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Skriven 2014-10-10 12:20:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: health 76
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-08-14  16:33 <=-

 ML>> Har har. I think the BMI is more relevant if it takes
 ML>> inches around the middle into consideration.
 NB>> Yup.  Also if it were to take into account such things as muscle mass
 NB>> vs. fat supplies...  But it seems mostly to be yet another of the one-
 NB>> index-fits-all things...

 ML> And maybe bone density, lung capacity, and other things
 ML> that affect the bodily makeup.

Those probably should be paid attention to as well...  I suppose it
could be a useful tool... but when you have the person in the office,
I'd think that one could get a better sense of the overall health by
sight vs rote calculation....  

 NB>> Oh, right...  Guess I got too used to some of our church violinists
 NB>> standing over my shoulder when playing along with the hymns... ;) 
 NB>> Or standing when playing in some livingroom situation, perhaps
 NB>> visiting shut-ins....   
 ML> I used to play for shut-ins, but not for decades. Used to do
 ML> it for free at MGH, where there was a Friday I think concert
 ML> series, then for pay in assorted ragtag ensembles at assorted
 ML> less than dignified settings, such as old peoples' homes.

It can be a gratifying task...  most times people are so happy to have
you there that it doesn't even matter how you play...  Of course most of
my experience doing such has been on their badly-tuned and needing
significant maintenence pianos, where no matter what you do, it's going
to sound, well, lousy...  ;)  And they smile and tell you how beautiful
your playing was...  :)

 ML>> As an article in the latest Pacific Standard magazine points
 ML>> out, oftentimes the door close button actually isn't connected
 ML>> and it is there just to keep the passengers empowered/involved.
 NB>> Interesting concept...  Could explain why the button is singularly
 NB>> unresponsive... but, of course, that doesn't really do much for making
 NB>> one feel empowered, if one stops to think for even just a second.. ;)
 ML> It does, because as I understand it the doors are timed to
 ML> close shortly after the average impatience time (as
 ML> determined no doubt by industrial engineers, psychologists,
 ML> and the like) has passed. So nobody has stepped into the
 ML> elevator for a while, according to some sensor (weight or
 ML> light beam), and if research says the average wait time
 ML> before someone gets antsy is, say, 3 seconds, the door is
 ML> programmed to close in 4. Of course, if someone is not so
 ML> patient, that impatience goes unrewarded.

That's actually a little scary to contemplate...  I usually am still
getting whoever settled when the doors are ready to close... or need to
hold the doors open a little longer for someone to slowly make their way
into the elevator, so my patience is rarely disturbed there...  ;)

ttyl         neb

... I am not a glutton; I am an explorer of food. - Erma Bombeck

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