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Do you want to borrow my clue-by-four? Someone needs a whack upside the head.

You are talking about two different threads. Everyone discouraged her from getting an enema. In the other thread, she was discouraged about her rate of weight-loss and people in that thread were encouraging her to realize how well she was doing.

Sharon -- Thanks. I'm working to train myself to skip past the disturbing topics. I'm not paid enough here to get a stomach ache.

PayItForward -- Don't forget the third thread about exercise. It and the one about feeling discouraged appeared together, unmissable. The advice re: exercise was fine in and of itself, but not in context with her other two topics. Her thinking is skewed and she probably needs professional help.

Love that. First time I saw that one. Thank you. <3

Not even Gefilte fish ???

He, he ....

I suppose you think you're cute, Missy? Well, you are.

But of course ....

hehe... I think he hates me now. He probably thinks I'm a troublemaker.

@Sai -- Piffle. He wishes he could be like you.

haha . I missed most of it, but I got to read it after. It was pretty wild. lol

love her!!!!_ Melanie Wilkes!

Yup, and Catherine Sloper of "The Heiress," movie version of the play based on Henry James' "Washington Square." That's a mouthful.

That's great news!

Let me know if you are coming to Chicago and I will hide in the basement!

Thanks, SONGSMITH. I'm stoked. People have always said that driving is like breathing and it turns out to be true.

MISS MAC, you can run, but you can't hide. I've driven into basements in better places than Chicago, whatever that means. In truth, there are plenty of things in Chicago I'd like to visit. I've been there only once, but that was a thousand years ago and for less than an hour as a break from I80.

I loved that book!

he got some award or something recognizing his musical history? think i heard something - luv him - kathy

@proudgrammy, the Nobel Prize for literature. It's a big deal.

OMG, yeah i'd say that's a big deal!!! - thanx for straightening me out LOL

That's what I've heard. Maybe someday. Sorry the link doesn't work. If you do want to take a look, just copy over. But you knew that.

I nearly lost a hand trying to cut the damn thing open. It honestly has turned me off from making one again. I've gotten used to not eating pasta with sauce anyhow.

Cutting a hard squash is a feat. It needs a super-sharp knife which can be just as nervous-making as any other.

They'd need to be peeled. The skins really are tough. As I was eating them in my salad of salmon, orange bell pepper, onion and baby spinach with TJ's spicy asian peanut vinaigrette (sooo good), I kept removing the skins and putting them on a napkin. Good thing I was home.

Knowing your wit, you likely have a plan for those little red tomato skins besides the trash.

No, my friend. they are long gone. Can one sew tomato skins into a silk purse? If so, shucks, I missed the chance.

jealous!

@Cervidae, get jealouser now: It WAS good. I would have gone Friday also, but the heat and humidity were beyond brutal. Maybe next year I'll get to two or even all three days.

you've got this.

Thank you, my deer one. You've got it all.

No Candy! Great job! You can get through all of this!

Yay for your smile!!

Thanks, Shel. It's silly, but getting no comments on my first few status entries made me feel like the kid no one wants to play with. I've been feeling a little fragile around the edges lately.

@OutsideMatchInside... down girl down!

That's the beauty of forums... you don't have to reveal a single thing about yourself.

Just be kind and understanding that someone wants to be here for whatever reason.

Smoking! Congratulations!

Thanks for the cheers, all. @Unbridled, first there was the verb, then there was the gerund - same DNA with a slight mutation. @OutsideMatchInside, nothing devious or nefarious about it. Upon signing on at BP and about to enter the stats, I was interrupted by the phone. It then occurred to me that entering the stats would serve me not. Jotting them in my trusty, little notebook is quicker than electronics. When asked, I reveal. When pertinent, I include the info in my posts. @krakow57, I stopped smoking in 2001!

good luck with those MRI's I am hoping for us both with the additional weight gone they are easier to get through. Let me know the results .

Thanks, @@ssflbelle. I suppose the good news might be that my weight had nothing to do with falling. Lots of people fell, including the two who fell on me, taking me down with them. Overall, though, of course you're correct about excessive weight not helping most things. The exception is the concussion I sustained, too.

omgosh, have a wonderful time!

FUN!!!!

Enjoy. I saw 'In The Heights' when it was on Broadway and I'm sure you know it was also a Lin Manuel Miranda musical. I enjoyed it very much and expect to enjoy Hamilton as well when I see it three or four years from now..LOL!