I have an Apple Watch, like the rest of America. Not sure about all the functions on it, but to me, it is basically used to know how many steps I take and the time. Need to know the time! Oh, and at least a 100 of those steps get calculated because I forgot my phone on the couch and went to the kitchen. Then had to go back, but left my coffee in the kitchen. You know the routine.
Sure it's got workout stuff, heart rates, better known as BPM among other stuff. The one thing it has that I wind up activating many times, is a "help I've fallen and I can't get up" thing. Well, what it actually does, almost every time I get down on the floor to do my stretches, is the SOS goes off and asks if I'm okay. Now, almost all of those times when I'm exercising, I don't have my reading glasses on, which means I can't read crap, especially on a 11/2 by 11/2 inch screen.
This means, with my blurry vision, I have to find the cancel alert button so I don't have a whole mess of first responders showing up at my front door.
Remember when the only warning light we ever had to worry about was the engine light on the dashboard of the car we were driving. I could go on forever about all the alerts or warning signs we get. But I'm sure you are already aware of them. But here is a new one for you.
We have a house in Point Pleasant Beach and although we live there year round, the insurance company we have considers it a second home. So, they send me a letter that when we are not there we have to drain the water system during the winter so the pipes don't freeze or they will not be responsible for the damage.
That's ridiculous! Or, I can install a Moen Smart Flo System? I had no clue what this was, but as it turns out it is pretty darn good. When it was first installed in the winter, we were not home. This is important because it starts recording a history of your water usage. Which at the time was basically nothing.
When we left for Florida at the end of January, I used the little button on the app to shut off the water. While we were in Florida in February, my son and his friends stayed at the house as a weekend getaway. So, Friday afternoon of that weekend, I hit the little button on my app, from Florida, and turn the water back on, because the children do need to drink water (and flush), right?
Saturday morning, I get a text message from my Smart Flo that in five minutes it's shutting down the water. I guess everyone got up to take their AM showers? Not an issue, I just responded that everything was good from my Moen app 1500 hundred miles away.
Fast forward to this past week. Doris took a bath and I was taking a shower, so I didn't see the warning that in five minutes, "no water for you". Can you imagine we used 42 gallons of water? Yes, Moen shut us down. I had to go on the app and restart the system. I hope it learns fast because this could be a long learning process for us. The great part about the app, there is no more dragging my butt into the crawl space to manually turn the water on and off.
Can you imagine it is Spring? Sure as heck doesn't feel that way. But May 2nd, we get the Kentucky Derby which is one of those days that tells us Spring is in the air.
Be safe
John A Sutich
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