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Here’s a reminder that Amazon, as always, has a never-ending series of incredible deals going all the way up to Christmas and beyond, at their Top Holiday Deals page. Keep an eye on the “Lightning Deals” section for limited offers at crazy discounts.

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1 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 1:55:46pm

Of course I support LGF when I can, but I also support the guy across the street who sells used CDs, although the new price is only a little bit higher than the $5.99 I just paid for this one: John Hiatt - Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94.

Now back to assembling the tandem bicycle that a customer bought from Amazon for a screaming deal of a price. I think I'll make more just for assembling it than Amazon did selling it at that price.

2 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 1:56:42pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Of course I support LGF when I can, but I also support the guy across the street who sells used CDs, although the new price is only a little bit higher than the $5.99 I just paid for this one: John Hiatt - Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94.

Now back to assembling the tandem bicycle that a customer bought from Amazon for a screaming deal of a price. I think I'll make more just for assembling it than Amazon did selling it at that price.

Great price for a tandem if it's built well!

3 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 1:57:19pm

re: #2 Charles

Great price for a tandem if it's built well!

Looks pretty good, but I'll report back when I'm done....

4 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:00:26pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Of course I support LGF when I can, but I also support the guy across the street who sells used CDs, although the new price is only a little bit higher than the $5.99 I just paid for this one: John Hiatt - Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94.

Now back to assembling the tandem bicycle that a customer bought from Amazon for a screaming deal of a price. I think I'll make more just for assembling it than Amazon did selling it at that price.

excellent record, good choice

5 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:01:30pm

re: #2 Charles

Great price for a tandem if it's built well!

my four legged neighbor has one and loves it

6 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:05:16pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Of course I support LGF when I can, but I also support the guy across the street who sells used CDs, although the new price is only a little bit higher than the $5.99 I just paid for this one: John Hiatt - Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94.

Now back to assembling the tandem bicycle that a customer bought from Amazon for a screaming deal of a price. I think I'll make more just for assembling it than Amazon did selling it at that price.

I guess I know who to bug when I have to adjust my bike next spring.

7 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:06:18pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Looks pretty good, but I'll report back when I'm done...

find out if they have a model with just one pedal...thanks

8 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:07:44pm

re: #7 albusteve

find out if they have a model with just one pedal...thanks

Spring load the other side.

9 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:09:09pm

re: #8 b_sharp

Spring load the other side.

oof boing
oof boing

10 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:10:06pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Looks pretty good, but I'll report back when I'm done...

Please do.
I'd love to have one for the Roi and me.

11 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:10:17pm

you can't make this stuff up....wtf?
[Link: baltimore.cbslocal.com...]

12 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:10:55pm

re: #5 albusteve

my four legged neighbor has one and loves it

My street is a designated bike route. One of the regular bike commuters that passes by has one leg and he rides something like this. Since it's kinda low to the ground he has one of those orange safety flags on it.

13 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:11:16pm

re: #10 reine.de.tout

Please do.
I'd love to have one for the Roi and me.

and I'd love you to have all the time in the world to enjoy it with him...
Merry Kissmoose!

14 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:11:20pm

re: #7 albusteve

find out if they have a model with just one pedal...thanks

Such things seem to be available:

Youtube Video
15 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:12:55pm

re: #13 albusteve

and I'd love you to have all the time in the world to enjoy it with him...
Merry Kissmoose!

{{steve}}
Was glad to see that things seem to be finally looking up for you a bit.

16 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:14:22pm

By the way, hate to say this in a festive holiday thread and all, but I've added Barrett Brown to my auto-bounce list, and will be ignoring any weirdness he tries to pull. He's threatening to release every email I ever wrote to him, if you can believe that. All this because I was nice enough to let him post at LGF, and even left up posts by him that were outright dishonest because I thought the discussions were valuable.

Barrett Brown has several important screws loose, and he can bite me.

I have copies of every email I sent him, and for the record there are 33 of them, with nothing even remotely embarrassing.

17 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:14:51pm

re: #11 albusteve

you can't make this stuff up...wtf?
[Link: baltimore.cbslocal.com...]

