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You don’t get it, Brian. I knew you wouldn’t. NO 4 EVER MARRIES AN 8….EVER. No 8 EVER MARRIES A 4.
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None of you get it. There is no absolute scale – to each his own. Hopefully you’ve all found people who’ve made you happy (and hopefully kev374 will as well, although he needs to mentally cut this one loose and move on). You guys (and from what I’ve seen of this discussion, it’s mostly guys) should skip the ego trip and spend more time figuring out what makes you happy. Hopefully you don’t discover that happiness is having a vacuous but well turned out wife on your arm, but I guess “to each his own is beautiful” – thanks to scaredy for that full quote – hadn’t ever heard it before. Life’s too short to spend it trying to impress others.
Participant[quote=CA renter]As for how contagious this disease can be…this pertains to the most recent journalist/cameraman who is being flown to NE:
“She said her son did not know how he contracted the virus.
“He took all the necessary precautions and he was very aware of the precautions to take,” she said. “He helped decontaminate a car and he was wearing protective [gear] but he thinks maybe some water splashed on him.”’
…“Ashoka’s father is Dr Mitchell Levy, the medical director of the intensive care unit at Rhode Island Hospital. He told CNN it was unclear how his son got the virus, but added: “He was helping inside clinics disinfecting, whether it was a chair or some vehicle that had potentially been exposed, he remembers getting some of it in his face.”‘
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So, the notion that you have to be “digging around” in a sick/dead patient’s blood, feces, urine, saliva, teardrops, etc. is a bit naive, IMHO. Apparently, it doesn’t take much contact with bodily fluids, and it can be transmitted via very casual contact, like carrying a pregnant woman with the disease to a taxi, or decontaminating a chair. And to claim that it’s not airborne, as if the virus dies suddenly when mucus/saliva is forcefully expelled from the body by a cough or sneeze, seems a bit too optimistic.[/quote]
Your conclusion assumes that the man would be honest about his activities. There are all sorts of reasons that someone might not want to admit intimate contact with another person – especially if that person wants to come to the US and is concerned about being labelled as being somewhat at fault for his condition. And, I know I will be criticized for this, but here goes anyway: this guy and his mom are interesting, but not the people I would expect to be rigidly factual. Here is some info about them:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2779257/NBC-cameraman-Ebola-reincarnation-Tibetan-teacher-mother-married-Buddhist-guru-16.htmlParticipantSpeaking of people having the guts to stand up for their rights – I just came across this article about the owner of Garden State Bagels in Encinitas. He had the guts to tell a motorcycle cop that he couldn’t issue tickets while parked on private property. I love the remark about “raising money for the city of Encinitas.” They have good bagels, too.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/jul/14/stringers-traffic-cop-questioned-encinitas/#
ParticipantIn your original post, you said you were “pre-hypertensi[ve] according to the doctors.” Now you say “I don’t have a regular doctor, but if I did I’m pretty sure he would say my blood pressure is fine.” Which is it?
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]How about cutting salt intake and see the result?
My dad drastically cut his salt intake at age 70. He’s now 84 and has never taken any BP or cholesterol medication. I don’t see why he won’t live to 100 which is only 16 years away.
I think that we get way too much salt in out food. Cavemen got very little salt, if you believe the Paleo diet.[/quote]
Interesting analysis of many studies – suggests that sodium consumption of average American within healthy boundaries and that CDC recommendations may be unhealthfully low.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20140402/cdc-salt-guidelines-too-low-for-good-health-study-suggestsOnce again – even though I am a science-y type, I am hesitant to believe the conventional wisdom. There are too many people out there who want to publish data that support popular beliefs (finally some accurate info is coming out about saturated fats, too).
The truth is likely to be much more complicated than “exercise + veggies + self discipline = long life.” I would be more likely to believe someone who said that “exercise + moderate consumption of preservatives (some of which are antioxidants) + a smidge of gin = long life.” It would be more believable to me because it wouldn’t be designed to feed in to the self righteousness that we see (ahem) in some places.
ParticipantI don’t know what doctors you are seeing, but the American Heart Association (who receives less than 3% of its funding from pharma, insurance companies and device manufacturers) says that anything under 120/80 is normal. So technically your systolic is one point above the cut-off. Is someone really trying to give you meds for this, or have they just said that you should keep an eye on it? Same with your weight. There is a difference between reporting desirable levels and actively treating a condition.
