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I have a picture I think you'll enjoy, if I can find it out there somehwere. I took it in Mexico. It's a bright orange VW bus, but somehow -- it's really short. I don't know if they came that way or if it was something custom, but it was defintely love at first sight.

I welcome questions and/or responses, when done appropriately, 3loves. I'm sorry, Mr. 3loves to me. I've had many great conversations about them.

Another factor to keep in mind is anethesia, and general trauma to the body. I've hit my Protein + 95% of the time, take a multi, folic acid, Calcium, Q10, etc daily, and am still losing hair. Not as much as I was, but my hairloss started around month 4, and I'm now in month 11 and it still comes out noticeably. I used to have the stylist thin my hair, especially in the summer, becaue it was unruly/unmanageably thick. I used to have to buy hair clips & barettes for thick hair. Now I use regular hair clips, and they fot loosely. I hope this stops sometime soon.

Nice "cop out", I believe you called it.

Ah, that could be. I do tend to read literally (to avoid reading subjectively, as much as possible), so I can see how that would be possible. Darnit, Laurend, I've told you to stop calling me and trying to plan out our posts. What the heck is up with this "mind of your own" stuff, anyway?

I didn't buy any. I follow the "If it's not here, I can't eat it" philosophy. BTW, side note if I can - are there dues to belong to girl scouts, or are they 100% funded by this cookie drive? And if there are dues, what does the $ from this drive go toward? None of the cookie sellers can ever tell me that.

My pologies for the many posts. There was a lot there, and I should have consolidated. My bad. Still wondering what "you are your shadow" means, Ron Cusano. That's either silly, or very profound. Kind of like, wherever you go, there you are.

So you find it difficult to function. Is that how you're explaining your own wrongs? So rather than "I'm wrong", it's "I can't function because there are atheists and heathens here"? No, I'm not twisting what you're saying, I'm asking. And if that's wrong, please clarify. So now I tell lies from the pit of hell? What exactly does that mean? Are those like -- uber lies? Am I being influenced by Satan? And you probably aren't going to believe this anyway, but what you consider "digs" I consider - showing how predictable you are. When we respond (in a way other than what you'd prefer) to our comments, it's happening because Jesus prophesized it. When ou're backed into a corner, all of a sudden we're attacking your faith. It's been that wa since... oh, probably page 3 or 4 of this thread.. but I'd have to go back and check to be sure. It's simply a matter of making a much better window than a door.

No one is advocating for people to not have stickers. They're just so gosh darned ironic sometimes.

Sure I have the capacity. But your logic follows the same lines of the Salem witch trials. Admit you have disdain, even if you don't have it, and be labeled as a "disdainer". Deny that you have disdain, which you don't have, and be labeled as "unable to tell the truth". So which is the best route to take? You've already made up your mind, and either I'm disdainful, or I'm lying. So per your own logic, is there a door #3? Becuse you're only presenting two possible outcomes.

Is "atheists can't have disdain for god because they don't believe in god" more of a cop out than "that doesn't even deserve a reply !!"?

Let me ask again, for the second time: You said atheists hate god, then back tracked and said atheists hate christians, then back tracked again and said "should have said" atheists abhor christians, and are now saying that, generically, atheists display disain for god and christians. Is that "twisting" what you've said, or is that pretty accurate? (BTW,, not picking it apart, you're words are there. And if they aren't, correct me. That's why I'm asking the question...)

Here are some other fads I've heard of or been involved with: Chromium picolinate. Take two caps for breakfast, two for lunch, and eat a regular dinner (and in fine print, you will note that a "regular dinner" is defined in the enclosed diet program). So let me get this right. Taking these pills is supposed to make me lose weight, but I'm only allowed to eat one meal a day, and it's under a strict diet? Couldn't I take... oh... air, which is free, and get the same results? Couldn't I swallow a bug and lose the same amount of weight? Or a piece of banana rind? Here's a whole list of foods, and eating only these foods you can have as much as you want because they take more calories to chew than they have. I'm sorry, they're were healthy foods, but eating 10 lbs of anything is going to make you fat. Sex burns a lot of calories, so have sex every day when you're dieting. Ok, so it's a good rule, but don't do it for the caloric burn because you just don't burn all that much.

