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Surprisingly here in the Rio Grande Vally of TX….. most people are still wearing masks.
Saw yesterday that Costco pharmacy sells pet medicines. Might be worth checking out? My prescription there if I pay cash is less than $10 for a 3 month supply otherwise $30 through insurance. Have checked cash price other places and never that low!
Here is some of the fruits of my labors from the estate-clearing job:Attachment 4202 Got a big bottle of leather conditioner and went to work, and viola! Our old, stained crappy sofa is GONE and we with hired movers we didn't have to lift a finger to move either one!
Very nice, SiouzQ.
Wonderful when restoration by thorough cleansing is possible.
So it's your sofa now?
I got to do QiGong ( 7 minute stretches) on the porch as it was 42 degrees and sunny. It is wonderful to be outside. Yesterday we pruned the blueberries and it was so much easier with my husband's portable reciprocating saw. He did the work and I hauled the branches. 2 tarps full! And the daffodil greens are poking up.
So sorry Bengals lost. It was close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
I'm sorry they lost too, but I'm delighted that they made it as far as they did. My daughter was 10 the last time they made it this far, she's 43 now.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I was actually rooting for the Bengals as well... such a good game, though!
Oh nooooo! Kamila has been revealed to be doping. i guess if it looks too good to be true, it IS too good.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
i wonder if they have her on hormone blockers as well. Skinny petite boy-body girls can propel themselves high into the air and more physically mature skaters cannot. Also, these hugh jumps and hard landings are hard on their developing bones that will eventually catch up to them in skeletal damage.
Dear International Skating Community, please for the love of god stop emphasizing quad or even triple jumps in women’s skating. I dont care about them. Let “mature” skaters of the ripe old age of 25 exhibit their advanced artistry and earn allocades for it. That they cant jump like a dumb bean doesnt matter to me.
I agree, IL
I guess I am back to ignoring the ice skating world again except for ice dancing, that I can watch. They don’t jump, it is all about artistry.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
I've long preferred ice dancing for the costumes, choreography, and skill. I find figures very boring.
Mild temperatures today - no scraping ice off the windshield, no temperatures in the single digits so even when I blast the heat in the car I need to wear my insulated winter jacket, no heavy boots but instead sneakers. This is a nice foretaste of spring.
Yes, a beautiful day and I really enjoyed my morning walk!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
My new 5 dollar watch--I bought two watches on Ebay for parts, looking for a crown for one of Helbros watches, and the listing said these were part watches and not working. So I paid 9.50 for two watches and shipping. I wound them up and they both work beautifully--maybe she did not know these were mechanical watches?
This is the Pesag, which is a Swiss watchmaker, now gone, after polishing to remove tarnish. Even the band is nice.
Attachment 4209
oh, nice! I wear a big honkin’ Timex men’s watch with a fabric band. I need a fabric band because I wear it daily and through the night and it get sweaty and dirty. These bands are easy to wash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I often think I would like to have a nice quality watch, a pretty vintage one like this, but they are almost always bracelet styles,right? I can’t wear a bracelet watch, it’s too distracting as it shifts up and down my arm. I think it would also irritate my skin wearing it while I’m gardening and sweating and getting dirty.
This is an expansion band, rather than a true bracelet watch. So it fits snugly and does not shift up and down your arm. Stainless steel might work for you--I just bought one today for the Helbros and it said to wash it with soap and water at least once a month. A lot of nurses wear the expansion bands because you can get the band wet and soapy and slide it up your arm to wash your hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Women's watches are really cheap right now--apparently the resale values are very low, as in non-existent, so it might be worth a try. I like the Swiss ones that are less popular names. I am a huge fan of Tissot, and this new Pesag is cool, and Bucherer is a cool less known brand.
Beautiful watch, Tybee, and great deal! Those kinds of watches are so classic. I have saved my mother's and MIL's watches. In fact, I wore the watch my mother had been wearing up until her death. It wasn't a mechanical watch, but it was still "vintage." The battery ran for years--far longer than it should have, and it always reminded me that my mother's spirit was still with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I don't wear old watches anymore. I'm too addicted to the ease and accuracy of digital watches, and as I've said before, I'm not a jewelry person. If I won a million dollars and started a list of what I wanted to do with that million, there wouldn't be any jewelry on that last.
My DD is different, and I'm happy about that, because I have someone to give my MIL's jewelry to. She worked in the jewelry department in Macy's for years, and picked up some very nice pieces. I don't deserve them as I don't value them, but my DD does.
How awesome is it that your DD can inherit her grandmother's jewelry!! I think of her Corelle wear blue and white china and can totally see her with a vintage watch. She has classic taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I have a self-winding Bucherer that works but I never wear. I wore it for years but it costs more to have it cleaned each year than to wear a watch with a battery.
