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FlyerInHi.
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February 11, 2020 at 7:15 AM #22800
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February 11, 2020 at 10:52 AM #814707
FlyerInHi
GuestCongrats scaredy. I’m glad you got your cholesterol under control in a natural way.
I know a redneck that has turned vegetarian because his health is falling apart. late is better than never. I want to rub it in but I have been very nice and kept my mouth shut.
This dude has made so much fun of tree huggers that he kinda deserves the return karma. But he’s seen the light-
February 12, 2020 at 12:06 AM #814724
temeculaguy
ParticipantSo disappointed! The epic virtue signaling has me physically ill. Not sure if it’s my own failing health or having to read about your estrogen levels rising to dangerous levels.
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February 12, 2020 at 12:28 AM #814725
temeculaguy
ParticipantPerhaps I am unqualified to challenge any man’s masculinity since I recently installed Japanese toilets in two of my four bathrooms, it’s a matter of time before I convert them all. In my defense I did spend two weeks in Asia last year in a hotel equipped with Toto washlets. The experience ruins ruins you, once you experience that you just cant go back to toilet paper, it seems inhumane.
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February 12, 2020 at 6:59 AM #814727
FlyerInHi
GuestWow, Toto washlet! You did spend some money to get electrical outlets near the toilets.
I put them into my furnished rentals as a wow factor. I get great reviews. Toto washlets are a great competitive advantage.
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February 12, 2020 at 8:57 AM #814731
scaredyclassic
ParticipantSpeaking of ass cleaning, veganism does make poop softer and messier. I have a new cheaper solution.
Moisten washcloth.
Apply toilet paper to damp washcloth to dampen tp.
Use as normal.
Works much better.
Look, if you treated an animal at home the way a factory farm does, you would be prosecuted and go to prison. It’s pretty clear theres a cognitive disconnect. Our whole society is mad, obviously.
Hell, tying a dog to a tree at home is a crime! Google dog tether law for details. But the factory farms do far far worse.
Maybe a fair compromise is to raise and kill all meat reasonably humanely and build it in the price. A burger might cost 25.00 at in and out. But so be it.
I dont want any fucking statins!!! I dont want or take any meds.
I actually would like to do the right thing for the world and myself, whatever that is, regardless of others perception, but esp. Your perception.
The least harmful way. No more animal human market sicknesses that destroy humanity.no more vague post cholesterol test anxiety.
So just file it away: if someday you get tired of high cholesterol, just eat plants for 3 months. Skip tofu if you fear sissiness. I’m mainly beans n nuts anyway.
Now, the 10 day vipassana meditation retreat [worldwide group, but they’re in 29 palms in socal… its free! 10 days room and board, donations accepted only after you finish and leave…no recommended amount…its..not capitalist] might be what irked you. Sitting on a room, silent, for 10 days from 430 am to 9 pm, does sound more oddly threatening to the normal social order than simply giving up meat.
I started barely able to sit for 5 minutes without feeling crazed. I’m up to 1 hour.
Take the 3 minute meditation challenge!
Set your timer for 3 minutes.
Sit still and straight.
Attend to your breathing. Maybe count your breaths, to 10, then start again.
Observe your thoughts as they come. Do not hold on to them. Let each one go.
(You are not your thoughts)
.good luck!! It gets pretty nutty in there when you really closely inspect.
I think it’s a general truth that everyone thinks they’re pretty much in control of their thoughts…until they attempt to meditate…
As Sparrow in his awesome, humble Guide to Meditation available free at Sun magazine says it’s like two separate discos at 2 a.m.
At first I felt like my thoughts were bitchslapping me. Or maybe dragging me away like drunk friends to another bar.
Or wrestling me.
Or carrying me away like a horse.
Or tying me up.
Or breaking into my house and throwing the glassware on the floor.
Now, sometimes, not always, I can see a thought approach me, from a distance. It comes up to my home, Taps on the window. I may not even grant permission to enter!!! The thought slinks away, sadly unengaged.
But a lot of times I get tied up or bitchslapped by my thoughts.
185 total, 61 good, 105 bad, 95 triglycerides, for instance
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February 13, 2020 at 1:29 PM #814748
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=scaredyclassic]
Look, if you treated an animal at home the way a factory farm does, you would be prosecuted and go to prison. It’s pretty clear theres a cognitive disconnect. Our whole society is mad, obviously.Hell, tying a dog to a tree at home is a crime! Google dog tether law for details. But the factory farms do far far worse.
[/quote]Wow. You are right. Those f’ing California liberal snowflakes. What are the rednecks to do?
Summary:
This California law is the state’s dog tethering provision. Under the law, no person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause a dog to be tethered, fastened, chained, tied, or restrained, to a dog house, tree, fence, or any other stationary object -
February 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM #814750
The-Shoveler
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]
Wow. You are right. Those f’ing California liberal snowflakes. What are the rednecks to do?
