George,

I'm grateful ithat has[t been a propblem for me since leaving the
hospital & there they were prepared to deal with it. Only was an
issue briefly, while my body retrainesd muscles to take over the key holding-it-in roles.

As you get older, your urinary and anal sphincter muscles get weak.
That's why there's a market for things like Depends. As Jeff Foxworthy
noted, "the kids are coming out of diapers, and the grandparents are
going into them".

Now it's the opposite issue -- I go once or twice a week, & feel full
most of the time. I'vecut back on the real pain killers (Percocets)
but I have this as an ongoing body issue, not just in response to
opium. Whgen I have to take one, I take 3 of the stool softenersat
the same time -- helps balance out the bindert effects! (only
somewhat,. but I'll take any help I can get); I eat lots of fibre, too.

I started eating wheat bread exclusively, and I have fig bars here, and
a stool softener as well if I need it. But, it's true that many folks don't
get enough fiber in their diet.

Or Facebook recently changed its name to Meta -- and rumor has it that Twitter will become Mucil. So, we'll be on MetaMucil all day...and that explains why social media is so crappy. <G>

I avoid laxatives, as they can really harm your inner digestive exit processes.

That is true.

Or. let's make it topical: do you remember your crappiest medical issue
relating to controlled or not disposing of digestive wastes?

There are some cases where they've had to do "a fecal enema" because a person's colon was messed up, and they had to get it back into sync, as it were. I don't know all the details on it, but I'm sure it's on places like WebMD.

Daryl

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As you get older, your urinary and anal sphincter muscles get weak.
That's why there's a market for things like Depends. As Jeff Foxworthy
noted, "the kids are coming out of diapers, and the grandparents are
going into them".

& the generation in between must change both!

I started eating wheat bread exclusively, and I have fig bars here, and
a stool softener as well if I need it. But, it's true that many folks don't get enough fiber in their diet.

Moderen wheart is actually harmful -- the leading cause of many health problems, including obesity, diabetes, & others.

Or Facebook recently changed its name to Meta -- and rumor has it that Twitter will become Mucil. So, we'll be on MetaMucil all day...and that explains why social media is so crappy. <G>

Oh, I knew it was crappy before the name changes. . .

Eventually YouTube, Twitter, & Facebook will merge into one super social medium:
YouTwitFace.

There are some cases where they've had to do "a fecal enema" because a person's colon was messed up, and they had to get it back into sync, as it were. I don't know all the details on it, but I'm sure it's on places like WebMD.

I've heard of this, yes -- it's basically a sh*t transplant - they shoot someone else's feces up your butt.

Some prefer to eat the capsules containing fecal matter -- I'm a firm no on both.

My Japan-type toilet seat provides a warm water enema when I need it, then washes, rinses, & dries the area after.

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George Pope wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

Moderen wheart is actually harmful -- the leading cause of many health problems, including obesity, diabetes, & others.

Unfortunately, too true.

I've had people who spend a great deal of time in other countries. They avoid wheat products here in the U.S. because it causes them various issues. Yet when they have those same products made in other countries they don't have those issues.

We've bred our wheat to be more disease resistent, temperature resistent, drought resistent, etc. But never "more healthy".


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George,

& the generation in between must change both!

Exactly. Politicians are like diapers...both must be changed often, for the same reason.

Moderen wheart is actually harmful -- the leading cause of many health problems, including obesity, diabetes, & others.

They say practically everything is harmful. I guess they want everyone to just go hungry and starve to death.

Oh, I knew it was crappy before the name changes. . .

It still is.

Eventually YouTube, Twitter, & Facebook will merge into one super
social medium: YouTwitFace.

Basically.

I've heard of this, yes -- it's basically a sh*t transplant - they
shoot someone else's feces up your butt.

That's because their colon is out of whack.

Some prefer to eat the capsules containing fecal matter -- I'm a firm
no on both.

Just like the way China is doing the Covid-19 swabs...rectally. The male prostate check is bad enough.

My Japan-type toilet seat provides a warm water enema when I need it,
then washes, rinses, & dries the area after.

That reminds me of the joke in the aircraft, where this guy needs to use
the toilet badly. The men's room is taken, but the women's room is open;
so the stewardess reluctantly lets him use the ladies room, but warns him
"DO NOT TOUCH THE BUTTONS".

Well, he's in there, and he sees the buttons, and just as curiosity killed the cat, it nearly did the same to him. He presses all 4, and blacks out
after the last one. He wakes up in the hospital, and the nurse chews him out. She told him what the four buttons were:

WW - Warm Water -- to wash the genitalia and buttocks.
WA - Warm Air -- to dry the same areas.
PP - Powder Puff -- for a feeling of softness and freshness.

The man agreed with those, but asked about the last one.

TR - Tampon Remover -- your penis is under your pillow.

That's what you get for not following directions. <G>

Daryl

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George Pope wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

Moderen wheat is actually harmful -- the leading cause of many health
problems, including obesity, diabetes, & others.

Unfortunately, too true.
I've had people who spend a great deal of time in other countries. They avoid
wheat products here in the U.S. because it causes them various issues. Yet when they have those same products made in other countries they don't have those issues.
We've bred our wheat to be more disease resistent, temperature resistent, drought resistent, etc. But never "more healthy".

I've not considered comparing results with other countries.

ALL wheat sold in US & Canada is a GMO product owned by Monsanto.

