Book Board Chat

Hi, everybody. It's been awhile since I checked in here; as you know my computer died, and then I bought a tower (it was marked 319 but I was only charged $279 for it when we checked out...it had 8.1 but when I gave it and the old tower to the techs (the one great thing about our ISP is the tech support) I asked them to go ahead and load Windows 10 so I wouldn't have to learn TWO new programs. I struggled for a week or so after getting the computer back, but I like it. The only thing is that I can't seem to make the text darker (not so much THIS, which is okay, but the notations and other things in sites are written in pale blue and hard to read. Also I need to learn how to import a particular font I like. Oddly, this computer has a very limited list of fonts. I lost my email program I'd used for years, and have to go a different route, but my address is the same, at least. I don't have anyone's emails anymore, though, so if you'd care to send me YOUR addresses, I'd appreciate it (those of us who did contact one another from time to time....you know who you are). I'm pauladanbeau@tctwest.net. Let's see....after reading and catching up on all the stuff I've missed: ebay. Well, I've made no secret of my opinion of it; though I'm again listing some things and doing okay. For awhile I could not get facebook (the real program rather than the app, which seemed to operate more like it would on a phone, so that I couldn't list there). Suddenly FB fixed whatever problems there had been with Windows 10 and it works fine now. My pictures all go into sort of an odd folder and I don't know how to straighten that out, but it's okay for now...I'll fool with it later. Baby steps. At least when I go to upload pictures, that one album does open up where the pictures went, so then it's simpler than before to just pick the thumbnail I want, and insert it. Faster than it was with easy share. Beth really IS amazing. She and I think Ilene (Baltimoreandmore) are two who probably make a good living by running it as a business. I believe over half the sellers we all knew just drifted away or quit because of all the restrictions ebay put on us. I still resent being treated as though I'm trying to put one over on a buyer. NOT!! Jo-Anne, I hope Jack gets back to normal soon....if he's now pretty tentative in walking for fear he might fall again, maybe one of those walkers like Dan used (fought me on it, until he actually tried it) for a time might be the answer....the one with the seat that pulls down in case of dizzyness or just needing to stop for a minute or two. Those have been a godsend. Dan fell last week, while mowing the lawn (it's been up around 80 degrees here for a couple of weeks). He stepped backwardand stumbled on some landscaping rocks out front, landed on his backside (which is bruised), then rolled over off the curb, ending up in the street, jamming his thumb pretty good in the process. He finished the yard anyway after I checked him out a little and he pulled the thumb back into alignment (ewww) I made him go to the Dr. next morning because of the swellin and pain in the joint. She x-rayed it, and thought the bone at the tip was broken, and that maybe he had damaged the first joint. She referred him to an ortho guy in another town (this was on a Saturday) and on Tuesday he finally made contact with that office to try to set up an mri, since his Dr. thought it might require surgery to repair the joint. They said they couldn't see him for a week, so he gave up on that and has been trying to bend the thumb and maybe get it to function right again. We'll see. Mystery: Sorry about Cooper...he will also be sad, I bet. Someday you may be in the stands at the Summer Olympics, watching SSG perform! She's certainly found her calling. I'm going to post this much so I don't accidentally erase it, as I've done many times!