Rocky

That's OK (about not having time to post), My post got to stay at the top for three weeks. Always good to hear about someone having a big reason to smileWe all want to be of value to others, and you certainly are.

Right on! (to both Lifted Up and niKa) :)

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And speaking of Cash for Clunkers (see, I told you it's impossible to derail),there is no longer a beat-up, gas-guzzling Wowmobile in the niKa driveway. There's an inexpensive, gets-great-gas-mileage, something-reliable-to-commute-to-the-new-job-mobile.

And because of the stimulus plan, we can deduct the state and local sales taxes on it.

Interesting week.

Wooo-hooooo!

Karmic, still thinking about you, Sweet Lady.

WOO-HOO indeed!

And Karmic, me too!

Thank you for the kind words. I'm sorry I derailed the thread. We should talk about something else... How about the fact that my son, home from finishing his first year at University of Chicago, my 14 year old daughter, and my 11 year old son have hijacked the family room for the last 24 hours to watch "Christmas in July" on QVC. They definitely put life in perspective for me... That's not true they confuse the heck out of me, but I think they are so entertaining.

What about you? Ever watch/buy from QVC or the Home Shopping Channel?

Never have bought anything from QVC or HSN/C... what a wonderful bunch of kids you have there... and the oldest must be incredibly smart, going to the University of Chicago! :)

I think I am ready to tell someone, and since I've actually met a few of you and think so highly of our visits...

My son, Troy, passed away June 16, 2009. He was 27 and battled testicular cancer. He was Mini corps F-12. I am devasted...

Oh... (((((((Karmicdebt))))))), I'm SOOOOOO sorry. It is most understandable that you would feel that way.

We watched him from Viet Nam to the moon. His style, grace and honesty will be sorely missed by many. Infinitely preferable to the large breasted bubble brained moron script readers on modern "news" channels.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University remembers it's namesake

Wow - 28 years since we were unleashed upon the unsuspecting world? Weren't most of us younger than that then? We were such sweet babies.

Indeed, most, but not all... I certainly was younger than 28, 28 years ago.

And now, we're such sweet . . . grownups!!

BTW today is the 28th anniversary of our 9th Corps graduation. Whoppee!

Chuck reminded me of that today. It's easy to remember because our 28th wedding anniversary is the 16th.

Gongrats to you and Chuck on 28 years (tomorrow)! :)

It was one hundred and four degrees here today, and this was a pretty typical day for us, lately.

Maaa-aan. If it doesn't move, I'm watering it.

Tomatoes love the heat, though, and they're getting big and red.

Happy Summer, everybody!!

114 here... it's like walking (or running, or bikeriding or driving) through a convection oven. :)

Hiway... I could be wrong, but I think Way8394WC17 was corps.

Exactly. The person asking about Mr. Bailey indicated he had graduated from the WC. Therefore, I indicated that he could find two persons with that name at the linked website. I gave no thought to how the info would help anyone other than the person who asked the initial question.

If the initial inquiry would have been from someone not having been in the WC, I would communicated something different and done so in a different manner... probably offering to pass along contact information from the inquirer to the person asked about, and probably would have done so privately.

I was s spiritual partner for Dave after I graduated the 17 corps. would like to track hi down if possible

There is more than one "David Bailey" at Way Corps social networking site.

I think it's because when some high profile celeb dies, it makes each of us more aware of our own mortality.

Heart attacks (one's own) can get the job done (making us keenly aware of that one's own mortality) pretty well... like some of us had last year...

The above was posted by two friends from another site.

May Ed, Farrah, and Michael all R.I.P.

Who decides when three particular deaths are appropriate for the "they come in three's" concept?

You know...

I liked Michael Jackson's stuff. The operative word there is "liked" - past tense.

He hasn't done much more than make controversy in the past 15 years or so.

While I'd never wish death on anyone, I certainly can't feel anything but a "meh" about his death.

Then again, I simply don't get the fascination with celebrities.

That pretty much says it all.

Yea, yesterday (Friday) around 4 pm.

NIKA, the obvious change refers to my gender. I hope I'm never a grandma! Rocky has it right.

I don't mind, personally, getting mixed up with Rocky! Politically that may be different, though he may not know it since I don't get much into that field.

How about when you get the "Grandma" title???

I always thought it was interesting that women you couldn't get close to getting their ages out of will brag to no end about being a grandma.

Just thought about that, since today or tomorrow I may gain that title, with one minor obvious change.

Being a grandpa just seems like it would be about the best thing in the world!

Whatever happened to the days when the burden of zoning enforcement fell on a government entity?

Privatization. End of story.

Btw, I escaped HOAland when I sold my house in 2005. I now live in a 55+ retirement/manufactured home community (even though I won't be old enough until later this year).

I own my home but rent the space. There's reasonable balance in power relationships here.

I'm late in joining this party but here is my two cents... I started a diet plan back in January. It was given to me by a personal trainer/nutritionist. Basically it is high protein and green veggies, low-low-low carbs, no fat, no salt, and tons of water, all broken into several small meals each day. This we did for three weeks, then once a week we added a low-glycemic, high fiber carb meal so the body didn't go into "starvation" mode for the rest of the program (a total of eight weeks). Then you go off the strict diet just to give yourself a mental break. You can go back after two weeks if you want.

