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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-14 (Saturday)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:08:27 -0800
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On 12/17/24 11:56 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
>>>>>> anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey, thanks for asking!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nothing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Uh-oh....something go haywire with the iPad and ear buds
>>>>>> already?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or was there simply nothing on that was worth the bit-flow?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nyssa, who is finding that the "nothing on worth watching"
>>>>>> is the the more likely scenario for her
>>>>>
>>>>> I can?t get anything current and I?ve been sleeping a lot. I didn?t
>>>>> think it was worth reporting that I watched a couple YouTube on videos
>>>>> or something.
>>>>>
>>>> So the "nothing worth watching" option.
>>>>
>>>> Have you considered trying for a few audiobooks via
>>>> the ipad or iphone? I isn't flashing pictures on the
>>>> screen, but at least it might offer some measure of
>>>> entertainment better than nothing.
>>>>
>>>> Just an idea.
>>>
>>> I actually just joined audible and put book suggestions on my Amazon wish
>>> list. As it turns out the system doesn?t work and people can?t actually
>>> send me anything.
>>
>> Yaah, their ebook stuff doesn't work either. I found that out the hard
>> way when a friend bought several gft ebooks for me, but amazon
>> wouldn't let me claim them. (Luckily she *was* able to get her $$
>> back.)
>>
>> One thing I did was to download the list of books that have been
>> turned into TV shows that Robin posted awhile back and grab
>> a  bunch of those.  I got ebooks, not audiobooks, but the idea
>> is the same. I've already read a few.
>>
>>>> Nyssa, who found out she can't listen to audiobooks
>>>> while driving because she gets too involved in the story
>>>> and misses her exits
>>>
>>> Ditto
>>>
>>>
>> I got an unplanned tour of the mountains on Interstate 81 thanks
>> to one of those audiobooks. :/
>>
>> Nyssa. who hopes thay anim is making progress on getting better
>> so he can get back home and not have to deal with bad food or
>> worse roommates
> 
> Actually, right now I’m fighting to stay because Humana decided it was time
> for me to go home, but I can’t even stand up yet. Appeals are being filed.
> 
> I got occupational therapy to let me do some simple weights using just my
> arms. And physical therapy took me to the gym and a wheelchair and had me
> work for a while on one of those machines that has pedals and hand grips.
> An elliptical?

You're not ready to go home until they start poking you with a stick 
during physio!