Pluggers by Rick McKee for January 20, 2024

Them Pluggers so into dating eh.

Toward the beginning of each year, I transfer birthdays, and other dates to remember, to the new kitchen wall calendar. Those dates include the birthdays of people and pets who have been dead for decades, as well as anniversaries, the closing date of my house more than two decades ago, and many more occasions. I figure — what if, someday, a question comes up as to when a certain dog was adopted, or when the furnace was serviced in a particular year, or when my grandparents were married, and I had no way to find the answer?

Yes I save them. It lets me know when we had appointments so we can dispute incorrect (but ambiguous) MRI bills that were part of a clinical trial and not supposed to be covered by Medicare, but instead paid for by the clinical trial. And this happens consistently!!!

More than 5 years, They are like a diary.

I keep track of Last Frost dates and when the best times have been to start transplants inside and plant hardy seeds outside. Over the decades I have done this, on average the Midwest dates have gotten at least a week earlier. And harvests until the First Frost date have lasted several weeks later.

Only five years?

I saved all medical appointments on ipad, when the elec went out, battery died and I lost all records. Paper better!

If you want to remember something write it down ;-)

The plugger version of a diary.

We put medical appointments and volunteer work days on the calendar and it goes into the tax records box to back the electronic record at the end of the year and is saved for 7 years.

My wife has a pad and a smart phone, I just write things in my logbook. I’ve got 14 years of data, which is just about impossible to search unless I know the approximate date.

Ya, but it’s only for the pictures.

I love my google calendar. I do make a note of medical appts in case of power failure.

And it’s gotta be the free one from First Fidelity Bank.

I don’t save them, but I have a calendar that can show you when in July I have a dental appointment and a standing check up in December.

A first world problem for the past couple years….used to be, banks, grocery stores, medical clinics, the nice realtor we bought our house through 25 years ago…they all gave out free calendars. Apparently, nobody does that any more…

I make note of the days the baby raccoons and deer first make their appearance. We had triplet deer last spring! :)

Gee …… only 5 years ……. I save at least 10 years or more …….. :)

Yep!

Only 5 years?

I use my cell phones and computer to keep track of things to do and appointments. I started doing this when I got a Palm Centro phone and Lotus Organizer for my Windows XP computer. Continued using this setup with my later Blackberry.

Then I had to get an Android phone (the phones from heck). I now keep the Palm and LO synced in an XP “virtual machine” in my desktop and laptop computers so I can keep using them. At the same time I also keep the address book in my Android up to date and matching the other setup.

Up to last year we received 2 nice wall calendars every year from restorations we have been to – one of which we donate to annually. We would put one or the other on the wall in our home office for quick date reference. I also receive one of the small desktop standing calendars (common back in the 20th century) from an insurance company our reenacting until does business with (I am treasurer of same) which I give to my husband. This year – neither sent the wall calendars. I found the one from the township with the garbage schedules and put that one on the wall instead.