For exercise, three times a week we would go to the gym and warm up with cardio, then do weight-training to build muscle mass, then warm down with cardio. Three other days we were asked to do something cardio for 30 minutes. And we were told to take one day off a week.

We kept track of our pounds and inches lost. All of us in the program got amazing results!! And while I haven't done the actual diet or exercise plan since, I still eat several small meals a day, drink almost nothing but water, and stay active. I have not gained anything back, in fact I've continued to lose about a pound a month.

The whole package, he told us, comes down to this: get your metabolism cranking, feed your body the right balance of healthy stuff so it knows it doesn't have to hold onto the fat it has stored, and build muscles (they burn more calories than other tissues or fat does). If you can do all those things at the same time, you WILL lose weight and prime your body to keep it off down the road. I am convinced he knows what he is talking about... I am 25 pounds down, and ready to start working on the next 25!!

Congrats to everyone here who is doing whatever they need to do to lose weight and get healthy!!!!

THW

Same insight has been shared on this thread repeatedly. It works.

People have obtained said insight in various ways, but it all really boils down to that. And in the long run, to keep it off, a person will have to develop eating habits beyond any structured diet.

Congrats. :)

The entire concept of HOAs is UNAMERICAN.

These breeding grounds for annoying neighbors (the ones who want to lord it over the rest) are, by virtue of their inherent structure, both FASCIST and COMMUNIST.

I will not debate the merits of any given issue regarding HOAs... I simply believe they should be completely BANNED in America.

However, they will not be banned anytime soon. The reason they have quietly become the dominant form of quasi-municipal government is because they provide and insidiously quiet way to "raise taxes" for municipal services.

Of course, none of them want to be known or defined as such, but allowing homeowners to be taxed with little to no voice or oversight, practically speaking, is the secret they want kept hidden.

The false label of "free market" choices being made by informed homebuyers is complete BUNK.

In most cities in the US these days, there is almost NO new housing being built (for single family ownership) WITHOUT an HOA in place.

I am within lbs of my ideal weight. I've lost right about 150 lbs since this thread started. My goal was a line from a Beatles' Song, "I'm just half the man I used to be" I was about a 55 inch waist and now comfortably wear 36 inch waist pants. I've gone from only being able to shop at Big and Tall Shops to not being allowed in.

Rocky, your info made me think of what one of my students related to me. She and her husband lived in Scotland for 5 years while he worked on his PhD. They visited many places in Europe. When they returned to the U. S. it was culture shock acclimating to the mega this and that from department stores to restaurants. She said the Europeans would never believe the portions served in restaurants here in the U. S.

I can understand that. There are a couple of times in my life when I've undergone some culture shock.

I spent about 3 years on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean (Terceira, Azores). When I returned to the US it was significantly shocking.

In my mid 20s, I spent a year (as a WOW) in a small town in northern Ohio. When I returned to real life in Phoenix, AZ after that, I was REALLY shocked, culturally.

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Anyway, two other important American food industry items to note:

a new documentary movie is scheduled for release in June (in selected cities), titled Food, Inc.

and (apparently released in 2008) another book, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.

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Btw, I have found myself feeling wonderfully liberated (from my appetite) since I started reading Kessler's book.

New book:

The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

By David A Kessler, MD.

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This book is OUTSTANDING!

Kessler synthesizes a lot of research studies into very meaningful, easy to grasp, insights that will make the light go on in a big way.

With an understanding of WHY and HOW the American food industry has manipulated (many of) us to make many foods IRRESISTABLE, it can be easier (and it is for me) to take control of your (my) appetite.

The End of Overeating at Amazon.com

And let's not forget, for those who still would like to find people who they know who may have been in the way corps, FACEBOOK is an excellent platform for finding people. Many of the people on the WC site are also on FACEBOOK.

And Dan Haas has also started a FACEBOOK group to facilitate connections for people who were (and/or still are) in TWI.

Hey Exie, I don't post there, what's up with it?

Nothing's up with it.

In some ways similar to GS, but in plenty of other ways different.

No one is anonymous there.

Not everyone hates TWI, Wierwille and/or Martindale.

It has a chat feature.

Each member has his/her own page.

The forums are not about controversial topics, but each member can have blogs, pics, music, and/or video.

Member blogs cover many topics, some controversial. Some members extol the virtues of Wierwille's teachings, some make it clear why they no longer associate with TWI.

There's really not much more to it than that.

Excie is certainly free to express her opinion about it, even so far as to do so on her page on that site.

But if there are genuine, legitimate concerns, the owners/administrators invite feedback so that if reasonable, do-able changes can be made, they would be made.

Wow niKa, Congratulations! I'm so happy for you. I haven't been at the cafe in a while and haven't commented on anything here in an even greater while, but this is definitely comment-worthy! God is good!

Echo! (I like that word better than "ditto" these days).

well I'd never heard of it.

wikipedia suites me fine

Me too, but LindaZ's point is well taken... wikipedia is NOT good to use as a SOLE source. IF you need to rely on anything you read on wikepedia, verify it with other sources.

Life isn't fair. You guys are enjoying the onslaught of Summer while we are going into Winter. Wet and chilly no freezing.

I'd take that!

I hope that you are all well and happy.

Love, niKa