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Getting Through the Day
Some random thoughts
for getting through the day...
Have you heard of cus-
tom puzzles? They’re avail-
able at a number of places
online. (Read the reviews
before you order and look
for U.S. companies.) Select
a favorite vacation or family
photo, decide on the size of
the puzzle and the number
of pieces, send in your or-
der and you’ll get back all
the pieces to create a puzzle
of that image. Call the com-
pany first to be sure of the
details.
Buy stamps by mail and
stay out of the post office.
Ask the local post office
to have your mail carrier
bring out a stamp order
form and envelope. Check
off the ones you want, write
a check payable to Post-
master and slide it into the
envelope. Leave it in your
outgoing mail and within
a few days your stamps will
be delivered to you.
Do you have enough in-
door plants? Even if you
have a few, can you use
more? Plants are good for
our indoor environment
where we’re all spending so
much time. Check your lo-
cal nursery for curb pickup.
If you miss playing chess
with others, you can play
online. See www.chess.
com/play/computer
and
play against the computer.
Better yet, play against a pal
using an old-school meth-
od: set up a board on each
end and send your moves to
each other via email.
On the other hand, too
many people are trying to
cut their own hair now-
adays since too many sa-
lons and barber shops are
closed. If you think you
want to cut your own hair,
don’t. If you really insist
you need to cut your hair
and haven’t done it before,
go online to YouTube and
watch a few dozen how-to
videos about cutting hair.
Then rethink your plan
again. Whatever you do,
don’t use regular kitchen or
paper scissors. If you have
to do this, invest in proper
haircutting shears.
Coronavirus Scammers
Scammers have come up
with even more ways to de-
fraud us, this time using the
coronavirus.
Contact tracers are peo-
ple who make calls when
someone you know has
tested positive for the coro-
navirus. Their job is to trace
the possible path the virus
has taken from person to
person. They only need
health information and the
places you’ve been, not fi-
nancial or personal infor-
mation. If someone calls
you who insists on knowing
additional information as
part of the contact tracing,
hang up.
If you get emails or calls
from someone saying they
have a cure for the virus,
or a sure-fire method of
being certain you don’t
get it, hang up. Their next
questions will likely be to
ask for your personal or
financial information, or a
credit card number so you
can pay for shipping. Don’t
fall for it. There are no ap-
proved test kits or cures
that can be handed out to
the general public.
If you get email that’s sup-
posedly from the govern-
ment asking about where
to send your stimulus re-
lief check, ignore it. The
government is not going
to contact you about that.
They’ll send your check (if
you’re eligible for one) in
the mail or they’ll deposit it
directly into your account,
the same one where they
deposit your Social Security
benefit. Scammers also will
pretend to be people from
your bank.
If you get a robocall say-
ing you qualify for low-cost
coronavirus
insurance,
hang up.
If you get suspicious
email that looks like it
might be from the gov-
ernment with information
about coronavirus, don’t
open it, and especially don’t
click on any links. Those
can put a virus or tracer on
your computer.
To stay up on the news
about the virus, use a legit-
imate source: www.ftc.gov/
coronavirus. On that site
you’ll find more informa-
tion about avoiding coro-
navirus scams.
Beware ... and stay safe.
Anytime.
Anywhere.
Any day...
Matt Bjornn, Agent
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Getting Up Off the Floor
With aging, we lose
muscle. With all the stay-
ing home we’re doing now,
we’re losing more muscle.
We have to fight against
that.
One serious result of los-
ing muscle at our age is the
simple task of getting up off
the floor. It can happen to
anybody our age: You look
for something at the back
of the bottom shelf of the
refrigerator, and suddenly
there you are, sitting on the
kitchen floor, unable to get
up.
Even if you can reach the
phone to call for help, think
about what happens next.
The EMT crew will show
up, but they won’t come
rushing in. Not nowadays.
Now they want to deter-
mine whether or not you’re
likely to have the COVID
virus. If there’s any risk at
all, they’re likely to suit up
with all their biohazard
gear before they even come
in the house.
The best way to avoid all
that drama is to not lose
those muscles and to know
a few techniques for getting
up again.
Ordinarily I’d say to ask
your senior center to hold
a few classes on muscle
building and how to get up
off the floor. But it’s likely
they’re closed. YouTube,
however, never closes.
Put these search words
into YouTube or even your
browser: “seniors get off
floor muscles.”
Some specific YouTube
channels you can search
through for helpful exer-
cises and techniques are
“Eldergym Fitness for Se-
niors,” “Ernie Schramayr”
and “Bob & Brad.” (These
last two guys are physical
therapists with a great sense
of humor. In fact, click Vid-
eos and look through all
their offerings.)
When you find some-
thing you like, bookmark it.
Then, when you have the
muscles and the technique,
test it once a week. Get
down on the floor, get up.
Even if you’re certain you’d
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