It directly causes obesity (Satiety Disorder, I think is the means) and Diabetes (The glycemic index measures % of net glucose provided the body; pure sugar=100, modern whole wheat = a glycemic index of 120!)

Sick. Many doctors are nowrecommendced their chronic conditions patients to completely stop ingesting all wheat & wjeat products (it ain't easy, but thos who succeed invariably note adrastyic improvement in health, with years-long conditi8ons mafically disappearing after a week or two!)

I wan tto try this, but I'm too hoked on my toast &sandwiches, so I need to find an edible(to my taste) substitute product.

Trying to talk my wife into making a big batch of toaster slot-sized naan using chickpea flour. if so, then I'll do it -- comletely quit that evil Monsanto Corp crap!

All corn is likewise GMO owned & controlled by Monsanto & is the main reason the bees are dying.

Monsanto has the power to completely starve any nation or continent it so wishes, or if so directed to by their partners in Congress.

Scary.



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I wan tto try this, but I'm too hoked on my toast &sandwiches, so I need to f
d an edible(to my taste) substitute product.

Trying to talk my wife into making a big batch of toaster slot-sized naan usin
chickpea flour. if so, then I'll do it -- comletely quit that evil Monsanto rp crap!

We do have organic products, is there no such thing as organic wheat?

The first thing I thought of was chickpea flour. Some of my favorite
dishes are made with chickpeas and their flour.


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Mike,

We do have organic products, is there no such thing as organic wheat?

I bought some organic ketchup the other day to save money. For me, it's
not as good as the regular, but I was short on funds.

I mentioned this to a friend, as his dachshund eats better than he or
his significant other...and he said "Organic!! What makes you think my dachshund (my "nephew" <G>) is a vegan??!!" <G>

Daryl

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We do have organic products, is there no such thing as organic wheat?

I bought some organic ketchup the other day to save money. For me, it's
not as good as the regular, but I was short on funds.

Interesting. Often, the organic option is more expensive. You are paying
some for the lengths they went to in order to keep it organic, but also
because it is organic and they know they can get more money out of folks
who are serious about eating organic.

I mentioned this to a friend, as his dachshund eats better than he or
his significant other...and he said "Organic!! What makes you think my dachshund (my "nephew" <G>) is a vegan??!!" <G>

LOL, they also make organic meat, too... IIRC, it is based on what it
injests.

Mike


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Daryl Stout wrote to Mike Powell <=-

I bought some organic ketchup the other day to save money. For me,
it's not as good as the regular, but I was short on funds.

Wait a sec... If there's organic ketchup, there must be INorganic ketchup? What's that made out of?

I mentioned this to a friend, as his dachshund eats better than he or his significant other...and he said "Organic!! What makes you think my dachshund (my "nephew" <G>) is a vegan??!!" <G>

Because the natives of the planet Vega look like dogs.


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Ron wrote --

Because the natives of the planet Vega look like dogs.

They named a planet after a car???
Joe

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George,

& the generation in between must change both!

Exactly. Politicians are like diapers...both must be changed often, for the same reason.

True, but I dont make this a rule or g uide, assomeimes you come across a useful one who just does his job, like my msyor -- been running thecity from cu0ncio chambers for 27 years or so,. but he's worth the longevity. We mix up the councilors on occasion, like last election, when we swung two seats a bt left, to save some green & stop pushing people into homelessness.

So now our council, by happemstance, is: 4 liberal (small-L)
4 conservative (likewise small-C)
4 male
4 female

& the mayor, who stays centre on it all, completes almost perfect balance -- it takes a lot of citizen work to get to this point, where all sides arerepresented & get their vote to actually count.

Most people don't take any of the time or effort to be involved to have the government they can actually be proud of. Either from a lack of time &/or a surfeit of apathy.

I consider it my obligation & privilege to keep an eye on those humpers, even the ones I like & trust.

One of the longtime members whom I like & have voted for every 4 years for the past 20, likes that I sit where I can see everybody & I watch them when they spea, & I take notes to some times address them personally, later, or for me to take the dais & ask them publically right there.

I'm fortunate to have the time, right now; also that I can refuse to allow apathy to rule over me.

Moderen whert is actually harmful -- the leading cause of many health
problems, including obesity, diabetes, & others.

They say practically everything is harmful. I guess they want everyone to just go hungry and starve to death.

It seems that way, but wheat(modern, GMO, Monsanto) is actually proved to be; it causes Satyiety Disorder (you east & eat, but you're still hungry. . leading to obesity)

The worst problem it directly causes is diabetes.

When you're diabetic, as you know, you need to watch your sugar intake.

The charts & lists of numbers stil use old(pre-Monsanto) data for wheat.

So people don't realize that whole wheat has a Glycemic Index of 120 (pure glucose sugar is 100)

We grwe up being told "Eat lots of whole grains to be healthy" & it was true, once, until Monsanto poisoned all the wheat - there's no more non-GMO wheat nor corn. Corn provides "high fructose corn syrup," which is a non-wheat way to powerpack intense amounts of sugar into your bloodstream.

Monsanto is evil, as are those in power who are partnered with them & raking in millions a day by monopolizing and controlling critical food supplies.

