my local news today: Vaccine supply starting to outpace demand as state makes all adults eligible Apparently now the issue is getting the vaccine to the underserved population. I live on the border between two counties and the difference in approaches has been interesting. The neighboring wealthier county has been focusing on large drive through clinics. Great for many people but it leaves those without transportation out in the cold. My poorer county outsourced the vaccination administration to the large university hospital system in the area. While you can get on the waitlist online or via phone, all actual appointments are done via phone only to even out the playing field a bit. They take patients at their main large vaccine clinics where they have the infrastructure support to provide things like wheelchairs, and then they added local clinics in the economically depressed areas of the county. The idea is to be within walking distance of people who may not have transportation, or to be near multiple bus routes. My second dose is actually scheduled to be in an abandoned rollerskating rink that the county took over for the purpose.

If you can't get in touch with your Dr, at least reach out to one of the nurse triage lines (if your insurance runs one) or one of the minute clinic tele-health options while you wait for your Dr to get back to you. Check with the provider (health department, pharmacy chain, hospital chain, etc) that is providing your second dose. Second doses are allocated differently than first doses, and usually you don't end up going all the way to the back of the line if you need to reschedule the second dose. It varies by provider though how they handle it. Also, I'd urge everyone who has gotten the vaccine recently (within the last 6 weeks) to register with vsafe. It is a program run by the CDC to collect side effect and other information. You do a daily check in with them to let them know how you are feeling. This allows you to give back to the community a little bit by giving the CDC a larger database of information to judge reactions and adjust their recommendations. It is all automated through your smart phone. They won't actually call you unless something in your check in is so concerning they feel that you need to see your doctor immediately.

As weird as this might sound GoodWill has a bunch of free tutorials on MS products including Word as part of their job training assistance. They can be found at their edu.gcfglobal.org website. They are broken up into topics so you can skip the ones you know like how to create and save a document, and dive into what you are trying to figure out like lists, wrapping text around pictures, creating columns and tables, etc. I went to school way back when dinosaurs like Word Perfect and Lotus 123 were roaming the Earth, so my engineering school required us to use LaTeX to turn in papers. If you think Word is bad, you actually have to program your paper in LaTeX. You would go into a plain text editor like notepad and type out something like and then compile it and spend hours trying to find the misplaced bracket causing the font size to change in the middle of the fourth paragraph.

I mostly used it's predecessor OpenOffice, but I've used Libre a little bit. I didn't see a lot of difference between it and MS Office from a general user perspective. Some of the macro and high end stuff is a bit different and documents created in one product might look slightly different when opened in the other. Since my employer kept switching between "We won't pay MS, use the open source version" and "We should pay for the support for the real thing" we got really good at figuring out which save formats were most likely to work well on both office suites.

Unfortunately it is wickedly easy to falsify caller ID, especially if calling from a VOIP line. It's just a matter of telling the computer placing the call what its phone number is, and setting it to something other than what the incoming line actually is. However, the good news is that the FCC has mandated that a set of protocols called STIR and SHAKEN be implemented by all telecoms with more than 100k subscribers by June of this year (most have already done the hardware upgrades, it's just a matter of getting the software hand-offs between networks implemented). The system essentially "signs" caller ID similar to the way a website gets a certificate to verify their identity. We're starting to see the beginnings of it already with more incoming calls being labeled "spam risk" but later this year, we should start to see the ability to more easily identify and reject calls with faked caller ID. The protocol does allow (and not trap) legitimate alterations in the Caller ID information such as when your insurance company calls and they substitute the main switchboard number for the individual extension of the agent calling you.

Yeah I've got one of those fancy cars (though it was relatively cheap). For me auto switches between running lights, headlights and high beams based on a combination of ambient light levels, driving speed and oncoming traffic. If either of the later two modes are in operation, the taillights are on as well. I don't use the setting much because the computer and I disagree about which mode should be in use most of the time. I do love the auto-dimming mirrors though!

I have a DrinkMate which is like the Soda Stream except that it is designed to work on liquids other than water, even thick ones like coffee. I love it because I can make my apple cider into sparkling apple cider in addition to making my own seltzer. Both brands use the exact same CO2 canisters so you can get them from either company. Pre-pandemic SS had the easier/cheaper canister exchange program because you could walk into a place like walmart and do an exchange for about $15. Now they will only sell you the new canister and not do an exchange in my area. You can do an exchange by mail with both companies. Comparing exchanging 2 canisters at a time by mail: SS: You pay $30 for 2 new canisters plus $16 shipping. You then must mail the old canisters back. If more than 30 days elapses between the time they ship the new ones to the time they receive the old ones, then they charge you an additional $30. Officially they aren't giving a grace period for shipping delays, but some people are finding they get one. DM: You buy 2 new canisters for $60, shipping is currently free. They provide a return shipping label for your empties. Any time you return at least 2 empties, you get $12.50 per empty in store credit. Each canister makes about 60L of beverage for either brand. BTW, you can actually now order Bubly brand flavor drops from SS which works with any seltzer maker. One warning for people thinking of making actual soda in one of those machines: the SS soda mixes are a bit odd. Even the non-diet ones are half sucralose. There are third parties that will sell mixes that are made with just sugar but those mixes are $$$ due to the volume that much sugar takes up in the syrup.

In this case, yes. The page is poorly laid out. So the shop is created by Kaylee (see very top right corner) and then in the "about" section at the bottom, it lists Renee as a "production partner" and directly below that is the statement in question presumably from the shop owner (Kaylee). A more self aware shop owner would have looked at the page layout after filling out their profile, seen that it looked a bit confusing, and tweaked what they put in the different sections to make it look better. Then again, most people would have noticed they misspelled birthday before actually posting the product online.

