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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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Reporting on the boy who drowned in a slurry tank in Northern Ireland, the BBC somewhat unfortunately describe him as a 'bubbly character'.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Ooh, that's unfortunate.
I caught sight of Rolf Harris outside of court the other day. In the background was a big truck that said something like "Find out more at MarksandSpencer.com."Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Thanks for the comments about 5:2
I encountered this when reading about calorie-restricted diets and aging. The scientists doing it found that animals allowed to alternate fasting with eating at will did as well as those that were on the full-time non-stop diet.
I don't know how easy it is to calorie count food unless using commercially prepared dishes. Must look into that.I've got astigmatism. Yo said parallel lines, but you meant curved? Right?
We discussed a while back that some people with astigmatism find looking too closely at venetian blinds disturbing and maybe even nauseating.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
I encountered this when reading about calorie-restricted diets and aging. The scientists doing it found that animals allowed to alternate fasting with eating at will did as well as those that were on the full-time non-stop diet.
Yes, the calorie-restricted diets do claim some health benefits in animals. It's important to remember that:
* These experiments were not done on humans and,
* These experiments were not done using the 5:2 diet.
In other research, Arsenic is 100% successful in curing cancer in Animals if given in large enough doses.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Thanks for the comments about 5:2
I encountered this when reading about calorie-restricted diets and aging. The scientists doing it found that animals allowed to alternate fasting with eating at will did as well as those that were on the full-time non-stop diet.
I don't know how easy it is to calorie count food unless using commercially prepared dishes. Must look into that.
We discussed a while back that some people with astigmatism find looking too closely at venetian blinds disturbing and maybe even nauseating.
I need to get back onto 5:2ing again, but things have been hectic recently (and a bit stressy) so I've let it slip. The only 'rules' I keep/ kept are aiming for 500 cals on a fasting day (wasn't super strict about counting) and not fasting 2 days in a row. Eggs and lots and lots of veg (and plenty of water or squash) feature quite highly on a fast day for me. You can ready a very decent portion of veg for hardly any calories. A favourite is stir fry with courgette 'noodles'. And soup for lunch.
I'd tend to go for around 125 cals for breakfast and lunch, and the rest for dinner.Didn't count skimmed milk in coffee or low calorie squash.
Good luck if you give it a go. I found it much much easier than being 'on a diet 24/7.
Edit: if you want to calorie count (really useful until you get used to what a fast day is like), there are loads of apps that can help you e.g. my fitness pal.0 -
Yes, the calorie-restricted diets do claim some health benefits in animals. It's important to remember that:
* These experiments were not done on humans and,
* These experiments were not done using the 5:2 diet.
In other research, Arsenic is 100% successful in curing cancer in Animals if given in large enough doses.
They used it to treat syphilis too (back when medicine didn't work ). Also, the first synthetic antimicrobial compound salvarsan was based on it.
There were weird bacteria they found recently that used arsenic instead of phosphorus in some of their chemistry. Extremely odd and suggesting that alternative chemistries might be viable.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Yesterday our cat brought a mouse into our bedroom. Our daughter chased the cat out but could not catch the mouse.
At about 4.40am I awoke to see the mouse on the duvet in front of me, decided the bed was not big enough for the three of us and decamped to a sofa.
This morning OH was asleep on another sofa....he came down when the mouse ran over his head.:rotfl:
Today we are mostly catching mice I think:)
I think I'd have made that same decision - why not shut the cat in the room until it's caught the mouse again? It caused the problem, so should be part of the solution.....How do you remedy it if they decide when they are older that they did not want it done? Is there much of a backlash about it?
In line with changes in the law the royal family no longer fox hunt. That they did it, did not make it right or currently nationally acceptable any longer.
As micheals said, times may change legal perspectives on this tradition too and mothers will not be faced with such decisions for their cubs .
I think it's a one-way decision. I hope they won't regret it, but of course there's no guarantee; it's a decision we made carefully, and I hope with good motives, so we can only hope.POSH ALERT - more than one sofa??
A real posh alert would be them decamping to their other house(s), or to a spare room each?I agree entirely. But I don't think that not taking Danny to the LT Museum would be inequitable if he wouldn't enjoy it. Treating them equitably will involve you in encouraging Danny's interest in whatever it is he's passionate about, just as you did for Isaac. It won't be exactly the same kind of encouragement, of course, because from now on you've got to juggle the needs of the two of them, but I think I know you well enough to be certain that you will try as best as you are able, and so will your mother!
I'll do my best! I'm certainly very pleased that Isaac's obsessions have moved on from wheels and wheeled vehicles to Romans, dinosaurs and space. More the first two of those, really, but you can't have everything.
I hope you get used to handling two different children at once, it still feels a learning curve ATM.chewmylegoff wrote: »Mortgage funds arrived at solicitors on Friday, completion tomorrow.
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You must be very excited!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Spirit, it's more than a tradition for Orthodox Jews. It's a fundamental part of the religion. A commandment, if you like. An Orthodox Jew would no more willingly agree to murder or adultery than he would to not circumcising his son.
The whole covenant with God thing, that Abraham got started on. It's also important to those like my OH, who aren't religious, as part of a tribal / family / national thing, I think.
How do you think the Orthodox Jewish community would react if a law were passed saying, for example, that it could only be done by a doctor and with an anaesthetic?
I think both are pretty common, anyway - the mohel who did Isaac, and is lined up for Danny, is a GP and uses local anaesthetic.I know this is not the right thread but anyone else not fancy waking up to this bathroom at 6AM
Pic 9 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30793077.html
I'd rather smell and have furry teeth....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
How was today, Gen?
Lydia, yes, that's my mud problem. We have the 'jetty' of block paving across the worst of it now. It was right up to the front door.
Michael, one fence divides the access to the land at the back and the other blocks the old shared drive with the neighbours.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Doozergirl wrote: »How was today, Gen?
Lydia, Michael, that's my mud problem, yes. We have the 'jetty' of block paving across the worst of it now. One fence divides the access to the land at the back and the other blocks the old shared drive with the neighbours.
No treatment today as it's a public holiday. The Queen's birthday.
It was a glorious day when I woke up at 7am. It has chucked it down since about 4 seconds before we decided to leave the house at midday. Never mind, we need the rain. It's barely rained so far this winter.
I had an interesting conversation with The Girl. She asked when she was born so I told her. "Ooh, on my birthday!" She replied.
Sometimes I think she's really clever. Other days I'm not so sure.
Had MiL and FiL ovet for dinner last night and I did leg of lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary, roast veggies and spuds and cauliflower. No yorkies I'm sorry to confess. It was still bloody good. You know you've made a good roast when you are asked to bring the gravy pan and a loaf of bread to the table!
Chicken cacciatore for dinner tonight. I might put a tiny bit of chile in it to drive out the cold. The temperature doesn't sound that bad (mid teens at a guess) but we've no central heating, no insulation except in the roof, no double glazing, a 1" gap under the front door and the house is single skinned (just 1 layer of bricks, no cavity wall). Oh well.
Back to treatment tomorrow. It's easy now, just a PITA chore rather like putting out the bins.0
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