Posts by darby_astor

Original Post by raz:

The Lingo is excuse enough to never go there for me... And I used to work at a coffee shop. Sorry, I dont know what a Deluce Skinny tall fat skim whiped dry cuppachino is.

 So I take it you are a Dunkin Donuts gal then?  That's what the commercial tells me.

If you want to get into a job fairly soon, and like talking to people, I would say real estate.  I think it is only ~30 hours of training, depending on the state, and then you need to pass a test for license.  Yes, it is not a great market now, but people are always buying houses no matter what.  And you would be all set when the market picks up.

If you have time for several years to take prereqs, I would say nursing.  This is a stable job and there is always a demand for nurses.

I eat less than 1200, sometimes even less than 1000, regularly.  I guess I am supposed to be dead.

That is plenty of calories for someone like me, a person who is 5 ft tall, ~100 lbs.  I am not on a diet, nor do I have an eating disorder.  I have calculated all my nutrients when I took a nutrition class and am eating plenty of protein, carb and fat for my weight, but I did find that I was low in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and a couple of other vitamins, so that is why I take a multivitamin daily now to make sure I have it all covered.  Eating under 1200 calories can be done as long as you have all your requirements met and take your weight into account.

I think it is too late for the Democrats.  They should have decided on one candidate by now.  When it finally gets decided, the side that loses will be disgruntled and will probably not be motivated to turn out for the November vote. 

Flying car.  But we need to have nuclear-powered engines first.

A pill or genetic modification that can increase breast size (nonsurgical).  I think the tricky part here would be something that doesn't cause massive cancer (from the quickly growing tissue).

A replacement for toilet paper.  Don't you think it is pretty primitive that we still use wads of paper to wipe our butts?  There's got to be some kind of device or machine that can modernize this.

Instant showers.  For when you are in a hurry.  Also instant hair dryers.

Holodecks.

I would also say a method of time travel but I don't think it is possible.

My advice would be to take it by species.  I am trying to do the same thing and have cut out lamb, frog, all miscellaneous meats that I don't eat too often, because these are the easiest to quit.  Then I quit pork, which was harder because I do like bacon and ribs, but I don't eat too often, so I don't think I will miss too much.  Then I quit chicken, when I realized I don't even like the taste of chicken - I was just eating it because it is a convenient meat.  I found that Quorn replaces chicken sufficiently for me, in taste and texture, for when I want a dish like chicken parmegiana or chicken nuggets.  Next to quit is beef, but this will be a tough one!

I am into indian food and middle eastern food lately, so I have really been making curry dishes lately, trying out falafel, using garbanzo beans and kidney beans in salads, etc.  I would recommend that you cook most of your meals since that is the best way to control what you are eating.

I already said bananas, but I just remembered I also hate duck. 

The only meats I eat are seafood and beef (but eventually I want to cut the beef to 0).  As a lifelong meat-eater this is a process for me and it won't happen overnight.  The reason I am cutting out beef, lamb, chicken, etc. is because of factory farming practices and because I feel mammals are closest to humans and I feel bad eating something with almost as much intelligence and awareness as humans.  To me, eating pigs are the worst because they are the most intelligent.  I am not judging anyone else who does still eat these meats.  I just can't do it anymore.  I think there is less cruelty involved in fishing, and seafood is the furthest meat from humans.  I realize they do feel pain, as I can't imagine dying of suffocation is painless, but what is done to chicken, cows, pigs, etc. seems so much worse.