Oh good grief.

Hopefully, the judge will dismiss this. Actually, hopefully it won't even get that far.

18 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:14:54pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

My street is a designated bike route. One of the regular bike commuters that passes by has one leg and he rides something like this. Since it's kinda low to the ground he has one of those orange safety flags on it.

too much effort, I want one of these
[Link: stores.homestead.com...]

19 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:14:58pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

My street is a designated bike route. One of the regular bike commuters that passes by has one leg and he rides something like this. Since it's kinda low to the ground he has one of those orange safety flags on it.

Ah, this is what he rides. It's called a recumbent bike

20 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:15:51pm

re: #14 reine.de.tout

Such things seem to be available:

[Video]

tough guy...I admire him

21 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:16:12pm

re: #19 Killgore Trout

Ah, this is what he rides. It's called a recumbent bike

I've seen those around here.
I had no clue they were that pricey.

22 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:16:14pm

re: #18 albusteve

too much effort, I want one of these
[Link: stores.homestead.com...]

That would look really cool with a mounted machine gun.

23 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:16:47pm

re: #13 albusteve

and I'd love you to have all the time in the world to enjoy it with him...
Merry Kissmoose!

Man, are you ever a softy.

24 goddamnedfrank  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:17:06pm

re: #7 albusteve

find out if they have a model with just one pedal...thanks

I used to work with Brett Wolfe and wrenched on his bikes. That dude is so strong that he needed to work on controlling his impulse float, only person I've ever known who had an actual problem with habitually breaking crank arms.

25 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:17:09pm

re: #15 reine.de.tout

{{steve}}
Was glad to see that things seem to be finally looking up for you a bit.

me too...I think I've turned a corner, thanks

26 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:17:15pm

I did the bulk of my Christmas shopping online this year, with the result that I went to my yearly shopping trip at Toys R Us, picked out a few stocking stuffers (I need to go and actually walk the aisles or I can't think of what to get), and got back out again without reaching zombie state.

(Zombie state is when you are stumbling through the aisles, glassy eyed, thinking "this is the same stuff they don't pick up right now.)

27 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:17:48pm

re: #16 Charles

Yeah, he ended up being a real nutcase. It's a shame. He's probably a very bright person but he has serious personal issues.

28 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:19:12pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

That would look really cool with a mounted machine gun.

hey!...good idea!
and maybe a mini rocket launcher for really dire straights

29 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:19:14pm

re: #16 Charles

By the way, hate to say this in a festive holiday thread and all, but I've added Barrett Brown to my auto-bounce list, and will be ignoring any weirdness he tries to pull. He's threatening to release every email I ever wrote to him, if you can believe that. All this because I was nice enough to let him post at LGF, and even left up posts that were outright dishonest because I thought the discussions were valuable.

Barrett Brown has several important screws loose, and he can bite me.

I have copies of every email I sent him, and for the record there are 33 of them, with nothing even remotely embarrassing.

I hate it when this kind of stuff happens. I had high hopes for Brown.

Que sera.

I've always been easy to fool.

30 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:20:46pm

re: #29 b_sharp

I hate it when this kind of stuff happens. I had high hopes for Brown.

Que sera.

I've always been easy to fool.

Take heart.
I'm prolly the most naive and easily fooled person here.
YL92 fooled me several times, through several incarnations.

31 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:21:26pm

re: #24 goddamnedfrank

I used to work with Brett Wolfe and wrenched on his bikes. That dude is so strong that he needed to work on controlling his impulse float, only person I've ever known who had an actual problem with habitually breaking crank arms.

whoa...that guy needs a sponsor....titanium parts etc

32 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:22:01pm

re: #18 albusteve

too much effort, I want one of these
[Link: stores.homestead.com...]

Now you're talking.

33 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:22:52pm

re: #28 albusteve

hey!...good idea!
and maybe a mini rocket launcher for really dire straights

I still think you need to have one of these fashioned into a prosthetic leg . . .

34 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:23:03pm

re: #30 reine.de.tout

Take heart.
I'm prolly the most naive and easily fooled person here.
YL92 fooled me several times, through several incarnations.

