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From: Eeyore on 14 Aug 2006 18:35 "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > John Larkin wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey, Bill, how much do you weigh? > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > Good question. I was 180 pounds while I was in the US Army. > > > > And now ???? > > > > Heck, I was 160 lbs when I was a youngster. Yet 6 foot tall. > > > > Graham > > Over 200, due to the fact that I can barely walk, and the different > medications I have to take every day. I eat as little as I can, (1800 > calories) but the diabetes makes it very difficult to trim anything else > from my strict diet. If I take even another 100 calories out of my diet > for more than a couple days I end up sick in bed for weeks. Before I > got sick, I was still 180 pounds and on a 3200 calorie a day diet. I'm sorry to hear that. I'll bet you must have led an active life to use 3200 cals a day. Graham
From: John Larkin on 14 Aug 2006 19:08 On 14 Aug 2006 15:28:06 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >> >Sorry, we aren't fat enough to set off landmines tailored for American >> >lardasses. >> >> Hey, Bill, how much do you weigh? > >78.6 kilo - 173 lbs - and I'm 176cm tall - 5' 9.5" I really must get >back to 74 kgm. Well, I'm 5-8 and keep between 155 and 160, so I'm a tad less lardassey than you are. Mo gets on my case if I go below 155... she doesn't like skinny men... and she weighs 105! John
From: Tim Auton on 14 Aug 2006 20:04 John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message <pan.2006.08.15.20.47.02.573084(a)example.net>, dated Mon, 14 > Aug 2006, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> writes > > >And you need a new dictionary. The meaning of "defense" that sane > >people go by doesn't include "assaulting your neighbors and killing > >their families". > > Ah, but it IS so defined in the Hisbollah dictionary. If a bunch of terrorists came and moved into my back garden against my will I'm not sure 'neighbours' would be the word I'd use for them... Tim
From: Eeyore on 14 Aug 2006 20:10 Tim Auton wrote: > John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In message <pan.2006.08.15.20.47.02.573084(a)example.net>, dated Mon, 14 > > Aug 2006, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> writes > > > > >And you need a new dictionary. The meaning of "defense" that sane > > >people go by doesn't include "assaulting your neighbors and killing > > >their families". > > > > Ah, but it IS so defined in the Hisbollah dictionary. > > If a bunch of terrorists came and moved into my back garden against my > will I'm not sure 'neighbours' would be the word I'd use for them... And if they were Israelis ? Graham
From: bill.sloman on 14 Aug 2006 20:56
John Larkin wrote: > On 14 Aug 2006 15:28:06 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: > > >> >Sorry, we aren't fat enough to set off landmines tailored for American > >> >lardasses. > >> > >> Hey, Bill, how much do you weigh? > > > >78.6 kilo - 173 lbs - and I'm 176cm tall - 5' 9.5" I really must get > >back to 74 kgm. > > > Well, I'm 5-8 and keep between 155 and 160, so I'm a tad less > lardassey than you are. Mo gets on my case if I go below 155... she > doesn't like skinny men... and she weighs 105! Doctrine is that a body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by the height in metres squared) should be between 20 and 24. Over 25 and you are overweight, over thirty and you are obese. Once you get over 65, a BMI over 25 adds a few years to your life expectancy ... In fact, what seems to be important is the fat layer around your abdomen, which is adequately estimated by measuring your waist circumference. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/313/7056/559/d http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/313/7056/559/d For women the waist circumference shouldn't be higher than 35" - 81cm - and for men, no higher than 40" - 102cm, and on that criterion I'm fine. A couple of years ago, when I was more active, I did get down to 74 kgm -163 lbs - pretty much what I weighed in my early twenties - which put my BMI around 23 - the same as yours - which is low for a resident of the U.S.A. -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen |