Posts by dbackerfan
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| Fitness | May 2013 Fitness Group - All Are Welcome!! | May 25 2013 20:11 (UTC) |
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What did your wife think about this one? Sounds pretty darn painful LOL!!
I have done nothing but walk my dog each morning. Had to go buy really huge clothes today to wear to work. So depressing. Got to get back to the gym ASAP or quit eating |
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| The Lounge | I love the 80's | May 25 2013 14:32 (UTC) |
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I never knew there was this either. I had Cyndi Lauper album, never did own a Madonna though, so guess I'm a Lauper. However, both are now gay Icons. I learned a few weeks ago Lauper has a sister who is lesbian. Her story about the first NY pride parade she and her family participated in is hilarious. Cyndi stopped participating in Pride parades in NY after 9/11. In 1980's I was in my 20's so the things I remember most were Reagan, Iran ( I married and Iranian so he could stay in the country) I remember "The Gay Plague" and then learning lots of my straight friends were high risk as well. I remember the launch of MTv as well, and I remember it as actually playing music videos!! I remember spending hours watching hoping to see Adam Ant, Duran Duran and of course Michael Jackson! I remember having a big girl crush on Ally Sheedy - not only from Breakfast Club, but St Elmo's Fire ( which I like more than Club), and Wargames, Short Circuit and she also did some TV cameos on Hill Street Blues and St Elsewhere. My oldest daughter's nick name is Ally. My kids were both born in the 80's.
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| Fitness | weights VS cardio | May 25 2013 14:09 (UTC) |
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What has previously been said is spot on. I would also add that doing weights and cardio on same day should almost be impossible. You should work so hard on the weights that you are too tired to do the cardio. However, doing some "finishers" or short intense intervals after lifting can help boost the calorie burn. In the programs New Rules of Lifting for Abs, New Rules of lifting for Life and New Rules of lifting Super charged the lifting is followed by some barbell complexes, or burpees and kettlebell swings, or even just 4-5 min of interval work.
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| The Lounge | when's the last time you made a new friend? | May 23 2013 13:49 (UTC) |
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I may not have any close friends, but I am perfectly happy with my life. I like to feel comfortable enough to go somewhere alone, have fun, enjoy my time and feel content not having to answer to someone else.
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| The Lounge | when's the last time you made a new friend? | May 23 2013 01:16 (UTC) |
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I have no friends from High school and I never went to college so none from there either. however, my best friend I went to high school with but hated her back then - She and I became friends when our boyfriends at the time were roommates. ( and later they each became our husbands for a short time) I got her a job at the company I worked at and 35 years later she still works there. I only see her when I go back home for a vacation, so once every 5 years or so but she is my best friend and longest. After I got married and had kids my friends were usually the moms of their friends, people I met at the library, people I met at tupperware parties and wives of the husbands coworkers. So basically my kids were my connection to new people. I honestly can't think of anyone in my life right now in my area I would say is a friend. There are some people I'll meet up with at the bar or gym, but I can't think of any I'd text and say hey let's go to a movie or something. I go to a Sunday Brunch thing almost every Sunday and there are on average 20 of us that meet up, but again, none that I really can call friends, just acquaintances. The part where friends are from work and once you change jobs the people aren't anymore. So true. I recently changed jobs after losing my others earlier this year and the coworkers before I wouldn't consider friends at all. In fact some I just tolerated while at work! I met people at the dog park and some of them seemed to do things together outside the park. I've met people at the gym. If the people have an interest in the Arts or literature, maybe joining a book club, going to a museum, art fair/ show. I got involved in the local Gay group as an ally and 90% of the people I feel best around are from this group. Love their parties and stuff cause they have lots of dancing! I live in a small town so the places to meet are very few. If the person is single they could do the dating sites. Another good place is the "meetup" website. Find an activity you like to do and sign up for that meet up group and get together with them. There are hiking clubs, rafting, singles, and stuff.
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| The Lounge | Biggest natural risk ... | May 22 2013 01:28 (UTC) |
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N Central AZ would be Brush or wildland fires. Live close to mountains so forest fires as well, but where I am it would be a brush fires. The Verde River is less than 3 blocks away, but I am on the high end and it would have to rise A lot but it would be very difficult to get anywhere if it did flood. Last time I recall seeing water from the bridges was in 2008 or 9. The drought is probably the slow way to have some "natural disaster" When we get the monsoons we get flooding but it's been many years since we've had significant monsoon rains either.
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| Calorie Count | Adios | May 21 2013 01:51 (UTC) |
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I think About bought this site years and years ago. I've been here since 2006 and seems they were bought soon after |
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| Fitness | honestly | May 21 2013 01:21 (UTC) |
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Endurance is achieved by cardio - running, biking, walking, swimming, hiking, rowing- what ever you enjoy doing- do it often and build endruance "Toned, fit and not jiggly" requires building muscle mass. Lift heavy weights. |
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| Fitness | belly fat problem | May 19 2013 14:37 (UTC) |
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Look on craigslist, freecycle.org or ebay and get some used ones. Join a gym. but really target spot loss isn't ever going to happen. Doing crunches will do nothing. If you really want to reshape your body your best option is getting a good heavy weight lifting program and build muscles. You could start with Zuzka Light's youtube channel |
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| The Lounge | Tattoos... | May 19 2013 13:04 (UTC) |
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I've heard before getting a tattoo to hold off for 6 months before committing to it. I also like the suggestion of having the picture you want done always around to make sure you don't get tired of it.