I wonder whatever happened to him?

Got a flesh-and-blood girlfriend, probably.

35 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:24:11pm

re: #32 b_sharp

Now you're talking.

I've seen one around my hood....very cool, but probably 20-30K...such a neat idea

36 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:24:29pm

re: #26 EmmmieG

I did the bulk of my Christmas shopping online this year, with the result that I went to my yearly shopping trip at Toys R Us, picked out a few stocking stuffers (I need to go and actually walk the aisles or I can't think of what to get), and got back out again without reaching zombie state.

(Zombie state is when you are stumbling through the aisles, glassy eyed, thinking "this is the same stuff they don't pick up right now.)

I did that too, and in fact, I think a LOT of folks must have done that, because the mall here still has parking spots in the parking lot, and traffic is a lot less heavy than I've noticed in previous years.

37 reine.de.tout  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:25:02pm

Jeopardy time.
bbl

38 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:25:03pm

re: #33 reine.de.tout

I still think you need to have one of these fashioned into a prosthetic leg . . .

you're embarrassing me

39 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:25:50pm

I just snagged one of the ruffle cardigans. I love ruffle cardigans.

40 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:26:36pm

re: #30 reine.de.tout

Take heart.
I'm prolly the most naive and easily fooled person here.
YL92 fooled me several times, through several incarnations.

I always liked him when he showed up. I wonder how he's doing?

41 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:27:38pm

re: #35 albusteve

I've seen one around my hood...very cool, but probably 20-30K...such a neat idea

not that exact trike, but one similar, that is....3 wheelers are very expensive

42 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:28:56pm

re: #35 albusteve

I've seen one around my hood...very cool, but probably 20-30K...such a neat idea

I looked at the prices and some of them were around 5 - 7K, for 250, 300cc.

43 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:30:27pm

Do you know what Amazon does need to do, though? Have a memory wipe button. This time of year, it's a little inconvenient for them to so helpfully pop up my recent viewing patterns whenever one of my children decides to go window shopping at amazon.

I think there is some longer process, but I can never remember it. I need one button.

44 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:34:52pm

Wow. Sort of a big news day today.

45 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:35:39pm

I now have a Dell notebook, an iPad, and a Touch iPod in my Christmas hiding spot, but I have no idea which one to give the wife.

I can make microsecond decisions to avoid an accident, put out a fire, or save our small pup from a much larger dog, but I can't figure out what to get the wife.

46 webevintage  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:37:34pm

Speaking of gifts...our working teenager wants to buy a new TV for me and hubby for Christmas.
Partly because he thinks our old analog sucks and hates watching it....
So I'm still looking and thought I would ask for any recommendations you all might have on a 26-32 inch TV?
I'd like him not to spend more then $325ish.

(yes I think it is too much money, but he is at that "no real responsibilities age but lots o' cash" and a very generous soul)

47 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:37:47pm

re: #16 Charles

He's threatening to release every email I ever wrote to him, if you can believe that.

He sees absolutely nothing wrong with the criminal behavior of his comrades. In fact, he lauds them for it. So yeah, I can believe that.

48 jamesfirecat  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:38:47pm

re: #34 EmmmieG

I wonder whatever happened to him?

Got a flesh-and-blood girlfriend, probably.

I wouldn't be so sure, Mosh, that something or other with Hawk in the title... he seems to still pop up here about once every season....

49 webevintage  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:39:31pm

re: #45 b_sharp

I now have a Dell notebook, an iPad, and a Touch iPod in my Christmas hiding spot, but I have no idea which one to give the wife.

I can make microsecond decisions to avoid an accident, put out a fire, or save our small pup from a much larger dog, but I can't figure out what to get the wife.

give her all of them and let her decide which to keep....

I really like my ipod touch, but an ipad would get my husband some good Christmas sexors.
I think I'm getting a toaster oven this year....yea.....

50 jamesfirecat  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:41:59pm

re: #47 Slumbering Behemoth

He sees absolutely nothing wrong with the criminal behavior of his comrades. In fact, he lauds them for it. So yeah, I can believe that.

