I may share one part of that tale. :) About 2 1/2 years ago, when I weighed 360+ pounds, I had an epiphany of sorts and in a flash of insight came to the realization that I was an anorexic, but had been over-compensating. Now, I have decreased my over-compensation and have gotten my weight down to 230 pounds. I have another 40 pounds to go. I hope I can then compensate just enough to hold my weight at that level without once again becoming an over-compensator.
It's a strange life. ;-) Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re[2]: My introduction to digital photography. > Hi, > > > It's just another tool, and you can't have too > > many tools. Nor can you be too thin, or have too much money. > > :) > > Strange you should say that. I once knew someone who inherited > millions of dollars at the age of 16. She developed an > obsessive-complusive personality, and took up tool collecting. She > became one of the world's leading experts on chisels, specialising in > obsidian proto-chisels of the lower mesolithic period. Well, over time > her mania really took a hold, and she stopped eating as she compared > herself with the slender slivers cut from the main piece of stone. She > worried so much about her weight that rather than leave her mansion to > go the bank, where she would see her reflection in the mirrors and > windows, she had the bank deliver all her millions in cash to her home, > where it was stacked in enormous piles, almost from wall to wall, except > for a (very) narrow channel from the door to her study, where she kept the > stone tools. She thought she was an obese obsidian obsessive, obviously. > > But one day, she caught a glimpse of herself in the highly polished > surface of a ceremonial handaxe (Levallois technique) and realised she > wasn't fat at all - she'd become anorexically thin. This realisation freed > her of her obsession, and she thought "I'm starving. I want a bacon > sandwich". She immediately swept all the obsidian from her desk in a grand, > operatic sweep, and started to push her way along the channel of dollars to > get to the nearest greasy spoon. But as those sharpened edges spiralled through > the air, they cut the paper bands that held together the bundles of dollars, > and the entire giant edifice of lucre came crashing down upon her, spreadeagling > her weakened body on the floor. Finally the entire assemblage of flint > spearpoints, burins, handaxes, cleavers, awls, adzes and needles also > fell, and pinioned her to the floorboards, until at last her foolish, > rich heart was pierced by a Mousterian tool of unidentified purpose, > but beautiful symmetrical design, and she expired. > > So you see, Len, sometimes you can be too rich, too thin and have too > many tools, all at the same time. > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
