2006/04/09
Had Junk, HAM and other Alternative Treatments, EXCEL
Yesterday I called 1-800-GOTJUNK and they took away almost a truckful. The old BBQ that was making a loud noise whenever it was turned on, three old oil drums, some peeling fence boards, 13 bags of leaves and the old kitchen benches with the tooth marks from our old dog, four VCRs that didn't work, a delapidated round yard table, about a hundred burnt out fluorescent light bulbs, some old wood scraps, in short, anything that won't sell in my yard sale. It gave me a chance to clean out part of the basement and the shed in the back yard. Now I have room to store the things I want to keep in some order. But it was sad, too. I remembered that Dennis filled up some of those bags of leaves last October.
Then I went to the Humanist Association of Manitoba's monthly dinner meeting. The speaker there was a medical doctor who is also a naturopath. He talked about all kinds of "alternative" treatments. I am very skeptical about such things. I believe that some herbs and food supplements may be helpful, but in my opinion, 90% of them are either a waste of money or dangerous. And I know Chinese traditional medicine has been around for thousands of years, but that doesn't mean it works. There have not been enough good scientific studies on it. I won't be convinced that any of those things work until it can be shown that they are more effective than the placebo effect. The human body is a wondrous thing and it can often heal itself without any treatment. Look at Mother's lymphoma - it disappeared on its own. That's my rant for the day.
Today I went to my friend Helen's and she showed me how to do some neat things with EXCEL. She taught me how to customize the tool bar, how to merge cells and freeze panes. I also learned how to print just part of the data and how to set up the page to print the title of a column even if you only want to print part of the information in that column. What a good teacher she is. It is so great to have good friends.
Tomorrow I take Mother to see her family doctor, the famous Dr. Hildahl. He's the one where even if you have the first appointment in the morning, the staff puts out a sign saying the wait is 45 minutes, and as the day goes on, the wait time gets longer, sometimes two or three hours! Luckily his office is in a Superstore, so I can do grocery shopping for myself and mother while she's waiting to see him.
So far it hasn't rained since I noticed the crack in my foundation. For the next few days the forecast is for "scattered showers," whatever that means. No hard rain, please.
Must go now and work on the other computer. 38 more days until Margot!
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. ~Dandemis
Had Junk, HAM and other Alternative Treatments, EXCEL
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Then I went to the Humanist Association of Manitoba's monthly dinner meeting. The speaker there was a medical doctor who is also a naturopath. He talked about all kinds of "alternative" treatments. I am very skeptical about such things. I believe that some herbs and food supplements may be helpful, but in my opinion, 90% of them are either a waste of money or dangerous. And I know Chinese traditional medicine has been around for thousands of years, but that doesn't mean it works. There have not been enough good scientific studies on it. I won't be convinced that any of those things work until it can be shown that they are more effective than the placebo effect. The human body is a wondrous thing and it can often heal itself without any treatment. Look at Mother's lymphoma - it disappeared on its own. That's my rant for the day.
Today I went to my friend Helen's and she showed me how to do some neat things with EXCEL. She taught me how to customize the tool bar, how to merge cells and freeze panes. I also learned how to print just part of the data and how to set up the page to print the title of a column even if you only want to print part of the information in that column. What a good teacher she is. It is so great to have good friends.
Tomorrow I take Mother to see her family doctor, the famous Dr. Hildahl. He's the one where even if you have the first appointment in the morning, the staff puts out a sign saying the wait is 45 minutes, and as the day goes on, the wait time gets longer, sometimes two or three hours! Luckily his office is in a Superstore, so I can do grocery shopping for myself and mother while she's waiting to see him.
So far it hasn't rained since I noticed the crack in my foundation. For the next few days the forecast is for "scattered showers," whatever that means. No hard rain, please.
Must go now and work on the other computer. 38 more days until Margot!
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. ~Dandemis
Had Junk, HAM and other Alternative Treatments, EXCEL
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