Summary:
This California law is the state’s dog tethering provision. Under the law, no person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause a dog to be tethered, fastened, chained, tied, or restrained, to a dog house, tree, fence, or any other stationary object[/quote]
I would say what is a Cal-Liberal dog owner to do if he has a dog that likes to jump or dig under fences or and chew up furniture etc… LOL.
I guess the only Humane thing, just never get a dog.
I wonder how many dogs have been euthanized because of laws like this.
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February 13, 2020 at 7:25 AM #814743
PCinSD
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi]Wow, Toto washlet! You did spend some money to get electrical outlets near the toilets.
I put them into my furnished rentals as a wow factor. I get great reviews. Toto washlets are a great competitive advantage.[/quote]
lol. No, you didn’t Brian. Your rentals are as real as your pilot’s license. Your funny. Tell us more stories please. -
February 13, 2020 at 9:22 AM #814745
spdrun
ParticipantI hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.
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February 13, 2020 at 11:46 AM #814746
Coronita
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February 13, 2020 at 1:31 PM #814749
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.
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February 13, 2020 at 3:28 PM #814751
Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.[/quote]
You two are doing more than your share in reducing procreation
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February 13, 2020 at 4:31 PM #814752
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=MetrosexualBrianinLV][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.[/quote]
You two are doing more than your share in reducing procreation[/quote]
Thank you. I may adopt a child from Pakistan and make it an American citizen to improve the economy.
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February 13, 2020 at 4:41 PM #814754
Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=MetrosexualBrianinLV][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.[/quote]
You two are doing more than your share in reducing procreation[/quote]
Thank you. I may adopt a child from Pakistan and make it an American citizen to improve the economy.[/quote]
That would be cruel and unusual punishment for the child. Poor child.
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February 13, 2020 at 5:11 PM #814755
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=FlyerIsHigh][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=MetrosexualBrianinLV][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.[/quote]
You two are doing more than your share in reducing procreation[/quote]
Thank you. I may adopt a child from Pakistan and make it an American citizen to improve the economy.[/quote]
That would be cruel and unusual punishment for the child. Poor child.[/quote]
it’s better and less selfish than knowingly bringing into the world children who suffer genetic diseases.
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February 13, 2020 at 5:24 PM #814756
Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=FlyerIsHigh][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=MetrosexualBrianinLV][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]I hope coronavirus is fairly non-lethal but reduces human fertility as a side effect. Imagine Mother Gaia getting a respite from human parasitic population growth if it reduces human fertility to (say) an average of one child per couple.[/quote]
Development, money and education reduce procreation very well.[/quote]
You two are doing more than your share in reducing procreation[/quote]
Thank you. I may adopt a child from Pakistan and make it an American citizen to improve the economy.[/quote]
That would be cruel and unusual punishment for the child. Poor child.[/quote]
it’s better and less selfish than knowingly bringing into the world children who suffer genetic diseases.[/quote]
Or even worse overweight, poorly dressed and lacking in style
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February 13, 2020 at 5:31 PM #814758
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=BlankShooterBrian] Or even worse overweight, poorly dressed and lacking in style[/quote]
That’s an individual choice that each is free to make.
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February 13, 2020 at 5:55 PM #814760
Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=BlankShooterBrian] Or even worse overweight, poorly dressed and lacking in style[/quote]
That’s an individual choice that each is free to make.[/quote]
Apparently, a choice some parents in the past made, for better or worse.
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February 13, 2020 at 11:36 PM #814761
scaredyclassic
ParticipantI did 2.5 h meditation today on a plane.
Personal record.
I feel kind and calm
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February 14, 2020 at 10:49 AM #814771
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=scaredyclassic]I did 2.5 h meditation today on a plane.
Personal record.
I feel kind and calm[/quote]
Congrats!
Is your whole family Vegan now? I’m not Vegan, but I have developed an aversion to burned flesh. Bacon, BBQ and the like are kinda gross. Plus they cause cancer.
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February 15, 2020 at 9:58 AM #814798
scaredyclassic
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=scaredyclassic]I did 2.5 h meditation today on a plane.
Personal record.
I feel kind and calm[/quote]
Congrats!
Is your whole family Vegan now? I’m not Vegan, but I have developed an aversion to burned flesh. Bacon, BBQ and the like are kinda gross. Plus they cause cancer.[/quote]
No. It is assumed by all relatives that this is just another oddball phase I’m going through.
Since we have nothing but the present moment, I can only say that I am a vegan at this moment.
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February 13, 2020 at 12:05 PM #814747
Coronita
Participant[quote=PCinSD][quote=FlyerInHi]Wow, Toto washlet! You did spend some money to get electrical outlets near the toilets.