Very simple to starve any nation or continent by withholding the Monsanto branded DNA-altered fertilzers required to make their seeds grow into mass food crop amounts

I found ONE purveyor of a 20,000-year old wheat varietal, but I don't have the space to grow my own wheat, enough to provide the necessary flour for my family of four for a year, nor the facilities to thresh & grind it, so I'm stuck with only contaminated wheat & wheat products. . . :(

Working on changing my habits from being so wheat-centred for my diet. (love toast in the morning(or whenever),. & sandwiches whenever; 50 years of food habits is hard to break)

Oh, I knew it was crappy before the name changes. . .

It still is.

Yup, I meant it was ALSO crappy before -- now it just means somewone els is openly claiming ownership of the portions of our lives we spend on Facebook or Instagram(owned by FB, after a $1.1bn purchase). Screw hard work to get to success -- just invent a way to steal mass numbers of people's private info & sell out to a big corporation for enough to finance you well, for life!

Worked for Tumblr, too -- also a $1.1bn purchase -- so that's the pricetag of my company to sell -- well, $2.2bn,. because my partner gets the same, of course. (he's the Wozniak to my Jobs); or whatever the number needs to be that 30% of the company is $1.1bn, as we'll do the same split the Apple Steves did: 30/30 & 40 for other investors for when needed (we won't need them, but maybe we'll being them on board just to have friendly partners for key areas of need.

I can easily do the math to figure it out -- but I'll save that for when I draw up our contracts. I'm just chattimg now.

So a 10% holder would get over $330bn on exit. Even Kevin O'Leary would have his pants tighten on hearing that!)

Eventually YouTube, Twitter, & Facebook will merge into one super
social medium: YouTwitFace.

Basically.

It's all one big mishmash of identity & data theft(with permission, technically) & controlling the masses (them asses?) & elections, etc.

I only pop on rarely to check on family, & to sometimes give answer to ridiculous claims that I see on my newsfeed.

I've heard of this, yes -- it's basically a sh*t transplant - they
shoot someone else's feces up your butt.

That's because their colon is out of whack.

I know -- they're trying to restart it -- kind of like roling yyour car downhill to trey to get it to start when the battety is low & nobody has umpers. Show it what to do, & hope momentum kicks the normal process back into line. (like a pacemaker, I guess, but it's more proactive)

Some prefer to eat the capsules containing fecal matter -- I'm a firm
no on both.

Just like the way China is doing the Covid-19 swabs...rectally. The male prostate check is bad enough.

Yeah, that's not listed as a diagnostics port in my user manual(unpublished).

I'm afraid of the day when I need a colorectal endoscopy, that the tube'll go in so far, it'll trip my uvula into gag reflex.

Bad enough they've had to fil star wars in my peepee! (That's what I called it when the Urologist explained how he would lar blast my kidmney stones -- put in a stent, to provide a clear tunnel to work within, then up with a camera & laser. I asled whjere he was going in, ho0ping it wouldn't scar me terribly. He replies, "through the urethra."; I said, "Um, I know what that is,Doc, you'd best be knocking me out for this!"; he agreed I'd be under General, & it was scheduled to shove a cfamera & laser up my weewee & blast those stones in real time (might've beebn an intersting home movie -- there are patches tio can apply to redesign elements like making the stones look like the Dark Side's ships, & the laser head to look like the photon torpedos on the USS Enterprise! (That would've been AWESOME -- I'd be pissing off both sets of obsessive nerds for getting it 'wrong' (it's creative fiction, boys; I just know how to manipulate that, exercising my Creative License I have in my other wallet)

My Japan-type toilet seat provides a warm water enema when I need it,
then washes, rinses, & dries the area after.

That reminds me of the joke in the aircraft, where this guy needs to use
the toilet badly. The men's room is taken, but the women's room is open;
so the stewardess reluctantly lets him use the ladies room, but warns him
"DO NOT TOUCH THE BUTTONS".

Yup; mine has the female rinse, but that's it -- the rest of the water features are for the back cargo doors. (scrub, rinse, massage, enema) & there's a warm air dryer for all.

PP - Powder Puff -- for a feeling of softness and freshness.

I don't have that one, but I could've included, for $400 extra, a tiny spritz of the scent, perfume, or cologne of my choice, but nahh, $400 is a lot of food, unhealthy or otherwise, that's of more value to the whole family, then my nethers smelling pretty is to me.

That's what you get for not following directions.

I always follow instructions or advice from those in a position to well-know wth they are talking about; everyone else not occupying Heabens throne, we'll take it on an ad hoc basis only.

It's worked for 55 years so far, & no reason to expect it to change in the next 55. . .

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George,

Most people don't take any of the time or effort to be involved to have the government they can actually be proud of. Either from a lack of
time &/or a surfeit of apathy.

I tell folks if you don't vote in an election...whether it's for taxes
or millage, or people involved...you have no right to complain about the outcome.

I consider it my obligation & privilege to keep an eye on those
humpers, even the ones I like & trust.

You think your dogs are horny as all get out, as they're humping your
leg all the time (both males and females do it). But, that's actually "a dominance move"...saying "I'm the boss around here". A local area family
has 4 male dachshunds (named Thor, Gunnar, Floki, and Baxter), and most recently a piebald female named Torvi. She is now the humper of the bunch, telling her "brothers" that "I rule around here". <G> It reminds me of the
meme where this guy's dog is "humping his leg", and he growls "at least someone's willing to have sex with me". <G>

But, to many people, their pets are their "kids". You don't have to send
them to school, except maybe obedience school. It reminds me of a QWK Mail tagline from the late Nancy Backus (she is sorely missed), that noted "Dog flunked obedience school...said kid ate his homework". <G>

One of the longtime members whom I like & have voted for every 4 years
for the past 20, likes that I sit where I can see everybody & I watch them when they spea, & I take notes to some times address them personally, later, or for me to take the dais & ask them publically
right there.

