Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

[Zed Clampet]

@BeardyHat Respect for trying it out, and I am happy to hear it was good

Back home and took a trip to the supermarket. An elderly person was almost screaming (he was hard of hearing,) that he wanted to take out as much money as possible. He did this several times and I felt uneasy for his sake, since the supermarket was crowded. I told the cashier to take a closer look when he was leaving, just in case he was taking out a huge amount. By the time I was exiting the building, I heard he was going to withdraw 110USD, so thankfully not that much. You never know these days, so good to have some extra eyes around.

Did you think he was being scammed?

Based on nothing but YouTube videos, they often send them to buy Google gift cards. If you are a cashier and an old woman walks up and tries to buy $10,000 worth of Google gift cards, and you actually sell them to her...well, I wouldn't say you had to pay back half. Cashiers don't get paid enough to take on that kind of risk. But you should at least be required to take some sort of training regarding scams.

 

[Frindis]

Did you think he was being scammed?

Based on nothing but YouTube videos, they often send them to buy Google gift cards. If you are a cashier and an old woman walks up and tries to buy $10,000 worth of Google gift cards, and you actually sell them to her...well, I wouldn't say you had to pay back half. Cashiers don't get paid enough to take on that kind of risk. But you should at least be required to take some sort of training regarding scams.

Not scammed, but I was more thinking about him yelling about taking out all the money they had and the possibility of someone listening in a bit more closely with bad intentions. I have lost items at the supermarket myself some years back and back then it only took a minute before I noticed I left some items in a shopping cart to someone stealing them. It was not much, but it was annoying as hell, especially since no camera was there to capture the crook. So while the majority of people are good, the rotten eggs are still out there thriving.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Not scammed, but I was more thinking about him yelling about taking out all the money they had and the possibility of someone listening in a bit more closely with bad intentions. I have lost items at the supermarket myself some years back and back then it only took a minute before I noticed I left some items in a shopping cart to someone stealing them. It was not much, but it was annoying as hell, especially since no camera was there to capture the crook. So while the majority of people are good, the rotten eggs are still out there thriving.

Many years ago, I had a retail job, and this was back when most people received cash on payday. I only worked there a year, but during that time I managed to find two envelopes filled with cash that people had lost track of or just left behind while shopping. I always just put them in the safe and told the cashiers to let me know when the customers came back looking for them. You've rarely met anyone more relieved and thankful than when you give them their payday back. The only time that was better for me was when a woman slid into my car in an icy/snowy parking lot, and I told her I couldn't see much damage and not to worry about it. She actually started crying and hugging me. Sadly, biology left me with an overwhelming amount of empathy, so I'm, unfortunately, constantly trying to make people happy, so that was much better than road rage

The right amount of empathy = good
Too much empathy = pathetic

Sadly, I'm in the last group haha

 

[Frag Maniac]

barriers such as stairs and grass stop me from going outside. The knee scooter isn't designed for off road and little rocks can be enough to get in the way.

Well I assumed at your age using crutches for stairs would be doable, and most parks in the US where I live have benches right off paved paths, maybe in Aus it's different? At any rate, I don't think I could stay cooped up for 3 and a half weeks indoors. I'd have been looking for any way possible just to even get out in the back yard. That said, if stairs stop you from using a knee scooter, how would an electric scooter somehow work?

As for electric scooters, personally I'd avoid them at all cost if you can. At my age I see plenty of seniors commit to them for the rest of their lives, and their health (especially mentally and emotionally) only plumets faster. I know you meant just for temporary use, but it's not the kind of thing you want to get used to. They can also break down unexpectedly. God knows I've had to fix my friend's chairs who knows how many times, and he can always qualify for the very best ones with hydraulics due to his condition.

We had a guy where I used to live that definitely needed some kind of chair due to amputations of his lower limbs, and I always respected that instead of an electric scooter he opted for a manual chair. Last one he had was a super light titanium model. He even tried a motorized prosthetic limb once that he managed to get access to, but it was too hard to control.

 

[Zloth]

Auckland seems like my kind of town!

 

[BeardyHat]

Too much empathy = pathetic

Sadly, I'm in the last group haha

You aren't alone.

Though I'm getting better at letting people know what I need and want, rather than just rolling over like I might have 20-years ago.

My family is actually significantly worse at that than I am now.

Auckland seems like my kind of town!

Auckland is a pretty cool place. In 2015 we visited my Sister-In-Law who lives there and I quite enjoyed it. Though Kiwi's are funny; it was the middle of July and they were apologizing for the cold, which was one of the mildest winters in my life I'd experienced at that point.

My attempted upgrade to 64Gb of RAM in my laptop has failed. Yesterday, I received the computer I had ordered, which was supposed to have a busted screen, but had a 13th Gen i7, 3050, 64Gb of RAM and 2Tb SSD. I'd intended to snag the RAM and SSD out of it and then fix the screen and give it to my kids. Unfortunately for me (and the seller, but that's not my problem) the PC came with a 1Tb SSD and 16Gb of RAM.

Just got back from the Post Office, dropping it off as a return.

Still tempted to look for another one to upgrade my laptop with, but maybe I should buy a video card for my desktop and/or nothing at all and just save my money.

