How do you eat healthy when you can't cook?(100.00%)
Subway has some fairly healthy choices if you leave off the cheese and fatty condiments. Macaroni Grill now has whole wheat pasta. I'm a fan of Chipotle, I think their food is pretty healthy though their big burritos can top 1000 calories so if you a...
What if I'm so confused on who to be with?
Hon, you sound pretty luke-warm about your current BF. If I'm reading you right don't marry him just because it seems safe, comfortable, or nicer than previous BFs.
You have a lot to sort out before you do anything. Tell your BF you just aren't re...
Is it possible to switch to a manual transmission?(100.00%)
I'm sure it is possible. You can do almost anything to a car if you are willng to throw enough money at it.
The Dodge Charger as well as its stable mates the 300 and Magnum only comes as an automatic. Chances are it would take some work to find a ...
Is it OK to give a 9-month-old cow's milk?
That milk causes anemia in infants is widely known. You can search yourself but here is one docterly link I found: http://ww.drpaul.com/library/12NOV1999.html Also, if you transition to cow's milk whole milk is prefered at the beginning. The leaky g...
Is it OK to give a 9-month-old cow's milk?(100.00%)
Cow's milk can cause anemia in babies. Cow's milk itself is deficient in iron plus it can cause gastric bleeding. Babies also have leaky guts meaning that some undigested milk can end up in bloodstream which can cause other problems like allergies an...
What brands of food do vegans eat?
Health food stores have vegan prepared and convenience foods but I found that eating vegan means preparing most of your own food. There are a few fast food options but in general it takes some research to find vegan fast food since often the restauran...
What's the best meditation technique?
The best technique I've found is to medidate on a mantra. Make your mantra a single soothing sylable like oom or sham.
Find a comfortable quiet place where you won't be bothered.
Relax as much as possible by closing your eyes and taking long slo...
How to lose ten pounds?
The last few lbs. are always the toughest.
The worst thing you can do is to get frustrated then backslide and regain the weight you worked so hard to loose.
Look at the positive, you lost 40 lbs and no doubt are healthier and look and feel better...
How do you get the value of Pi?(100.00%)
Divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter. In circles of all sizes this ratio is pi. There are formulae to calculate digits of pi. As a lad I calculated a few hundred digits this way (I also found all the primes < 1,000,000 with pencil...
Can they sink any lower?
Looking at google I haven't seen any hits from any site that I'd consider reputable.
I'm not going to call this an urban legend but it is possible; perhaps snopes will eventually research this.
An outsider could reference the work of several Amer...
How can I lose 12 lbs?
For most people loosing weight is difficult and gaining weight is easy.
Assuming a calorie deficit of 500 calories it would take a week to loose a lb. of weight. Of course it usually doesn't work out this way, when you reduce your caloric intake yo...
How can I lose weight fast without exercise?
You need to go back to your doctor to find out how to control your asthma. You may be able to avoid whatever is triggering your asthma or you may be able to take medications to control it.
If your regular doctor can't help enough you may have to go...
Will not eating vegetables hurt me in the long run?
I have a nephew who only ate 4 things, bologna sandwiches (bologna and bread only), cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chicken nuggets. He refused all other food. Never did any fruit or vegetable pass his lips until he was an adult. His w...
What exercises will increase my pecs?
flys, bench presses (flat, incline, decline) and push-ups.
For balance you should also exercise your lats with bent rows, chin-ups, etc.
What is politically correct to call them?
Words are often loaded.
The pro-life extremists who assasinate gynocologists are not refered to as "Christian assassins" "Christians extremists." or "Christian terrorists." As far as I know all of these folks are Christian so it wouldn't be inacc...
What's a good Cholesterol reading?
Total cholesterol below 200 mb/dl is now considered "desireable" but there is more to it than that. Doctors like to see HDL (good) cholesterol above 40 for men and above 50 for women. Some people with low total cholesterol will have low HDL cholester...
Do you like Coke or Pepsi better?
I usually drink iced tea but when I'm having cola Coke is it. Pepsi is too sweet and lacks Coke's complexity.
Every now and then I need a cherry Coke. Not the cherry Coke that comes in a can but Coke with cherry syrup to it. Sonic makes a good ch...
