Posts by figurethefat

Alice, which knee is the bad one then, the right one, with less muscle?  

I also do as much online as possible when it comes to shopping.  Amazon has just about everything I could want, and more!  All the pressies ship to the office so no one at home knows what's going on :)  

Suddenly realised today that I'd better get the turkey for Thanksgiving if I want it to thaw out by Thursday!  And luckily they had the one I wanted at Henry's:  frozen, but raised humanely as possible and without antibiotics.  Eh, now I need to see if I have poultry seasoning for the stuffing!

Had a good weekend, the weather was nice and I felt much better.  Did a few hours of wood stacking up in the high desert which was good for the back and leg muscles -- I can really feel it already.  Looking forward to an extra short week! Yay!

Birds of prey like to sit on lamp posts.

I agree, Nancy, this recession is very difficult for many people.  My frickin condo has gone down since I bought it, but I suppose if I wait long enough it will at least come back to even and I'm living in it so that's better than rent.

Our state, California, had over 12% unemployment when they reported the figures today!  That is huge.  So many people out of a job, and the poor college graduates don't stand a chance to get anything decent -- they'll be lucky to get a job at MickyDs -- plus so many have student loans to pay back.  

My kids are still young so dependent on me.  I had them later rather than sooner :)  Anyway I'm not one to worry too much about money for old age, I mean how long does one really want to live anyway?  Specially in bad health.  Well, that's just me.  

No cats here, just a dog, she's 12, her name is Penny, and she's my dearest companion.  Our entire family dotes on her.  Cats are fine, but only if they poop outside, litter boxes are not for me.  Oh I also have an anti social hamster named Eclair, and my girl has a snake named Lola.  And I haven't been bike riding since I was sick last week BEB.  It took a lot out of me -- I want to believe it was the dreaded H1N1, so I can say "been there, done that."  

7.  God Rest you Merry, Gentlemen

Original Post by trhawley:

You pee on your hands?  Eewww!

My first thought was similar.  How well I wash my hands would depend on the situation.  Maybe they're fairly clean already and the bathroom is spotless.  In that case a quick 4 seconds would suffice for me :)

To doctorgrim:

Is it really so difficult for you to bow out of this thread?  If Christians want to talk about the motivation to lose weight they find through their faith, why is that inappropriate to the CC motivation forum?

Personally, I'm not religious, but I know many people are.  Many people find great comfort in their faith.  Faith is not harmful to others.  Taking issue with those of faith is unnecessary.   Christianity, in case you hadn't noticed, is a proselytizing religion.  A proselytizing atheist is a fool.

To all:

When I first started using CC there was a fairly active Christian community, with a few threads going where Christians shared their trials and tribulations.  I assume and hope these have been moved to Groups :)  Groups offer much more privacy and also intimacy with others that are like-minded.  

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Nice picture of Kyle BEB.  I would never say such a thing to my boy about the wrinkles.  I mean there's so many things I have to nag about that would be one I would give a miss on.  Poor kids!  Nice picture of you too,  from the old days!  

If I take time to straighten my hair, it will take me an extra 5 minutes, but usually I just run a brush through it.  Never wear makeup to work either.  

As for TBL, I'm not a fan of Rudy!  I wanted Rebecca to stay and Liz to go.  Not that I hate Liz, but I like Rebecca better.  Anyway it came down to Allan and Rudy's votes -- we knew how the others would vote!  That said, Rebecca looked great after going home.  She was running a half marathon!  Very impressive so I had to be happy for her.  Wow, only 5 left: 3 men, 2 women.  Allan will probably have some trouble getting the big numbers.  Amanda was astounding last night :)

They were all stars!  They looked good in either style shown!  It really depended on the look they were going for:  you wouldn't wear your hair down when wearing an elegant evening dress.

TBL had their makeover night last night.  I told my daughter I wanted a makeover! I really don't though, I rarely feel comfortable when I go outside my "zone."  I did wear my hair short for about 20 years though and now it's long again. One benefit of being old -- I don't have to wash my hair as often :)

Thanks monalisa, you're links put my mind at rest.  I already knew that having H1N1 would not give me acquired immunity against influenza the rest of my life :)  just against this strain.  

Sorry BEB, but the sugar free jello, the nonfat cool whip, those are both processed.  Unfortunately most sliced bread is chockers full of extra sodium and sugar too.

Margaret, I love muesli -- assemble my own blend.  In the summer I soak it in spring water overnight in the fridge and stir in some yogurt in the morning.  And we do have shredded wheat :)  In winter I prefer Weetabix which I like hot (add boiling water), then throw on a tub of yogurt.

Fruit flavoured yogurt is processed too, but I love it for breakfast!

TBL will start in less than an hour here on the west coast :)

4.  their children

All this posting by the factions involved has left me curious:  in my mind, Christian should be capitalised -- the name is based on a proper noun.  However, atheist is not based on a proper noun so it should not be capitalised.

Thoughts?

^^^ I like this very much, arisup.

Original Post by monalisamonkey:

Actually according to the CDC you don't have to have a fever to have the swine flu, it seems optional.  heheh.  There are also many cases of people with little to no "flu-like" symptoms out there who are dying from  swine flu.  Chances are if you feel crappy, fatigued, headache + any other or NO other flu-like  symptoms you have H1N1 and that's per many doctors out there and the CDC.  Stay in bed and take care of yourself!  Get well!  Oh, and really bad news: you can get it again!  I'm not happy about that since I suspect I've already had it per many doctors and the CDC.

What??? You can get it again?  Source please!