Ragadolf |
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Try the diet I was put on today: no eggs, dairy, beef, wheat, barley, oats, corn, sugar (of any kind), potatoes, beans, coffee, alcohol or fruit. Basically chicken/turkey/fish, vegetables, rice, coconut water/milk, tea.
Man, swell up after a meal one time and the medical professionals hit the damned panic button. I must say, though, tonight's snack of rice crackers and dinner of salmon, broccoli, rice, and celery stuffed with sunflower butter wasn't too damned shabby. And now I'm drinking blueberry mojito tea with a touch of Stevia. So far, so good!
ACK! Um,..... No. Thank you. :P
While your snack sounds delightful as a 1 time thing,... I can't barely live on what I DO eat, (which is anything, ergo I need to lose weight) :P
Although I must admit, while I was doing theater this summer I actually lost (A little) weight because I ate a quick dinner before rehearsals/shows, and wouldn't eat when I got back home late. EXCEPT for perhaps a glass of wine and a few slices of Cheddar on crackers. Tasty, relaxing, and works for me. :)
Yeah, Doctors sometimes overreact JUST a smidge. I'm presuming he's limiting your diet to help you figure out what you are allergic too?
Good luck!
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Fair enough.
My R/L party encountered the Mongrel Horde yesterday in my Fallout SW game.
Who wants to know about them? Who?
1. Before being destroyed, John Henry Eden programmed a much more ruthless AI program than himself named Mark Hammer as a failsafe vice president, because he assumed if he ever fell he would need a different approach to government if he was ever defeated. Hammer was put in safe mode in a base in Jackson, Mississippi, to prevent a hostile takeover of Eden by his emergency VP.
2. Caesar had a nephew, appropriately named Octavius, kept in the east of his territory in case Caesar should fall in battle, as an emergency heir.
3. Enclave and Legion both lose. Octavius retreats southeast with legion remnants. Finds base in Jackson. Raids it for prewar tech. Hammer scans databases of NCR and Brotherhood and figures out through facial analysis who Octavius is due to similarities to Caesar.
4. Hammer and Octavius ally. Octavius uses legion techniques to recruit/conscript and train people, Hammer shares the secrets of FEV and power armor stored in the base.
5. Octavius sees mutants as the pinnacle of humanity, and Hammer reasons that if a pair of AI can be presidents, its not unreasonable to let any sentient creatures serve to their capabilities. Octavius is named VP of the Enclave. Due to mutants sterility, only proven warriors who have already fathered both a male and female child are dipped.
6. Fast forward to my party seeing a bunch of guys in power armor with plasma rifles mowing down ghouls before climbing onto vertibirds with super mutants dressed like legionaires carrying proton axes giving them a boost onto the planes and joining them, giving a nice foreshadowing of future events.
One of my player's reaction: "What did I do to you where you threw super mutant legionaires with Enclave tech at us? Did I piss you off?"
Treppa |
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I think I'm reciting formulae in my sleep.
The Sharpe ratio is the difference between the average return and the risk-free rate divided by the standard deviation... Not now Chris Evans, I'm taking an exam... *snores*
That sounds like a nightmare.
They are limiting my foods because I am reacting to all sorts of things I never reacted to before, and they want to get my immune system calmed down. I was just joking about the doctors overreacting; when you read "life-threatening emergency" in the description of the thing you just experienced, you appreciate their efforts to get you fixed up. You also damn well listen to what they say!
Hooray for rice cakes.
Tin Foil Yamakah |
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So I spoke to my sister and passed along freehold's info on calling 311 for their issues. They(My niece and her boyfriend) are so happy just to be in the big city and "The neighbors don't have it so it's no big deal mom".
I remember when I was 21 and no longer needed any guidance...good times
On a side note, my sister asked where I got the info.
Me: Why Fawtl of course
Her: Faw tool?
Me: It's like google only better
Freehold DM |
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So I spoke to my sister and passed along freehold's info on calling 311 for their issues. They(My niece and her boyfriend) are so happy just to be in the big city and "The neighbors don't have it so it's no big deal mom".
I remember when I was 21 and no longer needed any guidance...good times
On a side note, my sister asked where I got the info.
Me: Why Fawtl of course
Her: Faw tool?
Me: It's like google only better
I will still atop by if everyone is amenable or if it is an emergency.
Given this day and age, make sure they check for bedbugs.
Note that strange, reddish and itchy bumps that occur in a line and go away in an hour or two are NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION
NobodysHome |
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In the realm of, "Oh, go cry me a river, NH! And then jump in!", I'm having "skinny person" problems, even though I've still got another 30 pounds to go:
(1) As I mentioned, I don't understand how men can live with drawstring pants. Since men lack hips, you have to tie them pretty tight. Then untie them to use the bathroom. Then re-tie them. Then untie them. That's a lot of tying and untying just to avoid the nightmare that is elastic. Huh?
(2) As I started losing weight, I thought I'd buy a bunch of "goal pants": I spent nearly $200 on pants with 34" waists. Well, I'm wearing a pair right now, and they're already too loose. I had no idea I'd need 32" pants so soon.
Of course, it's not like I'm going to go back up, and loose pants are what belts are for.
But it's interesting how life changes when your clothes start being too big for you instead of too small...
Celestial Healer |
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Celestial Healer wrote:2 days until CFA I exam. Maybe after I take this m#~!&&~&+$~+ I can be a human being again.CFA = Certified Financial Advisor? Tests are always alot easier than you imagine, especially when you are prepared. You'll knock it out of the park
Chartered Financial Analyst.
This exam is 6 hours long. And about 40% of the people who take it pass.
I am generally good at tests, but I am really struggling on these practice ones.
Celestial Healer |
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Celestial Healer wrote:I think I'm reciting formulae in my sleep.
The Sharpe ratio is the difference between the average return and the risk-free rate divided by the standard deviation... Not now Chris Evans, I'm taking an exam... *snores*
That sounds like a nightmare.
The part about saying "no" to Chris Evans? You're right.
Freehold DM |
In the realm of, "Oh, go cry me a river, NH! And then jump in!", I'm having "skinny person" problems, even though I've still got another 30 pounds to go:
(1) As I mentioned, I don't understand how men can live with drawstring pants. Since men lack hips, you have to tie them pretty tight. Then untie them to use the bathroom. Then re-tie them. Then untie them. That's a lot of tying and untying just to avoid the nightmare that is elastic. Huh?
(2) As I started losing weight, I thought I'd buy a bunch of "goal pants": I spent nearly $200 on pants with 34" waists. Well, I'm wearing a pair right now, and they're already too loose. I had no idea I'd need 32" pants so soon.
Of course, it's not like I'm going to go back up, and loose pants are what belts are for.
But it's interesting how life changes when your clothes start being too big for you instead of too small...
I do remember that, back in the day.
I think that's why the skinny jeans fad is so big- they actually fit. Most clothing makers use a model for a specific size(usually small so to cut down on material cost) and then guesstimate everything else. Once you're over a 34-36 waist, its wise to get a tailor if you can afford one. And don't get me started on odd sizes...
I miss my 35 inch waist...
Treppa |
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Tin Foil Yamakah wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:2 days until CFA I exam. Maybe after I take this m#~!&&~&+$~+ I can be a human being again.CFA = Certified Financial Advisor? Tests are always alot easier than you imagine, especially when you are prepared. You'll knock it out of the parkChartered Financial Analyst.
This exam is 6 hours long. And about 40% of the people who take it pass.
I am generally good at tests, but I am really struggling on these practice ones.
Are you a CPA? I'm shooting for that in a couple of years.
Celestial Healer |
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Celestial Healer wrote:Are you a CPA? I'm shooting for that in a couple of years.Tin Foil Yamakah wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:2 days until CFA I exam. Maybe after I take this m#~!&&~&+$~+ I can be a human being again.CFA = Certified Financial Advisor? Tests are always alot easier than you imagine, especially when you are prepared. You'll knock it out of the parkChartered Financial Analyst.
This exam is 6 hours long. And about 40% of the people who take it pass.
I am generally good at tests, but I am really struggling on these practice ones.
No, but I think the exam is similar in difficulty and scale.
NobodysHome |
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I do my own taxes, have been since I got my first job. :-)
I did my own taxes for years. As they got more complex, I paid the annual $40 or whatever for MacInTax (the Mac-friendly version of TurboTax). Then I got nailed for a $1500 penalty for self-employment tax when MacInTax didn't ask the right questions so I didn't realize my contracting work for McGraw-Hill counted.
After that, I went to an old high school friend who was now a CPA. For the first 3 years, I bought MacInTax as well and compared his results to the software. Every single year, he found enough additional deductions that he more than paid for himself -- I was saving money by paying him $300/year.
Now I don't even bother. I dump everything in his lap and say, "Yours!"
With NobodysWife's eternally-changing employment status, a rental property, and AMT he now costs me over $800/year. But I still think he's saving me money over me trying to do it myself...
Treppa |
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Treppa wrote:No, but I think the exam is similar in difficulty and scale.Celestial Healer wrote:Are you a CPA? I'm shooting for that in a couple of years.Tin Foil Yamakah wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:2 days until CFA I exam. Maybe after I take this m#~!&&~&+$~+ I can be a human being again.CFA = Certified Financial Advisor? Tests are always alot easier than you imagine, especially when you are prepared. You'll knock it out of the parkChartered Financial Analyst.
This exam is 6 hours long. And about 40% of the people who take it pass.
I am generally good at tests, but I am really struggling on these practice ones.
Break a wing!
Tin Foil Yamakah |
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I will still atop by if everyone is amenable or if it is an emergency.
Given this day and age, make sure they check for bedbugs.
Note that strange, reddish and itchy bumps that occur in a line and go away in an hour or two are NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION
I will pass that along, although I'm pretty sure I will get the whole "You worry to much" speech, right now they are sleeping on a blowup mattress and have throughly cleaned the place. From what I gather it was pretty filthy when they moved in.
My sister is on her way back today, she said she can't wait to crawl into her own bed and have some space. I guess with 3 people in a 350 sq.ft. unit things get tight especially when you are used to 2000
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Quote:I will still atop by if everyone is amenable or if it is an emergency.
Given this day and age, make sure they check for bedbugs.
Note that strange, reddish and itchy bumps that occur in a line and go away in an hour or two are NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION
I will pass that along, although I'm pretty sure I will get the whole "You worry to much" speech, right now they are sleeping on a blowup mattress and have throughly cleaned the place. From what I gather it was pretty filthy when they moved in.
My sister is on her way back today, she said she can't wait to crawl into her own bed and have some space. I guess with 3 people in a 350 sq.ft. unit things get tight especially when you are used to 2000
you are not worrying too much.
We lost almost all our furniture to bedbugs.
They are a scourge that must be destroyed.