Tired_Old_Man

Maybe I am just too old, but the girls in #4 & #5 looked like kiddie porn.

Why not keep both shops and Heath Education? If we love our children as much as we claim, why should they have to make the sacrifice? We should sacrifice by forking over what ever it takes to give the children a formal education and good health education.

Within the past few years, I have seen TV shows like 20/20 and Dateline NBC do segments on discrimination. They did things like send people to a car dealership, or to rent a house, to apply for a job, etc. When one person was better looking, (s)he got preference. When one person was white and the other Black, the white person got preference. When one person was slimmer, (s)he got preference. For buying cars, the men got a better deal without even trying to bargain. When one woman was blond, she got preference. What was funny, was that people tend to discriminate against one group, even when they are in another group that gets discriminated against. In other words, don't expect a Black person to treat you fairly if you are fat and your competition is slender. Just because a person has experienced discrimination, doesn't mean he can see it when he does it. If you have not seen the academy award winning movie "Crash" yet, I suggest that you see it because this theme runs throughout the movie. But getting back to the thread, we as people of weight, need to clean up our own act and maybe even get together with other discriminated groups so as to be more aware of each other's situation and also because there is power in numbers.

To Protect HER MAN!!!

How about the "Silencer"? :clap2::faint:

Knock on wood:nervous

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I can eat toasted white bread, but not untoasted white bread. Sour Dough type breads are the worst.

A small step. But every journey starts with a small step. "One small step for Spain, one giant leap for body image"!!

Rice-Si Bread-No

Today, I have posted to the LBT site from 5 different computers. One was a PC running Windows XP-Pro One was a PC running Windows 98SE One was a G4 iMac running OSX, 10.4 Tiger One was a G3 iMac running OSX, 10.3. Panther One was a PC running Linux Theses computers were at 3 different houses, so the routers were different models as was the DSL modems. No matter which computer I was using, often, when I selected "Post Reply" or "New Thread" or tried to write a PM, there were times that I could write in the "Title" box, but the curser would not appear in the message text box. I purposely waiting until today to write this because until today, it had happened to me only at my house with 3 different type computers, but today it happened at other houses with 2 more different type computers. Is anyone else having problems posting to this site? I have no problems posting to any other sites from my three home computers, nor did I have any problems from the other computers at the other homes posting to other sites.

Learning to eat slowly is so difficult to learn. Just think, If we had been able to master eating slowly, we may never have gotten ourselves into the situation which required us to have Lap-Band surgery.

I think I just substituted food for things that were missing in my life as a child and I was never able to break the bad habits. The earlier a habit is initiated, the harder it is to stop. No excuses, just my weakness.

6 weeks, I think.

Welcome Brad to the LBT forum. The Lap-Band has two wonderful benefits. #1. It is a great tool for both losing and keeping off weight (though, you will have to be vigilant). #2. You will be surrounded by women.

Aussie Chick: Thank you for being so brave to share these very personal pictures. If and when I get near my targeted weight, I will want a tummy tuck, but I have enough excess to make up a child's weight. I hope I will be brave enough to take pictures, though I doubt I would share them.

Regarding the research quoted in the opening post. Statistics are wonderful, but if they are ahderred to too tightly, no one would ever hit the lottery.

Great costume BTW. And the your son is really cute.

Halloween?? They already have Christmas decorations on display here in Florida stores.

I agree 100%. If I were King , I would ban all parades and celebrations that celebrate racial, religious or ethnic differences. When people talk about how wonderful the xxxxx are, they are saying either that the xxxxx are better, not American in my mind, or the xxxxx are just as good as everybody else, a waste of words, in my mind.

The doctor and you should put your heads together to determine your fill schedule. Many doctors have a minimum waiting time between fills. You will probably get one soon if you are 6 weeks post op. I got my first fill at about that point.

My doctor told me. "Take nothing except a sip of Water for 6 hours prior to the fill". Only exceptions: Heart & Drug Pressure Medications.

Almost like Nixon when he said, "You don't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more" after he lost the 1962 race for governor of California.

I was a jock in school and was even a team-mate of a man who eventually played in the Super Bowl. That was my freshman year of college, but it was also the year that I injured my leg and had to quit football, and I gained 80 pounds in that year. My appetite went unabated while my calorie output about dropped to zilch. With a bum knee, I had to give up not only football, but competitive basketball, track and softball.

To answer the Thread Opening Question: How long do Dogs Live? There are two answers: Not long enough. In your Heart forever.