Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

Being old, I did a search yesterday, on how likely I am to get a hip fracture.
Today, I looked at the growth of the S&P 500 Index fund.

The equation today, looked spookily familiar.

Upon confirmation, it reminded me of the old Pirates vs 'something or other' not-a-correlation.

That is all.

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ps. References available on request.

Nothing hip about a fracture. Strength training has helped me. I've fallen hard on a combination of cement and hardened snow a few times without any issues.

 

[fresh_42]

Attn: NFL recruiters:

Illegal block in the back (Rule 12.3.b), loss of 10 yards.

 

[WWGD]

Illegal block in the back (Rule 12.3.b), loss of 10 yards.

Wow, Deutschland knows football ( Maybe soccer too.)

 

[fresh_42]

Wow, Deutschland knows football ( Maybe soccer too.)

I had to look up the section.

 

[WWGD]

I had to look up the section.

I'm citing "Aussie Rules Footbal". Kind of strange how your English usage is unusual in some ways but absurdly better than average in others.

 

[pinball1970]

A happy way to start the day:

What they do not tell you is that it was in fact the Buffalo, that placed the poor creature in that position in the first place!
The fiend!

 

[WWGD]

What they do not tell you is that it was in fact the Buffalo, that placed the poor creature in that position in the first place!
The fiend!

At least s/he made up for it.

 

[pinball1970]

At least s/he made up for it.

Playing to the crowd, "Hey I'm a large bovine but I will happily help out my testudine brother..."
Like he's all innocent and playing the hero.

 

[WWGD]

Playing to the crowd, "Hey I'm a large bovine but I will happily help out my testudine brother..."
Like he's all innocent and playing the hero.

Don't remind me of the times in Japan's Subway Sandwich place with an employee named 'Ahiro'.

 

[OmCheeto]

Nothing hip about a fracture. Strength training has helped me. I've fallen hard on a combination of cement and hardened snow a few times without any issues.

In your mid 60's? Good for you for staying so active!
Just be aware that 1 in 5 people who fracture their hips die within the next year.

 

[WWGD]

In your mid 60's? Good for you for staying so active!
Just be aware that 1 in 5 people who fracture their hips die within the next year.

Not quite there yet. Wish you well , though.

 

[WWGD]

I'd like to see someone at some point say "Needless to say", and say absolutely nothing afterwards.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I'd like to see someone at some point say "Needless to say", and say absolutely nothing afterwards.

Needless to say....

 

[WWGD]

Needless to say....

By someone who needs no introduction :

 

[WWGD]

Before Summer ends...

 

[OmCheeto]

Just ordered a bunch of oddball fish to be delivered tomorrow morning.

cost	lb	what
$7.60	1	catfish fillets
$8.00	1	boneless skinless cod fillets
$11.00	2	boneless skinless tilapia fillets
$19.00	1.5	Atlantic Salmon Fillet
$11.00	2	Swai Fillets Boneless & Skinless
$56.60	7.5	total

I plan on smoking it all.

 

[WWGD]

Just ordered a bunch of oddball fish to be delivered tomorrow morning.

cost	lb	what
$7.60	1	catfish fillets
$8.00	1	boneless skinless cod fillets
$11.00	2	boneless skinless tilapia fillets
$19.00	1.5	Atlantic Salmon Fillet
$11.00	2	Swai Fillets Boneless & Skinless
$56.60	7.5	total

I plan on smoking it all.

Then get some rolling paper too ;).

 

[BillTre]

Oddball fish means something different to me:

Here's some guy's list.

 

[OmCheeto]

Oddball fish means something different to me:

Here's some guy's list.

I miss being a fish person.
When I was about 8, my mom took me to the local Woolworths store where they were giving away free goldfish. Beings that she was by that time single, with 6 other children to take care for, 'free' was a price she could afford to spend on me.
For the next 60 years, I was seldom without some 'oddball' fish.
One of my favorites were the mouthbrooders. I raised at least one batch.
Of course, just being a hobby, once I reached adulthood, I kept them only as pets.