When they know someone is there who will stay involved, they're a bit
more likely to behave themselves, so to speak...and get the work done,
instead of just collecting a paycheck. Before elections, they give us the thumbs up...afterwards, they give us "the bird". :P

I'm fortunate to have the time, right now; also that I can refuse to
allow apathy to rule over me.

Apathy Error: Strike any key, or none for that matter. <G>

When you're diabetic, as you know, you need to watch your sugar intake.

My A1C has never been below 5.4, and never above 6.1 -- when I was in the
ER the other night (heart rate had dropped to 44...they think it was a bad reading from the pulse oximeter), the sugar was 110...right in the middle of the normal range. I'm most likely to become type 2 diabetic, although my BMI (body mass index) has me as "obese class II".

Monsanto is evil, as are those in power who are partnered with them & raking in millions a day by monopolizing and controlling critical food supplies.

There are a bunch of lawsuits out there right now for various things.

Very simple to starve any nation or continent by withholding the
Monsanto branded DNA-altered fertilzers required to make their seeds
grow into mass food crop amounts

With so many farmers quitting, due to the high costs, that's going to
mean less food overall. Many folks who go out to eat waste so much food
that it's pathetic. I remember seeing a sign at a buffet that noted "take
all you want, but eat all you take".

Working on changing my habits from being so wheat-centred for my diet. (love toast in the morning(or whenever),. & sandwiches whenever; 50
years of food habits is hard to break)

I used to eat white bread, but have gone to wheat bread for sandwiches
at home. When I eat out, I may not have a choice.

Yup, I meant it was ALSO crappy before -- now it just means somewone
els is openly claiming ownership of the portions of our lives we spend
on Facebook or Instagram(owned by FB, after a $1.1bn purchase). Screw hard work to get to success -- just invent a way to steal mass numbers
of people's private info & sell out to a big corporation for enough to finance you well, for life!

I don't spend as much time on Facebook as I used to...mainly on there now
for my ham radio traffic net groups. My internet was out for 4 1/2 hours Tuesday afternoon and evening, so I couldn't browse the web or do email
(except minimally through my smartphone), and could only do BBS things via
the host console. But, I just logged on to do QWK Mail (always), then some minor file section and bulletin updating, and very few doorgames. While I
am on Twitter and Skype, both are used very sparingly.

I can easily do the math to figure it out -- but I'll save that for
when I draw up our contracts. I'm just chattimg now.

Most kids nowadays are lost above a count of 10 fingers and toes, if
they don't have some sort of calculator. I can do a lot of calculations
in my head, but I'll never be as fast as my late father was. He was the comptroller for the local Swift Independent Packing Company office in
town for many years...it was that job that transferred us from Miami,
Florida to Little Rock, Arkansas 45 years ago.

So a 10% holder would get over $330bn on exit. Even Kevin O'Leary
would have his pants tighten on hearing that!)

But, they take none of that with them when they die. Everyone came
into this world as naked and broke as I did, and they're going out the
same way.

I only pop on rarely to check on family, & to sometimes give answer to ridiculous claims that I see on my newsfeed.

I dropped all my "friends", and while folks can "message me", I don't
have a "friends list", per se...and don't even post on my timeline.

Yeah, that's not listed as a diagnostics port in my user manual(unpublished).

It's your exhaust pipe and exit ramp. :P

I'm afraid of the day when I need a colorectal endoscopy, that the
tube'll go in so far, it'll trip my uvula into gag reflex.

I told my wife one night that "my head was so far up my butt, that I
could see my throat". Without missing a beat, and grinning wryly, she
said "That's why your eyes are so brown!!". <ZING!!>

time (might've beebn an intersting home movie -- there are patches tio
can apply to redesign elements like making the stones look like the
Dark Side's ships, & the laser head to look like the photon torpedos
on the USS Enterprise! (That would've been AWESOME -- I'd be pissing
off both sets of obsessive nerds for getting it 'wrong' (it's creative fiction, boys; I just know how to manipulate that, exercising my
Creative License I have in my other wallet)

Since I rarely drink carbonated beverages in any form any more, and have given up chocolate, caffeine, and candy, I haven't had a kidney stone in
over 2 years, and my heart rate (with medication) is half of what it was
when I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation last summer.

Yup; mine has the female rinse, but that's it -- the rest of the water features are for the back cargo doors. (scrub, rinse, massage, enema) & there's a warm air dryer for all.

I wish I could afford one...but right now, finances are tighter than a
frog's butt underwater.

Daryl

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We do have organic products, is there no such thing as organic wheat?

I've not sesen where organic mus mean "no GMO"; only if tyjhery say "no GMO" asre they requiret9o have none, as far as I know.

Last I heard, it was illegal to label food as "contains no GMO" due to a trade agreement the two of our countries share.

The first thing I thought of was chickpea flour. Some of my favorite
dishes are made with chickpeas and their flour.

Yup, that's the one I've had some VERY tasty naan made from -- easy enough to size them to sandwich size, if I want.

