Exercise

 Exercising is very important. I presently own a treadmill and an elliptical machine, I never use them but I do own them. I have owned many other exercise machines over the years that all ended up collecting dust. I now walk for exercise, once or twice a day for 45 minutes. I am told that I should be doing more so I began investigating what the best exersice for someone like me, in such great shape, would be and I found something very interesting. I guess if you have time for only one movement a month it may as well be the Bulgarian Split Squad.

 

Knee Defender

Planes are getting tighter and tighter. Have you noticed that windows on planes no longer line up with the seats. I have been on many planes where I have a half a window or no window at all. Why? Because the airlines keep adding additional rows of seats and now you have 4 rows of seats with only 2 windows to share. We are getting packed into seats for hours and it is becoming terribly uncomfortable to work, eat and sleep. It gets even worse when the seat in front of you is reclined with a passenger almost on your lap. Is there anything we can do?

 Yes! Its called the KNEE DEFENDER. But beware, although this $21.95 gadget attaches to your tray table and prevents the person in front of you from reclining it can result in an actual fight like the one on United Airlines last week.
 The fight started when the male passenger, seated in a middle seat of row 12, used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining while he was on his laptop. The women then poured her cup of water on the male passenger. Both were thrown off the plane after it made an emergency landing.
 Both passengers were also sitting in United's Economy Plus section, the part of the plane that has four more inches of legroom than the rest of coach. I guess every inch really doesn't make a difference.

Ice bucket challenge

I was challenged this week to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. This challenge has taken the world by storm and has raised millions of dollars for charity. I challenge everyone to take the ice cold plunge. Send me your videos and we will show them at the upcoming nursing conference at Classic Care on September 18th.

Falafel Balls

I witnessed one of the funniest moments I have ever seen. There I was sitting with my wife at a restaurant enjoying a good Shwarma. At a table near the entrance of the restaurant were seated two senior couples enjoying their main dish together with a falafel pate. As they were eating their main dish another patron was leaving the restaurant and on his way out he briefly stopped at the senior's table , looked at the falafel balls, picked one up, took a bite out of it and proceeded to leave the restaurant with the falafel ball in hand. The look of shock and disbelief on the senior's faces was indescribable. That a total stranger would actually have the chutzpa to help himself to their falafel ball! One of the funniest moments I can remember. Oh, did I forget to mention I lost a $5 bet?

Danger

Everyone should be aware of the dangers of electricity in a washroom. We have all seen many movies where a radio or electrical appliance falls into a bathtub and electrocutes the bather. In fact new building codes are very strict as to where outlets and light switches can be in a washroom. So when I saw the sign below in a hospital it certainly was surprising. I guess not everyone is aware.