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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);
For All Of Your Technology Needs will be successfully treated–two days’ stay in the hospital Onions, garlic, chives.
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Next up in the gallery of pet poisons is gum. Who dies to help your pet in case of poisoning, but prevention is the
Virus/Spyware Cleaning from gum? As it turns out, in our forever quest to stay slim, key to a lot of toxins. Knowing what to avoid can be just
Tutoring and More humans have developed all sorts of low-calorie compounds as important as knowing what to treat, and your pets are
to push that “sweet” spot on the tongue. These low-calorie counting on you to keep them safe.
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