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You are describing my husband here and I feel exactly the same way! He also talks during TV and movies. This leads to me snarling and shrieking at him and that ain't pretty. It is one of the few times we fight. Apart from that, the usual array of spelling and grammar mistakes recently mentioned here invariably drive me nuts, too. And people who let their brats continue to scream in public places (such as restaurants) instead of removing them until they quiet down.

What is a Flow-bee?:help:

Yah, from what I have observed the Southern Baptists seem to be the least mellow, and they seem to have the most problems with grammar and spelling.

I had no icon loss with the first two skin versions.

I think SUVs, Hummers, and the like should be illegal for they do far more to crap up the air we breathe and they burn up fossil fuels.

Any woman who persists in using abortion as a birth control device has got to be either stupid or crazy. Should stupid/crazy people be having babies in the first place? Is it good for the gene pool? And as for men giving their opinions on the abortion issue, I feel that their opinions are not wanted. Pregnancy changes a woman's body forever; it does not return to its pre-pregnancy state. Muscles are stretched, the pelvic floor drops and the bladder is shifted. Some of the consequences of this are only suffered after menopause. A woman can begin to have trouble with bladder control. She may need an operation to tighten up the pelvic floor. Certainly most women will be left with stretch marks and possibly a caesarian scar. Their breasts will change, too. For the first trimester she will suffer from nausea and during her last she will have to pee every 15 minutes. These are changes which are part of having a baby and when a woman wants to have this baby these are all part and parcel of her pregnancy. For those who absolutely don't want a baby all of this constitutes an on-going horror show. Another reason why men's opinions don't count is that sometimes men don't stick around to look after the damage that their sperm contribution has caused. There are so many, many single parent families, so many missing fathers, and so many dead-beat dads. Single parent families tend to be among the working poor and those on welfare. The lives that those families lead are far less stable and far less dignified. The level of education achieved is usually much lower. Why punish a woman who finds herself pregnant while the man gets off scot-free?

I had an abortion when I was in my early 30s. I have never wanted children and so had been meticulous about birth control. I would have had my tubes tied but no doctor would agree to do the operation. The abortion was a result of birth control failure and I arranged for this as soon as I found out that I was pregnant.

Hey, that is very cool! Congratulations to you, Gaffer.

Well, when I go into advanced and I have LB at full screen size I still have the last two rows of icons at the right hand size chopped off. This has only been a problem since the advert section of LB has been shifted to the left hand side of the page. And yes, I scroll my bar over as far as it will go!:phanvan

Thanks for the info, grrl. I can easily get my regimen changed.

As for the argument that the smoker is a charge on the medical system, well, let us examine this. Both the smoker and the morbidly obese will suffer from an array of medical problems from which your skinny non-smoker will likely be free. Big people and smokers will have a greater liability to suffer from heart disease and strokes. Smokers are subject to cancers and emphysema. Big people are subject to diabetes, problems when having dental work done (due to diabetes), possible blindness (due to diabetes), joint problems, possible amputations (due to diabetes), life in a wheelchair. Both smokers and big folk have problems with blood pressure and they say that ain't good. I am speaking here as an amateur, of course; I am sure that Was a BB can fill you in much better than I can on all the medical facts. Of course smoking is not good for you. Everyone knows that. Even/especially the smoker. I am, however, amazed at the inordinate rage which so many people feel now towards the smoker.

Addiction is addiction, whether it be to alcohol, crack, heroin, nicotine, or whatever........ Addiction is not a question moral failure as much as it is a medical problem with physiological and psychological dimensions. It often seems to me that this business of the smoker has become in the way of a witch hunt over the past 25 years. It is easy to squeal that that nasty smoker who is smoking outside but near the entrance of your building is gonna kill you but scientifically this is not so. Toxins are scrutinized in parts per million and outdoors second-hand smoke is negligible. It is much easier to blame the smoker for polluting your air than to blame those who drive cars, especially those who drive the guzzlers such as SUVs, and it is much easier to blame smokers than to turn off your air conditioner or to hang your laundry outside to dry. Or, for that matter, to skip the disposable diapers. A child will go through approximately 10,000 diapers before he is continent. I live in an area where summer has become a nightmare. Everytime we have a heatwave we suffer from toxic air. Yep, we have smog advisories and these are caused by industrial and vehicular pollution. But it has become easy to villify the smoker. This is a sign of careless thinking, I think.

I am currently on Wellbutrin XL 300mg which I take with my morning coffee.

Oh, yah, I know what you are talking about. I have two smoker friends, both male, both single, and both living below the poverty line who can really reek of stale smoke and some other odor which I choose not to define other than to say that this is what men smell like when undiluted by soap and water! Come to think of it, I have another friend who occasionally smells like that but without the overlay of stale smoke.:phanvan None of these guys live in a houses with ready access to their own personal washers and dryers.:cry They all have to leave home in order to do their laundry!

Speaking of poor hygiene, there was a girl at that school who was known as Armpits Heather.......

I know that smokers can and do smell of smoke. When I was at boarding school I would sometimes be allowed to spend the weekends home with my family. My father smoked cigars. He would drive me in on a Monday morning and I would be mortified because I would become suddenly aware that I stank of cigars and bacon grease! I didn't smell it until I entered into that sterile environment of nuns and schoolgirls and general teenage unhappiness.

BJean: I know that your knees are giving you grief. What about water exercise? And did I suggest this to you before? I am not only ageing, I am also blonde, ya know....:phanvan

You state in your lengthy communique that "people put down the Bible, and blame all the problems they have created on God." In fact we do not, for those of us who are liberal-minded Christians blame individuals like yourself, the narrow-minded fundamentalists, not God, and those of us who are atheists wouldn't dream of blaming God, either, for we hold no belief at all that one exists. Indeed, for those of us - Christian and non-Christian alike - who do believe in the scientific findings which indicate that the Earth has been around for billions of years and that even mankind has a long history which predates the Bible, the 5000 years which you give us as its timeline doesn't seem all that impressive. Your opinions on homosexuality and abortion are simply that - your opinions - and other people will of course have theirs.

Right on! You have said it perfectly.

Well, I am prepared to curb my smoking around non-smokers but as for not smelling of smoke, that is a little too much to ask for. I wear expensive (and subtle) perfume and I put up with smelling folks doused with the cheap stuff. I also put up with folks smelling like last night's curry dinner, of second-hand garlic, and of an alcoholic's hangover. I also put up with screaming babies and shrieking tots. This is life as we live it when we live among other people. People are pretty interesting to be around and that is why I love living in the city but you do have to take the bad with the good. That's life.

I still hate that I have lost access to a bunch of those icons!!!!

Green is one hundred percent against drug wars.

I've only just found this thread. It is really amazing. Krystal, ya better keep on posting here. Hugs from Green..........

You know that we are all going to want to see photos, eh. :)

Hey, far out! That is fantastic! That is so cool! Congrats from Green, eh.