What foods use animal byproducts?
In spite of what Funguy says there is nothing wrong with a Vegan diet. The vegans I met were all slim, fit, vital, and healthy. I keep hearing people say Vegans are salow and sickly looking but in my experience they are exactly the opposite. There a...
What foods use animal byproducts?
One thing many people don't think of is beer. Many commercial beer uses isinglass as a fining or clarifier. Isinglass is made from fish bladders. Some vegetarians ignore isinglass because most of it does settle out of beer. I brew most of the beer ...
What is good or even great about America?(100.00%)
I think America is the greatest country in the world but I don't think it is perfect.
To me the thing that makes America great is the fact that I can criticize it in areas where I feel it falls short. We are a nation of laws but they work both ways...
Is Flyleaf a Christian band?
Flyleaf appears both on pop and Christian charts.
I guess it is one of those eye of the beholder kind of things.
What are the effects of peanuts and watermelon on cholesterol?(100.00%)
Peanuts are a good food though they do have a lot of fat and some of naturally saturated. High fat foods tend to raise cholesterol, however, the fat in peanuts is considered a good fat and some studies have indicated that peanuts can in fact improve y...
Are biking and running equal in miles?
You are better off thinking in terms of time and effort level rather than miles.
There are lots of variables but the closest equivalent for cycling vs running miles is 3 to 1. Running 5 miles is similar to cycling 15 miles.
Is Accelerade better than Gatorade?
Sports nutrition companies constantly try to find new angles to market their products.
One research study found that athletes who used a sports drink with carbohydrates and protein could exercise slightly longer before exhaustion than the group that...
Is MS-DOS still important?
MSDOS is long dead. My company ran some MSDOS applications up until a few years ago but these were run in OS/2 and later Windows NT.
There is still some work being done and a few users of FreeDOS which is a MSDOS compatable operating system that is...
How can I cope with never being good enough?
You should stop seeking validation from people. Doing something well is its own reward. Believe you me that when you grow up people will still take you for granted when things go right and never let you live it down when they don't.
Just do your b...
Does this surprise you?
This doesn't suprise me for 2 reasons.
$170,000 isn't that much money for DC. When adjusted for cost-of-living in our respective cities I make about as much as Senators do. My job isn't nearly as important as theirs so I don't see why they should ...
How picky should a man be in choosing a woman?
As Louise told Thelma, "you get what you settle for."
Another thing I've learned over the years is you can be much happier alone than in an unhappy marriage.
Do ratings drive radio programs?
Hmm, someone seems to have deleted my latest replay.
So Jim Inhofe claimed to have overheard H. Clinton and Boxer discussing "fixing talk radio" the other day, then backpedaled and said the conversation was 3 years ago.
Clinton and Boxer claim th...
Did humans evolve from ape or were Adam and Eve the first people?(100.00%)
Of course another angle is what if we are misunderstanding the whole Adam and Eve story today?
Adam is Hebrew for mankind, Eve is Hebrew for life.
Considering the names is it possible that the story is alegorical rather than a story about two peo...
Does anyone have great diet tips to lose weight fast but healthy?
The healthiest diet is probably low fat vegan. Look up some books by Dr. John McDougall. I don't eat 100% vegan (pretty hard to do unless you prepare all your own food) but the closer I come to this ideal the better I feel and the easier my extra wei...
What is a safe muscle supplement?
Supliments sold to body builders are snake oil.
The things you need to build muscle are an intense routine of good exercises, A good balanced diet, and good rest between workouts.
Is this normal for someone my age or are my parents too rough?(100.00%)
I think your parents are pushing too hard. Summer is a time to recharge so when Fall comes you can start your studies refreshed and eager to learn.
Reading a few good books is a good idea over the Summer but you need some time to be a kid. Perhaps...
Should I move away from my semi-strict parents?
Like everyone else said, their house, their rules. As far as cutting you out of their will; parents threaten that all the time. My parents threatend to cut my brother out of their will when he hooked up with a gal they didn't like. I saw their will ...
Do ratings drive radio programs?
amblessed, do you have a link to the proposed legeslation? It is pretty hard to comment on it without seeing more than keywords. Often there is more to a story than meets the eye.
The airwaves are not free; they are a finite resource that the gove...
Should I have an abortion?
Nobody can make the decision for you. Your options are, an abortion, have the baby and put it up for adoption, or have the baby and raise it yourself as an effectively single mother. Regardless of what anyone tells you *YOU* are the person who has to...
Would Nader help or hurt a particular party?
Nader running would no doubt help the Republican party since most Nader supporters would otherwise vote Democrat if they voted.
Many progressive voters fault Nader as the spoiler in the 2000 election. Since Bush won Florida by a mere 537 votes and ...
How can I slim down one cheek?
Most people's faces are not symetric. If you look closely at other people's faces you will notice that most of them are not symetric either. Unless your asymetry is very noticible than don't worry about it.
Do I have a disorder that makes me super skinny?
You probably have nothing wrong with you. Some people naturally put weight on easily while others stay skinny no mater what they eat.
If you are worried you can get a checkup just to be safe. Sometimes it is worth it to see a doctor just for peace...
Is it possible to plan for twins?
The infertility drugs Clomid and Reponex cause hyperovulation so they should increase the odds of having multiple births.
I'm not sure if any OB/GYN or infertility doctors would perscribe these drugs for the purpose of encouraging multiple births. ...
Who should prevail in the dry cleaning case?
And people wonder why everyone hates lawyers.
Obviously a nuisance lawsuit. Hopefully the judge hearing this suit will tear Mr. Pearson a new one and hit him with triple court costs for abusing the tort system so badly.
Is the Matrix real so our "world" is a dream?(100.00%)
The only thing you can certain of is that you exist. Decarts' Cogito Ergo Sum or "I think therefore I am" speaks of this. Everything else could be illusion but the fact that you as an agent can think proves that you exist in some manner.
If you fo...
What do you think the odds of an apology are ?
Regardless of where amblessed got his information it does look like Gang of 88 has egg on their face.
One thing I've always said is you have to be careful which horse you hook your wagon to.
Why does Congress have the lowest rating in a decade?
I don't think voters were voting for Democrats; they were voting against the status quo. Since nothing has changed much and everything seems like "business as usual" voters are not happy.
Should I be a skater or a prep?(100.00%)
False dichotomy. If you like to skate, skate. If you like to wear preppy clothes wear preppy clothes.
If you mean, should I be a mindless sheep following the fold of skaters or a mindless sheep following the fold of preps than take your choice if ...
Will the Duke false accuser ever be charged?
Ms. Magnum's sanity and grasp of reality are in doubt. It is possible that she actually believes that she was attacked at the party. If she actually believed the statements she made against the students than she committed no crime.
If she is menta...
Did humans evolve from ape or were Adam and Eve the first people?(100.00%)
Most educated believers do accept evolution. Dualism is the view that there can be scientific truths and religious truths and that these truths do not have to agree because they answer different questions.
Of course the evidence for evolution in th...
filletofspam's Advice page 39
Subway has some fairly healthy choices if you leave off the cheese and fatty condiments. Macaroni Grill now has whole wheat pasta. I'm a fan of Chipotle, I think their food is pretty healthy though their big burritos can top 1000 calories so if you a...
Hon, you sound pretty luke-warm about your current BF. If I'm reading you right don't marry him just because it seems safe, comfortable, or nicer than previous BFs. You have a lot to sort out before you do anything. Tell your BF you just aren't re...
I'm sure it is possible. You can do almost anything to a car if you are willng to throw enough money at it. The Dodge Charger as well as its stable mates the 300 and Magnum only comes as an automatic. Chances are it would take some work to find a ...
That milk causes anemia in infants is widely known. You can search yourself but here is one docterly link I found: http://ww.drpaul.com/library/12NOV1999.html Also, if you transition to cow's milk whole milk is prefered at the beginning. The leaky g...
Cow's milk can cause anemia in babies. Cow's milk itself is deficient in iron plus it can cause gastric bleeding. Babies also have leaky guts meaning that some undigested milk can end up in bloodstream which can cause other problems like allergies an...
Health food stores have vegan prepared and convenience foods but I found that eating vegan means preparing most of your own food. There are a few fast food options but in general it takes some research to find vegan fast food since often the restauran...
The best technique I've found is to medidate on a mantra. Make your mantra a single soothing sylable like oom or sham. Find a comfortable quiet place where you won't be bothered. Relax as much as possible by closing your eyes and taking long slo...
The last few lbs. are always the toughest. The worst thing you can do is to get frustrated then backslide and regain the weight you worked so hard to loose. Look at the positive, you lost 40 lbs and no doubt are healthier and look and feel better...
Divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter. In circles of all sizes this ratio is pi. There are formulae to calculate digits of pi. As a lad I calculated a few hundred digits this way (I also found all the primes < 1,000,000 with pencil...
Looking at google I haven't seen any hits from any site that I'd consider reputable. I'm not going to call this an urban legend but it is possible; perhaps snopes will eventually research this. An outsider could reference the work of several Amer...
For most people loosing weight is difficult and gaining weight is easy. Assuming a calorie deficit of 500 calories it would take a week to loose a lb. of weight. Of course it usually doesn't work out this way, when you reduce your caloric intake yo...
You need to go back to your doctor to find out how to control your asthma. You may be able to avoid whatever is triggering your asthma or you may be able to take medications to control it. If your regular doctor can't help enough you may have to go...
I have a nephew who only ate 4 things, bologna sandwiches (bologna and bread only), cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chicken nuggets. He refused all other food. Never did any fruit or vegetable pass his lips until he was an adult. His w...
flys, bench presses (flat, incline, decline) and push-ups. For balance you should also exercise your lats with bent rows, chin-ups, etc.
Words are often loaded. The pro-life extremists who assasinate gynocologists are not refered to as "Christian assassins" "Christians extremists." or "Christian terrorists." As far as I know all of these folks are Christian so it wouldn't be inacc...
She went on a fast called "master cleanser"
How about a good night's sleep?
Total cholesterol below 200 mb/dl is now considered "desireable" but there is more to it than that. Doctors like to see HDL (good) cholesterol above 40 for men and above 50 for women. Some people with low total cholesterol will have low HDL cholester...
I usually drink iced tea but when I'm having cola Coke is it. Pepsi is too sweet and lacks Coke's complexity. Every now and then I need a cherry Coke. Not the cherry Coke that comes in a can but Coke with cherry syrup to it. Sonic makes a good ch...
In spite of what Funguy says there is nothing wrong with a Vegan diet. The vegans I met were all slim, fit, vital, and healthy. I keep hearing people say Vegans are salow and sickly looking but in my experience they are exactly the opposite. There a...
One thing many people don't think of is beer. Many commercial beer uses isinglass as a fining or clarifier. Isinglass is made from fish bladders. Some vegetarians ignore isinglass because most of it does settle out of beer. I brew most of the beer ...
I think America is the greatest country in the world but I don't think it is perfect. To me the thing that makes America great is the fact that I can criticize it in areas where I feel it falls short. We are a nation of laws but they work both ways...
Flyleaf appears both on pop and Christian charts. I guess it is one of those eye of the beholder kind of things.
Peanuts are a good food though they do have a lot of fat and some of naturally saturated. High fat foods tend to raise cholesterol, however, the fat in peanuts is considered a good fat and some studies have indicated that peanuts can in fact improve y...
You are better off thinking in terms of time and effort level rather than miles. There are lots of variables but the closest equivalent for cycling vs running miles is 3 to 1. Running 5 miles is similar to cycling 15 miles.
Sports nutrition companies constantly try to find new angles to market their products. One research study found that athletes who used a sports drink with carbohydrates and protein could exercise slightly longer before exhaustion than the group that...
MSDOS is long dead. My company ran some MSDOS applications up until a few years ago but these were run in OS/2 and later Windows NT. There is still some work being done and a few users of FreeDOS which is a MSDOS compatable operating system that is...
You should stop seeking validation from people. Doing something well is its own reward. Believe you me that when you grow up people will still take you for granted when things go right and never let you live it down when they don't. Just do your b...
