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        A  monthly  section  of                         NBC, CBS, I could make a bed without thinking, and set the     You have a wonderful way with words, Sheila, and a
        Boca Club News inviting                         thermostat. Now I have Alexa, a Smart TV, a Smart bed, a  terrific sense of humor! I suspect your experience is shared
        readers to submit news,                         Ring system, a Nest, TikTok (my son’s contribution), Zoom,  by many of our readers of “a certain age” who can relate
        comments or questions                           Netflix, Prime, Max, and Hulu. I recently discovered that  to your dilemma! Please share future thoughts with us. —
        about articles and columns                      my cell could pick up hundreds of radio stations along with  NAS, Editor
        you read in our paper, or                       something called podcasts.                                             *****
        about events at your club                          Since my retirement, however, I’ve had numerous   Editor: Meal Tips. My wife and I moved to Boca two
        or in your personal life—                       frustrating encounters with technology. Just like lifting up  years ago and have enjoyed your dining out column every
        weddings, graduations, business success, etc. Send your  the hood of a car and being totally dumfounded by what I  month. We have found Mr. Serinsky’s comments about local
        information as an email docx attachment. Photos welcome  see, I’m terrified of pressing the wrong button or pulling the  restaurants to be very much in line with our own opinions.
        in jpeg format. Send to: editorbcn54@gmail.com. Provide  wrong switch. Last week I must have insulted Alexa because  So we have now gotten together with two other couples at
        contact information so that we may reach you if we have a  she refused to answer me (my girlfriend always tells her please  our club and, like neighborhood book of the month reading
        question but indicate how you want to have your comments  and thank you). I couldn’t get the sound back on my TV after  groups, the six of us decided to try out a “restaurant of the
        signed for privacy reasons, if desired.         I tried searching for a program; an animal passed my front  month” experience based on his recommendations and look
          Editor:  Tech Woes. Let me start by saying this: I  door at 3 am and Ring answered; my bed refused to return  forward to it starting the beginning of the new year.—“Sign
        consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent person. With  from an upright position, and as hard as I tried I couldn’t  me J the Gourmet”, St. Andrews
        2 Master’s degrees, I worked in a high profile position  Zoom. But most unfortunately, dinner that night was ruined     Sounds like a great idea, “J”; let us know how that
        for over 30 years and was well respected in my field of  because in the middle of a great TikTok recipe I was told to  works out. Even more impressive about our Dining Out
        education. (Granted, my husband asserts that I’m spatially  “wait for it,” but IT never happened.   columnist, Alan Serinsky, is the fact that he has been
        and directionally challenged). But by and large, I’ve     So where does all of this leave me? I once was an independent,  an inveterate world traveler for decades, has dined at
        managed well during my 75 years.                self-sufficient woman. Now I’m held prisoner to technology in  restaurants in many ports throughout the world, and uses
           My intelligence has allowed me to turn on and off,  my own home! And if all of this isn’t enough to upset me, the  that experience to benefit the clients of his AWAY Travel
        plug and unplug various electrical devices, I could set  8-year-old next door, my “techie”,  is raising his prices and  service, whose Jessica Flores writes our monthly Travel
        an alarm for sleep/wake cycle; I could easily find ABC,  charging me overtime!—Sheila Okin, Broken Sound.   column.—NAS, Editor


         Pet Matters



      You and Your Pet:



      Gum Can Kill My Dog? Gum? Seriously?



      By Margaret Johnson, DVM, Calusa Veterinary Center,     An oldie but goodie is grapes, raisins, and even dried  sweeteners are usually safe for humans (well, except for
      6900 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487 (561) 999-  currants. That grapes and their ilk are toxic to dogs has been  cancer you can get from saccharine), but they can be deadly
      3000. www.CVCBoca.com                             an accepted fact in veterinary medicine since 2001, though  for dogs. One of them, xylitol, causes dangerously low blood
         The universe seems to be one big machine that is trying to  what causes grapes to be toxic to some animals and why  sugar in dogs who ingest it and can cause liver failure. If
      kill us in the most gruesome ways possible. Enjoy the sun–  some individuals are more sensitive to them than others  caught early, most will survive; they will have a two to
      cancer; enjoy the water–sharks; enjoy the rain–lightning;  remains one of veterinary medicine’s great mysteries. A  three days stay in the hospital where they are monitored and
      enjoy the woods–bears (or a tree will fall on your head).  potential breakthrough came last year when veterinarians  treated. Xylitol is ubiquitous–in peanut butter, many candies,
         One must be safe at home, right? Think again: the home  from the ASPCA and two veterinary hospitals in the United  vitamins and some medicines. Please check the label for this
      is a dangerous place also. Most owners know about the big  States identified tartaric acid and its salt, potassium bitartrate  compound, as even a small amount can be harmful.
      toxins–poisons under the sink, antifreezes, chocolate, rat  (cream of tartar) as a possible culprit.     A short list of other foods to avoid in pets are:
      poisons, small toys that can be ingested, hair bands (cats     The link, while promising in theory, has not been proven.     Alcohol (of course);
      love those!).                                     The amount of grapes or raisin ingestion is critical in     Avocado (birds and rabbits);
         Let’s talk about some unusual things in the house that  determining the treatment. The latest guidelines suggest that     Chocolate, coffee and caffeine (Methylxanthines);
      can cause worry:                                  more than one grape or raisin per 10 pounds of body weight     Citrus (can cause stomach upset);
                                                        is potentially dangerous. In some animals, ingesting over     Macadamia Nuts (weakness, depression, vomiting,
        Jay Shapiro ComputerS                           this amount can cause kidney failure. If caught early, most  rumors and hyperthermia in dogs);

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                     Tutoring and More                  humans have developed all sorts of low-calorie compounds  as important as knowing what to treat, and your pets are
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