Yeah there hasn't been any talk about how Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Mars), has won an appointment to the secretive House Intelligence Committee....

51 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:44:19pm

re: #49 webevintage

give her all of them and let her decide which to keep...

I really like my ipod touch, but an ipad would get my husband some good Christmas sexors.
I think I'm getting a toaster oven this year...yea...

She wants something she can take with her to keep track of how many calories she consumes. Her weight is getting out of control and her BP and knees are suffering for it. I'm not sure which would make it easiest for her.

52 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:44:49pm

re: #47 Slumbering Behemoth

He sees absolutely nothing wrong with the criminal behavior of his comrades. In fact, he lauds them for it. So yeah, I can believe that.

I'm not sure how I ended up as Barrett Brown's personal villain, but if you look at the posts and comments that led up to this derf-fest, you'll find that I was pretty damned fair to him. If he thinks the proper way to repay that, and all the promotion I've done of his work, is to hand over every private email I wrote him to stalkers and psychos, then what can I say? I'm glad I didn't share any more personal information with him than I did, and I'll certainly never communicate with him through email again.

53 Political Atheist  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:44:52pm

re: #30 reine.de.tout

Take heart.
I'm prolly the most naive and easily fooled person here.
YL92 fooled me several times, through several incarnations.

Oh man. Me too. *hangs head* But BB's assertion on killing journalists set him apart as a conspiracy nut.

54 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:45:19pm

re: #51 b_sharp

She wants something she can take with her to keep track of how many calories she consumes. Her weight is getting out of control and her BP and knees are suffering for it. I'm not sure which would make it easiest for her.

iPod Touch.

55 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:45:31pm

re: #50 jamesfirecat

Yeah there hasn't been any talk about how Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Mars), has won an appointment to the secretive House Intelligence Committee...

Now isn't that just so ironic - Bachmann in the Intelligence committee.

56 Renaissance_Man  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:46:02pm

re: #51 b_sharp

She wants something she can take with her to keep track of how many calories she consumes. Her weight is getting out of control and her BP and knees are suffering for it. I'm not sure which would make it easiest for her.

A belt.

57 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:47:05pm

re: #53 Rightwingconspirator

Oh man. Me too. *hangs head* But BB's assertion on killing journalists set him apart as a conspiracy nut.

That did it for me too, although I was willing to give him another chance. The threat to 'out' someone was the kicker.

58 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:47:50pm

re: #54 CuriousLurker

iPod Touch.

Decent apps and easy to read?

59 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:49:00pm

re: #57 b_sharp

That did it for me too, although I was willing to give him another chance. The threat to 'out' someone was the kicker.

It wasn't just a threat - he lost his posting privileges at League of Ordinary Gentlemen for that. Someone criticized the great one, so he outed them, using information only their authors could see.

60 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:50:16pm

re: #50 jamesfirecat

Huh?

61 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:50:17pm

re: #56 Renaissance_Man

A belt.

Now, now.

Taking insulin means that just about every calorie she ingests gets saved as fat. Having painful knees makes it difficult for her to get exercise.

62 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:51:13pm

re: #59 Charles

It wasn't just a threat - he lost his posting privileges at League of Ordinary Gentlemen for that. Someone criticized the great one, so he outed them, using information only their authors could see.

I guess he was a train wreck looking for a place to happen.

63 jamesfirecat  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:52:19pm

re: #60 Slumbering Behemoth

Huh?

Here

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com...]

Not saying its the story of the day (that's clearly DADT repeal) but this is in my opinion a bad sign about how things are going to go come January and the new Congress...

64 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:53:15pm

re: #58 b_sharp

Decent apps and easy to read?

Yep. I don't have one, but I've used other peoples' and really want one (just can't justify the expense right now).

I have an iPad; it has many of the same apps and it's great for reading, games, and videos, but it's not nearly as portable as a Touch. I never use mine for listening to music (iPod Nano for that), and the way it handles email sucks.

If she needed to run regular (desktop) apps, then I'd say netbook, but it sounds like that's not the case.

65 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:53:23pm

re: #62 b_sharp

I guess he was a train wreck looking for a place to happen.

