Katy1966

I love my FitBit! I really only use it for steps and mileage because I have two goals: 1) to get 10,000 steps a day and 2) to hike 15 miles a week. I do very well at getting the 10,000 steps a day, but the 15 miles a week is hard when the weather doesn't cooperate with me. I love how long the FitBit holds a charge and I even forget at times to charge it, but have only had it run out on me once since I've owned it. I think I might have had this for 3 or 4 years now?

I don't like busy themes that are distracting or visually overwhelming. I think that the theme really needs to fit the niche of the forum. If it's a professional site, it should look sophisticated and not childish. If it's a fun site, it better exude fun! If a site is boring but has the information I want, I don't leave because it's boring. But if a site is way too busy visually, I just can't stand to stick around for long.

Our dining room has never been a dining room to use. It used to be the room where the guinea pigs lived in when my daughter lived here with us. But now it's the beer fridge room and the music room. I have 2 music stands and I have my flute and penny whistle there with a LOT of sheet music!! I have a stand for my flute to sit on, but I only use it when I'm actually playing, and I keep the flute inside its case so it doesn't tarnish. The room doesn't really have the very best acoustics, and that area is probably the front entryway since we have a cathedral ceiling there.

Last week we had hazardous levels for air quality, so I had to keep the windows closed and the air conditioning on. It was so nice and cool outside, so that's a shame we couldn't even go out hiking all week. I live in the eastern part of the US. I heard on the news that tonight we'll have some poor air quality once again, but I didn't catch the time that it's supposed to happen.

I had two containers of zucchini plants last year and one plant gave me SO many veggies, but the other had some issues. I had drilled drainage holes in the bottom of both and I didn't realize that their root systems and gone out through the holes and down into the ground. When I went to move the containers to spray for bugs on the bushes nearby, I think I killed the roots for one of the containers. That's the one that didn't give me many veggies. I have some basil in a container now and it's near my back door. It's doing great so far!! I like that I can move it where I need it.

I want more tech in the medical field. I think it's incredible when doctors learn the Da Vinci robot system for surgeries. Have you watched one? It's an absolute art!! I almost had a surgery done that way, but the surgeon wasn't advanced enough in her knowledge for my personal issue and I had to be cut open 😞 boo. I would have loved to have had the surgery and had a video of it. I'm weird like that. But back to the topic, I'd love for the sensor like they have on Star Trek to diagnose medical conditions. That would be a dream!

Do you have surround sound in your home? We bought surround sound speakers that we put up around our family room at our former house, but at this new house, they're just sitting on the floor in front of the tv in the basement. We found that we didn't really care for the experience of having sounds behind our heads. Especially when we were watching Jurassic Park!! It was fun feeling the animals from the booming bass though on the floor.

It's been a while since you wrote this post and I'm curious how it went? What were the pros and cons of the software? Was it intuitive or did you have to Google how to do most things (that's what I do with a lot of things)? I'm looking at some video software but don't know what to use.

I love to learn!! I am so happy that I have the internet at my fingertips, because I'm constantly looking up things that I question and want to find answers to. I wish I had it when I was younger because I might have gotten more involved in the sciences and gone to a different school than art school, which I loved, it's just that I think I might have been drawn to a different career if I had easier access to more scientific studies than the library.

I read the article you linked and it agreed that most masks weren't made to prevent respiratory illnesses. Did you read that part? The majority of the public for 3 years wear the mask that is most comfortable for them to breathe in and those are worthless, even your article agrees. Your article's focus was mainly the hospital setting for mask wearing, but the article I linked to concerned the public community setting. And it wasn't just one study but a set of numerous studies done in various conditions.

The sources that said they protected from Covid were proven wrong though. And this isn't something new, before masks were mandated scientists said they wouldn't help or make a huge difference. It wasn't until Fauci changed his mind that others jumped on that bandwagon and then it was like a religion that needed to be adhered to or you were risking someone's life. That turned out to not be true.

I can't find the song right now, but it was one I played while at work from The Creation by Haydn. It was a really powerful piece that put me into full work mode right away. I got so many projects started by listening to that song. I'm trying to find it on YouTube, but the videos I'm seeing are the wrong ones. Amazon has messed up my playlist so now I can't even click on the song to get the remainder of the title. It's from one of the Vienna Choir Boys albums.