If I want the sponginess of wheat bread,I can buy some straight gluten to dry, grind, & mix into the chickpea flour.

Unless the bad DNA affects the gluten as badly as the rest of the wheat.

I think bran is unaffected, so hopefully the gluten is, too.

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I tell folks if you don't vote in an election...whether it's for taxes
or millage, or people involved...you have no right to complain about the outcome.

That depends -- if tyhey did the researcyh & wor to understabd the cabdidates, parties & issues, & then chose staying home because of a lack of "No Confidence" option on the ballots, I might allow it, without criticism. I'd prefer they actually chose to work on election day at the polling stations, so as to prove they have an interest in the process. I tend to vote in early polls, then work the full day (16+ hour day for $250 or so)

When they know someone is there who will stay involved, they're a bit
more likely to behave themselves, so to speak...and get the work done, instead of just collecting a paycheck. Before elections, they give us the thumbs up...afterwards, they give us "the bird". :P

My country's leader's father, qwhen he was PM, has literally done that twice, out here in the west, yet people keep electing the piece of poo, & then elected his son based on pretty much only his last name--he's never done anything of worth for the country or for anyone, that I could find!

& now he seems to be more concerned with advancing the CCP than in doing his job to make Canada as great as it can be.

Apathy Error: Strike any key, or none for that matter. <G>

It is like that: "Pause, or strike any key to speed it up"

& telephone voicejails (computerized answering menu system) do the same to allow oldbies & their dialup phones to connect with an operator, in spite of not having a mobile or other push button phone)

When you're diabetic, as you know, you need to watch your sugar intake.

My A1C has never been below 5.4, and never above 6.1 -- when I was in the
ER the other night (heart rate had dropped to 44...they think it was a bad reading from the pulse oximeter), the sugar was 110...right in the middle of the normal range. I'm most likely to become type 2 diabetic, although my BMI (body mass index) has me as "obese class II".

A1C is the blood sugar level?
So you went from under 6.1 to a hundred and ten?! & that's a normal reading? I thought 7 was the maximum for healthy?

My BMI was over 50 somewhere, but I've lost 60 pounds since then & it's still high, but the term "morbidly" has dropped from my descriptor as "obese" -- I'll hopefully be done my Phase One on Wednesday(300 even), then I'm going to speed it up for the next 50#, & maybe 100, & see what I'll do there -- likely hold between 180 & 220, as that's healthy for my 6 foot frame!

Even at morbidly(deathly) obese, people didn't see it - they might describe me as "getting a bit overweight," if they saw me standing.

I saw it, though -- & most importantly, I felt it as I drag my mighty carcass up the stairs every night with only one fully working leg doing the work.

If I can reduce this extra strain on my heart, hopefuly, my average BP (tested weekly now) will drop to normal without the meds I take daily, to keep my heart from exploding or otherwise retiring, from overwork.

Health is all we got, at times -- it's important to do our part to keep everuything going.

Monsanto is evil, as are those in power who are partnered with them &
raking in millions a day by monopolizing and controlling critical food
supplies.

There are a bunch of lawsuits out there right now for various things.

Yup, & they laugh, as they bring in 5 $600/hour lawyers against the country farmer's one volunteer(pro bono) lawyer, & a whacjk of scientific evidende thyat says, simply that there was Monsanto DNA found growing in his field -- the judges rarewly sdes beyond that & have to aghree, the man had patented product in his possession, & look at the nicve men from Monsanto,. not forcing it to become a criminal issue & arrest/imprisonment, so yes, we'll award Monsanto 50% of the man's shrinking acreage, all his remaining cash-on-hand, after legal feesfor the community lawyer to go beyond his mandates in a trial. (mainly they only do cpimselling, advisements, letters, small claims court, & free defense lawyer for criminal charges. They'll offer the defendant some fee choices to help him in court against Mnonsanto.

Then M's lawyers send this lawyer 500+ letters & faxes & phone calls a day, as he has to log all as a minimum charge for the firm he's in. Itt's pure evil harrassmnemt, & bullying.

One lawyer up here won his case, as ghe was bright enough to fire his lawyer before he was broke, & simply point out that he's not responsible to prevent wind & bees from carrying Monsanto pollen into his cornfield -- that's Monsanto's job t protect their patented product/species.

But he was still. bankrupt from this & that's Monsanto's goal (if he'd lost, he would be out Monsanto's court costs in hiring 5+ high-end lawyers & several scientific experts to testify); with today's problems for farmers, that would easily bankrupt most -- other farmers see this destrtruction & run before they get to court, accepting any offer to settle eve though it's still going to hurt them financially. But they won't be utterly bankrupt.

Too many pols are monetarily corrupted by this corporation to grow a set & stand up to this assault on decent farmers everywhere. Shut the /blanks/ down, outright!

Buy all the seeds the monks in Turkey's mountains have to sell & only grow REAL wheat from now on & corn - I don't have a source for pure corn yet, but the wheat is good up there.

We cabn't be dependent on factory involvement in our basic food needs. We've ben eating non-GMO for 20,000+ yeasrs & our bodies have adapted to this; who knows the long long term damage by modifying our diet to be all non-natural?

I can't afford pure organic stuff, but I try for healthiest as we can afford.

If we had the room & space, I'd go for growing our own wheat, making flour from it, & having decent bread only.

