Gone4Now

The Bandy Bunch! Here's the story...

Ooooh.....I ALWAYS have more than one - sometimes more than two! - windows open.

No to ctrl-R...My finger would have to go out of the ordinary for that. I am on a laptop, but it's plugged into a docking station & regular keyboard. I'm at work mostly when on LBT, and I can't really recall if it's happened at home. At work, though, the screen will also sometimes flash little DOS windows very quickly across my screen, then go back to normal. (This is if I'm doing anything at all, even not online.) I'm not sure if that has something to do with mysterious refreshing or not...

I've been having trouble with my screen refreshing on me. I'm a fast typist, but not all together accurate and I use the BACKSPACE key, probably ever other word - sometimes letter. These two things are making me crazy. My screen will refresh on me in the middle of my typing something (in quick reply at the bottom of the thread) and kicks my cursor to the top. Because I'm typing quickly and then hit backspace key my browser, I.E., goes back to the screen I was at before...sometimes 2 or 3 screens back, depending on how many clicks of the backspace I hit. Thus, losing all that I've written. This only happens on LBT, that I know of...I have a livejournal account that doesn't refresh itself when I'm posting to it and I haven't noticed any auto-refresh when I'm browsing other sites. How can I turn that off? I keep telling myself that I'll type out my responses in Word, then copy and paste, but I am insane and keep doing the same thing over and over again, thinking - this time I'll catch it and won't lose my post!

Mr. Hat...? Is that you?

I guess I don't see her everywhere...Too much of anything can get annoying. :smile2: I don't watch a lot of tv, and what I do watch is mostly the trashy, "real" life tv...

Right now I'm eating Hormel Chicken Alfredo (in the little white containers next to the mac n cheese) and it's gooood. No skin...no grissle. Ick.

What about Mr. Baldwin's Schweaty Balls?

:smile2: Oh no....I'm the minority here. I like RR. She's the kind of perky I want to be. I'm too nasty by far and bitch at people way too much. I admit, though that was stupid of her to say, given the topic. Also, I haven't watched the show. I watch her 30 minute meals. Maybe in small doses she's better?

Wow...I'm sure I don't wanna know! Then you don't want to read this: I was tossing a deck of cards to my ex one time, and he was sitting on the sofa...My aim was low...he didn't catch them...It was BAD. Poor fella.

I am happy for you. I have to admit - the only thing about the bf I really don't like is that he is a bit homophobic. Behind my house on the corner my neighbors are gay and I visit them by myself. He's learned to keep his mouth shut around me, but I'm not sure I've changed his mind. I just keep asking, "How does it effect YOU?" I just don't get it. Why do other people care so much? What are the reasonings behind it? It's sad, really. But, I am always happy when people are out and happy and showing it in the face of people who care over-much what others are doing. Someone posted here the other day, and I don't know who...or why...but they quoted: The best revenge is to live well! I agree 100%. re: Austin's weirdness - Never been to Austin! Why is it weird?

RSG - I'm not a lesbian, but I am very active in gay rights. I have been influenced by a cousin who has been with her girlfriend ever since I was a kid...She's 12 years older and they're in their 40's now. I saw her go through bf after bf and when she came out, she was the happiest I ever saw her. The two of them are the most stable relationship I've ever witnessed. I just saw this thread in new posts and wanted to offer my support! :smile2:

Man...people will fry anything! I've seen bulls balls in the store...My mother and I have the same humor as a 14 year old boy and we got a giggle from it. I'm not ashamed...much.

What is there to eat on chicken feet? Oh, yeah, and pigs feet are gross, too. Maybe we can just rule out all feet?

I think I'm weird with my tastes...I'm not really a picky eater and will try anything. If we can kill a cow and serve it up for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then why not crow? or horse...or dog...or cat? (Although, I may have trouble with dog, since I love dogs, but then again - I love cows too.) If it's a cultural cuisine, then why not? Of the weird world of food, I'd love to try rattlesnake - haven't had that yet. Shark is too gummy for me, at least the kind I had I didn't like. What else is weird that people eat?

You're right! I'd forgotten this story, but once my mother lost a bunch of weight via WW and was at McD's. She was at the register when a large woman (mom says maybe 200 lbs?) came in and the kids behind the register said, "Here comes a large order." To them, mom would get the joke and laugh with them because she wasn't part of the fat club. She just stared them down with her mom look and they shut up. Thank you Plain! As I was reading this, I felt the thin person inside me flexing that mental finger....

