Genealogy Chat

I have noticed since I have been doing this research lark I have a rather large Belly, it must be from all that bad posture, I also have RSI in my right Elbow and Wrist, any solutions, please other than going back to watching the Telly.Which I am going to do at 9 to see the results of the Dancing comp, then back again for more inches on Tum.

ROFL Valerie, I wondered what PC Belly was, so had to take a look. Liz

at least it made you look !!!!!

Valerie, check your posture is correct. Your feet should sit flat on the floor when you are in the puter chair, not hanging, or pushing your knees up. Thighs should be supported. The back of the chair should give good support to the lower back. Your mouse should be close enough so you can use it without reaching. Your mouse wrist should be supported underneath. If you are not comfy with having wrist on table, you can get a mouse mat with a wrist support. Keyboard should be tilted not flat, and level with your elbows. (which might mean you will need a foot rest if the table is high) Elbows should be down by your side and at 90 degrees. Again, wrists should be supported, either by the table or with a gel wrist support to put in front of the keyboard. Make sure you can see your screen well enough so you are not peering at it. if you are, change the resolution or settings to make the writing larger. If you see your screen flickering, the refresh rate is too slow, speed it up. Make sure it is not too bright or too dull. (Am health & safety rep at work, just had whole office doing workstation assessments)

Teresa do you want to come here and check I have it right ???, seriously thanks for that the trouble is I get so carried away I forget how I am sitting you are quite right I just sat up straight and my Belly disappeared , unless it has gone through the back of my Chair I shall take a look .Back after The dancing results its getting good

I wriggle my toes for a bit of exercise........and occasionally walk the five steps to the fridge to get another glass of wine.

Ooh dear, **makes mental note not to invite Teresa over**!!! I always sit at 45 degrees to the desk because that means I'm half-facing hubby who can be a bit deaf so it saves shouting! Also, I either have my legs crossed which I know is bad, or worse, actually sit crosslegged on the chair.......this has lead to a few accidents as the chair is one that has a tendancy to tip over sideways if you lean too far to reach the wine bottle..... The worst bit is that if I look to my left I can see my sideways reflection in the window! Disaster!!!!! Where has the thin girl gone and who is that blob in her place? The one with the stooping shoulders, badly curved spine, fat PC belly and head poking forward??? Aaaaaggggghhhhhhh!! There is a remedy...........great-granny's whalebone corsets and a tight Victorian dress. Nobody slopes about in those old photos do they?? Merry

I do like your answers , very funny.I was a slim young thing when I started this now I dont dare say !!!!! what I look like ugh ! Lucky all the people I am looking for are dead, so they cannot see me !

LOL Merry, all that does not mean I use it at home, I have the worst chair and set up here, and I sit really badly!.

Margaret I wouldnt mind but I do go to the gym 3 times a week god knows what I would like if I didnt!!! and as for Lycra shorts I would never be able to face the neighbours again.

Merry............ Close your curtains! The blob will disappear...just like that!! Reg

Doh, Thanks Reggie........there....fixed! (now if you could sort out how to stop me looking down and seeing the PC belly........) Teresa, I feel better knowing you are not sitting up straight at home! I still think whalebones are the answer..... Merry (who has never set foot in a gym!)

Merry, You know when the vet wants your pet hound to not munch at the stitches he's carefully done in pet dog's paw - he fit pet dog with a lampshade-type collar. Hmmmmmmmmm ........... Now, if correctly fitted you'd still be able to view the screen, perhaps you'd no longer be able to view the glass (or at least the top up bottle). After a month of that the PC belly is sure to shrink. Pete

Would you believe that I have hurt my coccynx from too much time on the 'puter! I have to coax myself to get up from the chair because it is so painful! Thing is though, I am also studying so unavoidable but maybe I wouldn't take so long with my assignments if I didn't keep flicking between them and family research! (Family research is alot more interesting than my study but at least I may have more of a social life if I was more disciplined!) xx

Pete, I am NOT going to the VETS to sort this difficult problem, so I've taken the shade off the hall light and trimmed it a bit................. I think it's quite fetching.............I can still see the wine though Thank goodness....I need it on GR!! LOL), but any plate in front of me is out of my new eyeline, so that should help quite a lot! (**makes note to clear freezer of pizza and icecream**) Merry

Hmmmm...... I wonder if the vets would do a tummy tuck?? Merry

Bev get yourself a nice squishy Cushion to sit on then you will just get a nice squishy bottom

Valerie I don't think that there is a cure - you're a genealogy addict. Perhaps you should go into rehab - somewhere where theres no computers. Rachel :-)

Rachel you mean there is a place like that with no Computers , it must be very boring !!!! I dont come on here as much as most as I also sell on Ebay , and I have to pretend to do Housework too.And then I find myself reading all the other threads and getting absolutely nothing done again .I say to myself now dont look at the boards but find myself drifting into them. So yes you are right I am addicted.Still its better than being a Gambler isnt it ????

I thought you had a rogue ancestor who was a policeman when I read that heading! Ive not only got a fat belly and bum, RSI but I get terrible throbbing in my legs - I keep worrying about DVT. Oh and my poor eyes - I wonder how those poor sods back at the census office coped.