With so many farmers quitting, due to the high costs, that's going to
mean less food overall. Many folks who go out to eat waste so much food
that it's pathetic. I remember seeing a sign at a buffet that noted "take
all you want, but eat all you take".

The Japanees AUYCE I like, has a rule: anything you can't eat will be packaged up for take out & charged at full alas carte prices (not cheap); when the former big boss was in, he'd waive it or charge me a token $2 for even $30 worth of leftovers to take home! I'm more careful now & able to plan my re- ordering to be within the limits of all at the table.(a few pieces of sashimi for the pets is okay, though)

I don't spend as much time on Facebook as I used to...mainly on there now

Same. Used to be 10+ hurs daily, now it's about 2 hours weekly, & even that's too much, IMO.

for my ham radio traffic net groups. My internet was out for 4 1/2 hours Tuesday afternoon and evening, so I couldn't browse the web or do email (except minimally through my smartphone), and could only do BBS things via the host console. But, I just logged on to do QWK Mail (always), then some minor file section and bulletin updating, and very few doorgames. While I
am on Twitter and Skype, both are used very sparingly.

After one long power outage a couple years ago, I bought external battery charging packs, enough for every device & we keep these at 100% load, for emergencies -- as Hydro(electricity) tells you, while in their voicejail, to check info on outages at www. somewhere you can't get to if you have no electricity! &, to save hours on hold, I'm happy to go to the site (now bookmarked on my phone)

I can pop into Defacedbook to communicate with family & friends, & update neighbours on what I find out.

& read books I've downloaded, clear email on my phone, & otherwise occupy myself until we have lights again. I can even use UberEats to order food from a farther out restaurant that's still ful.ly operational (usually charge $2-3 more for distance, but that's ok, to get hot food when we have no stove)

I can easily do the math to figure it out -- but I'll save that for
when I draw up our contracts. I'm just chattimg now.

Most kids nowadays are lost above a count of 10 fingers and toes, if
they don't have some sort of calculator. I can do a lot of calculations
in my head, but I'll never be as fast as my late father was. He was the comptroller for the local Swift Independent Packing Company office in
town for many years...it was that job that transferred us from Miami,
Florida to Little Rock, Arkansas 45 years ago.

I could always do up to 3 figure arithmetic, even some thing random like 482*93 in my head, often faster than someone else could put it into a calculator & get the answer, just to see the answer I called out was fully correct!

I'vbe taught uy son to do the same; not to those ranges yetm, but he's improving quickly & knows the value of doing it your head, to save finding paper or calculator (I preferred paper+pen as my backup calculator)

Saw a scene in a sitcom yesterday:
Missy: Can I borrow your calculator? Sheldon: I'm using it
Missy: No, you'rter jnotk you're playing a game. Sheldon: *points tyo head* Yes, & that's how I'm currently using it.

In schol I was the walking Calculator, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Textbooks(every one we'd had to date), & Encyclopedia -- it worked for me, as I was innately lazy (but intelligently so, aka "efficient")

So a 10% holder would get over $330bn on exit. Even Kevin O'Leary
would have his pants tighten on hearing that!)

But, they take none of that with them when they die. Everyone came
into this world as naked and broke as I did, and they're going out the
same way.

Yup, but I've learned if you need someone's time or expertise/etc, the best thing to offer him is what he wants (in Kevin'd case it's fast easy money, guarasnteed to be 2X+ his investment)

I would offer him 80% of a company's new earnings afdter he takes over, & using

newdiretdcions he's implemented, as I don't bneed to have hundreds of billions -- I need billoins, yes, to do akll the projects to help others I want to.

I spent the important learning parts of my life walking up the road with nothing but 50c or so in my pocket -- I'm happy to end it the same way. . .

I dropped all my "friends", and while folks can "message me", I don't
have a "friends list", per se...and don't even post on my timeline.

I prefer to have a bunch of people I actually know as "friends" on Facebook, as I can interact some with people I like, & usually their friends are not too far awry from their & my core values.. . It reduces the amount of garbage I see when I do go in & scroll through my timeline for a bit.

I've installed an ezxtension(FBP) that hasdonec wonders to organise my timeline in ways that work to MY enjoyment (noe of that manipulation the owners do to do illegal psychological xperiments on us with)

Now it shows my stuff in chronological order, with actual friends' content showing first.

It's your exhaust pipe and exit ramp. :P

Yup. & it does a fine job, usually, in that capacity -- I do the occasional audio test to confirm it's in working order.

I told my wife one night that "my head was so far up my butt, that I
could see my throat". Without missing a beat, and grinning wryly, she
said "That's why your eyes are so brown!!". <ZING!!>

Nice one! *time-travel High-Five with Janice*

Since I rarely drink carbonated beverages in any form any more, and have given up chocolate, caffeine, and candy, I haven't had a kidney stone in
over 2 years, and my heart rate (with medication) is half of what it was
when I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation last summer.

I'm the same re sodas, but I do drink a lot of caoffee -- as a medicine, not as a simple beverage. I don't eat candy -- any I get, winnds up in my kids' mouths before I can blink!

I ti8hnk that's what I'm atrisk for -- mny doc said if I go into any tachycardia(fast fluttering pulse/heartbeat) I'm to call 911 without delay.

Yup; mine has the female rinse, but that's it -- the rest of the water
features are for the back cargo doors. (scrub, rinse, massage, enema) &
there's a warm air dryer for all.