This doesn't suprise me for 2 reasons. $170,000 isn't that much money for DC. When adjusted for cost-of-living in our respective cities I make about as much as Senators do. My job isn't nearly as important as theirs so I don't see why they should ...
As Louise told Thelma, "you get what you settle for." Another thing I've learned over the years is you can be much happier alone than in an unhappy marriage.
Hmm, someone seems to have deleted my latest replay. So Jim Inhofe claimed to have overheard H. Clinton and Boxer discussing "fixing talk radio" the other day, then backpedaled and said the conversation was 3 years ago. Clinton and Boxer claim th...
Of course another angle is what if we are misunderstanding the whole Adam and Eve story today? Adam is Hebrew for mankind, Eve is Hebrew for life. Considering the names is it possible that the story is alegorical rather than a story about two peo...
The healthiest diet is probably low fat vegan. Look up some books by Dr. John McDougall. I don't eat 100% vegan (pretty hard to do unless you prepare all your own food) but the closer I come to this ideal the better I feel and the easier my extra wei...
Supliments sold to body builders are snake oil. The things you need to build muscle are an intense routine of good exercises, A good balanced diet, and good rest between workouts.
I think your parents are pushing too hard. Summer is a time to recharge so when Fall comes you can start your studies refreshed and eager to learn. Reading a few good books is a good idea over the Summer but you need some time to be a kid. Perhaps...
Like everyone else said, their house, their rules. As far as cutting you out of their will; parents threaten that all the time. My parents threatend to cut my brother out of their will when he hooked up with a gal they didn't like. I saw their will ...
amblessed, do you have a link to the proposed legeslation? It is pretty hard to comment on it without seeing more than keywords. Often there is more to a story than meets the eye. The airwaves are not free; they are a finite resource that the gove...
My advice is to find a good orthopedic surgeon to tell you precisely what your injury is and what you need to do. Until you see a Dr. you are just guessing.
Nobody can make the decision for you. Your options are, an abortion, have the baby and put it up for adoption, or have the baby and raise it yourself as an effectively single mother. Regardless of what anyone tells you *YOU* are the person who has to...
Nader running would no doubt help the Republican party since most Nader supporters would otherwise vote Democrat if they voted. Many progressive voters fault Nader as the spoiler in the 2000 election. Since Bush won Florida by a mere 537 votes and ...
Most people's faces are not symetric. If you look closely at other people's faces you will notice that most of them are not symetric either. Unless your asymetry is very noticible than don't worry about it.
You probably have nothing wrong with you. Some people naturally put weight on easily while others stay skinny no mater what they eat. If you are worried you can get a checkup just to be safe. Sometimes it is worth it to see a doctor just for peace...
The infertility drugs Clomid and Reponex cause hyperovulation so they should increase the odds of having multiple births. I'm not sure if any OB/GYN or infertility doctors would perscribe these drugs for the purpose of encouraging multiple births. ...
And people wonder why everyone hates lawyers. Obviously a nuisance lawsuit. Hopefully the judge hearing this suit will tear Mr. Pearson a new one and hit him with triple court costs for abusing the tort system so badly.
The only thing you can certain of is that you exist. Decarts' Cogito Ergo Sum or "I think therefore I am" speaks of this. Everything else could be illusion but the fact that you as an agent can think proves that you exist in some manner. If you fo...
Regardless of where amblessed got his information it does look like Gang of 88 has egg on their face. One thing I've always said is you have to be careful which horse you hook your wagon to.
I don't think voters were voting for Democrats; they were voting against the status quo. Since nothing has changed much and everything seems like "business as usual" voters are not happy.
False dichotomy. If you like to skate, skate. If you like to wear preppy clothes wear preppy clothes. If you mean, should I be a mindless sheep following the fold of skaters or a mindless sheep following the fold of preps than take your choice if ...
Ms. Magnum's sanity and grasp of reality are in doubt. It is possible that she actually believes that she was attacked at the party. If she actually believed the statements she made against the students than she committed no crime. If she is menta...
Most educated believers do accept evolution. Dualism is the view that there can be scientific truths and religious truths and that these truths do not have to agree because they answer different questions. Of course the evidence for evolution in th...