It was a memorable train wreck, I have to give him that.

66 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:54:03pm

re: #52 Charles

It's a shitty way to repay someone for their kindness and patience. You were far more fair to him than I would have been.

67 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:54:24pm

My father uses his real name online, but he has no children under 21. My mother uses her laptop as a fancy solitaire machine.

68 freetoken  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:54:29pm

re: #63 jamesfirecat

I was once told (by someone who would know) that if I wanted to keep something secret then be sure not to tell it to anyone in Congress.

Bachmann should be told nothing.

69 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:55:12pm

re: #68 freetoken

I was once told (by someone who would know) that if I wanted to keep something secret then be sure not to tell it to anyone in Congress.

Bachmann should be told nothing.

Benjamin Franklin:

Three people can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

70 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:56:10pm

re: #65 Charles

It was a memorable train wreck, I have to give him that.

Heh. Merry Xmas.

71 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:56:53pm

re: #65 Charles

It was a memorable train wreck, I have to give him that.

You handled it rather well. I would have had trouble controlling my temper.

72 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:58:30pm

re: #67 EmmmieG

My father uses his real name online, but he has no children under 21. My mother uses her laptop as a fancy solitaire machine.

Expensive solitaire machine. Have you been unable to convince her it can do much more?

73 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:59:39pm

re: #16 Charles

That is really awful behavior on his part. I think you were very fair in how you handled his posts and the ensuing discussions.

74 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 2:59:59pm

re: #63 jamesfirecat

Here

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com...]

Not saying its the story of the day (that's clearly DADT repeal) but this is in my opinion a bad sign about how things are going to go come January and the new Congress...

Ah, okay. You just threw me off by quoting the wrong comment of mine, I think.

Yeah, Bachmann there, Uncle Ron overseeing the Fed, a couple of AGW denialist, religious kooks gunning for the head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This is turning out to be a real clusterfuck.

75 Renaissance_Man  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:01:49pm

re: #61 b_sharp

Now, now.

Taking insulin means that just about every calorie she ingests gets saved as fat. Having painful knees makes it difficult for her to get exercise.

Yes, I realised after I hit post how offensive that may have sounded. My apologies.

Type 2 DM is a very difficult condition to manage. On one hand, we tell people to lose weight to regain insulin sensitivity, but on the other hand, insulin makes it impossible to lose fat. Short of starvation, the options are very limited.

That said, it's not impossible. The equation remains the same - calories in < calories out. Eating low carbs will help, but once you are on insulin, you generally need help to manage low carbs to avoid hypoglycaemia. Eating the barest minimum of processed foods makes a very big difference - some studies have shown a diet with no processed foods to cure diabetes on its own. However, in the real world, that too is easier said than done.

And exercise is also easier said than done. The fact is, if we paid everyone in the country a dollar a minute to walk for 20 minutes every day, and they actually did it, we could quite possibly solve not only health care, but also the budget, with the immense amount of money that would be saved. But I hardly know anyone who can find the time to walk 20 minutes a day, and getting paid $20 to do it probably wouldn't make them do it either, regardless of the health benefits. Exercise for its own sake sucks. It takes a particular kind of person to find it fun. And it takes another kind of person to be able to carve out the time to do it every day, especially when they're already out of shape.

Something that always works, however, is to build muscle. Building muscle through weight training gives a huge increase in insulin sensitivity, and burns a lot of fat. It also strengthens bones and improves cardiovascular health. For people that are deconditioned, I recommend slow burn weight training - the difference it makes in them is enormous.

76 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:02:32pm

re: #74 Slumbering Behemoth

Ah, okay. You just threw me off by quoting the wrong comment of mine, I think.

Yeah, Bachmann there, Uncle Ron overseeing the Fed, a couple of AGW denialist, religious kooks gunning for the head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This is turning out to be a real clusterfuck.

and you are gonna pay for it all with your hard earned money...chew on that

77 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:02:44pm

re: #71 b_sharp

You handled it rather well. I would have had trouble controlling my temper.

Experience. He's been around the block in that regard more than once.