Check your emails from around the time you purchased it. Enough info for the warranty may be in your email receipts. If you purchased 3rd party insurance at the time you bought the phone, then that should definitely be in the e-receipt. If you are going by the basic warranty, then the e-receipt could be enough to use the manufacturer's warranty (since the walmart return window would have closed by now). You might even be able to pull the info from your order history on the website come to think of it.

FYI, there is a PBS app where you can stream the national shows like Nova, Masterpiece, Great Performances, Newshour, etc. If you are watching something that aired in the last 2 weeks, it is usually free, and some of the past library is free as well. Otherwise you have to have a passport membership to see archived shows. If you are a PBS donor, you likely already have a passport membership. Thing is, unlike the Dillards, I watch the PBS app on my TV (with fire stick) and not my laptop.

I think it is supposed to be a pop shield/filter. Basically a screen that disrupts the airflow towards a microphone to prevent/reduce "popping" caused by fast moving air impacting the microphone. It only works if it is in a direct line between the mouth and the microphone though (which is why people with handheld mics can just hold the mic below their mouth and not direct their speech directly into it for the same effect). That bathroom has got to have really weird acoustics for a recording though. Sometimes they can be great (see: Josh Groban Shower Songs) but more often than not they are a literal echo chamber, which would be oddly fitting for Jill!

I'm surprised she actually has a mask. But not surprised that 1) it is on her hand and not her face and 2) she's putting her dirty hand all over the inside of it. The story of the young lady that went to youth services at her church in Florida a few weeks ago only to come down with covid-19 and her parents decided to medicate at home until it was too late and she died in the hospital should be a lesson to these idiots. While her kids definitely aren't obese like the teen who died, I wouldn't exactly call skeletal healthy either. And that girl's mom was a nurse who thought she knew better than the experts and not just a dingbat pushing Plexus who thinks the same...

Yeah, where I am, a lot of the county sheriffs have said they pledge not to enforce the social distancing rules as they relate to churches. So basically it is forbidden but no one is gonna do anything about it if the churches meet. Could be the same where they are. I'm just so glad that my mom (someone who was always in church, singing in the choir, directing the kids choir, on just about every volunteer committee, and all that) read an article about how singing groups, and other musical groups that play instruments that require breath to operate (like brass and woodwinds) are so dangerous that even keeping 6 ft apart isn't enough, and they should not look at resuming until after a vaccine is available. On her own, she came to the conclusion "doesn't that include regular people singing hymns in church?" and declared she isn't going back until both she and my father (both of whom are high risk categories) are vaccinated. Mom may come off like one of those crazy church ladies sometimes, but she has more functional brain cells than the entire Rod clan put together.

Well said. I know I'm pretty low risk because the only times I leave my house are to take the trash to the curb, pick up the mail, and once a week dog sit my sister's pup when she has to go onsite for work (she does my food shopping in exchange). I'm also someone who rarely has symptoms of cold or flu. But I wear a mask when I'm out (except for the trash taking since that doesn't put me within 15 feet of another person). When people ask me why, I just tell them "If I catch this thing I will likely be fine, but no matter what, I absolutely refuse to become an accidental Typhoid Mary." I am also really blessed that my employer has said essentially "Don't care what the governor says, we expect you to work from home for quite a while yet, and when we move to the next phase and finally start bringing some more people on site, we will be issuing each person two masks per day and you must wear a mask 100% of the time you are on site" By planning to make the mask wearing compulsory at all times, it cuts way back on the stupid peer pressure to "not show weakness" by wearing the mask. They haven't clarified the whole eating thing yet though, and I have no idea what the smokers will do either.

I'm the same way. Awake at 7am but would really rather just lay there and not get out of bed, but I have morning conference calls with our Indian counterparts that force me to get up and be at least semi-coherent. While we aren't fully locked down, there are too many stupid people in my community for me to be able to safely do much walking outside, so I've also been walking in circles in my house. I joined a virtual race program to give me motivation to keep moving, including one that tours Paris! Work wants us to take vacation. I get that they don't want us to all be trying to take vacation at the same time in the fall/winter (and the bean counters hate the idea of letting us carry over to the next year), but they claim that "for your mental health" we need to take all 5 days of our required vacation contiguously. I countered back to my direct manager that since I live alone, forcing me to sit in my house alone for either 7 or 9 straight days (depending on where I placed the 5 days in relation to the weekend) would be the opposite of improving my mental health. I'd probably not get out of the bed before noon for the whole week and then be really out of whack when going back to work. Fortunately his philosophy is that while the taking 5 days of vacation is mandatory, the contiguous part is just a strong suggestion so he's letting me schedule it how I see fit.

Hospice isn't just for terminal care. When my mom was doing her chemo a few years ago, the nurse who came out to remove the pump she had to wear for her "take home meds" and flush her port was part of the hospice service. Come to think of it I'm pretty sure the nurse who came to attach the pump before she checked out of the cancer center was hospice as well since I think they owned the pump she was being loaned. But you are right that she has to be diagnosed with something that the hospice can be treating for it to be an option.

My sister's employer did the same thing. She has to go in about once a week to keep the mfg lines running (they make biological pharma like chemo treatments, so keeping things on schedule is important). She's got the letter designating her an essential worker and her ID badge clipped together by the door. It isn't required (our state is very lax about any enforcement), but better safe than sorry they figure. They are also requiring that all employees go to a drive through temperature check prior to entering any of the buildings each day.