I'm happy to hear that you made that move. I was feeling a bit guilty about starting it where I did because I didn't see it as strictly FTVGirls related, but didn't know where else to put it. I'm hoping the board goes smoothly, and yeah, you can wish for it to go smoothly (thankfully you, Rob, Danielle and laranger have had some time to smooth things out before the grand opening ).Oh, and right after I posted my note to you, in the middle of posting a note to LeoRex, I got that call, and now I have my little niece with me. Que sera sera (whatever will be, will be --now I have Sly & the Family Stone in my head--hmm, that's not so bad, is it?). Have a nice day!

I moved the "Tech Questions" thread to the General Discussions forum because the content of the thread is not really FTV related...it's more how to make a video related. Also, future questions could range well outside of FTV. The FTV forum should be used for content that is directly related to FTV...and only FTV...just as the Danielle Chat forum should be used for chatting with Danielle. The General Discussions forum should be used for everything that is not FTV or Danielle related. There may be some grey areas in the future and I'll do my best to try to keep the different forums as pure as possible. My idea is to keep this message board running as smoothly as possible without a lot of reprimands and correctional action needed. That's probably just a pipe dream but I can wish for it...can't I? lol

Just poking around today; turned out I might even have a "free day" (my brother has today & tomorrow off, much to my surprise, so he can watch his kids (fingers crossed)). I read your announcements, and hopefully I'll remember what's appropriate and where--shouldn't be too hard, but then again I can be a numb-skull sometimes. I did notice you moved a number of strings into the miscellaneous section, and was wondering if maybe the tech questions string I started might be better placed there? What do you think? Anyway, I think you're doing a great job, but fear for your sanity after 10/1. Good luck!

LOL...Hiya back

Just popping by to say "hi ya" since its been a couple days, I think, since I was last here. Cheers--

Neat! I can't do the compression on my feet, but when I go swimming now, I use a compression cuff to hold my knee together. After about 20 years unable to get in the water without my knee dislocating, I can now swim again. That's freedom for me; I hadn't entirely realized just how much I missed the water until I swam my first length 3 or 4 years ago. Now what gets to me is how slow I am, how sloppy my strokes are, and how quickly I get tired. I'm lucky if I can go 15 to 20 minutes now; when I was younger, practice was MWF 5-7:30PM and Sat 8-11 with meets ever couple of weeks. One of the guys I swam with then still swims on a master's team in Phoenix with a coach who had some Olympic experience. Mark was the best, so its not that surprising, really. On the plus side, the cuff and the baggy trunks I wear today give me a good workout when you consider the drag they create, so maybe I'm doing better than I give myself credit for? Yeah, and I saw a pig flying the other day, right next to Santa and the tooth faerie. Truth is, I only managed to get down to the pool maybe 4 times this year, but that was better than last year--I think I made it down there once in '07, that's all. Ups and downs, strike and gutters and all that ...

I have to wear compression stockings. I got a good tip from the clinic where I go whenever my ankle acts up. They use something called Tubi-grip. It's a continuous roll of elastized cloth made in different strengths and sizes. The roll is about 30 feet long so I just cut my own stockings to the length I need. It's a lot less expensive than buying compression stockings and it lasts longer too.

Hey WhyYou, I was playing with my niece this afternoon and something occurred to me. With my diabetes and former water weight problem (I'm on furosemide for that, as well as to decrease the amount of sodium in my system; plus I was taken off one med that increased water weight and put on something else, blah, blah, blah), the point is, I had to make a number of changes to protect my feet and one of those changes was wearing diabetic socks. I don't know if you know about them or use them, but instead of having elastic at the top, they're knit in a way that helps hold them up *better than elastic, I think) without binding or constricting, so my blood flows smoothly. I've tried a number of different brands and for me Dr. Scholl's diabetic socks with the padded sole work best. Its just food for thought. Thanks again for earlier!

Your welcome

Cheers, WhyYou--thanks!