I wish I could afford one...but right now, finances are tighter than a
frog's butt underwater.

And that's water-tight!

I saved up, a bit at a time, with the goal in mind of getting one of those funky toilet, modern, powered seats. Not cheap, 'tis true, but I knew it was what I needed (& it was); I had the guy throw in the initial installation for free (he had to commission & pay the plumber himself.); We know how to move it to a new location, if & when needed -- I'm not, at $1,200, leaving it behind -- we kept the original plain seat to put back on.

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George,

A1C is the blood sugar level?

I think it's 2 different terms, but related to a diabetic diagnosis.

So you went from under 6.1 to a hundred and ten?! & that's a normal reading? I thought 7 was the maximum for healthy?

The threshold for type 2 is 6.4 on the A1C -- your blood sugar can be elevated, especially after eating. There is a new way you get get your
blood sugar and A1C readings, via a smartphone app (DexGo, I think),
that doesn't require you to prick your finger. Obviously, you have to
have a presciption for it...but it saves money on lancets, alchohol
swabs, etc. Like so many other health issues, many with diabetes don't
even know they have it.

Health is all we got, at times -- it's important to do our part to keep
everuything going.

I just got out of the hospital for the 4th time since last summer...all related to atrial fibrillation. Yet so far, I don't need any ablation
surgery. But, when you have sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and respiratory palpitations, it's time to call the ambulance (that was my
case this past Sunday).

Yup, & they laugh, as they bring in 5 $600/hour lawyers against the country farmer's one volunteer(pro bono) lawyer, & a whacjk of
scientific evidende thyat says, simply that there was Monsanto DNA
found growing in his field -- the judges rarewly sdes beyond that &
have to aghree, the man had patented product in his possession, & look
at the nicve men from Monsanto,. not forcing it to become a criminal issue & arrest/imprisonment, so yes, we'll award Monsanto 50% of the man's shrinking acreage, all his remaining cash-on-hand, after legal feesfor the community lawyer to go beyond his mandates in a trial.

There are so many attorneys ads on TV offering for you call them to become part of a class action suit.

Too many pols are monetarily corrupted by this corporation to grow a
set & stand up to this assault on decent farmers everywhere. Shut the /blanks/ down, outright!

I can't afford pure organic stuff, but I try for healthiest as we can afford.

The young lady friend I know is a vegetarian (that from her parents).
Well, I can respect her view on that, but I think of this tagline:

How can you eat one of God's Creatures?? In a sandwich. :P

The Japanees AYCE I like, has a rule: anything you can't eat will be packaged up for take out & charged at full alas carte prices (not
cheap); when the former big boss was in, he'd waive it or charge me a token $2 for even $30 worth of leftovers to take home! I'm more
careful now & able to plan my re- ordering to be within the limits of
all at the table.(a few pieces of sashimi for the pets is okay,
though)

I rarely go out to eat anymore...buffets or otherwise. I can't afford it.
I think my wallet and bank account will have the heart attack and stroke
for all the medical visits in the last 9 months.

After one long power outage a couple years ago, I bought external
battery charging packs, enough for every device & we keep these at
100% load, for emergencies -- as Hydro(electricity) tells you, while
in their voicejail, to check info on outages at www. somewhere you
can't get to if you have no electricity! &, to save hours on hold, I'm happy to go to the site (now bookmarked on my phone)

I forgot to take the plug in charger for my phone to the hospital, so
my phone was off most of the time.

Nature and a nightmare woke me, but I'm having a hard time staying awake
to finish this QWK packet before strong thunderstorms arrive later this morning.

I could always do up to 3 figure arithmetic, even some thing random
like 482*93 in my head, often faster than someone else could put it
into a calculator & get the answer, just to see the answer I called out was fully correct!

Peppermint Patty (from Peanuts) is asleep in the classroom, and as he
head lops back, she suddenly wakes up, and screams "I'M AWAKE!! THE ANSWER
IS 12!!" <G>

Saw a scene in a sitcom yesterday:
Missy: Can I borrow your calculator? Sheldon: I'm using it
Missy: No, you'rter jnotk you're playing a game. Sheldon: *points tyo head* Yes, & that's how I'm currently using it.

There was an episode of "The Big Bang Theory" one night (my brother
loves that show...I rarely watch TV anymore), where Sheldon is telling
this guy "you can't make me change my mind about my decision". Well, the
guy pulls out to beautiful large turquoise balls that Sheldon starts to
drool over. <G>

I prefer to have a bunch of people I actually know as "friends" on Facebook, as I can interact some with people I like, & usually their friends are not too far awry from their & my core values.. . It reduces the amount of garbage I see when I do go in & scroll through my
timeline for a bit.

I can send them a quickie message if needed.

Yup. & it does a fine job, usually, in that capacity -- I do the occasional audio test to confirm it's in working order.

Remember...July is National Baked Bean Month <frap!> :P

I told my wife one night that "my head was so far up my butt, that I
could see my throat". Without missing a beat, and grinning wryly, she
said "That's why your eyes are so brown!!". <ZING!!>

Nice one! *time-travel High-Five with Janice*

She put me in my place more than once...and got me fat on humble pie
and salted crow. :P

I'm the same re sodas, but I do drink a lot of caoffee -- as a
medicine, not as a simple beverage. I don't eat candy -- any I get,
winnds up in my kids' mouths before I can blink!