 

[skyshrimp]

I’m eating a small pot of chicken pasta from the supermarket. It’s only 275g and contains 12.3g of sugar.

 

[WWGD]

I’m eating a small pot of chicken pasta from the supermarket. It’s only 275g and contains 12.3g of sugar.

So your sugar pack has some chicken in it?

 

[WWGD]

Wow, there's a protocol called Stir/Shaken , to avoid spoofed phone calls.

 

[fresh_42]

I’m eating a small pot of chicken pasta from the supermarket. It’s only 275g and contains 12.3g of sugar.

I guess that's the tomato sauce. However, if you include the carbs from the pasta, you will get an even higher number.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[WWGD]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I guess that's the tomato sauce. However, if you include the carbs from the pasta, you will get an even higher number.

I gave up carbs over 14 years ago. I had exhausted all of the options provided by doctors, including one of the nation's leading experts, to gain control of my very unusual variant on diabetes. Out of desperation (after passing out from the sugar in half an orange) I tried a ketogenic diet. Keto was considered very risky and fringe back then but I was truly desperate. My health was declining rapidly and I was on the fast train to the grave.

For a long time I was in and out of hard ketosis, (at 25 grams of carbs per day total). Then went to more of a maintenance mode, typically < 100 grams of carbs a day. It was and is still incredibly difficult to avoid all of the carbs and sugar in foods. I remember walking into a 7-11 one day to grab a snack and there was almost nothing in the store I could eat. I think nuts were about the only thing. Sugar is added to almost everything! Recently I even saw the sugar in the raw corn tortillas I have been buying for 20 years, has increased.

I managed to reprogram my body, and for the first time in my life an gained control of my blood sugar. All in all I have eaten virtually no bread, pasta, sugar, beans, rice, corn, potatoes and all derivatives of potatoes, alcohol including beer, or anything else with a high carb count like BBQ sauce and other condiments, in over 14 years. It is my normal now. At this point it would seem very strange to eat something like a sandwich or a plate of pasta.

One thing I quickly noticed was how much weight bread adds to foods to go. If I stopped and got a hamburger, I would eat the meat and cheese and lettuce but throw the buns back into the bag. I noticed the buns where were often the majority of the weight of the total sandwich. The buns must have filler to add weight; to make it seem like you are getting more food than you are.

 

[fresh_42]

I managed to reprogram my body and for the first time in my life, gained control of my blood sugar. All in all I have eaten virtually no bread, pasta, sugar, beans, rice, corn, potatoes and all derivatives of potatoes, alcohol including beer, or anything else with a high carb count like BBQ sauce and other condiments, ...

Beans surprised me, but it explains a lot. I used to drink beer regularly and once wanted to know whether I was addicted or not. I thought I was. However, it turned out that I'm addicted to carbs rather than alcohol. And I like beans.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Beans surprised me, but it explains a lot. I used to drink beer regularly and once wanted to know whether I was addicted or not. I thought I was. However, it turned out that I'm addicted to carbs rather than alcohol. And I like beans.

One cup of black beans contains a entire day's worth of carbs if doing hard keto.

Beer is a bit of a mystery to me. I tried having a beer once about 12 years ago and it took me out of commission for a weekend. They claim the carb count includes any remaining maltose but my reaction says otherwise. That or maybe I have some kind of allergy or lack the maltase enzyme.

Before I understood my blood sugar issues, I knew I didn't tolerate alcohol. Even a little alcohol made me feel horrible. I didn't understand it but the cause and effect were eventually undeniable. I ended up quitting drinking on my 21st birthday.

 

[WWGD]

One cup of black beans contains a entire day's worth of carbs if doing hard keto.

Beer is a bit of a mystery to me. I tried having a beer once about 12 years ago and it took me out of commission for a weekend. They claim the carb count includes any remaining maltose but my reaction says otherwise. That or maybe I have some kind of allergy or lack the maltase enzyme.

I only did Keto once, but in Ecuador. It's the capital city.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I only did Keto once, but in Ecuador. It's the capital city.

You did Keto in Quito?