So, you're agreeing that masks are worthless since the virus gains entry elsewhere such as the eyeballs?

I don't understand what you mean by a difference in how the mask has protection "whether wearing a mask protects you from other people: they did not address the separate, but equally important, question of whether it protects other people from you." If germs get through the fabric, it doesn't really matter which direction it's going in. That's what the studies are showing, the germs are getting through.

What most people have known all along has once again been declared that Face Masks made Little to NO difference in preventing the spread of covid: Face masks made ‘little to no difference’ in preventing spread of COVID, scientific review finds (yahoo.com) What's surprising is that last year we were told that N95 and KN95 masks were the only ones to help prevent the spread, now even those are in the category of worthless. But people are still masking up. Why?

So far, all I've heard concerning automobiles that have a capability to be on auto-pilot are the failures. I wouldn't want everyone on a system that has a high rate of failure. You can't predict what an animal will do, so how is a computer going to deal with animals on country roads?

I block pop up ads, but I don't block the other ads. I guess it's because I go to a lot of forums and know that some of the owners are just trying to make some money, so hey, here's a few hits and you're welcome 😄 Also on YouTube, I might sit through some ads to help out the creator of the video, unless it's ruining the middle of the song I was listening to and then I get mad. I've thought about getting some ad blocker and then forget about it because for the sites I visit, it's not really too bad to see the ads.

I don't like modern country music. I can handle the old time stuff from the 50s and 60s and sometimes even the 70s. My dad liked country music when I was growing up and they played it at all the weddings we went to. I have fond memories of watching my mom dancing (and sometimes my dad). There is a type of dance that is a blues type of dance from the 60s and it's popular once again in some cities. My daughter took classes to learn how to dance like that and didn't know her grandmother used to do it! It was fun talking about it and I wished my daughter could have seen her grandma dance.

I think in days past that staff was not as quick to ban trolls, so they took advantage and there were a lot around. Today we don't put up with that stuff like we used to because oftentimes it's not good for our SEO. I see trolls mostly in the comment sections of news sites. That's their new playground.

I have been reading that Facebook is more for the older people and the younger generations stay away. Do you find that to be true? I'm mostly on Facebook to catch up with family and friends and see their children grow up. Otherwise, it's mostly a place where people share memes it seems like...or to look down on others for their opinions on how things should be done.

Where I live all vehicles (except for those purchased in that year new) need yearly inspections and emissions testing. It's a pain. I know there are people who go to shops that let them pass even though they have issues with the car like bad brakes or too dark of tint on the windows. There has to be that happening because these cars are on the road all the time! Does your area require that testing? How much to do you pay for it?

I'm team Musk! I think what he's trying to do is prevent Twitter from remaining a one-sided site and become a place where everyone can freely talk. It's hard when some people shout "hate" whenever there is merely disagreement in thought. It's not always hate to disagree. I think Twitter will grow more because of Musk's ideas.

I was worried when I first signed up on Canva and started using it that the fonts had copyrights and not for commercial use. But then I read the agreement again and it's amazing that they have it set up so that all images and fonts are for commercial use. There are tons of images on Canva to use and incorporate into designs. I'm still a newbie at Canva even though I've been a designer since the 90s. This site makes it so much easier than trying to reinvent the wheel that I do with Corel Draw. I save so much time. What are your thoughts on Canva?

We only order online because all we have a is a Walmart nearby. Amazon is generally cheaper for some things that we want and we don't have to waste gas driving all over searching for the item we need. We live in the country, so every drive is about 30 minutes and 45 to the mall. As much as I'd love to support local, they have to raise their prices very high to make up for their rent, so things aren't really affordable anyway.

I went to art school with Jill Thompson (she sat across from me in Illustration class), and she was the artist who worked on the Wonder Woman comics in the 90s as well as the Sandman comics (pretty cool, huh). Jill created her own series call Scary Godmother and it was even turned into a cartoon. They don't play it enough on tv though! She sells merchandise for Scary Godmother and the dolls look just like HER! Do you have a favorite comic book artist?