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Msg #38075
6 replies | Great news! I am back! | By  Cheryl Elliott on 3/9/26 10:58am
My PT sessions have been reduced to 1x per week, and soon will be every other week. I am in my 13th week since shoulder replacement surgery and I'm feeling great. It happened real fast too. I went to a party Saturday night in my community and we talked about what works and what doesn't. One of my neighbors, younger, a retired college football coach has had many surgeries to knees, hips and back. He is in constant pain. He will be my first convert to what makes inflammation disappear and stay gone, which is a major reason for the pain.
Great to be back in the fold, plus not having to go to so many doctors' appointments and PT sessions.
Phew! So pleased, nothing worse that not wanting to do much around here.
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Msg #38070
2 replies | Solo Mio with Kevin James a very funny | By Cheryl Elliott on 2/19/26 2:17pm
and entertaining movie. Most of us remember him in sitcom King of Hearts, I believe. Very heart warming, and I love Andre Boccelli. Great must see! Jonathan Roumie, who starred as Jesus in THE CHOSEN, plays an outstanding part as well.
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Msg #38057
2 replies | Storms churning through the mid- to eastern US... | By JanetK_CA on 1/24/26 1:15pm
Sounds like it's going to be a doozy rolling through, followed quickly by another one, with lots of snow and potentially dangerous ice... I hope any of you in places impacted are taking necessary precautions - and staying safe and warm!
Sending good wishes to you all! Please let us know how you fare...
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Msg #38051
1 replies | Linux Journey; learn Linux step-by-step | By Bear900/CA on 1/22/26 9:24am
If you're curious:
This link was given to me by my computer friend who installed Linux for me. I had previously read a lot of the same information scattered all over the web. Was hard to grasp that way.
I like how this breaks it down in easy steps to follow and understand. First heading is: Grasshopper
http://labex.io/linuxjourney
Getting started.
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Msg #38045
5 replies | Good evening! | By Mihawk/NY on 1/20/26 11:20pm
I wish you all the best on Notary Rotary™ , My grandma used to use this forum and she introduced to me recently. It is very hopeful that this forum is still alive today. Thank you for keeping it alive!
- Mike Hawk
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Msg #38037
12 replies | The cost of a shoulder surgery is staggering. | By Cheryl Elliott on 1/19/26 12:56am
My insurance company sent me a 21-page itemized statement for my shoulder surgery on December 10 and 4-day stay in a private room at a local hospital. I will be having physical therapy for several weeks, and that is costing $750 a day, twice a week.
$175k to-date. I would have preferred a trip around the world!
Vowing to slow up a little.
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Msg #38023
9 replies | Anyone watching silver? | By Bear900/CA on 1/15/26 9:50pm
Spot price today is $91 and climbing. Some are predicting much higher.
Lot of interesting things going on and I think it's all of them combined.
Any thoughts on this?
Keep your Mercury dimes...
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Msg #38014
7 replies | Linux OS is now on my new Lenovo | By Bear900/CA on 1/12/26 11:14pm
I finally got with my friend and he happily and easily installed Linux for me. I appreciated him asking me questions on what I wanted to do with it so he could have a clear picture.
This was after dinner and we and our wives were all visiting when he asked me to just bring the laptop to the table. He explained what he was doing and asked me questions along the way so he could ser up what I envisioned.
We ended up with a really polished install and it was fairly quick. I wanted Linux Mint, Cinnamon which is great for Linux beginners used to Windows.
The download came with LibreOffice (word and excel lookalikes) and Thunderbird email client. I will probably add Proton email.
I haven't had time to play with it but will keep you posted.
This video describes what we did. Notice there were 8 GB RAM allocated since it is its own operating system. I have 32 GB so we allocated 16 GB RAM. You can adjust RAM up and down easily.
http://youtu.be/fxfvFMa3V4M?si=y5zOkWmLFv-lxR88
More on the installation next post.
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Msg #38012
1 replies | Windows Recall | By Bear900/CA on 1/12/26 10:05pm
If you have windows 11 with Co-Pilot you may also have MS Windows Recall. It takes a snapshot of your screen every few seconds and uses AI to convert to files that are indexed and readable.
If you use Windows Hello when signing in such as facial recognition these files will be forever tied to you.
Fortunately, it's fairly easy to toggle off and on. If you're unfamiliar with Recall, this is a good starting video. You can also dig deeper.
http://youtu.be/uk2Xy92vzFg?si=0gdolTKMD7D7O36z
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Msg #38008
0 replies | Pacific Palisades report | By Mike Goodey on 1/10/26 12:48pm
A year later after this tragedy, the LA Times investigation reveals some stunning facts about the events that led to this fire. On January 2 an arsonist started the Lachman fire which grew to 8 acres and was put out. The Battalion chief ordered the crews out of the area before mop ups could be completed. Residents could feel the heat that was coming up from subterranean embers.
Several firemen were concerned about the embers but followed orders to vacate the area.
8 days later the Palisades fire erupted. It was directly caused by the lack of a mop up crew to distinguish the embers from the Lachman fire.
Reports were filed and edited so blame would not be put on higher ups. The original battalion chief made a huge mistake, was removed but nothing was done to his pension. His successor, Jaimie Moore told the committee that this will never happen again and the blame goes to his office although he was not there at that time.
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