Nice surprise for you Tybee!
Peregrine falcons are nesting at Harpers' Ferry National Park. Last year they successfully fledged 2!
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
Ever since the link was put in another thread a year or so ago, I've been following the Decorah eagles. They are nesting and have at least one egg - at last check. Also, there is a Great Horned Owl that the chick has started pipping - hatch is imminent!
IL, this is a nice little wind up Helbros on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/30435920719...0AAOSws4phgUYU
Unlikely to be much bidding on it.
My rave is to a "lazy Saturday"! I am having one today and it feels great! Hanging out online (here and other sites), doing some laundry, and actually feel like I'm relaxing in a way I haven't in a long while. Three cheers for Lazy Saturdays!
Thanks. i looked at it, but I was thinking more of platinum and diamond vintage watches. Those seem to go for $500-$600. But I know nothing about watches so I’ll not be buying one and I know the bracelet thing even an expandable metal one wouldn’t work although I do, as I’m thinking about it now, wonder about some of those string type bands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
The string type would allow my skin to breathe and also might be tight enough to stay positioned.
But when you pay that much for something and then what if it stops working? I wouldn’t know what to do in that case.
Speaking of vintage watches. i believe we have quite an expert here among us, a serious collector.
IL, where to you get your cloth watch bands? Or did they come with the watch? I ask because I have a timex that I can't find a comfortable band for. The problem I have is that the attachment of the band to the watch is 12mm (small)
Well, that was a chore. eBay has cloth bands but the trick for me was finding a 100% cotton one. I have two or three of them now and will never relinquish them.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
EBay has many of them but they are partially polyester if not all polyester. I try to avoid those but I do think I tried one and it wasn’t too bad, especially in the winter.
Thanks. Off to eBay I go!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
A wonderful, genuine friendly and happy waitress today. We visit once a month to restaurant on hiking trip. Wrote a thank you note and a nice tip. Very nice to have such wonderful service.
That's so nice! Makes a meal out just that much more special!Quote:
Originally Posted by BikingLady
I needed new eye glasses. I chose new frames at a chain franchise and asked about a special that was available in another location in the province. I was advised that a special of 2 for price of one would be available in a month in my area. I received the prescription, ordered the two pairs glasses and paid for them with my loyalty credit card. I spoke to my extended health benefit provider on coverage. Picked the glasses up yesterday.
Result - regular cost is $2200 for two pair of top of line lenses and frames. I had wanted a spare for years but couldn't justify the expense so used old glasses instead.
Actual cost to me - 2 for 1 special reduced the amount to $1100; insurance benefit of $600; loyalty CC special credit for optical service of $350 so my final cost for the two pair of glasses =$150.
I have had a hard time believing my good fortune and love the new glasses.
I like the 2 for 1 deals at my optician as well. The young people who fit the eye glasses are good.
I know many people are buying them online, but I don’t know how you could achieve an exact fit that way. Perhaps those online buyers don’t have the kind of corrections I have.
Holy cow! You're like one of those Coupon Queens on TV--but for eyewear, not food! Great work!Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
Sometimes something is so beautiful it makes one's heart ache in gratitude for the experience. I love the sound of cellos and this piece of music is so gorgeous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_RjlIPuqyc
Immensely beautiful, razz... thanks for sharing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
I actually came to this thread to give an update on BIL. As you know, 2-3 years ago he took off for San Diego to spend his mother's money and try to hang on to his youth. He drank every day, threw his money around at the bars there, smoked, ate poorly and never looked for a job.
He came home after he had a serious health issue that landed him in the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure. His ejection fraction was very low, he had a lot of edema, he was short of breath and could barely walk from the bar to his SRO.
When he came back to Jersey, he got a job as a cart boy at a golf course and has been living for a year and a half in a crappy hotel room! We tried and tried to talk him into renting an apartment, but he didn't want to sign a year lease. Instead he forked over $2500 a month for a room and a bed. He had another episode at the hospital where his EF was even lower--20%.
Without going through all the details in-between, he called us yesterday with a trifecta of good news: 1) after quitting smoking, drinking and getting into a work-out routine and structured cardiac rehab, his latest report from the cardiologist is that his ejection fraction is NORMAL. No edema, and blood pressure 112/87--his medication regimen has helped.
#2) His boss promoted him to supervisor at the golf course and gave him a raise.
#3) He found a house he's going to be sharing with another person in a beautiful area for only $850.
And they say miracles don't happen. I have to give him kudos for turning his life around--as they say, better late than never.
That is amazing to hear, Catherine. Great news.
What a gratifying development, Catherine!
That's wonderful, catherine! Congrats to him.
That’s really wonderful!!