<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM Bob Toxen via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Chuck,<br>
<br>
Keep working at recovery! A good friend of mine had a pretty major<br>
stroke but made a full recovery.<br>
<br>
Social Security may offer some help as you now have that ugly<br>
tag disabled. Your health or other insurance may help. Your U.S.<br>
Congressman and your state representative can help you navigate the<br>
government bureaucrach.<br>
<br>
For remote control I recommend X-10. The units last decades.<br>
<br>
Stay strong!<br>
<br>
Bob Toxen<br>
<br>
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 03:52:47PM -0400, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:<br>
> Greeting,<br>
> <br>
> Well, I might be down right now for the next few months, as I try to learn<br>
> to walk again. I am not out. This is one old tuff cranky dog,<br>
> <br>
> Feb. 28th, I had a small stroke. I am lucky compared to some of the folks I<br>
> was with in the PT center. I learn to the right, this is affecting my<br>
> walking and balance. I can't see straight unless I wear a patch over one<br>
> eye.<br>
> <br>
> I am refusing to go quiet into the night. I am still trying to do tech.<br>
> Which brings me to this email to the group. I asked Ameridroid for a kit<br>
> that would get me started with a home assistant. I have a few smart plugs<br>
> which work with my google assistant, I can hear the moaning already because<br>
> I stated that, but I am looking for things to help me, which I am again<br>
> re-learning to walk.<br>
> <br>
> I like to ask, as anyone on the mailing list down anything with home<br>
> assistant kits, I got Odroid M1S that came with connect zbt-1, I am<br>
> stilling a ton of things I can hook up. I like to replace light switches in<br>
> places like the bathroom and kitchen, maybe plugs for devices, but I am<br>
> open to anything that might help me.<br>
> <br>
> Beside the easy stuff is anything one does anything like this.<br>
> <br>
> Using a walker helps, but I could ask, "Computer, bathroom on" at 3am in<br>
> the morning, instead of trying to walk straight feeling like I am in the<br>
> house of funs because my brain doesn't want to walk with me, would be a<br>
> major help.<br>
> <br>
> I am a bit lucky that my 20 year old son is living with me, but unless I am<br>
> about to fall on my ass or screaming for him to help me, I am pretty much<br>
> on my own.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div>Thanks guys. I am working hard to come back. I refuse to let it take down his old dog. The hardest part is learning to right and my vision. If I can get past it, I will be ok. </div><div><br></div><div>The Odroid I have comes with the usb device and home assistant installed on it. Now I just need to buy sensors to work with it. </div><div><br></div><div>X10 still a thing? I thought it was replace. Anywat, thanks guys. I gonnaa stuff working. . </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Terror PUP a.k.a<br>Chuck "PUP" Payne<br>-----------------------------------------<br>Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.<br>-----------------------------------------<br>openSUSE -- Terrorpup<br>openSUSE Advocate/openSUSE Member<br>x/mastodon.social -- @terrorpup<br>dicord -- terrorpup#3550<br>bluesky -- @terrorpup967.bsky.social<br></div><div>uglyscale.press</div><div dir="ltr">Register Linux Userid: 155363<br> <br>openSUSE Community Member since 2008. </div></div></div></div>