 

[Zed Clampet]

My wife bought a bunch of gift cards at Wal-Mart (Steam, Playstation, Amazon, DoorDash) and none of them work, so my wife gets to go stand in the nightmarish day-after-Christmas WalMart customer service line. Fortunately, WalMart just basically does whatever you tell them you want done when you get to the front of the line, so she shouldn't have any problem getting new cards.

My guess is that a cashier came up with an ingenious method of getting arrested just days after Christmas.

 

[Colif]

That said, if stairs stop you from using a knee scooter, how would an electric scooter somehow work?

You have a point. If I had a electric scooter, it would have to be stored in the garage. As such, I would have to deal with stairs every time I use it, since our garage is outside and I would have to navigate the back steps. I was only given one crutch as really they are only for stairs- the hospital wants me to stay off feet as much as possible so I wasn't given two as they really only for helping me get up stairs, and only stairs are to get in/out of house

I am fortunate I live with an elderly lady as she already had steel hand bars installed on the front and back steps years ago - we rarely use them but they are at least there on one side of the stairs. So that makes getting up with a crutch possible at least. If I hadn't been able to get up the stairs with 1 crutch at the hospital 5 weeks ago, they may not have liked me coming home and I may have been there the last 5 weeks.

I am not above sitting on the stairs and moving up and down them on my bum, as I feel less likely to fall that way. Only have to deal with 3 stairs that way. Its been a few weeks since I tried it so I don't remember exact process. I am getting better at hopping and moving around on 1 leg

I need help to get anywhere that includes stairs as someone has to carry the knee scooter from top to bottom... I can't. One major barrier between me wanting to go for a walk by myself.

Electric scooter would make getting around - once I am on it - more likely and I would have perhaps taken it for a ride down the street to the local oval. The wheels on them are far less likely to be blocked by small rocks. House hallways too small to use it inside. Knee scooter makes all of that hard to do. Doesn't help the paths leading up or down my street would be covered in tree branches and such that would make my journey a pain... things that aren't barriers when you can walk.

My attempted upgrade to 64Gb of RAM in my laptop has failed. Yesterday, I received the computer I had ordered, which was supposed to have a busted screen, but had a 13th Gen i7, 3050, 64Gb of RAM and 2Tb SSD. I'd intended to snag the RAM and SSD out of it and then fix the screen and give it to my kids. Unfortunately for me (and the seller, but that's not my problem) the PC came with a 1Tb SSD and 16Gb of RAM.

given ram shortage could extend all the way to 2029, good luck with that as I expect others will be thinking same thing.
Its crazy how much it costs now, sticks I bought in May for $237 now sell for $1000. Its a good thing ram generally doesn't break that often. Its not like GPU. Mine passes memtest so pretty sure its okay... its just a worry.

 

[Zed Clampet]

@Colif Sorry, I can't remember. Did they put a cast on your foot? Guido broke two bones in his foot a few years ago. They put a cast on his foot, and he was immediately able to walk on it.

 

[Colif]

@Colif Sorry, I can't remember. Did they put a cast on your foot? Guido broke two bones in his foot a few years ago. They put a cast on his foot, and he was immediately able to walk on it.

No cast, my foot is enclosed in one of these

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Its a plastic boot with a foam and material inner - its not water proof so I have to put a plastic bag over it every time I want to have a shower. I can scratch my foot really easy which is something a cast makes difficult.

Its only held in by 5 velro straps, I have taken it off a few times to swap socks. The front one has been undone countless times when I am adding and removing 4 extra pieces of foam I have that came with shoe, they for added comfort. Right now one is under my toes.

I was told on the first day I could walk on it, but on the second day after I went to hospital for more X-rays, they told me not to walk on it for 6 weeks as one of the injuries could require surgery if not given full rest. After my 2nd appointment a week later they have deemed it unnecessary for surgery provided I don't walk for 5 more weeks... almost at end of that time, next Monday I find out how it went. And maybe get a different boot. As I can tell I am not ready to walk on my foot yet.

Every day a different part of my foot hates me. For a few days last week it was my big toe, then for two days it was the underside of my foot... right now I can still feel underside but its not as bad. Foot felt cold all night which is odd

 

[BeardyHat]

given ram shortage could extend all the way to 2029, good luck with that as I expect others will be thinking same thing.
Its crazy how much it costs now, sticks I bought in May for $237 now sell for $1000. Its a good thing ram generally doesn't break that often. Its not like GPU. Mine passes memtest so pretty sure its okay... its just a worry.

Seen actually quite a few cheaper laptops out there with 64Gb that I could do the old switcharoo with, but I also don't want another entire machine to faff with or try to resell.

The other one I bought and had to send back was a bit of an impulse purchase anyway, so I need to just hold myself off. I don't desperately need 64Gb of RAM anyway, it would just be nice.

 

[Colif]

I thought I needed 64gb based on usage on my last PC but after just changing when some programs load at start up, I realised I only really need 32gb
On last PC I was using almost all my virtual memory, this one maxes out at 33% most days.
Just as well as the price of 64gb was high enough in May. I don't want to know what its price would be now... looks... $1500
can get cl26 32gb for $880

I am so glad I made my new PC last this year. I wouldn't be able to afford it now. Instead I have 2 working PC and no real need to upgrade for 5 or so years. Only change I might make is CPU but that is a maybe. 3 working PC but the 3rd is 10 years old... all it needs is a GPU.