[scifinoir2] Re: What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread g123curious
Thanks for the article. Yeah, things shipped from 2,000 miles away should cost more at the supermarket than things shipped from 200 miles away, but sadly they often don't. Also, there is the accountability aspect. If you get sick from your food, who do you complain to? The corporate

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
Somaybe being poor is good, huh? Less to waste... ok, maybe not... :o) ---Original Message--- From: Astromancer Date: 08/17/05 23:11:06 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint? Lower is better...Mine was 11...only because

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
Everybody does not do well as vegetarian(s). Check out your blood type. If you're a type 'A' like I am, vegetarian is the way to go. On the other hand type 'O', the original type, is a meat-eating type. Got it from the original diet. Type 'A' evolved after humans settled down and began to

[scifinoir2] Germans aren't excited about videogames

2005-08-18 Thread Keith Johnson
I find this fascinating. You know I follow the gaming industry for its cultural impact, its growing economic power, which now rivals (perhaps surpasses) the movie industry's. Its potential for education and even further opening up the communication potential of the Net. I guess I'd taken it for

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread Keith Johnson
I stand 6'1, weigh about 210 pounds, yet eat very little meat for my size. Everyone expresses surprise at how little meat I eat. I workout a great deal and always seem to have high energy. A few years ago when this weight consisted of more fat (now it's hopefully more muscle with a little fat

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread Astromancer
Not... M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Somaybe being poor is good, huh? Less to waste... ok, maybe not... :o) ---Original Message--- From: Astromancer Date: 08/17/05 23:11:06 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint? Lower

[scifinoir2] Fw: Voracious black holes hide their appetite in dusty galaxies

2005-08-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Really cool! http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/view.article.php?ArticleID=20533 Voracious black holes hide their appetite in dusty galaxies August 08, 2005 A UK-led team of astronomers reports today (August 4th) in Nature that they have tracked down an elusive

[scifinoir2] Fw: Trick Plants to Grow on Mars

2005-08-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is getting more and more like SF! http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/grow_plants_by_relieve_anxiety.html?882005 Trick Plants to Grow on Mars Summary - (Aug 8, 2005) If humans are going to live on Mars, we're going to need to learn how to grow plants in the

[scifinoir2] NASA's Next Leap In Mars Exploration Ready For Launch

2005-08-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope these exciting-sounding missions are successful! http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mro-05h.html MARSDAILY - http://www.marsdaily.com NASA's Next Leap In Mars Exploration Ready For Launch Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2005 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance

[scifinoir2] Awesome galactic photo!

2005-08-18 Thread Amy Harlib
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RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread Astromancer
I have to ask...What about those Coke and vanilla ice cream floats??? Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I stand 6'1, weigh about 210 pounds, yet eat very little meat for my size. Everyone expresses surprise at how little meat I eat. I workout a great deal and always seem to have high energy.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread Laileana
I am a vegetarian and my score was still 20. I think my gas guzzling SUV got me. That I drive everywhere alone. There is not really reliable public transportation where I live at. lois M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everybody does not do well as vegetarian(s). Check out your blood type.

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
Keith, I'm glad to hear that! I'm guessing your wife might be type 'O'...? The same thing happened to my sister, who is type 'O'. She got really sick when she tried to stop eating meat. She switched to lean cuts, and she's healthy as a...I'm NOT going to say HORSE! LOLLOL! On the other side,

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
I hear you. I've been there, too. Since my resources have increased, I have a tendency to be extremely spend-foolish. At least I was. It took me 20 years to start investing and spending money on the future because I was so into making up for being poor! And you know what? I'm not one bit

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
20 seems to be a good score, considering mine!!! Yeah, the SUV would get you. I've got a Nissan Maxima. Great gas mileage except when it speeds... Not me, you understand...IT... :o) Maurice PS -- Would you happen to know your blood type? Do you do well as a vegetarian? ---Original

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread Astromancer
You know, I worked in a blood center for several years and this is the first I've heard of this...Is it relatively new research? M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Keith, I'm glad to hear that! I'm guessing your wife might be type 'O'...? The same thing happened to my sister, who is type

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread Astromancer
I am ensuring that I remember every moment of this poverty I am in so that I NEVER return to it...working very hard to get out of it too... M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I hear you. I've been there, too. Since my resources have increased, I have a tendency to be extremely

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Ha-ha! The one addiction I have is to ice cream. I try very hard to only eat ice cream on the weekends. Try to leave hamburgers and stuff to the weekends too. That usually works, unless I start the weekend early. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

2005-08-18 Thread M C Jennings
You will. One thing that is helping me is Psycho-Cybernetics...actually the New Psycho-Cybernetics. The main premise is that nothing will change or get better for anyone until the person's self-image improves...I'm finding that, as a people, WE have huge issues with self-image. The dominant