Well…got the new BP machine and tried it out and the news isn’t good…this one is pretty consistent and shows me with really high pressure so I’m sure they will want me on BP meds from now on…oh, well…I was the only one of the men in my family that escaped that fate and at 71 I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much…and people I know have been on the meds for quite a few years and haven’t had any problem with it…and I really don’t want to have a frickin stroke from it…but I would really like to know why it’s so damn high and just last year it was only about 130…and I’ve dropped 35 pounds and get way too much exercise so that will be the question for the doctor Monday…I did call the public works dept. here to get them to come out and plow the darn streets and alley so I can get out for the appointment Monday…no way I wanted to shovel the 40 yards out to 7th street…but they haven’t done the alley yet so we’ll see if I have to shovel it Sunday…damn, I need some time off…