I've told everyone, and I've never heard anything remotely like "that's the easy way." Thankfully, because we'd have some words if I did. But here's what I do hear: Oh, I've heard of that! Oh, I've seen that on TV! I saw a show about that, do you know that girl that was on the show? How much have you lost? Do you feel better? ...anda host of others. And sorry, I diverged, I know. But the "Oh, I've heard of that" cracks me up.

Hubby has a "I ♥ MY WIFE" sticker. THAT started as a joke - I gave it to him along with a t-shirt that said, "Yes dear..." on it for a sort of white elephant anniversary present, and he liked it and put it on his truck. Now on the rare occasion that I drive his truck - wow, do I get some weird looks. I agree about the fat men/women thing. And it's also a little different (or so it seems) for short women. E.g. a short "petite" woman who looks, say, 60 lbs overweight seems to be more "ok" than a 5'10 women who looks 60 lbs overweight. I'm an Amazon woman, and I used to really and truly believe that if I'd been bortn shorter, it would have been ok weight-wise, because then I would be "cute". lol Boo Boo, do you have one of the new model bugs, or the classic? And yes, I remember going around without a seatbelt, and in the front seat. One time dad got cut off, had to brake suddenly, and my face went right into the dash. Fortunately it was relatively low speed, but I had a tooth (that was loose anyway, thankfully) get knocked out and pushed up into the soft palette, bloody lip, etc. What were they thinking, indeed. I think they just didn't "get" the importance of it back then.

My first PB was on cheese, so it was a LONG time before I'd eat it again. If you can have yogurt & such, then go after some things (IMO) with some nutritional value, not cool whip. Cool hip is like eating airy plastic. Get some soups (Bear Creek makes very good ones), "cream of" soups with the chunks removed or blended. If you like hummus, just add tahini until it's a soupy consistency. If you're needing a change, try some refried Beans with your choice of sour cream/tobasco/red sauce/chili verde/ etc. mixed in, just watch out for the skins. All adds a LOT of flavor, while making it even more liquidy than the base mushy state.

I wait the remainder of the when I have the fill, then begin solids the next day. Unless I don't have my fill until later in the day - then I'll do liquid/mushies the next day and start solids on day 2.

I've shown disdain for you, "Ron Cusano", not your christianity. I doubt any other christian I've actually had conversations with here have ever been made to feel inferior. That's because I have no judgement for their lives or what they choose to believe -- that's completely up to them. But I do have judgement for how anyone treats anyone else. Which is why I have disdain for you. It wouldn't matter if you were a Buddhist or Wiccan or Satanist or Nihilist... when you treat people the way you have (internet qualifier as a given), you have to expect that not everyone thinks you're a nice guy. (Yeah, that's prophesized, we know, you've already told us 14 times... and no, no one is expecting you to comrpomise your beliefs !! or apologize for believing what you do !! because, again, the element of christianity could be completely removed, and you'd still be the same Ron Cusano) You said atheists hate god, then back tracked and said atheists hate christians, then back tracked again and said "should have said" atheists abhor christians, and are now saying that, generically, atheists display disain for god and christians. Is that "twisting" what you've said, or is that pretty accurate?

I had lunch with some girlfriends Friday and a discussion about this vaccine came up. I was really surprised - there were 8 of us there. I did not have HPV, and one other did not, and everyone else there did. I knew it was common, but it was really surprising that so many of the people there had it. Definitely one of those, "Wow, when you see it put like this, it's so much more powerful" moments. BTW, of those 6, three are parents. They said they wished it had been available to them, yet weren't sure whether or not they'd give the shot to their children (for the same reasons I stated earlier - too new, been burned by medical fads one too many times, etc) And just for information - I read an article yesterday (can't remember the source, but it was at my internalist's office, so something medically generic) about HPV and circumsized/uncircumsized men. It was interesting b/c my hubby (Scandinavian) is not circumsized. Women who have non-circumsized partners are something like 87% more likely to develop HPV that those whose partners are circumsized. For reasons I wouldn't have thought of, but that make a lot of sense - namely that the uncircumsized penis is more likely to bring a lot more "debris" into the vagina/cervical area.

