I upgraded from the Open Run Pro to the Open Swim Pro. It’s pretty cool, having music while I swim

The difference between the Open Run and Open Swim is the open swims are more waterproof and they have internal memory so the headphones can have their own music on board. (Bluetooth from your phone that’s in your car won’t work when you’re swimming far away)

In hindsight , it wasn’t worth the upgrade. Having music while I swim is cool, but not all that great. The bubbles I make are pretty noisy too.

if I didn’t have these Shokz headphones, and was buying them for the first time, I would buy the Open Swim Pro headphones over the Open Run. But in hindsight, I wouldn’t upgrade from the Open Run Pro just for the music in the water.

Many years ago, I got to test out an underwater MP3 player that was good to 200 ft. Now that was cool, music while scuba diving. The Open Swims are only good to two meters underwater.

But I do love the Shockz bone conducting headphones.

Happy Thursday! I think Thursdays were invented by some sadist just to drag it out one more day…..

I enjoyed this book. It gave a lot of information about the life of trees. That they communicate with each other, they can learn,
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Four stars because I think the author humanized trees a bit much. For example, if a tree falls over, the decision to rot and turn to mulch is the trees conscious thought. However people seem to think human animal is much more important than plant life, and I’m not sure I agree with that.

There is tons of good information. A lot of it reminded me of the beginning of the movie Avatar, when Sigourney Weaver is explaining her discoveries in the forest.
It was a pretty cool book.

happy hump day!

Hopefully I’m on the last throes of my back ache. I had a good exercise session this morning, just like before I hurt my back. It’s been more than a month. I went to the doctor, I went to physical therapy, and I did everything that someone should have done when they hurt their back.

it all started a long time ago, cleaning under my coffee table. I was sitting cross legged on the floor and leaned forward with a stack of magazines to put them under the coffee table, and click! something gave way in my back. Since then I have re-hurt it several times, usually minor. This last time, I had a minor injury and then I lifted a box that was too heavy and really ripped it out. That was more than a month ago, and I’m just now getting back to normal.

I’m going to have to be more careful from now on, as I keep getting older.

Saturday I had a wonderful day, I stayed home and rested, took naps, I read my book, did a little housework and gave some attention to my dog and my plants. It was a very pleasing day.

Sunday was horrible. I stayed home and rested, took naps, I read my book, did a little housework and gave some attention to my dog and my plants. It was torturous.

I’m not sure I’m going to be able to handle retirement.

Wishing all the best to all the happy couples!

HVD!

In the Cayman Islands, a 37.5 hour work week is standard. (I put in 40+ normally)

I’ve often thought that it will be better to have four 10-hour days than five 8 hour days.

Spain is now switching from the 40 hour work week to a 37.5 hour Work Week. Read the article HERE

A long time ago, I had a whole lot of comp time on the books, and work three day work weeks for several months. That’s the way to do it!

I think that the USA has the least amount of vacation time, not not sure how they stand on the scale of work week hours.

But, when it comes to work, less is usually more fun!

Have a great day, take off early!

New Zealand has granted “person hood” to a mountain. And a river, and a forest

“Mount Taranaki, (now known as Taranaki Maungajoins) Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand’s laws.”

This was done for the New Zealand Aborigines who consider the mountain to be an ancestor.

I think it’s pretty cool, not sure of the real implications, but you can read the article here.

Happy Wednesday !

I got it. Resting Bitch Face. Guys get it too. If there’s a different name for inflicted males, let me know.

A dolphin has a natural Non Resting Bitch Face, they have a natural smile. Because of this, they look happy all the time. I think life would be a lot easier if I had a natural smile instead of a natural frown.

When I see myself reflected in a store window, or I see a picture of me that I didn’t know was being taken, I’m surprised at how mean and angry I look. Shocked even.

Does.anybody have any solutions? My answer is always maintain a maniac smile at all times. At least try to remember to…

Then I’ll look like this.

Have a great day!

This past weekend was the 16th annual Cayman Roundup. You can download the recordings here for a short while. When they get uploaded to the Roundup drive, I’ll delete them from my personal g-drive.

Heres a picture of this mornings moonset for your consideration.

And now it’s back to work! Have a great week!

my Kindle scribe pen has developed a problem, it will continue to write when the tip is not touching the screen. This means that when you’re writing it keeps writing when you lift the pen. There are lines meandering all over the place as I write. Not an uncommon problem. The answer seems to be whack the pen, which I find unacceptable.

it might be time for me to upgrade to a Boox Tab Ultra C 10.3 Inch Color E-Paper Tablet

I use my Kindle for reading and writing I would expect to use the Boox the same way, but it has a lot more capabilities. It is an Android tablet.

I’m also looking around for a new compatible pin for the Kindle Scribe..

Happy – it’s almost Friday day!