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From: Rich Grise on 16 Aug 2006 12:56 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:53:59 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On 15 Aug 2006 16:09:53 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>John Larkin wrote: >>> On 14 Aug 2006 17:56:13 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>> >>> >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. >>> >>> Two europeans in this ng have recently generalized that Americans are >>> overweight. And both of them admit to being overweight. >> >>Check out the facts - about 60% of Americans are overweight (BMI over >>25) and half of them are obese (BMI over 30) >> >>http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/Obesity_Minority_Pop.shtml >> >>Europe isn't as bad >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bmi30chart.png >> >>I don't think that my BMI of 25.3 - back to 25.12 today - is a >>significant counter-example. > > So your being overweight is somehow mitigated by other europeans being > thinner than the average American? This somehow makes you not a > "lardass"? My apologies, but I don't follow that logic; this carries > nationalism (or is it europeanism?) to lengths I just don't > understand. Are you less likely to have a stroke or a heart attack > because you live near thin people? > > I control my weight because it's healthy and it makes me feel and > think better. I don't do it out of nationalism, and I don't judge my > ideal weight relative the the residents of any continent. > I had a part-time job as a "bartender" once - mainly slapping down brewskis and making burgers (I can make a really awesome burger). Some fat broad at the bar (customer) asked, "How do you stay so skinny?" I said, "I don't eat." She was, of all things, relieved. She said something along the lines of "Oh, well, I'm glad to hear that - most people say they eat everything and just never gain any weight!" And, in fact, I don't eat very much at a sitting - like I can have two slices of pizza, and I'm full. So I stick it in the fridge and have pizza for three days. ;-) But I do pop vitamin pills, and use half-KCl for salt, not as a weight or heart thing, but to maintain my electrolyte balance, which seems to be an important health thing. Cheers! Rich
From: Phat Bytestard on 16 Aug 2006 13:01 On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:23:59 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> Gave us: >I should learn NOT to do numbers early in the morning. Keep your hand out of your pants, and you won't have any numbing problem(s)... :-]
From: Rich Grise on 16 Aug 2006 13:02 On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:26:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > I don't think that's true, although most of us prefer to invest in > property; its value holds up better in the long term, and Mercedes are > boring and ugly to boot. And just how many Mercedeses have you booted? ;-) Thanks, Rich
From: Eeyore on 16 Aug 2006 13:05 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44E3367D.668DD444(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Wed, 16 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > >1dB's wrong too ! Tssk tssk ! > > You didn't need to post that twice. Yes, it's wrong. 1 dB is a factor of > 1.12 > > I should learn NOT to do numbers early in the morning. > > How long did it take you to work it out? How fast do neurons work ? I tend to use 10% for quick non-critical mental calculations to keep it simple. Graham
From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on 16 Aug 2006 13:07
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:52:39 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote: > I wonder what happens if a Lebanese resident does NOT pay the Hezbollah > taxes? I suspect it's not pretty. Probably not that different from what the US does to its citizens who refuse to pay the IRS. Thanks, Rich |