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I like to travel in normal times & the last few years I've been using Google Maps a lot. It's amazing for knowing where you are & how to get somewhere & how far you've walked at the end of the day. I'm afraid I now look like one of those millennials who are constantly checking their phone screens on the street, it really is something.
But that isn't what I learned recently, although using the Maps to find a restaurant/cafe nearby in a strange city is new too.
What I only found out only AFTER my last trip, after staring at menus that were incomprehensible to me other than a few items, was that I can use Google Translate on my phone & aim at the menu/sign/document/etc & it will show me an english translation on the screen instantly. It probably has done that for years but I just found this out last month.
For some reason I'm still hesitant to use Siri or Alexa at all, but I understand there is a lot of funny things you can ask/do with them, especially Alexa.
I found out when my own children were 34 and 29 that baby onesies were designed so that when the baby had a blow out, the neck could go over their shoulders and pulled down over the diaper. Would have saved a lot of nastiness had known 34 years ago.
I found out when my own children were 34 and 29 that baby onesies were designed so that when the baby had a blow out, the neck could go over their shoulders and pulled down over the diaper. Would have saved a lot of nastiness had known 34 years ago.
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Not sure I understand.
Baby onesies have an easy access to change diapers (in-the-front bottom snap closure).
To remove the onesies you can open the bottom and roll up or widen the neck to pull it down.
I still don't understand why there are 7 colors in the rainbow. Three primary colors - Red, Blue, Yellow. Three in-between colors - Violet (R&B mixed), Green (B&Y mixed) and Orange (R&Y mixed). So what's with Indigo - bluish purple? Why not have a greenish yellow or an orangey red?
One thing I learned - FEMA will send nurses to help out in an emergency - local nursing home got hit hard by Covid, staff and patients, some staff were working with no days off. FEMA nurses to the rescue.
I drove a stick shift for 42 years. My left foot is for the clutch. It is now remaining firmly planted on the floor so I don’t screw up and hit the brake, because I forgot I drive an automatic now.
It’s been two years.... tried to shift the other day.
I alternate between stick shift and automatic equipped vehicles. Too often do stupid stuff as result, such as slammi g my left foot to the floor to depress a clutch that doesn't exist or stalling out the car at a traffic light because I neglected to depress the clutch that does exist.
Oh well, I made these same errors 40 years ago when also alternating vehicles with the same differences.
I like to travel in normal times & the last few years I've been using Google Maps a lot. It's amazing for knowing where you are & how to get somewhere & how far you've walked at the end of the day. I'm afraid I now look like one of those millennials who are constantly checking their phone screens on the street, it really is something.
But that isn't what I learned recently, although using the Maps to find a restaurant/cafe nearby in a strange city is new too.
What I only found out only AFTER my last trip, after staring at menus that were incomprehensible to me other than a few items, was that I can use Google Translate on my phone & aim at the menu/sign/document/etc & it will show me an english translation on the screen instantly. It probably has done that for years but I just found this out last month.
For some reason I'm still hesitant to use Siri or Alexa at all, but I understand there is a lot of funny things you can ask/do with them, especially Alexa.
Isn't that amazing? O brave new world! (Although sometimes the instant translations are funny.)
This year I really started viewing YouTube channels. I now watch more YouTube than tv (maybe an hour a day). I am currently watching a channel called Cruising the Cut, which is about an English chap who lives on his narrow boat and vlogs as he cruises the English canal ways. This is a genuine person and is not a scripted show in the normal sense. Some people are sharing amazing experiences all over the planet. It is sometimes hard to put the tablet down and stop “binge” watching. You can find YouTube channels about people climbing mountains, sailing oceans, living in rvs, creating art, remodeling homes, etc, etc, etc.
This year I really started viewing YouTube channels. I now watch more YouTube than tv (maybe an hour a day). I am currently watching a channel called Cruising the Cut, which is about an English chap who lives on his narrow boat and vlogs as he cruises the English canal ways. This is a genuine person and is not a scripted show in the normal sense. Some people are sharing amazing experiences all over the planet. It is sometimes hard to put the tablet down and stop “binge” watching. You can find YouTube channels about people climbing mountains, sailing oceans, living in rvs, creating art, remodeling homes, etc, etc, etc.
Youtube, yes. Since i discovered i can watch it / stream it on my TV with Roku i watch it a lot.
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