Monthly Archives: October 2022

What Come Out Goes Back In!

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Dates on food packages are intended to ensure quality — not safety. They aren’t required by law. (Some exceptions exist, such as infant formula.) So what do they mean? Sell by. This date tells the grocer how long to … Continue reading →

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Improvements Keep Coming!

Posted on Monday, October 10, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Many believe Australian Shepherds originated in Australia because of the name, which is not the case.  These beautiful and brilliant dogs are not registered as native Australian breeds.  The breed originated in Spain, and when a group of Basques immigrated … Continue reading →

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Sad Day; Colleen Leaves For Home

Posted on Sunday, October 9, 2022 by Paul

Fact: If your home has brass doorknobs, it’s staying cleaner on its own than homes with wood or glass ones. Brass doorknobs will typically disinfect themselves in about eight hours. “This is because the metal ions in brass and copper … Continue reading →

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More Recovery Underway

Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2022 by Paul

Fact: The most curtain calls ever for a ballet was 89 after Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fanteyn performed their 1964 Swan Lake in Vienna. Colleen hit the road early today as she is making the rounds of the games with … Continue reading →

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We Is Home!!!

Posted on Friday, October 7, 2022 by Paul

Fact: While you may hear people bemoaning the nighttime cacophony in their old home, those creaks aren’t all that likely to be related to the age of the house.  The sounds are more likely to result from temperature and humidity … Continue reading →

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We Are Coming Home

Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2022 by Paul

Fact:  Prostate tissue typically releases small amounts of PSA into your blood.  When the prostate grows, PSA levels increase, and when the entire prostate is removed, PSA levels fall close to zero.  Most procedures to treat an enlarged prostate remove … Continue reading →

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Recovery Day #3

Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.  By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin. We slept until 9:00 AM this morning!  Today’s challenge is to shower and walk to get all systems … Continue reading →

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Recovery, Day #2

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 by Paul

Fact: There are 2.5 trillion (give or take) red blood cells in your body at any moment.  To maintain this number, about two and a half million new ones must be produced every second by your bone marrow.  That’s like … Continue reading →

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Today Is The Day!

Posted on Monday, October 3, 2022 by Paul

Fact: For one day in 1940, a section of a hospital in Ottawa, Canada, became international territory so that a Dutch Princess could be born a full Dutch citizen (a requirement to be a Dutch Princess).  Every year the Netherlands … Continue reading →

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The Word Of The Day Is “Acclimate”

Posted on Sunday, October 2, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Acclimatization or acclimatization (also called acclimation or acclimatization) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness … Continue reading →

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