Birthday wishes to Al Knapp and Grant MacLean. All the best!
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Our day started with Mardi heading to Kathryn's to assist her with packing for her move at the end of the month. And I stayed home to welcome the Shipton's technician who did an annual servicing on our aging, 50 year old, air conditioning system.
The HVAC units in this building are unique (a kind word). Our first attempt at having the unit serviced failed - the guy couldn't figure out the system. The units were made specifically for this building and one other - there are no replacements. They are wired in a confusing manner and do not drain - there is an evaporator system for moisture collected during the air conditioning cycle.
Shipton's do most of the work in the building and since we started to use them things have gone well. That needs to continue because if the unit fails a custom replacement is pretty pricey. Thus our annual servicing contract.
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Next up was my visit to The Ontario College of Health and Technology for a massage. I'm crediting them with helping me to get my leg strength back - it's at about 80% now. And the young man also worked on my sore shoulders - a shovelling and dumping of red clay result from yesterday.
Similar to the HVAC issue, my 85 year old body was a custom unit and replacement parts are nonexistent. So I plan to keep getting it serviced and functioning.
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Next up was supposed to be a visit to Winterberry Health Clinic. That's where Mardi and I got most of our Covid vaccine shots.
We got a call a few days ago from the clinic. They are part of a Moderna vaccine trial to deal with a respiratory issue that affects old people and called to invite us to participate. A bit confusing that they would pick us if it is an old person issue!
In any event, we were to go today for an interview for the trial but the interviewer was sick so we're rescheduled for next week.
If selected to participate it would be a two year trial. Double blind, so both of us could get the vaccine, one of us could, or we might both end up with a placebo vaccine. Possibly protected from whatever they are trying to deal with.
We would get paid for each of 10 phone interviews and 5 in-person interviews. The other benefit is that we would presumably get some pretty good health follow-up during the trial period, and perhaps afterward. We shall see.
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Blue Jays beat the Red Sox in a close 3 - 2 tenth inning win. Looking good!
Stay well.
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