The Jims Reports BUT first!
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Now the Jims.
Jim Down the Hall. The birthday party was fine. The cake was a fail. Gail (his girlfriend) is sweet but she is no baker. Turns out the icing was the key and she couldn't get it so she slapped on German Chocolate Cake icing which has coconut which is evil. So I didn't have to eat a bit of icing and only ate the cake part which was good but not the one his daughter made last year.
The hit was the gift his son gave him. It's the coolest. It's a giant book (like 24"x14") of the front page of the Washington Post on his birthday for every one of his 90 years. It's fascinating. And a true genius gift for an old person.
Jim Across the Hall. As I predicted. He threw the Tighty Whities out. Our trash room has two chutes - one for garbage and one for paper recycling. And a milk crate for bottles. He has, for a long time, just dumped whatever he wanted to get rid of into the milk crate - chip bags, half eat hambuger, unfinished salad, whatever. It spills out onto the floor. I told the Health Services direct several times that this presents a hazard for those on our floor. Joan is going to slip on a tomato slice and that will be the end of her. I used to clean it up. Noelle used to clean it up. We all decided not to do that any more. Timber Ridge needs to take responsibility for the problem. Jim is not going to change except get worse. Yesterday afternoon, this is what I found in the milk crate.
I sent the photo to health services and suggested they tell his family that having shit delivered to him is useless as it will get tossed. I suspect it's going to have to get way worse before anyone does anything. I also suspect that his family is not stepping up to the problem but that's pure speculation. I just hope Timber Ridge does not let it go on until someone gets hurt.
Who does not love a good line chart? I sure do. I asked Gemini today if there wasn't some easy, simple website that would take my weight data from Wyze (or Fitbit since Fitbit reads Wyze) and slap it into a website for easy tracking. Gemini game me a list of websites - with no links which drives me nuts. Also the first three were no longer available - including Fitbit's own dashboard. But, down at the bottom was this one labeled as 'simple'. TrendWeight. Some dude set it up for himself but made it pretty damn robust and still very simple. And it has a share URL for you...
When I'm using a new app, I generally pay if pay is an option. I want the ads to go away and I want to support the developer. BUT if it's more than $5, I think about it long and hard and often maybe even delete the app and don't use it at all.
This TrendWeight thing was so clever, I found myself venmoing the dude $10 without blinking an eye even though his page about paying clearly says in a couple of different ways that he does not need or want the money. It's not the money, it's the thank you with teeth.
I had a lovely swim today but I hit a batch of my music that needs to be deleted. I think it's from when I was on a Beats Per Minute kick. I'm off that kick. I'll swap it out today.
In fact, I think I'll do it now.
Now the Jims.
Jim Down the Hall. The birthday party was fine. The cake was a fail. Gail (his girlfriend) is sweet but she is no baker. Turns out the icing was the key and she couldn't get it so she slapped on German Chocolate Cake icing which has coconut which is evil. So I didn't have to eat a bit of icing and only ate the cake part which was good but not the one his daughter made last year.
The hit was the gift his son gave him. It's the coolest. It's a giant book (like 24"x14") of the front page of the Washington Post on his birthday for every one of his 90 years. It's fascinating. And a true genius gift for an old person.
Jim Across the Hall. As I predicted. He threw the Tighty Whities out. Our trash room has two chutes - one for garbage and one for paper recycling. And a milk crate for bottles. He has, for a long time, just dumped whatever he wanted to get rid of into the milk crate - chip bags, half eat hambuger, unfinished salad, whatever. It spills out onto the floor. I told the Health Services direct several times that this presents a hazard for those on our floor. Joan is going to slip on a tomato slice and that will be the end of her. I used to clean it up. Noelle used to clean it up. We all decided not to do that any more. Timber Ridge needs to take responsibility for the problem. Jim is not going to change except get worse. Yesterday afternoon, this is what I found in the milk crate.
I sent the photo to health services and suggested they tell his family that having shit delivered to him is useless as it will get tossed. I suspect it's going to have to get way worse before anyone does anything. I also suspect that his family is not stepping up to the problem but that's pure speculation. I just hope Timber Ridge does not let it go on until someone gets hurt.
Who does not love a good line chart? I sure do. I asked Gemini today if there wasn't some easy, simple website that would take my weight data from Wyze (or Fitbit since Fitbit reads Wyze) and slap it into a website for easy tracking. Gemini game me a list of websites - with no links which drives me nuts. Also the first three were no longer available - including Fitbit's own dashboard. But, down at the bottom was this one labeled as 'simple'. TrendWeight. Some dude set it up for himself but made it pretty damn robust and still very simple. And it has a share URL for you...
When I'm using a new app, I generally pay if pay is an option. I want the ads to go away and I want to support the developer. BUT if it's more than $5, I think about it long and hard and often maybe even delete the app and don't use it at all.
This TrendWeight thing was so clever, I found myself venmoing the dude $10 without blinking an eye even though his page about paying clearly says in a couple of different ways that he does not need or want the money. It's not the money, it's the thank you with teeth.
I had a lovely swim today but I hit a batch of my music that needs to be deleted. I think it's from when I was on a Beats Per Minute kick. I'm off that kick. I'll swap it out today.
In fact, I think I'll do it now.
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