I love the internet, but sometimes it can be really icky.

78 jaunte  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:03:13pm

re: #52 Charles

I'm not sure how I ended up as Barrett Brown's personal villain


He probably blames you for allowing him to be subjected to mockery. Maybe if he had the patience to go through the questioning his arguments would be improved, but patience doesn't seem to be a natural fit with anarchism.

79 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:03:30pm

re: #72 b_sharp

Expensive solitaire machine. Have you been unable to convince her it can do much more?

Actually, she has a few other games on it. I think she might download a few patterns for her embroidery machine.

I think she just wasn't born for the digital age.

80 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:05:34pm

re: #76 albusteve

and you are gonna pay for it all with your hard earned money...chew on that

Jokes on them, I'm unemployed. Bwahahaha!
/wait? aw, damn it!

81 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:06:28pm

re: #75 Renaissance_Man

Yes, I realised after I hit post how offensive that may have sounded. My apologies.

Type 2 DM is a very difficult condition to manage. On one hand, we tell people to lose weight to regain insulin sensitivity, but on the other hand, insulin makes it impossible to lose fat. Short of starvation, the options are very limited.

That said, it's not impossible. The equation remains the same - calories in < calories out. Eating low carbs will help, but once you are on insulin, you generally need help to manage low carbs to avoid hypoglycaemia. Eating the barest minimum of processed foods makes a very big difference - some studies have shown a diet with no processed foods to cure diabetes on its own. However, in the real world, that too is easier said than done.

And exercise is also easier said than done. The fact is, if we paid everyone in the country a dollar a minute to walk for 20 minutes every day, and they actually did it, we could quite possibly solve not only health care, but also the budget, with the immense amount of money that would be saved. But I hardly know anyone who can find the time to walk 20 minutes a day, and getting paid $20 to do it probably wouldn't make them do it either, regardless of the health benefits. Exercise for its own sake sucks. It takes a particular kind of person to find it fun. And it takes another kind of person to be able to carve out the time to do it every day, especially when they're already out of shape.

Something that always works, however, is to build muscle. Building muscle through weight training gives a huge increase in insulin sensitivity, and burns a lot of fat. It also strengthens bones and improves cardiovascular health. For people that are deconditioned, I recommend slow burn weight training - the difference it makes in them is enormous.


Gday Renaissance_Man,

Thought this may interest you.

Sean beat diabetes

82 allegro  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:07:31pm

re: #75 Renaissance_Man

Exercise for its own sake sucks. It takes a particular kind of person to find it fun. And it takes another kind of person to be able to carve out the time to do it every day, especially when they're already out of shape.

Just get a dog or two. That demands about an hour a day of walking. They don't give you any choice in the matter.

83 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:08:04pm

re: #75 Renaissance_Man

Yes, I realised after I hit post how offensive that may have sounded. My apologies.

Type 2 DM is a very difficult condition to manage. On one hand, we tell people to lose weight to regain insulin sensitivity, but on the other hand, insulin makes it impossible to lose fat. Short of starvation, the options are very limited.

That said, it's not impossible. The equation remains the same - calories in < calories out. Eating low carbs will help, but once you are on insulin, you generally need help to manage low carbs to avoid hypoglycaemia. Eating the barest minimum of processed foods makes a very big difference - some studies have shown a diet with no processed foods to cure diabetes on its own. However, in the real world, that too is easier said than done.

And exercise is also easier said than done. The fact is, if we paid everyone in the country a dollar a minute to walk for 20 minutes every day, and they actually did it, we could quite possibly solve not only health care, but also the budget, with the immense amount of money that would be saved. But I hardly know anyone who can find the time to walk 20 minutes a day, and getting paid $20 to do it probably wouldn't make them do it either, regardless of the health benefits. Exercise for its own sake sucks. It takes a particular kind of person to find it fun. And it takes another kind of person to be able to carve out the time to do it every day, especially when they're already out of shape.

Something that always works, however, is to build muscle. Building muscle through weight training gives a huge increase in insulin sensitivity, and burns a lot of fat. It also strengthens bones and improves cardiovascular health. For people that are deconditioned, I recommend slow burn weight training - the difference it makes in them is enormous.