(If you’re lucky enough to be built like a football player, you probably have nothing to be worried about.)
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=Blogstar]
More truth from better people…maybe the black jesus.[/quote]And the truth is?
Americans aren’t known to embrace the truth. We can’t even accept the truth about health (a plain scientific subject) and do something concrete about it.
You step on the scale and you know that there’s too much calorie input.
Michele Obama who’s trying to educate us about that is called “fake” and “elitist”. We should be embracing her message.[/quote]
OK, Brian, you got removed from the board for politics, and now you’re hijacking threads to talk about fat people. It seems all roads lead back to obesity for you . . .
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]That is an option, but it is still a lot easier said than done unless you are single and don’t have school age kids.
Kids make friends, spouse gets a good Job, BAM!!!
STUCK.[/quote]
Or this possibility, which happened to us: we moved from CA to NJ for a great job. Kids didn’t like it from the moment we got there. They kind of got used to it but were less interested in making friends because we knew we were moving back – eventually. Not great for the resume to jump around, so we stayed for four years – and none of us remember it fondly. The only good part is that, by luck, we sold and bought in CA at a high and low in the market, respectively.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]Ridiculous to suggest that you have to do everything yourself.
You can help by writing a check, or morally and politically supporting other people whose mission is to affect progress. Speaking up is also progress.[/quote]
Maybe. But money and words don’t actually get anything done. Best example I can think of is Mother Theresa. Lots of people were willing to send money for her cause (and those people were definitely doing a great service) but very few were willing to live and work among the poor and the sick. If everyone supported the causes that they liked, but actually personally worked for one (bagging food at the food bank, for example), it would be great. And, brian, I am sure that there are things that you could do that wouldn’t require interaction with fat germy people.
PS – and speaking up is often just wanting to hear yourself sound like a nice guy/girl.
Participant[quote=flyer][quote=njtosd]Generally speaking, in San Diego, the motivation to live near a freeway or some other less than desirable element is the opportunity to be in a certain school district. I give people credit for being willing to put up with high prices and road noise for the chance (and not the certainty) that their children will be surrounded by interesting classmates that motivate them to do their best. For example, a kid who just graduated from Canyon Crest Academy in CV won the Intel (formerly Westinghouse), Google and Siemens science competitions (complete with $250,000 in prizes). That school is packed full of kids doing amazing things – and I think a lot of parents would sacrifice their own happiness or comfort to expose their kids to that kind of influence.[/quote]
Here’s an article from last year about the amazing young man from CCA you mentioned. We remember hearing about this great achievement from friends who have kids who attend this school.
Here’s a newer one showing the $250,000 total:
ParticipantFLU – that’s why I said chance, not certainty. Plus, they let everyone in from the waiting list this year.
Participant[quote=all]List it on sedo.com and see if anyone bites.
I sold a four letter .com few months ago for $1,500, but ICANN opening up the TLD space crushed the valuations. Unless you own a typo of a frequented website (the goggle.com guy is doing good) or have luck as cybersqutter (adaware.com owner used to make $20K/day doing nothing) you will not have easy time monetizing it.[/quote]Typosquatting is actionable if it’s an attempt to infringe on a famous mark (Tiffany just had 150 or so domain names transferred to it based on typosquatting)and doesn’t really work that well, as indicated here: http://www.domainsherpa.com/is-domain-name-typosquatting-worth-it/
ParticipantThe agents that we’ve worked with have felt that bathrooms shouldn’t be pictured unless they are large and beautiful. In general, the average powder room or kids’ bathroom doesn’t photograph well. In the opinion of the agents, the pictures should show the most marketable points of the house, rather than being informational. In your circumstance, if you are still a “poorgradstudent” you’re probably looking at a starter house, or something close, and your concerns are more practical. Depending on where you’re looking, many floorplans can be found on the internet (if you know the name of the development), which helps complete the picture.
ParticipantGenerally speaking, in San Diego, the motivation to live near a freeway or some other less than desirable element is the opportunity to be in a certain school district. I give people credit for being willing to put up with high prices and road noise for the chance (and not the certainty) that their children will be surrounded by interesting classmates that motivate them to do their best. For example, a kid who just graduated from Canyon Crest Academy in CV won the Intel (formerly Westinghouse), Google and Siemens science competitions (complete with $250,000 in prizes). That school is packed full of kids doing amazing things – and I think a lot of parents would sacrifice their own happiness or comfort to expose their kids to that kind of influence.
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