I am my shadow? What does that even mean?

Allow me to ask again, for the third time. You said atheists hate god, and when I proved you wrong you said I was "nit-picking". So then you changed it to atheists hate christians. So my question is now: Can't you answer the question? In case you conveniently didn't see it, I'll repost: BTW, my parents are christians. And I certainly don't hate them. [...] Do you actually believe [...] That atheists hate christians? Atheists hate most of the country's population? Come on, surely you don't believe that it's a matter of "samantics" when you say atheists hate christians. That's pretty black and white, so if what you're saying is true, then clarify. Don't ignore the question Ron Cusano. Selective responding...tsk tsk.

Really, you insult others' ability to "come up with good ones"? :funnypost: By the way, if you're going to try to insult someone, at least type the insult correctly. Don't type something that supports what they're saying.

Laurend, you forgot stage 4. That's the "how pathetic", "low blow", "would have expected better", "is that the best you got", etc. stage. We'll refer to this as the "I'm rubber, you're glue" period. Remember that one? We've been there a time or two, as well. Wait - "darling" or some other equally creepy remark should be coming pretty soon (but don't rebutt it or you'll be a hypocrite), and then comes the "My faith is being attacked but I won't apologize for my beliefs !!" stage. Come on Ron Cusano, can't you address what was said? You made an absolutely wrong statement about atheists, and "how pathetic, true to form" is your response? What question does that answer? What's pathetic is being wrong, but being so unwilling to admit it that you have to try and throw around your cliche insults to redirect the attention. Can't you answer the question? In case you conveniently didn't see it, I'll repost: BTW, my parents are christians. And I certainly don't hate them. [...] Do you actually believe [...] That atheists hate christians? Atheists hate most of the country's population? You're willing to make the claim. But do you really believe what you're saying? Tommy - excellent point.

...and it has one of those "It's a child, not a choice" stickers on it. And inside I see a male driving, and a female holding a baby on her lap. Now this is going down the Interstate, 70 mph speed limit, I'm going 75 and they're passing me pretty quickly. And I see four children in the backseat. I can't tell if any are sealbelted, but I know at least two were not because they had climbed up onto the back dash (you know, the flat space reserved for tissues and other things we lose that meets up with the back window) and are making faces at all of the cars they go by. And I'm thinking yeah, you made the right choice... And then I get closer to home and stop at the gas station. A not very nice truck. That happens to have confederate flags on the back windows, and a "NO FAT CHICKS" bumper sticker on the back. The door opens and this man gets out who has at least 200 lbs on me. His sweatpants are filthy and, well - let's just say he needed to say no to crack. Grizzly beard, greasy hair, and flip flops (it's like 7 degrees out here). And let's just say he'd probably never seen a pedicure. He closes his door and proceeds to "hock a lugey" onto the side of the gas pump, laugh, and have a conversation with himself. And this guy is going to tell me "NO FAT CHICKS"? Why, because they turn you down too? (BTW, he also had one that said "TO ALL YOU VIRGINS - THANKS FOR NOTHING") And I started wondering - what do you think the deal is with bumper stickers? Do you think people really feel this way? Do you think they're so hungry for attention that they do it just for the reaction? Do you think they bought the car from someone else, and "inherited" the political placards? Have you ever seen an absolutely ironic political statement, and wondered - wtf?! My car has no stickers. I used to have a Darnwin fish, but someone stole it off my car. I was told that one of the resident church-goers relieved me of my ownership. And I remember thinking, how ironic...

:frusty: :yield: :doh: Just make a big dramatic announcement to everyone that you're leaving the threads, but then come back a few days later.