No sweat, I knew you had no idea about her diabetes.

I've spoken to her a number of times about lifting weights, it's helped me lose weight a number of times and I've lifted most of my adult life. She's a tad sceptical and trusts diets more. Sigh, I'll just help her with the diet and keep trying to get her to the gym.

84 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:08:51pm

re: #80 Slumbering Behemoth

Jokes on them, I'm unemployed. Bwahahaha!
/wait? aw, damn it!

then there is this....
[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

bunch of losers....I can't stand this shit anymore...govt is dysfunctional

85 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:09:53pm

re: #83 b_sharp

Best of luck, bro. The only way I know how to lose weight is to burn more calories than you take in. Diets don't really work without exercise.

86 Renaissance_Man  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:11:05pm

re: #83 b_sharp

No sweat, I knew you had no idea about her diabetes.

I've spoken to her a number of times about lifting weights, it's helped me lose weight a number of times and I've lifted most of my adult life. She's a tad sceptical and trusts diets more. Sigh, I'll just help her with the diet and keep trying to get her to the gym.

I have seen people who use slow burn weight training lose two dress sizes and upwards of forty pounds by working out once a week, for twenty minutes. Frankly, that's nuts, and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Once a week, for twenty minutes.

Telling patients about that tiny amount of time investment usually convinces them to try.

87 Renaissance_Man  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:12:15pm

re: #81 ozbloke

Gday Renaissance_Man,

Thought this may interest you.

Sean beat diabetes

Mate, I understand the national disaster of losing to England again actually might be averted.

88 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:14:17pm

re: #84 albusteve

Oh brother. What a bunch of populist baloney. My brother has to work on Christmas eve. They can too, the whiny bastards.

89 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:14:21pm

re: #87 Renaissance_Man

Mate, I understand the national disaster of losing to England again actually might be averted.

Ahhh, never underestimate our ability to snatch defeat from the hands of victory.

90 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:14:24pm

re: #79 EmmmieG

Actually, she has a few other games on it. I think she might download a few patterns for her embroidery machine.

I think she just wasn't born for the digital age.

That's the kind of thing that will get her using it more usefully. I keep spending time here instead of finishing my CNC mill so I can help the wife with her jewelry making and get her to start planning her ideas in CAD. Being an IT guy I have a number of good systems, including notebooks, doing nothing but keeping dust off the floor.

91 Spocomptonite  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:16:42pm

re: #72 b_sharp

Expensive solitaire machine. Have you been unable to convince her it can do much more?

Yeah, she doesn't know it is an expensive solitaire and freecell machine?

92 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:16:51pm

Has anyone seen Sergey lately? He's usually pretty active but I haven't seen him for a couple of days.

93 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:17:37pm

re: #86 Renaissance_Man

I have seen people who use slow burn weight training lose two dress sizes and upwards of forty pounds by working out once a week, for twenty minutes. Frankly, that's nuts, and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Once a week, for twenty minutes.

Telling patients about that tiny amount of time investment usually convinces them to try.

What do you mean by slow burn?

94 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:19:42pm

re: #92 CuriousLurker

Has anyone seen Sergey lately? He's usually pretty active but I haven't seen him for a couple of days.

It's only been a couple of days, if that. Meat space does occasionally call.

95 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:21:14pm

re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh brother. What a bunch of populist baloney. My brother has to work on Christmas eve. They can too, the whiny bastards.

it's typical of elitist behavior

96 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:22:12pm

re: #94 b_sharp

It's only been a couple of days, if that. Meat space does occasionally call.

meat space?...I'm ignorant...could you please smarten me up?

97 CuriousLurker  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:24:34pm

re: #94 b_sharp

It's only been a couple of days, if that. Meat space does occasionally call.

True.

98 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:24:42pm

re: #96 albusteve

Where we are now is cyber space. Meat space would be the real world.

99 albusteve  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:27:10pm

re: #98 Slumbering Behemoth

Where we are now is cyber space. Meat space would be the real world.

ah, how could I have missed it?
thanks

100 webevintage  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:28:53pm

re: #58 b_sharp

Decent apps and easy to read?