I put them into my furnished rentals as a wow factor. I get great reviews. Toto washlets are a great competitive advantage.[/quote]
lol. No, you didn’t Brian. Your rentals are as real as your pilot’s license. Your funny. Tell us more stories please.[/quote]Picture, or it didn’t happen…
I put one in about 11 years ago, and expensed it as a medical necessity, with insurance covering part of it.
It comes in handy right after you had your colon taken out and before your small intestines took over the large intestine’s normal water absorption function, so you wouldn’t need to wipe your butt so frequently and get sore.
I would hardly consider it a “luxury”. Imho kinda gross to have water shoot up your ass, unless that’s your thing. I rarely use mine now.
The installation isn’t really that hard, and it’s not that hard to run a 110VAC wire, considering most of the bathrooms already have a light switch, so you just need to plum a normal AC wire from that to a new outlet next to the toilet. Not exactly rocket science. And these days the toilet bidet, as they are called, are cheap because there’s so many of them made in China now. Less than $200
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February 12, 2020 at 12:13 PM #814736
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=temeculaguy]So disappointed! The epic virtue signaling has me physically ill. Not sure if it’s my own failing health or having to read about your estrogen levels rising to dangerous levels.[/quote]
Virtue signaling has always been around. It used to be through church attendance and conservative, God approved behavior. Here in San Diego, my parents get frequently invited to church. The neighbors wonder why they are not at one church or another.
We are now in a post superstitious, post religious society so we need new ways of showing virtue. We are still crossing the river, feeling the stones.
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February 12, 2020 at 8:29 AM #814732
The-Shoveler
ParticipantI had a beyond-meat (Impossible Whopper),
Tastes like crap IMO.Sorry not my thing I guess.
I will never get another Pet as long as I live in SoCal.
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February 12, 2020 at 11:23 AM #814733
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=The-Shoveler]I had a beyond-meat (Impossible Whopper),
Tastes like crap IMO.Sorry not my thing I guess.
I will never get another Pet as long as I live in SoCal.
(I am not up to the SoCal pet owner expectations).[/quote]You need to train yourself to enjoy real fruits and veggies — as little fake processed stuff as possible. Your health and your figure will appreciate it.
Not saying that we need to cut out meat totally but the amount we consume is insane and harmful. As a whole, we could cut easily meat consumption in 1/2 or 2/3.
Temecula guy, next time you go to Asia, send your wife on a cruise while spend a month backpacking from village to village and learn to eat like the locals — very little meat. Roughing it a little is a good way to prove your masculinity. Your wife would likely complain so she’s best on a cruise ship.
BTW, calorie restriction is scientifically proven to extend life. What’s the use of good financial management if you don’t have commensurate health management. By that, I don’t mean going to the doctor’s and popping pills.
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February 12, 2020 at 11:57 AM #814734
The-Shoveler
ParticipantI stop eating after Noon (well maybe an apple somewhere about 2:00 PM) during the work week.
Work out first thing in morning before eating.Don’t really get hungry and staying fairly slim IMO.
Weekend all bets are off as we run around a lot.
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February 12, 2020 at 12:02 PM #814735
FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=The-Shoveler]I stop eating after Noon (well maybe an apple somewhere about 2:00 PM) during the work week.
Work out first thing in morning before eating.Don’t really get hungry and staying fairly slim IMO.
Weekend all bets are off as we run around a lot.[/quote]
That’s awesome.
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February 12, 2020 at 9:46 PM #814741
Reality
ParticipantEasiest weight I ever lost was from making it a habit to just skip dinner. Long before anyone had heard of “intermittent fasting”.
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February 13, 2020 at 6:57 AM #814742
ocrenter
ParticipantVeganism: it is a triple win. Win for you, win for the environment, and win for the animals.
As for animal products, total instant karma. The Buddha was kinda on to something a few thousand years ago.
In regard to estrogen, no, tofu does not rise estrogen level in men, nor does it suppress testosterone.
On the other hand, fat (especially centralized visceral fat), does actively convert testosterone into estrogen. So that big slab of juicy fatty manly red meat turns more men into sissies than all of the tofu in the world put together. Again, we go back to that instant karma thing.
Karma really is a bitch, preach, Buddha, preach!
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February 14, 2020 at 2:58 PM #814786
FlyerInHi
GuestI finally got around to listening to Greta Thunberg at Davos. Her parents must be proud.
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February 14, 2020 at 11:44 PM #814797
Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi]I finally got around to listening to Greta Thunberg at Davos. Her parents must be proud.
https://youtu.be/51u4JECraLQ%5B/quote%5DPerhaps if she wasn’t my daughter I’d date her
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March 6, 2020 at 1:15 PM #815187
FlyerInHi
GuestHow’s your diet lately?
According to the results of two preliminary studies, eating more protein from plant sources or dairy while reducing how much red meat you consume could help you live longer.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/05/health/plant-protein-meat-dairy-wellness/index.html
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