Stormy Weather

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thanks everyone. MrsBBM is at home now and slowly, I am hoping, gaining a full recovery!

My hope, too, Bbm; again, Best Wishes to you both.

[Flay]

My hope, too, Bbm; again, Best Wishes to you both.

And from me too.

[amateur51]

Thanks everyone. MrsBBM is at home now and slowly, I am hoping, gaining a full recovery! Not helped by the dull overcast weather we are experiencing!

Are you cooking the dinner tonight then, Bbm? :sound of Shearer exiting thru' cat flap:

Seriously, I hope that Mrs Bbm gets well soon

[BBMmk2]

Doing a 'ready meal' :) But fresh vedge!

Thank you again boardies!

[salymap]

For the firsttime for ages itis under 80f in my kitchen. Grey blue sky, slight breeze and looks like a nice day until we apparently get rain later. Rain,in moderation is still needed here though. Japanese Anemones by back door are drooping somewhst.

Flies in ointment = computer in bad trouble, ditto my wrists, both need a rest.


Hope Mrs BBM is better today, bestio to my friends on the MBs

[BBMmk2]

MrsBBM is feeling better today, thank you saly.

I thought that I would take MrsBBM to a local National Trust property, for a picnic.

Saly do you have a support for your wrist and a special keyboard and another support for resting your hands?

[Anna]

Saly do you have a support for your wrist and a special keyboard and another support for resting your hands?

I was going to ask the same thing, also I believe saly uses a laptop and the scroll bar - would a mouse be more restful (i.e. it requires no movement other than a click)
Weatherwise, early mornings and evenings from around 9.30pm onwards have been borderline for going forth with bare arms and legs, this morning felt quite Autumnal with mist and heavy dew .... but it's been reaching around 21-22° but generally still some cloud cover. Nice day for a picnic BBM!

(Have been spending every spare minute emptying cupboards and moving furniture prior to next week's disruption - the things I have discovered I thought long lost and charity shops will be benefitting from unwanted china!)

[Serial_Apologist]

next week's disruption

Sorry Anna? are you moving then??

[Anna]

Sorry Anna? are you moving then??

No, having new boiler/central heating installation Wednesday. So two, possibly three days work, carpets and floorboards up, loss of one kitchen wall cupboard, holes in ceilings, header tank and assorted pipes removal, ....... electricity and water on and off ..... and making endless cuppas for workmen I imagine!

[eighthobstruction]

no, having new boiler/central heating installation wednesday. So two, possibly three days work, carpets and floorboards up, loss of one kitchen wall cupboard, holes in ceilings, header tank and assorted pipes removal, ....... Electricity and water on and off ..... And making endless cuppas for workmen i imagine!

alert alert dust control....!!....

[salymap]

Thanks BBM and Anna for comment about present typing difficulty - I have a mouse and am trying to get used to it but my osteoporosis makes the mouse harder to use. [Don't ask] The touch pad on the left has almost fallen apart and the inside is now visible. After 6 years think I need a new computer actually

Goodluck Anna, I had a new gasboiler a couple of years ago. It was fairly painless as it was on the kitchen wall in the same place and, apart from having some walls painted it was done in a day.

I hope yours goes well

[Nick Armstrong]

Sorry Anna? are you moving then??

You missed the chirrupings of delight and the pirouettes of excitement, S_A! A blue-eyed ouvrier is involved, too....

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks BBM and Anna for comment about present typing difficulty - I have a mouse and am trying to get used to it but my osteoporosis makes the mouse harder to use. [Don't ask] The touch pad on the left has almost fallen apart and the inside is now visible. After 6 years think I need a new computer actually

It's well worth having someone look at posture of all kinds when at the computer (old or new). I was having all sorts of twinges (back, shoulder) and having been offered someone to 'audit' how I sit, the position of the keyboard / mouse etc, there were many small changes recommended, and it's all cleared up. i wonder if you may be able to get advice locally about that, and what's best for you...

[mangerton]

It's well worth having someone look at posture of all kinds when at the computer (old or new). I was having all sorts of twinges (back, shoulder) and having been offered someone to 'audit' how I sit, the position of the keyboard / mouse etc, there were many small changes recommended, and it's all cleared up. i wonder if you may be able to get advice locally about that, and what's best for you...

My workplace is very keen on this. We all have to be "risk assessed" to ensure that firstly we have the appropriate equipment depending on our needs, and secondly that it is correctly set up. We have chairs, keyboards and mice that I've never seen anywhere else. This is at a work environment where H and S have to be considered, but, for example, we should all be sitting with legs, thighs and torso at right angles:

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Another point to note is that the top of the screen should be at eye level, which almost certainly means that some sort of stand will be required. I made a wooden stand for use at home which lifts my monitor about 7 inches - or 17 cm - off my desk, to give me the right height. Not a brilliant picture, but I hope it gives you an idea:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/445thmvm91hng26/2013-08-08%2016.59.06.jpg

More info here. The free leaflet is certainly worth a look.


OT edit: Dull, overcast, close/muggy, but warmer than it's been all week.

[Nick Armstrong]

we should all be sitting with legs, thighs and torso at right angles:

Another point to note is that the top of the screen should be at eye level, which almost certainly means that some sort of stand will be required. I made a wooden stand for use at home which lifts my monitor about 7 inches - or 17 cm - off my desk, to give me the right height.

Which is why the laptop is potentially problematic for extended use, if used per its name, on the lap, as the top of the screen is unlikely to be at the appropriate level.