Yes.

101 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:31:59pm

re: #96 albusteve

meat space?...I'm ignorant...could you please smarten me up?

As opposed to our online lives in virtual space.

102 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:32:28pm

re: #100 webevintage

Yes.

Thanks.

103 webevintage  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:35:43pm

re: #100 webevintage

Yes.

I should have said I got my iTouch because it was cheaper then a Kindle and they have an app for that.
I thought I would hate reading on it (I'm 47 with yucky middle aged eyes) BUT it was great. I have a Kindle now (got one of the older Kindle 2s on Black Friday) and while I like it for the bigger screen, the lighting is better on the Itouch and I love, love, love touch screen better then pressing buttons.

I've even downloaded tv shows to watch and the quality is really great....
I play games and check my paypal a lot and read on it.

104 Renaissance_Man  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:51:37pm

re: #93 b_sharp

What do you mean by slow burn?

This.

105 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:56:04pm

re: #103 webevintage

I should have said I got my iTouch because it was cheaper then a Kindle and they have an app for that.
I thought I would hate reading on it (I'm 47 with yucky middle aged eyes) BUT it was great. I have a Kindle now (got one of the older Kindle 2s on Black Friday) and while I like it for the bigger screen, the lighting is better on the Itouch and I love, love, love touch screen better then pressing buttons.

I've even downloaded tv shows to watch and the quality is really great...
I play games and check my paypal a lot and read on it.

My wife is 57 and she's had cataract surgery so her eyes are a bit hyperopic. I worry about the screen being to small.

106 b_sharp  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 3:59:07pm

re: #105 b_sharp

My wife is 57 and she's had cataract surgery so her eyes are a bit hyperopic. I worry about the screen being to small.

PIMF to=too

107 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 4:52:47pm

Just realized I was wrong with the total number of emails I sent to the Brown thing. It's more like 100 or so; I forgot I'd archived some stuff from last year. Just want to be accurate. Still haven't seen anything remotely embarrassing, but I sure hope I didn't reveal the terrible secret of LGF in one of them.

108 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 4:56:46pm

re: #10 reine.de.tout

Please do.
I'd love to have one for the Roi and me.

The bike is good. I could sell it for one or two hundred dollars more than Amazon is charging. Pay a bike shop to assemble it (I charged $50, others may charge more) because the dropouts (where the wheels get installed in the frame and fork) needed to be aligned and the wheels needed to be straightened. It's a great bike for casual use. Strong riders would find it too flexible.

As I said to the couple who picked it up (and their 15 yr. old son who did the internet shopping for them), "be careful and have fun!"

109 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 4:58:21pm

And the CD is fabulous, of course. I didn't know that Hiatt co-wrote "Angel Eyes". I love that song.

110 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 4:59:46pm

re: #107 Charles

It was a memorable train wreck, and I hope you didn't tell him anything that you now regret!

111 jamesfirecat  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 5:01:25pm

re: #110 Floral Giraffe

It was a memorable train wreck, and I hope you didn't tell him anything that you now regret!

Yeah otherwise this will go down in blogging history as the Lizard-leaks affair!

112 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 5:02:40pm

re: #110 Floral Giraffe

It was a memorable train wreck, and I hope you didn't tell him anything that you now regret!

The only thing I'm concerned about is the terrible secret.

113 jaunte  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 5:10:11pm

Right now the hot deal in cameras is:
Nikon Coolpix S1000pj 12.1MP Digital Camera with Built-In Projector and 5x Wide-Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom
....for $129, regularly $349.

114 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 5:33:40pm

Thank you once again Charles for posting the amazon link. This year I bought a 4GB Titanium cased flash drive for $13.44.

115 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 18, 2010 6:09:21pm

re: #113 jaunte

Right now the hot deal in cameras is:
Nikon Coolpix S1000pj 12.1MP Digital Camera with Built-In Projector and 5x Wide-Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom
...for $129, regularly $349.

That's a really good camera with a very cool and useful projector feature. Highly recommend.


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