Chit Chat Thread for the week of October 26th, 2009

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GD i am good!!!

Gary, Take care of yourself, most doctors report the only real thing you can do is bed rest. Hope you feel better soon.
Bob

My dr. tells me to walk and stay active and not to lay down when I hurt my back. It works. If I walk a lot it seems to get better sooner.

I usually walk twice a day. I walked last evening and then again this morning. I had to cut the morning walk short because it hurt so bad.

Came back, took 2 Excedrin and laid down on the heating pad for about an hour. Now, it doesn't feel quite as bad.

I'm still trying to figure out the balance between rest and walking.

It's very good you walk, just don't overdo.

My company has been pushing everyone to start walking as part of a healthy lifestyle push.

I started walking twice a day back in April after my BP went up and my doctor said I needed to loose weight. Since that time, I've lost about 40lbs. and want to try a loose another 10-20lbs to get to my ideal weight. The BP didn't come down as the weight did, so I ended up on medication anyway, which I was trying to avoid (family history).

Unfortunately, about a week and a half ago, I over did it while working at my in-laws farm up in Indiana and badly strained a muscle over my right hip. Since then, it starts to get better but then comes back even worse.

So like I said, I'm trying to find a balance between rest and moderate exercise until it finally heals.

Wow, I really got in late this week.

So where are the Halloween pics?

A safe Halloween!

Just returned from my final hunting venture for this season. Weather has been very cool up there with lots of rain and last week, snow. Had a great time in spite of the cold and wet so, will gladly retire to a warmer environment for a week or so.

Hope all at POI-Factory have a great week.

Just thought I would share this great deal from Southwest airlines: http://www.southwest.com/

this deal ends October 29th and you have to fly between December 2nd and the 16th or January 5th through February 10th.

Miss POI

I took my daughter to a boys scout camp last Sat and enjoyed the camp fire. I could have used a GPS to find my way out of the dark woods at night to go and find my park car.

hello

anybody got a reliable repair shop in the Los Angeles area that works on Toyota/Lexus cars using OEM parts only?

the weekend is almost here

not while your back is in a acute situation, Rest in bed until you have it feeling better. Then start the rehab for it, otherwise you keep it stuck in a loop or take a chance on on going problems.
So there really is no balance till you come out of the acute stage.

Good luck with you back, at least a tooth ache you can get jerked out, a bad back is a life altering problem if not treated properly in the early on set.

its hump day

With all the rain in Texas, I spent a day looking into animated gif possibilities after reading about them here.

For all of us who will lose our MSN Direct and the ability to check gas prices and save a dime or two, here is a site on how to get the most mileage per gallon of fuel. Also, good news on American made gas saving hybrids.

http://autos.aol.com/article/how-to-get-100-mpg?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl4|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fautos.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fhow-to-get-100-mpg

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Looks like the possibility of more rain for us. Seems like we are trying to get caught up on our yearly shortfall, all within a 1 to 2 week time period.

Need to go see the dentist. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Have a good week!

Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone! Going to use my GPS to find some haunted houses this weekend!

So when are they going to make a GPS with traffic and weather!!!

that would be way cool.

I hope you all have a great week.....

Wondering if anyone has seen, obtained, or used ATT's new Nuvi phone??

Almost forgot , its a new week

Two more days until the weekend! Seems like I'm always counting down the days.

Just used my Garman 765T on my road trip to MN from TX. It worked perfectly! It was so easy to get around the cities,go sight seeing and find a way to travel that had us aviod Oklahoma Cith, Wichita and put us back on 35 on the out skirts of Kansas City. It was so easy to program and the POI htat I down loaded from this site were the best. Very accurate.
Thank you all contributers.

So what are you going to dress up as for Halloween?

I am going to a party dressed as a cave woman. I am planning on playing the full role and not talking at all during this party.

I am not sure if I can do it or not but I will have fun with all of my friends.

I can't wait to see the looks on the faces when I start looking for bugs to eat in their hair.

This is my favorite holiday of the year.

Miss POI

I am taking my costume off for halloween and not be the grumpy mean old fart for one day.

Found this site today. Registered today. Downloaded POI's. Learned how to create POI files. This is AWESOME! (said like Chris Farley)

By the way, I'm dressing up as Bob the Builder this year.

Very cool, welcome to the site;)

Miss POI

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it's the dog's fault

Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries - in smoke detectors, CO monitors, and any other battery powered gadgets you have about the house that you depend upon to monitor your safety and health (glucose meters, etc. )

hi

Change batteries and sleep an extra hour. Sounds like a good deal to me!

Have a great weekend everyone

Started out early for our bike ride.Went 8 miles and got to see 4 deers up close in the park.

But it's raining.....

Almost missed this weeks entry.........been golfing in Nevada.......might have stayed a few more days except that the WX turned downright nasty ........ in the 30s at night and mid 40s at tee-off time.....back home in the high Arizona desert and it isnt much better ......... Al Gore is a fraud !!!

Safe and happy week to all (what few days are left)

Another wet weekend here in DelaWhere..

In our back yard in Eastern Iowa, we had 4.5 inches or rain last weekend and 3 inches a day ago. That's 7.5 inches in a week. Glad we live at a county high point.

everyone

Halloween sure isn't what it was when I was a kid. It It makes you realize just how innocent & simpler life and things used to be.

This was just passed on to me in an e-mail. thought it was quite good.
When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top
of a
blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer
blanket.’

Setting a low standard so it will be easy to beat next week!

I have a potential move to PA with a prospective job change on the horizon. Anyone know much about the New Kensington PA area?

Thanks

Yep, my doc said the same thing - also core strengthening and stretching are also equally important. I too have lower back issues with L4 & L5 coupled with arthritis in my SI joints.

Just getting in on page 2...
Have a safe week.