![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I spent some time working on squats, and related exercises for glutes and hamstrings, with the trainer again. (I tend to find my quads doing all the work; strong quads are good, but I want lots of strong muscles.) During that, I asked her not to refer to the weight room as the "boys' room," because comments like that were part of why it had taken me a year and a half to find my way in there. She agreed, but I don't know if it will affect what she says to other exercisers, which is the important thing at this point. (It was a very thorough workout.)
After working out, I had lunch in Chinatown, and then bought light bulbs at a store that sells bulbs of all sorts, and lamps. It was nice to have several choices of three-way bulbs; I bought the basic 50-100-150s that we always get, our wiring not being rated for more than that. While waiting in line at the cash register, I had a perfectly friendly conversation with a lunatic, who thanked me for being helpful. She started by saying she was looking for a Gauss meter, and that she'd seen it advertised on the net, but no store she'd walked into knew what she was talking about. She's worried about "EMF," i.e. any radiation outside the visible spectrum, and specifically that her neighbor's stereo may be leaking electricity into her apartment. I suggested that she might as well just go ahead and put up some aluminum foil to block it. She observed that I knew what I was talking about, and asked my advice on which side of the foil to put against the wall. I said I didn't think it mattered (and I don't: this is pure placebo); she felt that the shiny side was appropriate, and I didn't argue. She still wants the meter, so she can figure out where to put the foil: rather than cover the entire wall, she wants to put up a square, and then put a picture or poster over it. Either she doesn't find aluminum foil attractive, or she's more worried that her relatives and friends will consider her crazy than that a random stranger on Canal Street will.
( workout details )
After working out, I had lunch in Chinatown, and then bought light bulbs at a store that sells bulbs of all sorts, and lamps. It was nice to have several choices of three-way bulbs; I bought the basic 50-100-150s that we always get, our wiring not being rated for more than that. While waiting in line at the cash register, I had a perfectly friendly conversation with a lunatic, who thanked me for being helpful. She started by saying she was looking for a Gauss meter, and that she'd seen it advertised on the net, but no store she'd walked into knew what she was talking about. She's worried about "EMF," i.e. any radiation outside the visible spectrum, and specifically that her neighbor's stereo may be leaking electricity into her apartment. I suggested that she might as well just go ahead and put up some aluminum foil to block it. She observed that I knew what I was talking about, and asked my advice on which side of the foil to put against the wall. I said I didn't think it mattered (and I don't: this is pure placebo); she felt that the shiny side was appropriate, and I didn't argue. She still wants the meter, so she can figure out where to put the foil: rather than cover the entire wall, she wants to put up a square, and then put a picture or poster over it. Either she doesn't find aluminum foil attractive, or she's more worried that her relatives and friends will consider her crazy than that a random stranger on Canal Street will.
( workout details )
Tags:
