“Orn, really, did you ever consider "worrying about your health can be bad for your health?", just a quote from the Slip” – SD
Of course I have Slip. That is why I don’t worry about it! On Aug 4, 7:47 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Orn, really, did you ever consider "worrying about your health can be > bad for your health?", just a quote from the Slip. > > On Aug 4, 9:43 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well I eat pig all the time. Nothing like a good Pork Roast cooked to > > perfection, melt in your mouth savory flavor, mmmmm good. > > Thin sliced pork loin with breakfast is a great meal, the other white > > meat. > > Thick cut Pork Chops cooked in apple sauce gravy mmmmm better than > > good. > > Then there is that pig next door, well that's another story. lol > > > On Aug 4, 8:54 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bacon does taste very good…including salt and oil…and a little sweet > > > thrown in. I’m guessing it tastes even better with all of the manmade > > > chemicals added to it too. I remember eating a pound, cooked very > > > crisp for breakfast along with say, 6 eggs etc. It has been many many > > > years since I have eaten any pig at all. > > > > On Aug 4, 4:57 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well I certainly do enjoy a few pieces of thick sliced bacon on a > > > > Sunday morning with my eggs and whatever else I might fix up while I'm > > > > watching a Kevin Bacon movie. People just need to get control over > > > > their lives instead of acting like little children who don't really > > > > know what is good for them. The fat lady in the booth next to us > > > > orders tons of fattening food and then tops the order off with a Diet > > > > Coke. Have a laugh at that! I didn't get the diet soda part at all. > > > > I don't worry about weight much so I eat whatever I want most of the > > > > time. I like real foods and don't settle for imitation anything. I > > > > want real butter, ice cream, whole milk yogurt and free range eggs. > > > > Truth is if I feel I'm putting on some weight I'll cut down on the > > > > quantity and frequency while maintaining the quality. Some good > > > > exercise and I'm back to norm. > > > > > On Aug 4, 2:57 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > As to profile 'wisdom' [similar to fortune cookie wisdom :-)], mine > > > > > includes the quotation: "Don't believe everything you think."...a > > > > > light indication of my Socratic method. > > > > > > On Aug 4, 12:31 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > BB; > > > > > > Thanks again for the complimentary appraisal. I try not to take > > > > > > life > > > > > > too seriously though it seems that you have to some degree let > > > > > > someones > > > > > > seriousness rattle your senses. I think you would be surprised at > > > > > > the > > > > > > amount of humor that passes through the ranks here. Sometimes we > > > > > > all > > > > > > can become a bit intimidated by the commentary that appears > > > > > > to come across as authoritative but in all reality most often it is > > > > > > simply a matter of opinion combined with scientific fact. Even the > > > > > > brilliance of people like Stephen Hawkings gets challenged by peer > > > > > > perspectives and in one instance I know of Hawking came back with a > > > > > > new updated formulation that dispelled the doubts. This is where > > > > > > you > > > > > > are challenged, in the area of reinforcing your view, theory or idea > > > > > > even when encountered by doubt or ridicule. Either that or you > > > > > > could > > > > > > re-evaluate your view. A quote from my profile "I see the world > > > > > > from > > > > > > where I stand and have a strong desire to see it from where others > > > > > > stand so that I may challenge or reinforce my own view". It's easy > > > > > > to understand the world around us when it all revolves around our > > > > > > personal perspective. It is like those who still believe in > > > > > > ridiculous religious myths while the scientific facts show > > > > > > otherwise. > > > > > > While for some the Solar Eclipse is an auspicious event for others > > > > > > it > > > > > > is a sign of doom. In India pregnant women are not allowed outside > > > > > > because of a fear the child could be born with marks. A Chinese > > > > > > myth > > > > > > claims a heavenly dog is swallowing the sun and the people make loud > > > > > > noises to scare off the dog. Personally I think it is the sun > > > > > > experiencing a moment of macular degeneration. lol. > > > > > > All in all I think you should stick around, just weed out those > > > > > > obtuse > > > > > > to your way or level of thinking. Remember we have people in here > > > > > > that span the educational gamut, from HS drop outs to double PhD's. > > > > > > Then of course there is brilliance such as mine that is above and > > > > > > beyond even having a designation. Yeah right! lol > > > > > > Well I know for you it's a sin in here to get too wordy so I'll have > > > > > > to cut and run now, just to keep the peace. > > > > > > Chao! Sayonara! Adios! > > > > > > > On Aug 4, 12:17 am, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > One thing I can say about you Slip is you are more fun than most > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > here. Ripping , yes, but at least more fun. You have a sense of > > > > > > > humor. A rare and special gift it seems among these people. So > > > > > > > many in here are simply pompus and arrogant, but you do that > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > humor! It is a nasty humor, but humor nonetheless, and I will > > > > > > > take > > > > > > > nasty humor over no humor at all any day. This is the most > > > > > > > humorless > > > > > > > room I have been in since jury duty, It is like you threw a party > > > > > > > at > > > > > > > the public library. This is a tough crowd. > > > > > > > > It is like an academic morgue in here mostly. I have felt more > > > > > > > warmth > > > > > > > looking down at the fish on ice at the market. It is like telling > > > > > > > jokes in a shark tank. You know I always thought that when a > > > > > > > person > > > > > > > achieved some wisdom, through knowledge and experience, they would > > > > > > > become more "gentle" like a grandfather talking to a child. No > > > > > > > sir! > > > > > > > The more books you folks read the more blowhard you get. The > > > > > > > angle of > > > > > > > the snoot just changes. > > > > > > > > You know what academics I admire? The poets. Only because > > > > > > > their > > > > > > > entire goal is to condense their idea down to its purest form. > > > > > > > They > > > > > > > spend all their time crossing out lines while you folks add more > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > plop some big words in for spice and a nice insult on top. The > > > > > > > poets > > > > > > > would rather find the perfect word to reduce the rest. Not that I > > > > > > > like poetry. Hate most of it to be honest. I just like that > > > > > > > idea. I > > > > > > > only like one out of a hundred, but that one sure is powerful. > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 9:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > BB, now look what you have done, tsk tsk tsk. > > > > > > > > Now you are going to have to make amends by saying three Our > > > > > > > > Fathers, > > > > > > > > two Hail Marys, and five Sob's, but wait, that 's not all, you > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > also have to do 59 sit ups, that is if you can put a vacuum > > > > > > > > cleaner > > > > > > > > hose up your butt to suck in that belly fat far enough to pull > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > off. After that you will have to write a letter, in > > > > > > > > triplicate, to > > > > > > > > everyone about how sorry you are about derailing Orn's thread > > > > > > > > and IF > > > > > > > > that is not enough you are going to have to listen to 450 hours > > > > > > > > straight of Billy Mays loud mouth, in your face commercials. > > > > > > > > I'm sure that Orn might reduce the infraction to a smidgen, > > > > > > > > after all > > > > > > > > he's not that bad of a mod. > > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 10:44 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I may have missed the point, but I had one. I am trying to > > > > > > > > > avoid > > > > > > > > > politics. Sorry to derail your thread. Carry on. > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 8:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > If you read the article, you seem to have missed the point. > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 8:23 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Can bacon be considered a necessary evil? Am I too > > > > > > > > > > > simple to be in > > > > > > > > > > > this group? I love bacon but I avoid it whenever I am > > > > > > > > > > > able. > > > > > > > > > > > But let me tell you, bacon adds flavor to certain things > > > > > > > > > > > like nobody's > > > > > > > > > > > business. Is it nobody's business? I don't know. I > > > > > > > > > > > think it should > > > > > > > > > > > be a personal choice. Is it basically bad for you? I > > > > > > > > > > > think it > > > > > > > > > > > probably is. Certainly not something you want to eat > > > > > > > > > > > everyday if your > > > > > > > > > > > goal is a really long life. Are there exceptions to > > > > > > > > > > > that? Probably > > > > > > > > > > > Do I want to live a really long life? Not really. But > > > > > > > > > > > ask me when I > > > > > > > > > > > am really close to the end. I might want to extend it. > > > > > > > > > > > Can't promise, > > > > > > > > > > > but maybe. If you told me it was the bacon, I might have > > > > > > > > > > > to accept > > > > > > > > > > > it. It sure was good. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is the goal of life to live long? Like 90 something? > > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't > > > > > > > > > > > look that great to me, but being that life is the only > > > > > > > > > > > game in town, > > > > > > > > > > > it might be good enough. What if you sacrificed every > > > > > > > > > > > single really > > > > > > > > > > > good tasting, good feeling thing in life just to live to > > > > > > > > > > > 90? Was it > > > > > > > > > > > worth it? I don't think so. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 7:31 pm, ornamentalmind > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > First, a lay of the land by a former FDA head: > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler: “The End of > > > > > > > > > > > > Overeating: Taking > > > > > > > > > > > > Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” > > > > > > > > > > > > A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and > > > > > > > > > > > > Prevention warns > > > > > > > > > > > > that the direct medical costs of obesity total about > > > > > > > > > > > > $147 billion a > > > > > > > > > > > > year. That amounts to nine percent of all US medical > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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