They tried to give me coffee and breakfast Tuesday morning while I
was still in the hospital...and I declined it. The portion of tea was
much smaller, and I preferred that...I'm trying to avoid caffeine.

I ti8hnk that's what I'm atrisk for -- mny doc said if I go into any tachycardia(fast fluttering pulse/heartbeat) I'm to call 911 without delay.

That's what I had this past Sunday...heart rate of 144. But, I have no
idea what set it off. That's why the BBS was down for 2 days.

I wish I could afford one...but right now, finances are tighter than a frog's butt underwater.

And that's water-tight!

What was your first clue??

Daryl

... Newspaper Headline: "Air Head Fired."
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George,

A1C is the blood sugar level?

I think it's 2 different terms, but related to a diabetic diagnosis.

Ok, I dno't understand it, but that's a good thing, I'm sure.

So you went from under 6.1 to a hundred and ten?! & that's a normal
reading? I thought 7 was the maximum for healthy?

The threshold for type 2 is 6.4 on the A1C -- your blood sugar can be elevated, especially after eating. There is a new way you get get your
blood sugar and A1C readings, via a smartphone app (DexGo, I think),
that doesn't require you to prick your finger. Obviously, you have to
have a presciption for it...but it saves money on lancets, alchohol
swabs, etc. Like so many other health issues, many with diabetes don't
even know they have it.

I'm, I guess, "pre-Diabetic"; my doc mnitors my gl;ucose levels via a quarterly blood test I go for (non-fasting, as she's working with a baseline, rather than an absolute); Fasting is fine, but onyl if I can get the first appointments in the morning (my lab merxtdoor used t open at 06h00 & take you on a first come , first served, but now it's appointment-only, beginning at 07h00. :P

I seem to be dong well enough, on average, & since I'm an average type guy, that works for me! I've lost 60lbs in the past year, within my planned schedule, now I'm doubling the rate of loss & going after the next 80 to my final/preferred weight of 220. (I'm 6' tall, so me being 300 doesn't look terrible right now, but Iu'm mnore concerned with health & ease of climbling stairs than how my looks affects others--only my wife gets an opinion on that.)

Ooh, nice, Leonard Cohen just popped on the radio, singing the full "Hallelujah"

Health is all we got, at times -- it's important to do our part to keep
everuything going.

I just got out of the hospital for the 4th time since last summer...all related to atrial fibrillation. Yet so far, I don't need any ablation surgery. But, when you have sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and respiratory palpitations, it's time to call the ambulance (that was my
case this past Sunday).

No doubt! Glad you did -- don't want to lose you, mate!

The young lady friend I know is a vegetarian (that from her parents).
Well, I can respect her view on that, but I think of this tagline:
How can you eat one of God's Creatures?? In a sandwich. :P

Or "right next to the mashed potatoes."; I'll takeeither -- a sandwich or a meat & potatoes platter.

I rarely go out to eat anymore...buffets or otherwise. I can't afford it.
I think my wallet and bank account will have the heart attack and stroke
for all the medical visits in the last 9 months.

I've cut back on my eating out, evemn though Im fortunate to never have medical costs, except for the odd medication not covered by our government health insurance plan(GHIP).

I forgot to take the plug in charger for my phone to the hospital, so
my phone was off most of the time.

Happens to me all the time, unless my daughter accompanes me, t hen seh rem,em,bers to grab a couple for us both, & if my phone is on charge, she can updater my wife for me.

Nature and a nightmare woke me, but I'm having a hard time staying awake
to finish this QWK packet before strong thunderstorms arrive later this morning.

Don't fight sleep.
(unless you're driving)

I could always do up to 3 figure arithmetic, even some thing random
like 482*93 in my head, often faster than someone else could put it
into a calculator & get the answer, just to see the answer I called out
was fully correct!

Peppermint Patty (from Peanuts) is asleep in the classroom, and as he
head lops back, she suddenly wakes up, and screams "I'M AWAKE!! THE ANSWER
IS 12!!" <G>

Was it 12?

There was an episode of "The Big Bang Theory" one night (my brother
loves that show...I rarely watch TV anymore), where Sheldon is telling
this guy "you can't make me change my mind about my decision". Well, the
guy pulls out to beautiful large turquoise balls that Sheldon starts to
drool over. <G>

Sheldon loved anything of comic hero memorabilia.

Remember...July is National Baked Bean Month <frap!> :P

Never had real baked neans, I'm suire -- just the rare can of some thing -- but not even those any more; I do buy refried black beans in the can, to make my Saturday morning breakfast bean dip. (I keep it simple -- adding just a tad of beef bouillion, & a tsp of habanero sauce)

Nice one! *time-travel High-Five with Janice*

She put me in my place more than once...and got me fat on humble pie
and salted crow. :P

My wife's been getting me fat on her homecooking!

That's what I had this past Sunday...heart rate of 144. But, I have no
idea what set it off. That's why the BBS was down for 2 days.

Not a problem -- you need to take care of yourself first, always!

... Newspaper Headline: "Air Head Fired."

I can sort of figure out thestory on this one, buit I'm still hoping the air in his head was mostly hydrogen & oxygen, instead of nitrogen, & there was a beautiful & sudden kaboom moment! *LOL*

"My kaboom -- where's the kaboom?" --Marvin the Martian

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