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| Fitness | Can diet effect performance? | May 18 2013 20:32 (UTC) |
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Not at your age and all the exercise you are doing. |
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| The Lounge | Zombie Threads - BRAAAIIINS | May 18 2013 04:35 (UTC) |
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yea the worst thing ever is realizing you are replying to a thread that is from early 2000's! Talk about embarased! oh well I blame the search function since at 1ST it brings up really old ****! |
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| The Lounge | What were you like in high school? | May 18 2013 04:14 (UTC) |
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Burn out!
My high school was huge, my graduating class of 1978 had over 600 kids and was only 10th - 12th grades back then it was "JR high" from 7-9th grades. Anyway, in 10th grade I started dating a Jr who was in my "homeroom" and the summer before I started high school I got highly involved in the marijuana culture (1975) I actually started smoking in 1973 but really into the drug in high school. All through high school it was about getting high. Even where I worked at a pizza parlor we all snuck out to the back and hit the pipe I dated the same guy almost all through high school, which I think was called "high" school because that is all we did. I did marry the guy from high school - but it didn't last long less than 2 years. It was a great time, even though I never did the "prom" or "homecoming" or even my own graduation I did enjoy the high school experience. I went to Europe as part of the German Club the summer before my senior year and because back then it was ok to drink in a foreign country according to their customs spent most of the time in Germany drunk! It was so cool to go to "needle park" in Amsterdam and a real eye opener to a young kid from the US who never saw heroine let alone sold in a park in the open. It is so funny to think back then in 1977 we had an actual tour of a brewery in Bavaria as part of a school sponsored event and it was the best thing ever. After we went to Munich to a "beer hall" and I remember being taught the correct way to hold a liter of beer. to this day all those years later I can no longer drink beer in the USA. It is just not the same. Warm beer in Germany is 100% tastier than the crap they bill as "German" in the USA it is just not the same! My interests were on where was the next high coming from. Back when I was in high school the drinking age in Iowa was 18 and in Nebraska where I lived was 19 and I was a senior in HS at 18 so we would go over the bridge from Omaha to Council Bluffs IA and get drunk on Friday and Saturday and get stoned
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| The Lounge | puppies!!! | May 18 2013 03:54 (UTC) |
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sorry if this has already been posted, but I honestly don't have the time anymore to play in the lounge
But anyway http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/ 03/130302-dog-domestic-evolution-science-wolf -wolves-human/ We Didn’t Domesticate Dogs. They Domesticated Us.and then this article kind of appropriate for a "diet" website. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-23 /national/36499716_1_raymond-coppinger-dog-ev olution-dogs-and-humans These probably have nothing to do with the training of puppies, but I do think it appropriate and a "nod" to Jules claim that the "alpha dog" thing might be bull hockey |
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| The Lounge | puppies!!! | May 17 2013 13:57 (UTC) |
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How old is it? I would think teaching a young pup <6 months could be a real challenge, because they are "puppies" they want to run and jump and play and have tons of energy. I have a 2 year old Jack Russel Terrorist and I still don't make him "heel" I let him walk the 20ft leash and only when I see a car coming will I tell him to stop and then catch up with him and get him closer to the edge of the road ( we have no sidewalks where we walk) I think even getting a puppy used to the collar and leash alone is a feat! You may want to send http://caloriecount.about.com/calcamp/profile /poetnw she has 2 dogs - one is still a puppy and over 60lbs and she is still training it walk. The other one she has done agility with.
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| The Lounge | Run away IRS or party politics in action? | May 17 2013 02:14 (UTC) |
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Sorry don't have time to go back to see if anyone has posted this testimony from the director in 2012 who was director during the targeting. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/irs- commissioner-testimony_n_3273190.html |
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| The Lounge | Run away IRS or party politics in action? | May 17 2013 01:10 (UTC) |
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ON MSNBC Tuesday night Chris Hayes talked about the comparison with the IRS, the Benghazi thing and said how the media has seemed to brush under the carpet that this happened. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/15/allan_n airn_after_ros_montt_verdict He played a video of Ronald Reagan prasing Montt From what I'm reading today it appears Guatamala wants to go after the US for their part |
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| The Lounge | Things that aren't meant to go through the wash cycle | May 17 2013 00:52 (UTC) |
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I remember once the father of our daughters found a condom in the washer. The boyfriends pretty much lived at our house- the discussion that followed was pretty interesting. He just said thanks for taking responsibility in using condoms- I don't care who it belongs to. - both my kids were teens at the time |
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| The Lounge | Things that aren't meant to go through the wash cycle | May 16 2013 14:12 (UTC) |
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I appear to be laundering money. So far this week I've pulled $3 out of my washer or the dryer. I dropped my cell phone in the toilet once. Glad I had insurance on it, since it was only about 2 months old |
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| Fitness | belly fat problem | May 16 2013 13:13 (UTC) |
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Are you female? If yes this is just a fact you are female. The female body has a uterus that likes to have some fat around it to protect it for when it houses a fetus. Accept it as a fact of life. If you want to have it more firm then lift weights and eat right If your male- then start lifting weights and eat right |
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