Fooey!!! I had a long post written out and my screen refreshed on me while I was hitting backspace and DARN IT, FOOEY...FOOEY!!!! My long post, now cut short: Mrs. FlipFlops - would you do it at 220 now if you could go back, knowing now what you know about the band? I know I would! I waited because my ex didn't want me to do it, and I conceded. Now, 6 years later, I'm just beginning my journey to normal.

LOL...I'm getting like that with WW points. (Following it along with my DD.) So, yeah! I know what you mean - people just don't wanna know! I'll just start smoking...

The comic strip is funny... I just think it's happening more and more by the fat people in my life. The ones who think I'm there for them when they want to be fat. Everyone else is normal, but I'm the one who "gets it" because I'm fat. And, I am fat...and I DO get it. It's just hard to not cringe when I see that behavior. Mainly because I see myself there, and I don't want to be a part of that anymore. My mother is a food pusher and a BIG eater. My whole family loves to eat, so for me to just sit there while they all eat and eat and eat...It's a strange feeling. Like watching alcoholics drink. It's hard to watch and not be able to say anything. At a restaurant the other day I overheard a daughter ragging her mother about smoking. The smoker was a smallish woman in her early 60's, maybe and the daughter was around 300 pounds, and she was eating dessert while the mother had a cigarette. The daughter just kept on and on about how she wish she would quit and that it wasn't healthy...and the mother finally said, "I'll put my cigarette down when you put your fork down." I guess my point was less anger than just a breaking point. I'm not in that club anymore, and I know so many people who are. It's comforting to have fat people around - misery loves company. But, since I don't look "normal" yet, I guess it's weird to them that I am "acting normal"? I guess...I dunno. Just thought it was strange, and I don't know how to react. I guess nothing gets hurt if I just let it roll. But, part of me wants to help my friends, and I know from experience that I can't. But, I can get skinny and show 'em! lol

Lately, I have noticed that people talk to me like I’m fat. Of course, I AM fat….but mentally I’m losing my “fat person” mentality. First, my friend still thinks I’m her eating buddy. We don’t hang out that much, so when we do, she talks about getting this food and that food, then gets that “you suck” look when I order soup or a salad. And, sometimes even actually says: “You suck”. Gee, thanks. Secondly, my boss is (my guess) around 350 – 400 pounds and refuses to diet. She is in that “I’ll start on Monday” mode. I’ve been there, I understand, but I can’t enjoy the same foods that she does. Today she brought me out a Maxine cartoon that says: “My body is a temple where junk food goes to worship”. She wanted me to post it at my desk and said, “I guess we both feel like this, huh?” Well, no. Not really. Then, people were coming by and reading it and laughing – and I was embarrassed. I think part of it is that I see overweight people (like me) who just eat and eat and eat….and then get dessert - and I just don’t get it. How did I DO that? Physically, how did I eat that much? I think about eating a full meal out now and I get sick just thinking about it. I’m surprised when ½ a sandwich goes down. More importantly, I’m FULL when ½ a sandwich goes down. Inside of me I see a thin person, but it’s hard to face the fact that I’m still a fat chick to the rest of the world. I know I am because they keep offering me cake, and looking at me like I’m crazy that I don’t want dessert, or extra helping, or the rest of my helping. I get those looks like, “Yeah...you didn’t get fat from not eating…come on!” I’m fat, but: I don’t want to order appetizer I don’t want to order dessert I do want a take home box I really don’t want anything from the vending machine right after just coming back from lunch.

Although not eloquent, this description was definitely accurate and creative at the same time!

:bored: he he...yeah, pretty much. Although, I got so hungry, I needed a snack. So, rather than the m&ms...I grabbed some weight control oatmeal I had in the desk. I put more water in it than I used to, and can never eat the whole thing, but it took the edge off. whew! I hate being hungry, because when I do sit down to eat, I tend to scarf down my food...then get stuck...then can't eat...then still stay hungry...then just eat ice cream later. :wink_smile: Better to avoid all that when I can!

Breakfast??? What's that?

I'm starving and it's way too early for lunch. ....Mmm....eyeing the vending machine in the kitchen.... Peanut M&Ms have protein, right?

I love Pappadeux - the fondue is soooo yummy. I've tried the alligator there, and it's the same - kinda chewy. I like the soft shell crab. Is it lunchtime yet???