Re: Monday Night Dinner? 6/02/2025

 
On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 09:09:16 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
 

On 2025-06-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:46:30 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2025-06-05, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-06-05 4:11 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:

On 6/3/2025 7:49 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

Falling seems to come with advanced age for some seniors.
Glad she didn't break any bones, especially a hip.

 
A woman that works in the building where I do (she's in her 70's)
tripped and fell over a case of bottled water a friend had left outside
her front door.  The friend didn't tell her it was there.  She fell flat
on her face, broke her nose and had to have stitches on her chin and
cheek.  Here's an idea: if you're going to leave a big box outside
someone's front door, how about you tell them it is there?

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Good advice but who would think that someone is not blind would need to
be warned that there was a large object in front of their door?

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If it's below knee level, it's easy to miss.

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Not in Australia. I learnt to always look down and check for snakes.

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We have only one venomous snake in Michigan:  the Eastern Massasauga
Rattlesnake.  They live in wetlands and generally try to avoid humans.
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The two venomous spiders (black widow and brown recluse) are pretty
rare and are only a problem if you go sticking your hands where you
can't see.
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Mileage may vary in other parts of the U.S.

 
We have lots of huntsman spiders. They're big and come indoors, but
are not very dangerous.
 
Snakes are everywhere in the countryside. When we bought our previous
property, my mother-in-law asked the real estate agent "What kind of
snakes do you have here?" She replied: "What kind do you like?"
 
Nevertheless, in 20 years I've only seen a dangerous snake (dial 911
immediately if you get bitten kinda snake) around 12 times. Once it
came after me and once it slid peacefully past me. The other times it
wasn't that close.