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Anyone feel like dancin!? I for one could do with some light relief and a night of post-election poppy bliss. Scissor Sisters are coming Brixton way.

OMG that's too fabulous. I'm on the verge of over-excitement.

Goody. What colour.

Ooooooo. Weitzman. Is there crystal?

Yes Charlie. Exactly. I've rescued the joy thread from page 16 (aka oblivion) in the lounge more than once. Miserable fekkers. So hence my (rational) rage and finding joy on the rage thread. What's that about. I can almost feel a rant coming on.

He has very strange hair. Looks like bearskin hat but shrunk a bit.

Are you a hottie Scootagal? Look on the bright side; maybe it's a complement. Off with you to the joy thread.

Yes, but I sent him away, oh Mandy.

You don't look bovvered

Kiss and Tell - Roxy Music

My eyes are dry at that news. Say what you like about Mandy but he came and he gave without taking.

If you guys like your bubble so much how come you're on the "rage" thread? That's truly irrational. Are you just too lazy to find the joy thread? Px

I bought myself a multi-tasking gardening tool from QVC and I've been a real deamon with it this weekend. Running round my garden like old Leatherface. Cordless and lightweight; it prunes, it trims it weeds and it scares off all the cats. Job done and very satisfying.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How do you know? Because I put a great big bloody tick in the box of the person I was voting for so why wouldn't it be counted? Unless the returning officer had a dislike of purple flowers.

That's what I told him. Every time.

Woof - that reminds me of an old conundrum my uncle used to ask. He used to say "which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of coal?". I used to let him catch me out every time. It made him laugh.

But post a link, right?

Because we are "You Tube" nation MissM. If it's not on You Tube it doesn't count.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > What problems are you talking about Huguenot? From > what I read Giggirl was relaying her experience > without suggesting it was a problem, just a fact. > One which I found interesting enough to request > she told me what her diet consisted of. > > Your whole theory is based of what you have read > in medical journals. She wrote about her personal > experience. In my opinion that counts for more. It > wont be considered medical science but if it > happened it happened. > > Not everything one can learn is in a book. Thanks Narnia I wish to God that I had been overweight through eating too much. If that had been the case I could have eaten less, lost weight, and saved myself a lot of heartache. But that was not to be my experience. My experience is that my whole life I had a modest appetite and ingested a relatively small intake of food. This didn't matter until my mid 30s when I started to put on weight. When I turned 40 I gave up smoking and weight piled on. I'm not an expert but I would say that my metabolism changed. If you overeat you simply eat less to loose weight. If you don't overeat then the position is a lot tricker. To make matters worse there are a lot of idiots saying stupid things. I have been extremely lucky and managed to get my diet and metabolism back on the right track. I haven't yet managed to stabilise things so I can't skip meals and I'm literally "eating to stay thin". It's difficult. Eating isn't my favourite thing to do.

No no. I have one tiny problem only that I am focusing on you. Just one small issue. Here it is..... I am not going to be patronished or condescended to on this matter. To be honest giggirl, I don't think you care. I think you're focusing all your problems on me. That's okay, I'm a big boy. I'm not sure it'll make you happy though. For the love of God get over yourself; who do you think you are. So this is where I came in.... "In loose parlance they eat too much and they don't exercise enough. It's flippant, it's a joke. It's also true." .... just to remind you what I originally said before you started to patronise me and call me a liar, quite simply, that is not always the case.

Well put Gimmie. I think it's a bit "Daily Mail" knee jerk to just ban bonuses - and capping bonuses at ?2500 is effectively a ban.

I thought you were going to politely ignore me. Never mind. Is that the very very best that you can dig up - some quote based on inconclusive research from the 1970s. That is too funny. Thinking has changed a lot in 40 years. You have strongly implied that I must be telling lies. I would be insulted by that if it came from someone intelligent. I am not mistaken regarding my diet, nor am I telling tall stories regarding my diet. Everything is as I have reported. Really really pathetic about the lies: In other words, fat people tell tall stories about their diet. What makes you dangerous is that you're holding forth on something that you don't know a lot about. This is what you said, and what I responded to at 3.57pm yesterday: > Fat people are fat because they overeat and don't > get enough exercise. That is, quite simply, not always the case. That is not what happened to me. You could possibly accept that you aren't an expert in this field and that perhaps you don't know as much as you think. Or you could be a complete wanker and just imply that I must be telling big fat lies.

Yes definitely bank holidays

You're a patronising areshole Hugenot. You're not clever; you're not even knowledgeable; you're just self-opinionated.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > GG,I'd be interested in knowing what your 5 times > a day diet consists of if you'd care to share it. > Also how much exercise you do. This is an average day but it varies. Breakfast is carbohydrate in some form - so either Oatmeal with water or a cereal bar or toast Mid morning - a protein bar or shake Lunch - the main meal of the day. Chicken or fish with a huge salad. I work so I usually get take out from somewhere like Eat or M&S. Or a big plate of sushi with a salad eaten separately. Mid afternoon - another protein shake plus some fruit. Evening - a big portion of steamed vegatables covered in olive oil. This is my favourite meal of the day and I love steamed vegetables. In addition, I drink a lot of water and take supplements. I drink black coffee and alcohol in moderation. In the 7 weeks that I lost the 2 stone I didn't drink any alcohol at all. Exercise - this is more complicated. I used to exercise a lot but I made a decision in January to give up my membership to ESPA on Lordship Lane. I just wasn't enjoying it and it felt rather lonely. I'm time-poor and I decided that I only wanted to do exercise that was sociable and/or that I enjoyed. So now I have a few DVDs that I do at home 4-5 days a week for about 20 minutes a go. When the ED swimming pool re-opens I'll go there as I enjoy swimming. Tomorrow I'm going on an all-day Salsa course in Clapham, which I bought for a friend for her birthday but it's something I want to do too. Basically, that would be a fun way to keep fit if it works out. I'm sort of done with pounding on machines at the gym - I know it's good for you but it's lonely.